FIFA World Cup finals saw over 2,500 goals scored

By Mutlu Demirtastan

ISTANBUL (AA) - In the history of the FIFA World Cup, 2,548 goals were scored in 900 matches played so far.

Miroslav Klose, who participated in the World Cup four times with Germany in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014, became the top scorer in the history of the tournament with a total of 16 goals. He netted five goals each in 2002 and 2006, 4 goals in 2010 and 2 goals in 2014.

Brazilian Ronaldo de Nazario follows Klose with 15 goals, while German player Gerd Muller placed third in the top scorer list with 14.

France's Just Fontaine scored 13 goals in the 1958 World Cup held in Sweden, became the top scorer of the tournament and recorded most goals scored in a cup.

Russian Oleg Salenko, who once played for Turkish club Istanbulspor, scored 5 goals against Cameroon in the tournament held in the US in 1994 and became the player to score the most goals in a match in the World Cup history.

Brazilian Pele and German Uwe Seeler, who both participated in the tournaments in 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, along with Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and German Miroslav Klose in 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, became the players who scored in four different World Cups.

- The top scorers of all time in the history of the World Cup are listed as follows:

* Writing by Selcuk Bugra Gokalp