Top Goalscorers

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  Miroslav Klose

  Germany

  Goals 16

  Matches 24

  Goals per Game 0.67

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  Ronaldo

  Brazil

  Goals 15

  Matches 19

  Goals per Game 0.79

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  Gerd Müller

  West Germany

  Goals 14

  Matches 13

  Goals per Game 1.08

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  Just Fontaine

  France

  Goals 13

  Matches 6

  Goals per Game 2.17

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  Lionel Messi

  Argentina

  Goals 13

  Matches 26

  Goals per Game 0.50

Most Goals Scored in a Final Match

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  Geoff Hurst

  England

  3 goals

  England vs. West Germany

  1966

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  Kylian Mbappé

  France

  3 goals

  France vs. Argentina

  2022

Most Consecutive Matches Scored In

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  Just Fontaine

  France

  6 goals

  1958

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  Jairzinho

  Brazil

  6 goals

  1970

Milestone Goals

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  Lucien Laurent

  France

  Scorer of 1st goal

  France vs. Mexico

  13 July 1930

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  Angelo Schiavio

  Italy

  Scorer of 100th goal

  Italy vs. United States

  27 May 1934

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  Rob Rensenbrink

  Netherlands

  Scorer of 1,000th goal

  Netherlands vs. Scotland

  11 June 1978

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  Marcus Allbäck

  Sweden

  Scorer of 2,000th goal

  Sweden vs. England

  20 June 2006

Own Goals

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  First Ever Own Goal

  Manuel Rosas

  1930

  Mexico vs Chile

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  Fastest Own Goal

  Sead Kolašinac

  3 minutes

  Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Argentina

  2014

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  Latest Regulation-Time Own Goal

  Aziz Bouhaddouz

  90+5 minutes

  Morocco vs Iran

  2018

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  Only Own Goal During Extra Time

  Jimmy Dickinson

  94 minutes

  England vs Belgium

  1954

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  Only Own Goal to Open Scoring in a Tournament

  Marcelo

  Brazil vs Croatia

  2014

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  Only Own Goal in a Final Match

  Mario Mandžukić

  Croatia vs France

  2018

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  Youngest Player with an Own Goal

  Manuel Rosas

  18 years of age

  Mexico vs Chile

  1930

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  Oldest Player with an Own Goal

  Sergei Ignashevich

  38 years of age

  Russia vs Spain

  2018

Only Match with Two Own Goals

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  Jorge Costa

  Portugal

  United States vs Portugal

  2002

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  Jeff Agoos

  United States

  United States vs Portugal

  2002

Players who have Scored Own Goals & Regular Goals

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  2022

  Enzo Fernández

  of Argentina scored against Mexico

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  2018

  Mario Mandžukić

  of Croatia scored against Denmark, England and France

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  2018

  Denis Cheryshev

  of Russia scored twice against Saudi Arabia and once against Egypt and Croatia

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  2014

  Fernandinho

  of Brazil scored against Cameroon

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  2014

  Mario Mandžukić

  of Croatia scored twice against Cameroon

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  2010

  Park Chu-young

  of South Korea scored against Nigeria

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  2010

  Carles Puyol

  of Spain scored against Germany

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  1998

  Siniša Mihajlović

  of Yugoslavia scored against Iran

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  1978

  Ernie Brandts

  of the Netherlands scored against Austria and Italy

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  1974

  Ruud Krol

  of the Netherlands scored against Argentina

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  1930

  Manuel Rosas

  of Mexico scored twice against Argentina

Players to Score for Both Teams in a Match

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  Ernie Brandts

  Netherlands vs Italy

  1978

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  Mario Mandžukić

  Croatia vs France

  2018

Other Notable Own Goals

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  Noel Valladares

  2014

  The own goal that Honduran goalkeeper Noel Valladares scored for France in 2014 was the first World Cup goal (of any kind) to be awarded with goal-line technology.

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  Andrés Escobar

  1994

  It is believed that the murder of Colombian footballer Andrés Escobar in the immediate aftermath of the 1994 World Cup was a retaliation for his having scored an own goal which contributed to his team's elimination from the tournament.

Other Records

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  Most Goals Scored in a Single Tournament

  Just Fontaine

  France

  13 goals

  France

  1958

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  Most Goals Scored in a Match

  Oleg Salenko

  Russia

  5 goals

  Russia vs. Cameroon

  1994

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  Most Goals Scored in Final Matches (overall)

  Kylian Mbappé

  France

  4 goals

  2018, 2022

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  Most Tournaments Scored In

  Cristiano Ronaldo

  Portugal

  5 tournaments

  2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022

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  Olympic Goals

  Marcos Coll

  Colombia

  1 goal

  Colombia vs. Soviet Union

  3 June 1962

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  Youngest Goalscorer

  Pelé

  Brazil

  17 years, 239 days

  Brazil vs. Wales

  19 June 1958

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  Youngest Goalscorer in a Final

  Pelé

  Brazil

  17 years, 249 days

  Brazil vs. Sweden

  29 June 1958

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  Oldest Goalscorer

  Roger Milla

  Cameroon

  42 years, 39 days

  Cameroon vs. Russia

  28 June 1994

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  Oldest Goalscorer at the Knock-Out Round

  Pepe

  Portugal

  39 years, 283 days

  Portugal vs. Switzerland

  6 December 2022

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  Oldest Goalscorer in a Final

  Nils Liedholm

  Sweden

  35 years, 264 days

  Sweden vs. Brazil

  29 June 1958

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  Oldest Goalscorer in a Victorious Final

  Lionel Messi

  Argentina

  35 years, 177 days

  Argentina vs. France

  18 December 2022

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  Fastest Goal

  Hakan Şükür

  Turkey

  11 seconds

  Turkey vs. South Korea

  2002

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  Fastest Goal in a Final

  Johan Neeskens

  Netherlands

  90 seconds

  Netherlands vs. West Germany

  1974

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  Latest Goal in Regular Time

  Mehdi Taremi

  Iran

  90+13th minute

  Iran vs. England

  2022