Who is the current world record holder for goals scored in World Cup competition?
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French striker Just Fontaine scored 13 goals in a single World Cup (World Cup 1958 in Sweden), but German goal machine Gerd Muller scored a total of 14 goals in the space of 3 World Cups
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Probably the longest can be considered the ones done by goalkeepers and reach the other goal. Some goalkeepers have scored a goal in this way. Not in this world cup.
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Davor Suker, Croatia with 6 goals.\n\n100% sure!\n\nOfficial FIFA World Cup Awards\nWinner France \nSecond Brazil \nThird Croatia \nFourth Netherlands \nadidas Golden Shoe winner Davor SUKER (CRO) 6 \nadidas Golden Ball winner RONALDO (BRA) \nFIFA Fair play award England / France \nFIFA Award for the Most Entertaining Team France \nYashin Award for the Best Goalkeeper Fabien BARTHEZ (FRA)
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Just Fontaine scored 13 goals in a single FIFA World Cup finals tournament in 1958. since then, the record is still stood until today & probably never be broken!!
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I say 4, with Ronaldo scoring 1, becoming the all time leader in World Cup scoring.\n\nDid I call it or what?  Ronaldo has scored a goal becoming the greatest World Cup scorer!
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Miroslav Klose from Germany with 4 goals\nFor most recent updates checkout the source
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Ronaldo has just equalled the record of 14 goals which was held by Germany's Gerd Muller (Der Bomber), and looks set to break the record at this World Cup.\nAlthough both these players scored they're goals in several Word cup competitions.\n\nFrenchman Juste Fontaine scored 13 goals in one World Cup and never played in another.\nAnd that looks like a record that will never be broken
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Gerd Muller scored a total of 14 goals in 2 World Cups - 10 in 1970 and 4 in 1974.\n\nJust Fontaine of France scored a record 13 goals in a single world cup in 1958.
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Brazil  4-1, ronaldo -2 goals equalled most number of world cup goals
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Ronaldo (Brazil), he scored 8 goals in the last world cup.\nGroup Round \n- Brazil vs. Turkey     (1 goal ) (50')\n- Brazil vs. China      (1 goal ) (55')\n- Brazil vs. Costa Rica (2 goals) (10',13')\nRound of 16 \n- Brazil vs. Belgium    (1 goal ) (87')\nSemifinal\n- Brazil vs. Turkey     (1 goal ) (49')\nFinal\n- Brazil vs. Germany    (2 goals) (67',79')
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Gerard Muller is the top scorer in World Cup history with 14 goals. Salenko of Russia scored 5 goals in a match during the  1994 World Cup. Guillermo Stabile of Argentina was the first player to ever record a hat trick (1930 World Cup). Hakan Sukur of Turkey scored the fastest goal in World Cup history in  2002 when he scored 11 seconds into the match against South Korea. Lothar Matthaus of Germany / West Germany has the most appearances by a player in the World Cup with 25. Norman Whiteside of Northern Ireland was the youngest player (17 years old) to ever step on the field in World Cup (1982). Pelé of Brazil was also the youngest player to score in a World Cup (1958) match.    Pelé  also was the youngest player to ever win a World Cup (1958). Roger Milla of Cameroon was the oldest (42 years, 39 days) player to play in a World Cup (1994). Milla also scored a goal in that match against Russia. The first player to ever be ejected from a World Cup match was Galindo of Peru in     1930.
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Ronaldo scored 11 goals in 1998 and 2002 world cup combined together. 2006 Germany world cup is the opportunity for him to score the highest number of goals scored in the history of the world cup by an individual player if he can score at least another 4 goals. current highest scorer in the world cup is Gerd Muller of Germany (14 goals) followed by Puskas of Humgary (13 goals).
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#World Cup Highest Scoring Games#\n---------------------------------\n\nYear     Final Score                               Halftime    Goals\n----     -----------                                       --------         -----\n1954     Austria 7, Switzerland 5           AUT, 5-4      12\n1982     Hungary 10, El Salvador 1       HUN, 3-0      11\n1954     Hungary 8, West Germany 3   HUN, 3-1      11\n1938     Brazil 6, Poland 5 OT *            BRA, 3-1      11\n1958     France 7, Paraguay 3              Tie, 2-2        10\n1954     Hungary 9, South Korea 0        HUN, 4-0       9\n1974     Yugoslavia 9, Zaire 0                YUG, 6-0       9\n1954     West Germany 7, Turkey 2     GER, 3-1       9\n1930     Argentina 6, Mexico 3               ARG, 3-0       9\n1958     France 6, West Germany 3     FRA, 3-1       9\n2002     Germany 8, Saudi Arabia 0     GER, 4-0       8
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The record belongs to Germany 4 - Costa Rica 2     2006 World Cup\n\nWHY is the previous answerer changed his answer???? (copying the correct one)
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Oldest player to have played in the World Cup is Cameroon's Roger Milla. He was 42 years and 39 days old when he played against Russia in 1994.
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Croatia's Robert Prosinecki became the only player to have scored goals for different countries at the World Cup. \n\nHis goal against Jamaica in the first round followed one for Yugoslavia against the United Arab Emirates at the 1990 finals
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(m)\n\nBrazil  have won the world title for a record fifth time after beating three-time winners Germany 2-0 in the final - Ronaldo was scorer of both goals and has won the Golden Boot Award.