Lester Ash
With World Cup fever getting out of control I thought that we should give you some interesting World Cup facts and statistics so that you can impress your friends.
The youngest player to win the World Cup was Pelé (Brasil). He won the title in 1958, when he was 17.
The oldest player to win the World Cup was Dino Zoff (Italy). He did it in 1982 at the age of 40.
The youngest player to play in the World Cup was Norman Whiteside (Northern Ireland). During the match against Yugoslavia in 1982 he was 17 years and 42 days old.
The oldest player to play in the World Cup was Roger Milla of Cameroon. During the game against Russia in 1994 he was 42 years and 39 days old. He hit a goal in that match too.
The youngest player to score in the World Cup was Pelé (Brasil). He did it during a meet with Wales in 1958. He was 17 years and 239 days old.
The first own goal was shot by Manuel Rosas (Mexico) during a game against Chile in 1930.
The first hat-trick in World Cup history was shot by Guillermo Stábile (Argentina) in a game against Mexico in 1930.
Laszlo Kiss (Hungary) shot the fastest hat-trick. While playing against El Salvador in 1982 he scored in 70th, 74th and 77th minute of the game.
The first goalkeeper to see a red card was Gianluca Pagliuca (Italy). He saw it during a game against Norway in 1994.
The player to be removed from the field the fastest was José Batista (Uruguay) in 1986. He was shown the red card 56 seconds after the game against Scotland had started.
Brazil have won the most World Cups with 5 and are the only team to have appeared at every single final.
Out of the 17 tournaments, the trophy has gone to South America 9 times and to Europe 8 times.
There are only 7 different countries who have lifted the World Cup.
Previous winners
1934 – Hosts – Italy ; Winners – Italy
1938 – Hosts – France ; Winners – Italy
1950 – Hosts – Brazil ; Winners – Uruguay
1954 – Hosts – Switzerland ; Winners – Germany
1958 – Hosts – Sweden ; Winners – Brazil
1962 – Hosts – Chile ; Winners – Brazil
1966 – Hosts – England ; Winners – England
1970 – Hosts – Mexico ; Winners – Brazil
1974 – Hosts – West Germany ; Winners – West Germany
1978 – Hosts – Argentina ; Winners – Argentina
1982 – Hosts – Spain ; Winners – Italy
1986 – Hosts – Mexico ; Winners – Argentina
1990 – Hosts – Italy ; Winners – West Germany
1994 – Hosts – USA ; Winners – Brazil
1998 – Hosts – France ; Winners – France
2002 – Hosts – South Korea and Japan ; Winners – Brazil
2006 – Hosts – Germany ; Winners – ???
2010 – Hosts – South Africa ; Winners – ???
This time, many would think that the current Brazil team should have no problem retaining the trophy and who would blame them with players like Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Robinho, Kaka, Adriano, Juninho, Roberto Carlos etc. For a change the team have 2 decent goalkeepers to choose from as well in Dida and Cesar. Bruinou.com tries to take a look at some of Brazil’s threats for this showpiece.
The Netherlands are arguably the best team in the world never to have won a World Cup. They lost 2 consecutive finals in 1974 and 1978. They do not have the best team in the competition but they should fancy their chances. I would not say that this is one of the best Dutch sides in a long time but I would still fancy them making it far in the tournament.
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