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However, deemed "top heavy and unbalanced", the team finished with ten goals in five games, with Ronaldinho himself going scoreless and finishing with only one assist (for Gilberto's goal in a 4–1 group stage victory over Japan), as he turned in his worst collective performance in his international career. [145]
2 goals, Brazil, 2009 (coming from 0–2 down to win 3–2 vs United States) Most individual goalscorers for one team, one match 5, Brazil vs Saudi Arabia , 1999 ( João Carlos , Ronaldinho , Zé Roberto , Alex , Rôni )
According to the IFFHS and other media outlets, 25 players are credited with scoring 500 or more goals in top-level professional football competitions: As of 19 February 2025. [1] Bold indicates players currently active. * indicates player has scored at least 500 goals for a single club. [58] [59]
Most goals scored in a single match. Evaristo (5 goals) vs. Colombia, 24 March 1957 [17] First goal scored. Oswaldo Gomes vs. Exeter City FC, 21 July 1914 (unofficial game) Rubens Salles vs. Argentina, 27 September 1914 (official game) Most clean sheets. Cláudio Taffarel (52 matches) Most matches as a captain. Cafu (66 matches) Most yellow ...
Following half-time, Ronaldinho scored for Brazil, putting them in the lead. Ronaldinho was sent off by referee Felipe Ramos Rizo seven minutes later, which meant he was suspended for the semi-final. [32] Although they played with ten men, the Brazilians were able to prevent an equaliser from England and advanced into the semi-finals. [15]
Brazil defeated England 2–1 in the quarter-finals in Shizuoka, with the winning goal coming from an unexpected free-kick by Ronaldinho from 40 yards out. [57] The semi-final was against Turkey in Saitama; Brazil won 1–0. The final was between Germany and Brazil in Yokohama, where Ronaldo scored two goals in Brazil's 2–0 triumph. [58]
Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Marzouk Al-Otaibi and Ronaldinho are the top scorers in the tournament with six goals each. Ronaldinho won the Golden Shoe award by having more assists than Blanco and Al-Otaibi. In total, 55 goals were scored by 29 different players, with none of them credited as own goal. 6 goals
The players that came closest to this tally were Kocsis in 1954 (eleven goals), Müller in 1970 (ten goals), and Portugal's Eusébio in 1966 (nine goals). The top scorers with the fewest goals were from the 1962 tournament, when six players finished joint-top with just four goals each. Across the 22 tournaments of the World Cup, 31 footballers ...