The extraordinary and unprecedented individual scoring record of netting twenty-three goals in a single official association football match belongs to Panagiotis Pontikos, a Cypriot striker who achieved this astonishing feat during a lower-tier divisional fixture in Cyprus back in May two thousand seven. Playing for Olympos Xylofagou against Doxa Pyrasou, Pontikos completely dominated the match, finding the back of the net twenty-three times as his team secured a massive victory. This incredible statistical anomaly shattered previous multi-goal records, cementing his name in football trivia history as the player who scored the most goals in a single official competitive match.