Which player has most World Cup tournaments?

A total of 471 players have been in the winning team in the World Cup. Brazil's Pelé is the only one to have won three times, while another 20 have won twice. No player has won two World Cups both as captain.

Who has the most World Cups leaderboard?

Brazil, the only team that has participated in every World Cup, is also the most successful team in the competition, having won five titles. Italy and Germany have four titles each. Current champion Argentina has three titles, Uruguay and France have two each, while England and Spain have one each.

What players have multiple World Cups?

Who has played in the most international tournaments?

In total, 583 men's footballers have played in 100 or more official international matches. The record is currently held by Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal, who surpassed Bader Al-Mutawa of Kuwait's total of 196 appearances in March 2023.

Which players have played 5 World Cups?

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.

Most FIFA World Cup Winner Players.

Who scored in 4 World Cups?

Players with the most World Cup goals 1930-2022

As of December 2022, Germany's Miroslav Klose was the all time top goal scorer in the FIFA World Cup, scoring a total of 16 goals across four tournaments.

Who played 6 World Cups?

Sachin Tendulkar and Javed Miandad hold the record of playing in most number of Cricket World cups. The little master played the Cricket World cup 6 times in his illustrious career.

Does any player have 3 World Cups?

A total of 471 players have been in the winning team in the World Cup. Brazil's Pelé is the only one to have won three times, while another 20 have won twice. No player has won two World Cups both as captain.

Who has 2 World Cups in a row?

Only two countries, however, have lifted the Jules Rimet trophy in back-to-back World Cup tournaments: Italy and Brazil.

What is the best World Cup in history?

Considered by many to be perhaps the greatest World Cup match in history, the 1966 final delivered England its first – and only to this point – World Cup.

Which country is No 1 in world football?

The FIFA Men's World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, led by Brazil as of 2022.

Which FIFA team is the most successful?

The men's Brazil football team has the most FIFA World Cup wins. Brazil have lifted the World Cup a record five times – 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. They are also the only team to compete in all 21 editions.

What is the biggest loss in World Cup history?

Hungary 9, South Korea 0: 1954.

Has anyone ever defended the World Cup?

Italy became the first-ever nation to retain a World Cup, in the second and third editions of the tournament, in 1934 and 1938. Vittorio Pozzo led Italy at both tournaments as the 1934 World Cup started straight into knockout matches.

Has any country defended the World Cup?

Italy then won the next two FIFA World Cups - in 1934 and 1938 - and became the first nation to defend their title.

Who is the greatest player of all time in football?

Pele, real name Edson Arantes do Nascimento, is one of the greatest footballers of all time and was named "the greatest" by FIFA, also known as God of Football in the world. He was an absolute machine when it came to scoring a goal.

Who is the best soccer player to ever live?

Rounding out this list is Pelé, who even FIFA has deemed the greatest of them all. The Brazilian forward, who operated as a second striker, is recognized by Guinness World Records with the most goals scored of all time with 1,279 in 1,363 games for both club and country, including friendlies.

Is Pelé better than Messi?

The Argentine has scored more World Cup goals - 13 - than his two rivals, though he's played more games. Pele hit 12 goals at the World Cup and Ronaldo has notched eight times. Pele's ratio, though, sees him come out on top again; 0.86 compared to Messi on 0.5 and Ronaldo on 0.36.

Who played 7 World Cups?

In total, Brazil has played in seven World Cup finals. Germany and Italy have both been World Cup champions four times throughout the years. However, Germany has played in two more World Cup finals than Italy, having been runner-up four times.

Who played 7 World Cup?

The 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens was held at Cape Town Stadium, in Cape Town, South Africa, with Fiji winning the men's tournament and Australia winning the women's tournament.

Who is the only player to have 13 World Cups?

Pelé: Most wins of the FIFA World Cup by a player.

Has anyone scored at 5 World Cups?

Nov. 24, 2022, at 12:27 p.m. DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo became the first male player to score at five World Cups with a goal for Portugal against Ghana on Thursday. The 37-year-old striker converted a penalty in the 65th minute to give Portugal a 1-0 lead.

Who is the only player to score 5 goals in a World Cup game?

Russian striker Oleg Salenko holds the record for the most goals scored in a FIFA World Cup match. His five goals against Cameroon at the 1994 World Cup in the USA continue to be a record.

Who is the only player to score a hat-trick in two World Cups?

Gabriel Batistuta of Argentina is the only player to score a hat-trick at two World Cups.

Who was the youngest player to win a World Cup title?

Pele, Brazil - 17 years, 234 days

Pele created more records in the final when he scored a brace in Brazil's 5-2 win over hosts Sweden to become the youngest player to play and score in a football World Cup final. He also became the youngest FIFA World Cup winner at the end.