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Across the 22 tournaments of the World Cup, 31 footballers have been credited as the tournament top scorer, and no one has achieved this feat twice. Ten of these players scored at least seven goals in a tournament, while Brazil's Jairzinho in 1970 and Argentina's Lionel Messi in 2022 were the only footballers to record at least seven goals but ...
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.
Gary Lineker is the top goalscorer for England with ten Grzegorz Lato (left) during the 1974 World Cup became the top goalscorer of Poland with ten Teófilo Cubillas is the top goalscorer for Peru with ten Eusébio holds the record for most goals in the history of the World Cup for Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo with 8 goals is the only male player ...
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 ...
FIFA World Cup: Oleg Salenko: Russia: Cameroon: 5: 6–1: 28 June 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification: Archie Thompson: Australia: American Samoa: 13: 31–0: 11 April 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup: Cuauhtémoc Blanco: Mexico: Saudi Arabia: 4: 5–1: 25 July 1999 Marzouk Al-Otaibi: Saudi Arabia: Egypt: 5–1: 29 July 1999 Fernando Torres: Spain ...
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 only player to score multiple goals in a losing final. ESPN featured a documentary on the 34 finals goalscorers who were alive before the 2010 final. [2]
When Mexico announced its preliminary roster in October for the 2022 World Cup, there was a glaring omission, albeit not a surprise.Javier “Chicharito” Hernández, Mexico’s all-time leading ...
Most World Cup appearances while a Real Madrid player: Roberto Carlos and Iker Casillas, with 17 each; Most World Cup goals while a Real Madrid player: Cristiano Ronaldo, 6 for Portugal in 2010, 2014 and 2018; Below is the list of players who have won the FIFA World Cup as Real Madrid players: [29] Günter Netzer (West Germany 1974) Jorge ...