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Wednesday, June 13, 2018

FIFA World Cup - Facts You Must Know

1)Northern Ireland’s Norman Whiteside holds the record for the youngest player to start in a World Cup. Whiteside was 17 years, 41 days old when he made his WC debut in 1982.

2)France's Just Fontaine holds the record for most goals scored at a single World Cup (13 in 1958).
3)Russia's Oleg Salenko holds the record for most goals in a World Cup game (five against Cameroon in 1994

4)Helmut Schön is the coach with the most matches in the history of World Cups — 25 (All with Germany.)

5)The most goals in a single World Cup match occurred on June 26, 1954: Austria beat Switzerland 7-5.

6) Italian goalkeeper Dino Zoff was 40 when he became the oldest player ever to win the World Cup, at the 1982 tournament in Spain.

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