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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 player outside of Europe or South America to score more than five goals at the World Cup.
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, 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.
This list only includes players who have scored the most multiple goals in first class or fully professional matches for country or club. The current world record for an international is held by Archie Thompson, who scored 13 goals against American Samoa in Australia's 31–0 victory during the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.
The system used in the World Cup up to 1990 was 2 points for a win. In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total ...
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.
To help you prepare for this awkwardly timed tournament, here are 30 of the best players to keep an eye on at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
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 ...
Brazil's Djalma Santos (1954–1962), West Germany's Franz Beckenbauer (1966–1974), and Germany's Philipp Lahm (2006–2014) are the only players to be named to three World Cup All-Star Teams. [118] Miroslav Klose of Germany (2002–2014) is the all-time top scorer at