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1994: Nigeria scored the biggest African win at the World Cup Finals, 3–0 over Bulgaria; 1994: Roger Milla of Cameroon, the oldest player to score at World Cup Finals, aged 42, against Russia. (Russia won the match 6–1) 1998: Youssef Chippo of Morocco. first African to score an own goal at the World Cup, in the 2–2 draw against Norway on ...
A total of over 2,700 goals have been scored in matches across the 22 final tournaments of the men's FIFA World Cup, not counting penalties scored during shoot-outs. [1] Since the first goal scored by French player Lucien Laurent in 1930 , [ 2 ] nearly 1,300 footballers have scored goals at the World Cup tournaments, [ 3 ] of whom 101 have ...
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations.
The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final. [1] South Africa have appeared in the FIFA World Cup on three occasions in 1998, 2002, and as hosts in 2010.
Players in bold are still active at international level. Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation. Rank is a count of the 211 FIFA nations. Fourteen nations (Azerbaijan, Bermuda, Brunei, Bulgaria, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Faroe Islands, Puerto Rico, Romania, Scotland, South Sudan, United States and U.S. Virgin Islands) have a pair of players tied ...
Statistics correct as of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sao Tome and Principe on 13 June 2022 Position key: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward. Obafemi Martins (18 goals) played his last match for the national team in a 2-0 victory in a World Cup Qualifier against Swaziland on November 17, 2015. #
Goals and appearances are composed of FIFA World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. Players marked in yellow are still active and eligible (meaning they have not retired) to play for the national team. [1] Youssef Msakni is the top scorer among active players with 23 goals.
Scorer of 1st goal – Lucien Laurent (for France vs. Mexico, 13 July 1930) [57] Scorer of 100th goal – Angelo Schiavio (for Italy vs. United States, 27 May 1934) [57] Scorer of 1,000th goal – Rob Rensenbrink (for Netherlands vs. Scotland, 11 June 1978) [57] Scorer of 2,000th goal – Marcus Allbäck (for Sweden vs. England, 20 June 2006) [57]