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Mbappé himself became the first player to score four goals in World Cup final matches: he netted one in the 2018 final followed by a hat-trick in the 2022 final. England's Geoff Hurst is the only other player to record a hat-trick in a World Cup final, doing so in 1966.
As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the finals of the FIFA World Cup. [1] Brazil is the only team to have appeared in all 22 tournaments to date, with Germany having participated in 20, Italy and Argentina in 18 and Mexico in 17. [2] Eight nations have won the tournament.
A total of 471 players have been in the winning team in the World Cup. Brazil's Pelé is the only one to have won three times, while another 20 have won twice. Only players from Brazil and Italy, and one player from Argentina, have won the World Cup more than once. No player has won two World Cups both as captain.
Each of the 32 participating teams has played at least one match already -- and these players are the ones who stuck out the most. POWER RANKING: The 23 best World Cup players after the first ...
World Cup Golden Ball. The World Cup Golden Ball has been given by FIFA to the best player at the World Cup since 1982; Argentina players have won it thrice; Maradona in 1986 and Messi in 2014 and 2022. [17] World Cup top goalscorer. Guillermo Stábile in 1930 and Mario Kempes in 1978 were both the top-scoring players at their respective World ...
Lionel Messi is the player with the most games played at the FIFA World Cup, and one of only six along with German Lothar Matthäus, Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and Mexicans Antonio Carbajal, Andrés Guardado, and Rafael Márquez to have entered the field in five different tournaments.
The semifinal fixtures of the World Cup are fast approaching and boy, has this tournament created some drama. The 23 best World Cup players so far — Harry Kane kicked off top spot Skip to main ...
The curtain rises on soccer’s biggest stage Sunday, as the 2022 World Cup kicks off in Qatar. Aging stars will try to go out on a positive note. Young stars will emerge throughout the month-long ...