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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 ...
Grzegorz Lato (left) became the top scorer for Poland at FIFA World Cups during the 1974 tournament, with ten total goals. Teófilo Cubillas is the top scorer for Peru at the World Cup, with ten goals. Cristiano Ronaldo is the only male player to score in five different World Cup tournaments. With six goals for Ghana, Asamoah Gyan is the only ...
There are other claims to the record; Guinness World Records credits Pelé as the scorer of the "most career goals", with 1,279, [45] and Brazilian striker Romário celebrated scoring what he claimed was his 1,000th goal in 2007 but later admitted his tally included friendly matches; [46] they are reported to have scored 767 and 772 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]
Most goals scored by a defender in a calendar year: 27 – Daniel Passarella, 1976 [37] Most goals scored by a goalkeeper in a calendar year: 21 – Rogério Ceni, 2005 [38] Most domestic league goals scored in a football season: 67 – Archie Stark, 1924–25 [39] [40] [note 14] Most international club goals scored in a football season: 19 [42]
He bounced back and scored 17 goals in the following season, falling just two short of the Golden Boot winner, and that was even after missing an extended period of time due to injury.
The IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer is a football award given annually since 2020, [1] and retroactively for the years 2011 to 2019, [2] to the world's top goalscorer in the calendar year. The award is given by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).
The IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer is a football award given annually since 1991 to the world's top international goalscorer in the calendar year. The award is given by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).