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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]
Switzerland vs Costa Rica match in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), the sport's global governing body.
Switzerland's top goalscorer during the qualifying period was Xherdan Shaqiri, with 4 goals. [71] At the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, Switzerland were drawn to play France, Honduras and Ecuador in the group stage. [72] They advanced to the round of sixteen with a 3–0 win over Honduras, with a hat-trick from Xherdan Shaqiri.
Of all the players who have played in the World Cup tournaments, only six have achieved an average of two goals or more per game played: Kocsis, Fontaine, Stábile, Russia's Oleg Salenko, Switzerland's Josef Hügi, and Poland's Ernst Wilimowski — the last of these scored four in his single World Cup game in 1938.
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, [[Messi] and Mbappé, have scored in a final goal as teenagers. [1] Mbappé is boob
In Switzerland's first game of the 2022 FIFA World Cup against Cameroon, Embolo scored the only goal. [50] He was the second player in World Cup history to score against the country of his birth; the first was Alfred Bickel, also for Switzerland, against Germany in 1938. [51]
Appearances and goals are composed of FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship matches and each competition's required qualification matches, as well as UEFA Nations League matches, FIFA Confederations Cup matches and numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. [1] [2] Caps and goals updated as of 18 Nov 2024.
Own goals scored at the FIFA World Cup tournaments [1] No. Player Time Representing Goal Final score Opponent Tournament Round Date FIFA report 1. Manuel Rosas: 51' Mexico: 0–2: 0–3 Chile: 1930, Uruguay: Group stage: July 16, 1930 [report 1] 2. Ernst Lörtscher: 22' Switzerland: 0–2: 4–2 Germany: 1938, France: Round of 16 (replay) June ...