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Gerd Müller then scored ten goals for West Germany in 1970, before breaking the overall record when he scored his fourteenth World Cup goal during West Germany's win in the 1974 final. Müller's record stood for more than three decades, until Ronaldo recorded fifteen goals between 1998 and 2006 for Brazil .
In 2006, Ronaldo was the first to score 8 goals in knockout matches (excluding 3rd place playoff) at the World Cup in his 3 tournaments for Brazil, tied in 2022 by Kylian Mbappé. Mbappé became the first player to score 4 goals in World Cup finals with his hat-trick in 2022.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations.
Hopefully, the 2022 edition of the World Cup will provide a moment -- like Landon Donovan's late winner -- that will be recalled for years to come.
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]
The award is given to the best player in the tournament who is at most 21 years old. For the 2022 World Cup, this meant that the player had to have been born on or after 1 January 2001. In 2006, [95] the election took place on FIFA's official World Cup website with the help of The FIFA Technical Study Group. [96]
Saddled with tumult and desperate for a win, the Norwegians banded together and showed how capable they can be with their backs against the wall.
In 2022, Messi broke the record for the most international goals scored in a calendar year for Argentina, with eighteen. [ 11 ] Messi has scored 34 goals in FIFA World Cup qualifiers , making him the highest scorer of the qualification in CONMEBOL . [ 12 ]