Salenko is the only guy to score 5 goals in a world cup match. That's about all that's known of him. I'm interested in knowing more about this legendary footballer. Surely he must have achieved something at club level?
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Oleg Salenko (born October 25, 1969 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Russian soccer striker, who set a World Cup record by scoring five goals in one game, for Russia against Cameroon on June 28, 1994. Salenko finished the 1994 World Cup with six goals, sharing the Golden Boot with Hristo Stoichkov. (Making this feat more remarkable was that Russia was knocked out in the first round.)\n\nOn the club level, Salenko's career lasted from 1986 to 2000 and included Zenit Leningrad, Dinamo Kiev, Logroñés, Valencia, Rangers, and Istanbulspor.\n\nAmazingly, Salenko scored only one other goal for Russia, and played a total of only nine international matches, one of them for Ukraine. Eventually, he faded from the international scene and finally had to end his career early for health reasons.
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He is the all-time leading Fifa world cup scorer. He could run a bit more though.
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He may be overweight but he's still the best striker in the world. He's complete world class scored most goals ever in the world cup. Barely moved in the world cup yet got the ball and was magic so he shouldn't retire.
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Owen has about 36 goals for England the most memorable of them I would say is the one against Argentina, which got him noticed around the world not just in the prem, and the Hat-rick against Germany in the 5-1 Victory. The record was Bobby Charlton's 49 goals I think Lineker may have equalled that or got 48. I think Owen will prob beat that but then may be beaten by Rooney not long after.
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Ronaldinho was awsome, as always, but i was disapointed by the living legend Ronaldo. I'm really pulling for him to get that one goal and own the record, but he didnt play relatively well at all. I was also expecting a little more from Roberto Carlos, but overall he did pretty well.
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anyone who answered Pele is a f*cking idiot!  I have no idea who it is, but please get a life and realize that there are other great players out there than Pele.  I actually also believe that the fellow is right about the player who scored for both argentina and uruguay.  Back then those kinds of regulations were much more loose and it would make sense that it happened during that time period!
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This is Laurent Blanc "the heroic"\nThe famous french defender started his Carreer in the early 90's in France at Montpelier and traveled all over Europe (Napoli, Nimes, Saint Etienne, Auxerre, Barcelona, Olympique Marseille, Inter Milan).\nLaurent Blanc became a hero in Manchester United.\nUnfortunately for him, he never played the World Cup final in 1998 against Brazil due to a "nasty" delay of game against a Saudi player.
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He never lead the mexican national team to a world cup final.\nBut I do rank him in the top ten players list of all time
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Crouchie is all right.  He went through a dry spell, 7 or 8 games without scoring any goals.  I think some fans expected more from him.  He has come good though, and has found his scoring form for both club and country.  He is a skilled player and gives the team he is playing another dimension.  He also has a very high work rate.  Now most fans have accepted him.
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Hopefully the explanation from the following page should suffice:\n\n-------- Editor's Note --------\n\nA ton of boards are linking to this page trying to figure out if Kanu did win the UEFA Cup with Inter Milan. That was an unfortunate year for Kanu that year as he was diagnosed with a heart defect, but was still able to play 5 games in the competition which makes him eligible to be part of the team that won the competition - as UEFA gives out 25 medals to the players - no more, no less. Keep in mind that he went to Arsenal soon after and then came back to Inter for a very short time before heading back (played only 1 game at Inter).
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oh yeah he looks good \ni saw him in the match against brazil he played quite well \n\ni found his stats \nhe wears jersey no 10  \n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nDate of birth:  15 October 1971\nHeight:  178 cm\nWeight:  75 kg\nPosition:  Midfielder\nCurrent Club:  Hertha Berlin (GER)\nInt'l Goals:   8 (as of 15-Jun-2006)\nInt'l Caps:  59 (as of 15-Jun-2006)\nFirst Int'l Cap:  Morocco v. Croatia (11-Dec-1996)\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nClub History \n1991-1996 Hertha Berlin (GER)  \n1996-1999 Bayer Leverkusen (GER)  \n1999-2001 Hamburg (GER)  \n2001-2003 Bayern Munich (GER)  \nSince 2003 Hertha Berlin (GER)  \n \n\n\n\nProfile\nA late bloomer, Niko Kovac has become a vital cog in the Croatian team system. Now 34, he continues to work tirelessly at the unglamorous task of midfield ball-winning, while not neglecting to get forward at regular intervals. \nBorn in Berlin on 15 October 1971, Niko Kovac possesses dual German-Croatian nationality. Unsurprisingly, he has spent his entire career in the Bundesliga, where he has represented five different clubs. His heart, however, is indisputably with Hertha Berlin, with whom he started out in the 1991/92 season. \n\nAs he learned his trade during his first four seasons, he devoted himself solely to defensive duties without taking too many risks. As a result, he got on the scoresheet just four times in 117 games. During the 1995/96 campaign, however, he emerged as an attacking force, surging forward on a regular basis to claim 11 goals in 35 appearances\n \nhttp://home1.vr-web.de/~peter.boehm/steckbriefe/niko_kovac.htm\nthis page has really cute pics of him
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surely oliver kahn is better he has got experience as compared to the other goalkeeper lehman. lehman also had a bad season 4 arsnel. so kahn deserves this slot surely. he was also the best player in the last world cup.so bring bak kahn
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hes not worthless!  his goal won the game...what the hell are you smoking?
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that goal was a masterpiece.he has proved to be a world class player after battling a long term injury.he even had the courage to play in the world cup and score the winning goal against the Socceroos.he can use both feet to score.
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Of course they have a chance. Nesta is still out I believe and Totti's fitness for a full 90 minutes can not be guaranteed.What a fantastic job the Ukraine have done. A poor country does not make a poor team as implied above. Many poorer nations have great players and teams. It is a way out for them so they are committed. They will have to play as a team and create the opportunity for Shevchenko to be used at his deadliest. He is for me one of the top 3 players in the game and someone like that can not be under estimated nor can his ability to motivate and drive his side. As with Australia, the Ukraine have nothing to lose so I'm sure they will go out there with that in mind and have the game of their lives. I love to see sides like this succeed. They have worked hard for this opportunity. My money is on them and I hope they take Italy to the cleaners. It would just be fantastic for world football to see an under dog have such great success. Good luck to them and lets hope Shevchenko is on his game. If they get past this game anything is possible for them. Their confidence and belief in themselves will be unshakable. Confident teams will play well.
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The same thing happened in the match between England and Paraguay.  It still went in Ukraine's goal, whether it was from a Spanish or Ukrainian player.
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People talk about Crouch as if hes the worst player in history or something. Thats clearly not true.\n\nDid people forget he had a hat trick right before the world cup?\nDo people realize that grabbing and holding is part of headers? \n\nWatch some other players go for headers, everyone uses arms and elbows to joustle for position and to protect oneself. Yes he did grab the hair, but if you watched, he clearly had his defender beat, the hold did not effect the outcome of the header.\n\nWhat he does well is that defense tend to concentrate around him when england is crossing. how do you think michael owen got his hattrick against England in the friendly?\n\nNot to mention he tries hard, hes done more than michael owen so far in the world cup, do you see anyone crying that michael owen is terrible?\n\nYes he had trouble in the EPL this year, but he has done well for his team, he has a great first touch, that has allowed his teammates to get free or get a great shot on the  ball. The season before he scored 16 goals in 27 games with Southampton, thats pretty impressive considering the lack of quality on that team.\n\nGive Crouch a break, if you want to question any calls by Sven, take a look at Walcott, he hasn't played a single game in the EPL, why is he even there? defoe or bent would have been far better choice for england.