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In 2002 the football player Ronaldo made a haircut inspired by Smudge playing well during the 2002 FIFA World Cup. [15] The hairstyle consisted of the hair Smudge cut in the forehead region player format while the rest of the hair was all shaved, became popular among fans at the time.
With two goals against Japan in the third match, Ronaldo became the 20th player to score in three World Cups and also equalled the all-time World Cup finals scoring record of fourteen, held by Gerd Müller (Ronaldo scored at France 98, Korea/Japan 2002 and Germany 2006). [182]
The country remained as the only national team to have participated in every installment of the FIFA World Cup. They are the only team to win all seven matches they played, achieving the highest number of matches won by a team in a single tournament in the history of the FIFA World Cup. [1] Brazil reached the final where they defeated Germany 2 ...
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The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea/Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial football world championship for men's national teams organized by FIFA. It was held from 31 May to 30 June 2002 at sites in South Korea and Japan , with its final match hosted by Japan at International Stadium in Yokohama .
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th edition of the World Cup, FIFA's football competition for national teams, held in Japan and South Korea between 31 May and 30 June 2002. [1] [2] The national teams of Japan and South Korea qualified for the finals automatically as tournament hosts, as did France as the winners of the previous World Cup in ...
The 37-year-old striker converted a penalty in the 65th minute to give Portugal a 1-0 lead. Ronaldo scored one goal at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, another at the 2014 tournament in Brazil ...
“The world record, the only player to score in five World Cups, makes me very proud.” Ronaldo started World Cup play in 2006 in Germany and scored his first World Cup goal that year against Iran.