WORLD CUP HISTORY

MOST CAREER GOALS

• 14 - Gerd Muller (Germany, 1970, '74)
• 13 - Just Fontaine (France, 1958)
• 12 - Pele (Brazil, 1958, '62, '66, '70)
• 11 - Sandor Kocsis (Hungary, 1954)
• 11 - Juergen Klinsmann (West Germany, 1990. Germany, 1994, '98)

MOST GOALS IN A GAME

• 5 - Oleg Salenko (Russia) vs Cameroon, 1994

FASTEST GOAL

• Vaclav Masek (Czechoslovakia) vs Mexico, 1962. Sixteen seconds

HAT-TRICK IN FINAL

• Geoff Hurst (England) vs West Germany, 1966

MOST GAMES PLAYED

• 25 - Lothar Matthaus (Germany)
• 21 - Diego Maradona (Argentina)
• 21 - Wladislaw Zmuda (Hungary)
• 21 - Uwe Seeler (West Germany)

MOST TOURNAMENTS

• 5 - Lothar Matthaus (Germany, 1982, '86, '90, '94, '98)
• 5 - Antonio Carbajal (Mexico, 1950, '54, '58, '62, '66)

YOUNGEST PLAYER

• Norman Whiteside (Northern Ireland) vs Yugoslavia, 1982: 17 years and 41 days

OLDEST PLAYER

• Roger Milla (Cameroon) vs Russia, 1994: 42 years and 39 days

PREVIOUS WINNERS

• 1930 - Uruguay
• 1934 - Italy
• 1938 - Italy
• 1950 - Uruguay
• 1954 - Germany
• 1958 - Brazil
• 1962 - Brazil
• 1966 - England
• 1970 - Brazil
• 1974 - Germany
• 1978 - Argentina
• 1982 - Italy
• 1986 - Argentina
• 1990 - Germany
• 1994 - Brazil
• 1998 - France