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The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, ... was taken by Mario Kempes, who ended up as the Best Player and Top Goal Scorer.
Of all the players who have played at the World Cup, only six have achieved an average of two goals or more per match played: Kocsis, Fontaine, Stábile, Russia's Oleg Salenko, Switzerland's Josef Hügi, and Poland's Ernst Wilimowski — the latter of whom scored four in his only ever World Cup match, played in 1938. [5]
His goals in the 1978 World Cup Final were his last for Argentina at the age of just 23. In 1978, he was named South American Football Player of the Year ("El Mundo," Caracas, Venezuela). He was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004.
The 1978 FIFA World Cup final was a football match played to determine the winner of the 1978 FIFA World Cup. The match was contested by hosts Argentina and the Netherlands, in the biggest stadium used in the tournament and in Argentina, the Estadio Monumental in the Argentine capital city of Buenos Aires. The match was won by the Argentine ...
He scored the opening and closing goal of the final in 2018. Geoff Hurst and Kylian Mbappé are the only men's players to score a hat trick in a final. Only two players have scored in two consecutive FIFA World Cup finals: Vavá and Mbappé. Only two scorers, Pelé and Mbappé, have scored in a final goal as teenagers. [1] Mbappé is also the ...
Argentina was runner-up in the 1930 FIFA World Cup held in Uruguay where the host country won the title 4–2. After that, the furthest Argentina had gone in a World Cup was the quarterfinals at the 1966 FIFA World Cup held in England when Argentina lost 0–1 against England when Antonio Ubaldo Rattín was sent off after insulting the referee despite the fact that he did not understand Spanish.
Kenny Dalglish is a Scottish retired football player, who represented the Scotland national football team from 1971 to 1986. During that time he scored 30 international goals in 102 appearances. [1] [2] This made him the all-time top goalscorer for Scotland, a status he has jointly held with Denis Law since scoring his 30th goal in 1984. [3]
Roberto Dinamite's first Brazil national team goal was scored on 23 May 1976, when Brazil beat England 1–0. [7] His last cap was earned on 17 June 1984, when Brazil and Argentina drew 0–0. [7] Dinamite was a reserve player in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, scoring three goals. [5]