Who is the all time assist leader in the fifa world cup?
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Historical records of assists are generally not kept for football matches, and the world cup is no exception in this.\n\nTherefore, rather sadly, this question is unanswerable.
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Most goals by a player in a finals match:\n5 goals, by Russia's Oleg Salenko against Cameroon on 28/06/1994.\n\nFirst player to score in World Cup:\nLucien Laurent of France in the 19th minute in the first World Cup match on 13/07/1930.\n\nMOST APPEARANCES 25 games\nLothar Matthäus (GER) \nPaolo Maldini (ITA) \nDiego Maradona (ARG) \n \nItalian captain Dino Zoff is the oldest player to win the World Cup
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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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(m)\n\nGerard 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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Well Ronaldo has the most total World Cup goals.
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zinedine zidane, ronaldinho, ronaldo, shevchenko, michael ballack, buffon, thierry henry, ruud van nistelrooy, michael owen, wayne rooney, frank lampard, samuel eto'o, maldini, david trezeguet, juninho pernambucano, kaka, ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO.
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The record is 5 held by 4 players:\n\nGermany '74\nRobert Gadocha (POL) \n\nSpain '82\nPierre Littbarski (GER)\n\nMexico '86\nDiego Maradona (ARG)\n \nUSA '94 \nThomas Hässler (GER)          \n\nI couldn't find where assists were kept prior to Germany 1974.
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I assume top 5 players refer to both performance so far in the world cup and their past reputation. Therefore:\n\n1, Miroslav Klose, he's always been a monster performer on the world cup stage, scored 5 goals last time around, and he's on pace to score even more this time. All of Germany's hopes rests on him.\n\n2, Fernando Torres, he's been the main focus of the Spanish attack so far, that's why Spain scored 7 goals in 2 games despite having Raul on the bench, cuz 3 of those came from Torres.\n\n3, Andriy Shevchenko, when he's happy, Ukraine's happy, he's gradually returning to top form now after that injury months ago, as shown last game. Therefore, Ukraine can go a long way.\n\n4, Juan Roman Riquelme, he's the centrepiece of Argentinian attack, everything goes through him, his vision and passing ability makes him vital to Argentina.\n\n5, Andrea Pirlo, Italy played 2 games, one brilliant, one horrible, but Pirlo was the only one that was brilliant in both games.
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the best player of the moment is definitely ronaldinho of brazil / fc barcelona. but if we're talking about the best active player today then it has to be zinedine zidane of france / real madrid. zidane, however, is in the twilight of his incomparable career while ronaldinho is in his prime.
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According to many people, the Brazil squad of 1970, including Pele, Gerson, Rivelino, Jairzinho, Tostao and Carlos Alberto, are considered to be the greatest team of all time in the world cup. They won the 1970 cup beating Italy in Mexico City, the score was 4-1 on 21.6.70 with 110 000 in attendance.
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Ronaldo  8 goals   in the history of the world cup  15 goals
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pele of course! brazil won THREE times in a row because of him. they got to keep a world cup trophy of their very own.
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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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stoichkov(Bulgaria) and oleg salenko..(Russia)\nSalenko is the first person who scored 5 goals in a world cup match( againt cameroon)
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Hakan Sukur scored the fastest goal in World Cup history in just 11 seconds and combined with Ilhan Mansiz on two others last night as Turkey beat co-host South Korea 3-2 to clinch third place. \n\n(~~)
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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!