Who is the first scorer in the FIFA World Cup?
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The first goal in World Cup history was scored by Lucien Laurent of France
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there are no such father of the world cup, but FIFA president (1921-1954) Jules Rimet set about organizing the inaugural World Cup tournament in Uruguay in 1930.\n\nJules Rimet (born October 14, 1873 at Theuley-les Lavoncourt, France, died October 16, 1956) was president of the French Football Federation from 1919 to 1945 and of FIFA from 1921 to 1954. On Rimet's intiative, the first Football World Cup was held in 1930. Jules Rimet Trophy,  was named in his honour (which was the name of the world cup until Brazil made lifted the coveted cup for the third time in 1970 and took it home for permanent).
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Uruguay\n\n"The first FIFA World Cup was held in Uruguay and ran from July 13- 30, 1930. It was organized mainly by Jules Rimet, the FIFA president at the time. Thirteen nations took part - six from South America, five from Europe and two from North America. Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 in front of crowd of 93,000 in Montevideo to become the first nation to win the trophy."\n\n\nhttp://www.onlineseats.com/soccer-tickets/fifa-world-cup-2006/index.asp
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Cup_2006#Goals_scored
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it was Miroslav Klose..he scored 5 and all of them was a headed goal..\nbut he hasn't scored a headed goal for 3 years for germany..until last night..he saved germany from losing in this world cup with a headed goal..good one Klose!\ni hope this time he will get the golden boot..
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Brazil v Germany. The score was 2-0 to Brazil. Scorer was Ronaldo with two
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Laurent of France scored the first goal in the first World Cup against Mexico after 19 minutes of play in the opening match on July 13, 1930 at Montevideo.
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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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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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Pele. He is the all-time top scorer in the history of the Brazil national team and is the only footballer ever to win three World Cup trophies (it should be noted that, due to injury, he did not participate in Brazil's World Cup triumph in 1962 and did not recieve a medal). \n\nEnjoy!!!
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Gerd Muller of Germany (then West Germany) scored a total of 14 goals in two world cups (10 goals in 1970 and 4 in 1974).\n\nJust Fontaine of France holds the record for a single World Cup with 13 goals.
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3-0 germany won. Miroslav Klose had 2 goals and is now the leading scorer in the world cup, with 4 goals
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If you are just talking about this world cup alone, the leading scorer is Miroslav Klose of Germany and he has 4 goals.  And then Hernan Crespo of Argentina, Fernando Torres of Spain, Lukas Podolski of Germany, Maxi Rodriguez of Argentina, and Agustin Delgado of Ecuador each has 3 goals.  There are even more players who have 2 goals.  Please go to http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/stats/detail.html?section=ia&sort=GF for more details.\n\nHowever, if you are talking about all time highest, then after the two goals Ronaldo of Brazil got in the match against Japan, he has tied the top spot with Gerd Muller of Germany who has 14 goals.  Just Fontaine of France has 13 and Pele of Brazil has 12.
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Rumambubchoo is right, the first to score in the 1966 cup was Pele, min 15', against Bulgaria. \n\nIn the debut game of the competition a day before Brazil-Bulgaria there was no goal, England vs Hungary 0-0.
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The first world cup was held in (and won by) Uruguay.  The first match of that tournament was France vs Mexico
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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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The first World Cup was played in the year 1930 at Uruguay. The first goal was scored by France's Lucien Laurent in which France won 4-1 against Mexico. But the Cup was won by the hosts.