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Youngest & Oldest Goal Scorers
FIFA World Cup 1930–2022 · 22 tournaments
Youngest Goal Scorers
| # | Player | Age | Country | vs | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pelé | 17y 239d | Brazil | Wales | 1958 |
| 2 | Manuel Rosas | 18y 93d | Mexico | Argentina | 1930 |
| 3 | Gavi | 18y 110d | Spain | Costa Rica | 2022 |
| 4 | Michael Owen | 18y 191d | England | Romania | 1998 |
| 5 | Nicolae Kovacs | 18y 198d | Romania | Peru | 1930 |
| 6 | Dmitri Sychev | 18y 232d | Russia | Belgium | 2002 |
| 7 | Lionel Messi | 18y 358d | Argentina | Serbia And Montenegro | 2006 |
| 8 | Julian Green | 19y 25d | USA | Belgium | 2014 |
| 9 | Divock Origi | 19y 65d | Belgium | Russia | 2014 |
| 10 | Martin Hoffmann | 19y 88d | German DR | Chile | 1974 |
| 11 | Jude Bellingham | 19y 145d | England | Iran | 2022 |
| 12 | Tostao | 19y 171d | Brazil | Hungary | 1966 |
| 13 | Kylian Mbappé | 19y 183d | France | Peru | 2018 |
| 14 | Edmund Conen | 19y 198d | Germany | Belgium | 1934 |
| 15 | Moussa Wagué | 19y 263d | Senegal | Japan | 2018 |
| 16 | Mazzola | 19y 319d | Brazil | Austria | 1958 |
| 17 | Ronald González | 19y 319d | Costa Rica | Czech Republic | 1990 |
| 18 | Georgi Sokolov | 19y 349d | Bulgaria | Hungary | 1962 |
| 19 | Aleksander Tirnanic | 19y 364d | Yugoslavia | Brazil | 1930 |
| 20 | Fredy Bickel | 20y 28d | Switzerland | Germany | 1938 |
| 21 | Haminu Draman | 20y 82d | Ghana | USA | 2006 |
| 22 | Stephane Demol | 20y 96d | Belgium | Russia | 1986 |
| 23 | Landon Donovan | 20y 102d | USA | Poland | 2002 |
Oldest Goal Scorers
| # | Player | Age | Country | vs | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Milla | 42y 39d | Cameroon | Russia | 1994 |
| 2 | Pepe | 39y 283d | Portugal | Switzerland | 2022 |
| 3 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 37y 292d | Portugal | Ghana | 2022 |
| 4 | Gunnar Gren | 37y 236d | Sweden | Germany | 1958 |
| 5 | Cuauhtémoc Blanco | 37y 151d | Mexico | France | 2010 |
| 6 | Felipe Baloy | 37y 120d | Panama | England | 2018 |
| 7 | Obdulio Varela | 36y 279d | Uruguay | England | 1954 |
| 8 | Martín Palermo | 36y 227d | Argentina | Greece | 2010 |
| 9 | Georges Bregy | 36y 152d | Switzerland | USA | 1994 |
| 10 | Olivier Giroud | 36y 71d | France | England | 2022 |
| 11 | Tom Finney | 36y 64d | England | Russia | 1958 |
| 12 | Miroslav Klose | 36y 29d | Germany | Brazil | 2014 |
| 13 | John Aldridge | 35y 279d | Ireland | Mexico | 1994 |
| 14 | Nils Liedholm | 35y 264d | Sweden | Brazil | 1958 |
| 15 | Lionel Messi | 35y 177d | Argentina | France | 2022 |
| 16 | Giovanni Van Bronckhorst | 35y 151d | Netherlands | Uruguay | 2010 |
| 17 | Rafael Márquez | 35y 130d | Mexico | Croatia | 2014 |
| 18 | Ricardo Peláez | 35y 103d | Mexico | Netherlands | 1998 |
| 19 | Yahya Golmohammadi | 35y 84d | Iran | Mexico | 2006 |
| 20 | Safet Susic | 35y 67d | Yugoslavia | United Arab Emirates | 1990 |
| 21 | Raúl Jiménez | 35y 37d | Mexico | South Africa | 2026 |
| 22 | Ángel Di María | 34y 308d | Argentina | France | 2022 |
| 23 | Ivica Olic | 34y 278d | Croatia | Cameroon | 2014 |