Following are the statistics from the World Cup soccer tournaments after the just-concluded 2002 competition in South Korea and Japan:
Most finals played in - 3 Cafu (Brazil) 1994, 1998, 2002
Most appearances - 25 Lothar Matthaeus (Germany) 1982-98
Most competitions - 5 Antonio Carbajal (Mexico) 1950-66,
Lothar Matthaeus (Germany) 1982-98
Youngest player - Norman Whiteside (Northern Ireland)
17 years 42 days against Yugoslavia in 1982
Oldest player - Roger Milla (Cameroon) 42 years 39 days against Russia in 1994
Youngest goalscorer - Pele (Brazil) 17 years 239 days against Wales in 1958
Oldest goalscorer - Roger Milla (Cameroon) 42 years 39 days against Russia in 1994
Youngest referee - Francisco Matteucci (Uruguay) 27 years 62 days in 1930
Oldest referee - George Reader (England) 53 years 236 days in 1950
Fastest goal - Hakan Sukur (Turkey) 11 seconds against South Korea in 2002
Most goals in a match - 5 Oleg Salenko of Russia against Cameroon in 1994
Most goals in a tournament - 13 Just Fontaine (France) 1958
Most goals in total - 14 Gerd Muller (West Germany) 1970/74
Fastest substitution - Alessandro Nesta (Italy) four minutes against Austria in 1998
Fastest caution - Sergei Gorlukovich (Russia) one minute against Sweden in 1994
Fastest sending off - Jose Batista (Uruguay) 56 seconds against Scotland in 1986
Biggest win - Hungary 10-1 El Salvador 1982
Highest scoring match - Austria 7-5 Switzerland 1954
Most matches as coach - 25 Helmut Schon (West Germany) 1966-78
Most World Cups attended - 17 Brazil
Most goals overall - 191 Brazil
Most goals in one tournament - 27 Hungary 1954
Editor: May
Source: Xinhua
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