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Soccer World Cup Trivia!!!

June 28, 2006 @ 1:42 am · Filed under Uncategorized

Individual Records
Youngest Player	Pele of Brazil was also the youngest player to score in a World Cup (1958) match. He also was the youngest player to ever win a World Cup (1958).
Oldest Player	Roger Milla of Cameroon was the oldest (42 years, 39 days) player to play in a World Cup (1994). He also scored a goal in that match against Russia.
Fastest Goal	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.
Top Scorer	Recently Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima is the top scorer in World Cup history with 15 goals (previously it was Gerard Muller with 14 goals) . Salenko of Russia scored 5 goals in a match during the 1994 World Cup.
Most appearance	Lothar Matthaus of Germany / West Germany has the most appearances by a player in the World Cup with 25.