miroslav klose scored the most goal in world cup history.
who score the most goal in world cup history?
miroslav klose
germany's miroslav klose equalled the brazilian cafu as the player with most matches being on the winning side at the world cup, with 16 victories. klose played his 23rd world cup match, equalling paolo maldini on 2nd place on most world cup matches, with only lothar matthäus remaining with more (25). klose has played in more knockout games than matthäus or cafu – 13, and also became the only player to take part in four world cup semi-finals (uwe seeler previously played in three semi-finals). in the match, he broke the record for the most goals scored at the world cup with 16, overtaking brazil's ronaldo's total of 15; ronaldo was in attendance at the match as a commentator. thomas müller's goal was germany's 2,000th in the history of their national team. müller became the third player in history to score five or more goals in two different world cups (after klose and the peruvian teófilo cubillas) and the second player to score five or more goals in consecutive world cups (after klose). toni kroos' first-half double scored in 69 seconds was the fastest pair of goals scored in world cup history by the same player.
brazil v germany (2014 fifa world cup)
the game's result was the biggest winning margin in a world cup semi-final or final. the outcome was also the worst loss by a host country in world cup history, as the six-goal difference doubled the previous record margin. by the end of the game, a total of 167 goals had been scored at the 2014 world cup, the 2nd-most at a single world cup, after 1998 with 171 goals. with 18 total shots on target, the match had the joint-most shots on target of any match in 90 minutes at the 2014 world cup. the match also had the fastest four goals scored in world cup history, with germany scoring in the span of six minutes (from 23' to 29'); in 1954, austria took seven minutes (25' to 32') and in 1982, hungary also took seven minutes (69' to 76') to score four goals. germany equalled the record for most goals scored against the host nation of the world cup, with austria defeating switzerland 7–5 in the 1954 world cup. germany also overtook brazil to become the all-time highest-scoring team in fifa world cup history, their total of 223 at full-time passing brazil's 221. before the match brazil and germany were even with seven world cup finals each, the german victory made them the only squad to reach 8 finals.
brazil v germany (2014 fifa world cup)