The 1954 World Cup in Switzerland was the first World Cup to have television for the matches.. In this edition the chain Eurovision was in charge of broadcasting live seven tournament matches to France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, UK, Germany and Switzerland. already in Sweden 1958 there were 63 countries that received the signalwhile Chile 1962 they were only on the small screen those played at the National Stadium, by not having a satellite for the rest of the venues. In the edition of England 1966 the satellite makes its presentation and for the first time all games had image. Therefore, many statistics start since they are televised in all commitments.
clarification by, Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima leads the ranking of successful shots on goal in the history of the tournament. The Phenomenon shot 75 times at the opposing goal, of which 37 went to goal and 15 ended in goal. The other Ronaldo Cristianofigure second next to the German Gerd Muller with 33. While Miroslav Klose (Germany) and Eusebio (Portugal) complete the top 5 with 31 shots that went on target.
MOST SHOTS THAT WENT TO THE GOAL IN THE WORLD CUP (1966-2018)
# | PLAYER | COUNTRY | PARTIES | TOTAL AUCTIONS | AUCTIONS TO THE ARCH | GOALS |
1 | Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima | Brazil | 19 | 75 | 37 | 15 |
2 | Gerd Müller | Germany | 13 | 56 | 33 | 14 |
2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 17 | 91 | 33 | 7 |
4 | Miroslav Klose | Germany | 24 | 63 | 31 | 16 |
4 | Eusebio da Silva Ferreira | Portugal | 6 | 66 | 31 | 9 |
6 | Kazimierz Deyna | Poland | 13 | 70 | 30 | 4 |
7 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 19 | 72 | 28 | 6 |
8 | Diego Armando Maradona | Argentina | 21 | 59 | 26 | 8 |
8 | Mario Alberto Kempes | Argentina | 18 | 65 | 26 | 6 |
8 | Jürgen Klinsmann | Germany | 17 | 52 | 26 | 11 |
8 | Grzegorz Lato | Poland | 20 | 51 | 26 | 10 |
12 | Franz Beckenbauer | Germany | 17 | 63 | 25 | 5 |
12 | Zbigniew Boniek | Poland | 16 | 67 | 25 | 6 |
14 | Romario | Brazil | 8 | 40 | 23 | 5 |
14 | Roberto Rivelino | Brazil | 15 | 62 | 23 | 6 |
14 | Uwe Seeler | Germany | 12 | 64 | 23 | 5 |
14 | Theophilus Cubillas | Peru | 13 | 52 | 23 | 10 |
14 | Luis Suarez | Uruguay | 13 | 46 | 23 | 7 |
19 | Neymar | Brazil | 10 | 44 | 22 | 6 |
19 | Asamoah Gyan | Ghana | 11 | 63 | 22 | 6 |
19 | Andrzej Szarmach | Poland | 13 | 43 | 22 | 7 |
22 | Christian Vieri | Italia | 9 | 41 | 21 | 9 |
22 | Rob Rensenbrink | Netherlands | 13 | 46 | 21 | 6 |
22 | David Villa | spain | 12 | 42 | 21 | 9 |
25 | Thierry Daniel Henry | France | 17 | 49 | 20 | 6 |
25 | Robin van Persie | Netherlands | 17 | 41 | 20 | 6 |
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