Who is the all time leading scorer at the men's World Cup?

Miroslav Klose is the all-time top goalscorer in the World Cup's history with 16 goals to his name in 24 matches.

Who is the leading goal scorer in World Cup history?

Among players still active at international level, Lionel Messi has the most goals at FIFA World Cups, with 13 goals to his name, including two in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Final.

Who has scored the most goals in a single World Cup by all teams?

Most Goals Scored (Team, Single Tournament) – Hungary (27, 1954) So we know that Hungary throttled South Korea by a score of 9-0 during their group stage match in the 1954 World Cup. That same Hungarian team would go on to score the most goals of any team during a single World Cup, with 27.

Who scored 9 goals in one match?

Watch Erling Haaland Score NINE Goals In One Game

Arguably his most outrageous scoring feat came in May 2019 when, aged 18, he hit NINE goals in one game to help Norway beat Honduras 12-0 in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

What was the best World Cup ever?

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.

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Who scored goal in every match in World Cup?

The only players to have scored in every match including the final are Jairzinho of Brazil, who did this in the 1970 World Cup and Alcide Ghiggia of Uruguay in 1950. However, Ghiggia only played four games whereas Jairzinho played six.

What is the biggest loss in World Cup history?

Hungary 9, South Korea 0: 1954.

Who has the best World Cup squad ever?

The Brazil team of 1970 is considered to be the greatest individual team in World Cup history. Not only did the club win the Jules Rimet Trophy, but they also inspired a generation to come. Brazil has participated in every World Cup since the inaugural tournament, which is more than any other country.

Who is the only player to score a hat trick in the World Cup final?

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Geoff Hurst (above) and Kylian Mbappé (below) are the only two players to have scored a hat-trick in a FIFA World Cup final.

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.

Has anyone got a hat-trick in the World Cup?

Across the over 800 matches at the 22 tournaments of the FIFA World Cup, 54 hat-tricks have been scored. The first hat-trick was scored by Bert Patenaude of the United States, playing against Paraguay in 1930; the most recent was by Kylian Mbappé of France, playing against Argentina on 18 December 2022.

Has anyone scored a hat-trick in the World Cup final and lost?

Only three players have scored a World Cup hat-trick and ended on the losing side – Ernst Wilimowski for Poland in 1938, Josef Hügi for Switzerland in 1954 and Igor Belanov for the USSR in 1986.

What is the fastest hat-trick in the World Cup?

Who scored the fastest World Cup hat-trick? The fastest ever hat-trick in a World Cup match came in just seven minutes and 42 seconds! László Kiss set this record in the 1982 World Cup, which was hosted in Spain, in a group stage fixture against El Salvador.

Who scored 3 goals in World Cup?

England's Geoff Hurst was the first player to score three goals in a final when they beat West Germany 4-2 after extra time in 1966. PTI France's Kylian Mbappe celebrates after he scored during the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar.

Has a World Cup final ever gone to penalties?

In practice, penalty shootouts did not occur before 1982. Three times, in 1994, 2006, and 2022, the World Cup title has been decided by a penalty shoot-out. Of the 35 shoot-outs that have taken place in the competition, only two reached the sudden death stage after still being tied at the end of "best of five kicks".

How many hat-tricks have been scored in World Cup history?

How many hat tricks have occurred in World Cup history? While 48 players have previously scored a hat trick at the World Cup, in total 52 hat tricks have been scored.

Has Messi scored a hat-trick in a World Cup?

Messi won his first World Cup title with Argentina after they beat France 4-2 on penalties following a thrilling 3-3 draw in Qatar. The Argentina captain scored twice while his Paris Saint-Germain teammate Mbappe became the second player in history to score a hat trick in the men's World Cup final.

Who is No 1 Ronaldo or Messi?

Ronaldo has scored more goals and won two 'Best FIFA Men's Player' awards, but Messi has won more Ballon d'Or awards (7).

Who is the richest player in the world?

Question: Who is the richest footballer in the world in 2023? Answer: While Kylian Mbappé earned the most money of any footballer during the 2022-2023 season, the title of the richest footballer in the world, as of March 2023, goes to Faiq Bolkiah who has a net worth of a whopping USD 20 billion.

Who is the greatest player in history?

Pelé, Brazil. Pelé was the ultimate goal-scoring machine in his native Brazil, and he is often ranked the best player ever to grace the sport. He scored an incredible 1,282 goals in 1,366 games (including friendlies). His sheer power, strength, pace, and dribbling ability saw him score all varieties of goal for fun.

Who is the most famous World Cup player?

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.