JUDE BELLINGHAM: is the only foreign based player in England’s squad for the 2022 World Cup.
SENEGAL: Are the only team to have 100% percent of their players, playing in Europe.
QATAR and SAUDI ARABIA: are the only teams with 100% local players in the 2022 World Cup.
LUCIEN LAURENT: scored the first ever goal in the World Cup.
JUST FONTAINE: scored all his 13 World Cup goals during the 1958 edition.
OLEG SALENKO: holds the record for most goals in a match at the World Cup by hitting 5 goals against Cameroun in 1994.
THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE: at a World Cup game was the 173,850 that attended the 1950 final at the Maracana to watch hosts Brazil lose 2-1 to Uruguay.
PELE: is the only player to have won the World Cup thrice in 1958,1962 and 1970 and he also holds the record for most assists (10).
LOTHAR MATHEUS: holds the record for most games played at the World Cup (25).
RAFAEL MARQUEZ: captained Mexico at five World Cup tournaments between 2002 and 2018.
EGYPTIAN GOALKEEPER ESSAM EL-HADARY: is the oldest player and skipper in World Cup history.
MEXICO: is the country with the most defeat in the World Cup having lost 27 matches.
ENGLAND: have drawn the most games (21) in the World Cup.
BRAZIL: are the only nation to have participated in all edition of the World Cup.
ARGENTINA and GERMANY: have met three times in the Final, with Germany winning 2 to Argentina’s 1.
THE 2002 WORLD CUP: was the first to be hosted by two nations (South Korea and Japan).
TURKEY’S HAKAN SUKUR: scored the fastest goal in World Cup history in 11 seconds against South Korea.
BRAZIL: are the most successful nation with 5 titles won.
QATAR: will be making their first appearance at the World Cup.
13 of FRANCE’S 26 players are from Africa.
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