Who is the only player to score a goal for two different countries in a World Cup match?
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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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14 goals, thus equalling the overall goal scorer with Gerd Muller of GERMANY. here are the breakdown of his goals scored in the world cup finals:\n\n1998 - 4 goals\n2002 - 8 goals \n2006 - 2 goals & counting.
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Well its a hard desition but these would be my elections for their teams. I would apply a 4-3-3 for both teams, and the goal would be made by the player referred.(*) I am also only including countries that are participating in this World Cup, as well as players.\n\nEurope\nGolie: Gainluigi Buffon (Italy)\nDefenders: Philipp Lahm (Germany)\n                   Sergio Ramos (Spain)\n                   Fabio Cannavaro (Italy)\n                   Giovanni Van Bronckhorst (Netherlands)\nMidfields:    Michael Ballack (Germany)\n                   Frank Lampard (England) * (12m)\n                   Deco (Portugal)\nForwards:  Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden)\n                  Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine) ** (54m, 81m)\n                  Thierry Henry (France)\n\nSouth America\nGolie: Roberto Carlos Abondanzieri (Argentina)\nDefense: Roberto Fabian Ayala (Argentina)\n                Sorin (Argentina)\n                Roberto Carlos (Brazil)\n                Cicinho (Brazil)\nMidfielders: Javier Masherano (Argentina)\n                   Ronaldinho (Brazil)\n                   Kaka (Brazil)* (27m)\nForwards:   Ronaldo (Brazil)* (45+)\n                   Roque Santacruz (Paraguay)\n                   Hernan Crespo (Argentina)\n\nFinal Result: Europe 3-2 South America
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Geoff Hurst scored 3 goals in the World Cup Finals match in 1966. He is the only person in history to score a hat trick in the deciding match. One of the goals, the first in extratime which cannoned off the crossbar and downwards, remains controversial to this day, with the Germans insisting the ball never crossed the line.
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Lucien Laurent of France scored the first goal in the first World Cup Tournament in 1930 as France beat Mexico 4-1.\n\nUruguay went on to win the final by beating Argentina 4-2, and thus become the first nation to win the World Cup.
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10 players have scored 2 goals each so far as at end of June 18, 2006. They are\n\nMaxi Rodriguez (Argentina)\nHernan Crespo  (Argentina)\nTim Cahill     (Australia)\nPaulo Wanchope (Costa Rica)\nTomas Rosicky  (Czech Republic)\nCarlos Tenoria (Ecuador)\nAgustin Delgado(Ecuador)\nMiroslav Klose (Germany)\nOmar Bravo     (Mexico)\nDavid Villa    (Spain)\n\nUpdate June 20\n\nAs at end of yesterday June 19, the top scorer is Fernando Torres of Spain with 3 goals.
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Ronaldo from Brazil.\nhe also scored twice in final.\nif he can score a few more goals in world cup 2006, he will be the best scorer of all world cups ever.
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The first goal in the first World Cup was scored by Laurent a French player in 1930. The 100th by Schiavol, an Italian player in 1934. The 1000th by Rensenbrink, a Netherlander in 1978 and the last one by Petit a French player in 1998.\nSource-SAMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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No one only Pele (1958, 1962, 1970), Maradona (1982, 1986, 1994), and Roberto Baggio ( 1990, 1994, 1998) have scored in 3 world cups.
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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.
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World Cup Top Goalscorer Goals \n1930 Uruguay Guillermo Stábile (Argentina) 8 \n1934 Italy Edmund Conen (Germany)\nOldřich Nejedlý (Czechoslovakia)\nAngelo Schiavio (Italy) 4(1) \n1938 France Leônidas (Brazil) 7(2) \n1950 Brazil Ademir (Brazil) 9(3) \n1954 Switzerland Sándor Kocsis (Hungary) 11 \n1958 Sweden Just Fontaine (France) 13 \n1962 Chile Garrincha (Brazil)\nVavá (Brazil)\nLeonel Sánchez (Chile)\nDražen Jerković (Yugoslavia)\nValentin Ivanov (Soviet Union)\nFlórián Albert (Hungary) 4 \n1966 England Eusébio (Portugal) 9 \n1970 Mexico Gerd Müller (West Germany) 10 \n1974 West Germany Grzegorz Lato (Poland) 7 \n1978 Argentina Mario Kempes (Argentina) 6 \n\n\nWorld Cup Golden Shoe winner\n1982 Spain Paolo Rossi (Italy) 6 \n1986 Mexico Gary Lineker (England) 6 \n1990 Italy Salvatore Schillaci (Italy) 6 \n1994 USA Hristo Stoitchkov (Bulgaria)\nOleg Salenko (Russia) 6 \n1998 France Davor Šuker (Croatia) 6 \n2002 Korea/Japan Ronaldo (Brazil) 8(4)
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I believe it is Ronaldhino of Barcelona and Brazil
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Diego Maradona scored the goal ("Hand of God") against England in 1986 World Cup.\n\nMaradona scored both goals in a 2-1 victory over England
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The first goal in World Cup history was scored by Lucien Laurent of France
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Franz Beckenbauer (The Kaiser) was the Captain of the West German side. First and only person to have won the world cup as both player and manager.
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Juste Fontaine from France with 13 goals on the 1958 World Cup
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pele....\nmaradona (argentina)\n\n\nvan Basten (holland)\n\nronaldinho (brazil)\n\nthey played all in different years...