The FIFA World Cup : Previous goal records

Various Goal Records

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· Fastest goal in a World Cup match was scored by Turkey’s Hakan Sukur after only 11 seconds against South Korea in 2002.

· Latest goal was scored by Alessandro Del Piero fo Italy, in their semifinal match against Germany in 2006 agter 121 minutes.

· Fastest hat-trick was made by Hungary’s Laszlo Kiss against EI Salvador in 1982, when he scored after 70, 74 and 77 minutes. He is in fact also the only substitute to have scored a hat trick.

· Oldest player to have scored a goal is Roger Milla of Vameroon when he scored against Russia in 1994.He was then 42 years and 39 days old.

· Youngest player to have scored a goall is Pele of Brazil when he scored against Wales in 1958. He was then only 17 yeans and 239 days old.

· Only players to have scored in every match including the final are Jaizinho of Brazil, who did this in the 1970 World Cup and Alcide Ghiggia of Uruguay in 1950. The latter only played four games where as Jaizinho played six.

· First player to score a hat trick in a World Cup match was United States’s Bert Patenaude who did this against Paraguay in the first round of the 1930 World Cup.

· Only player to score four goals in one match and still end up on the losing team was Poland’s Ernst Willimowski against Brazil in 1938.

· Only players to have scored for two countries is Robert Prosinecki who represented Yugoslavia in 1990 scoring against the United Arab Emirates, and Croatia inn 1998 scoring against Jamaica.

· Ernst Lotscher of Switzerland aganist Germany scored first own-goal in World Cup history in a first round replay game in 1938.

· Only player to have scored a goal plus an own-goal in the same match is Ernie Brandts of Holland in the second phase match against Italy in 1978.The Dutch team won 2-1.

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