FIFA WORLD CUP GOALS:  A FASCINATING STORY 

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KNOW WHOSE GOALS MATTERED

France's Just Fontaine scored the most goals at a single tournament---13 goals (in 1958).

Sandor Kocsis (Hungary)  scored 11 goals (in 1954) Gerd Müller (West Germany) scored 10 goals (in 1970) Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (Portugal) scored 9 goals (in 1966)

Quite an Interesting Fact In previous 21 editions of the World Cup finals, only 30 footballers scored the most tournament goals.

Another Quite an Interesting Fact The 30 top goal scorers of all the previous 21 editions of the Men's Football World Cup played for 19 nations. Most of these players (five) were from Brazil. Another five were from other South American countries. The remaining 20 players were from Europe.