History has seen many football players who just ruled the world of football from time to time. The footballers who turns good for their clubs wont be that effective when they play for their country, but some players will be ruling both.
This article mainly focuses on the players who shined at the biggest stage(World cup) and the players who were awarded with the prestigious golden boot for their performance at the world cup.
The football world cup tournament was started at the year 1930. The inaugural world cup was held at Uruguay. In that tournament golden boot award was introduced for highest goal scorer in th world cup.
WORLD CUP 1 : 1930, URUGUAY
#1. GULLIERNO STABLIE :
Gullierno Stablie was an Argentine Footballer who was the winner of the first ever golden boot award. He scored 8 goals at the inaugural world cup. His first international match was against Mexico at 1930 world-cup. Stablie scored a hat-trick in his debut match which ended 6-3 in favor of Argentina.
WORLD CUP 2 : 1934, ITALY
#2. OLDRICH NEJEDLY :
Oldrich Nejedly was an Czechoslovakian Footballer. In 1934 world cup he was the top scorer with 5 goals which was recognized by the FIFA on November 2006. Earlier his tally was credited as 4 and was declared as the joint highest scorer at that time. He also played 1938 world cup in which he scored 2 goals for his country.
WORLD CUP 3 : 1938, FRANCE
#3. LEONIDAS DA SILVA
Leonidas Da Sliva was a Brazilian footballer who was called as the BLACK DIAMOND and RUBBER MAN due his flexibility in Field. Silva played two world cups for his nation(1934 and 1938). In 1934 world cup, his team lost at first round to Spain. In that match, Silva scored a solitary goal for Brazil. In 1938 world cup he was more stronger and hunger to play for his country and became the highest scorer of the tournament with 7 goals but eventually his team lost at the semi-finals and he did not play that game due to his manager.
WORLD CUP 4 : 1950, BRAZIL
#4. ADEMIR
The fourth world cup was held after the gap of 12 years due to Second World War. Ademir was a Brazilian footballer who was one of the best center forward that the Brazilian team has produced. He was outstanding at 1950 world cup by outclassing the team's forwards and eventually became the tournaments highest scorer with 8 goals against his name.
WORLD CUP 5 : 1954, SWITZERLAND
#5. SANDOR KOCSIS
Sandor Kocsis was the first Hungarian player to be awarded with golden shoe. Sandor has several records against his name such as : He was the first player to score two hat-tricks in a single world cup and he also has the best ever average in terms of goals scored per match.He eventually became the tournaments highest scorer with 11 goals which was by then the highest in world cup history.
WORLD CUP 6 : 1958, SWEDEN
#6. JUST FONTAINE
Just Fontaine was a French Footballer who holds the unique record of most goals scored in single world cup (13 goals). His record is yet to be broken.
He is fourth on the list of players who scored more goals in world cup finals which was led by Ronaldo.
WORLD CUP 7 : 1962,CHILE
#7. ALBERT, IVANOV, GARRINICHA, VAVA, JERKOVIC, SANCHEZ
This was the word cup which saw 6 Golden Shoe winners in which each of them scored 4 goals apiece. Among 6, two were Brazilians (Garrinicha ana vava) who took their country's golden shoe count to 4. Sanchez was from Chile and holds the record for most number of appearance for his country. Jerkovic was a Croatian who played for Yugoslavia.
WORLD CUP 8 : 1966, ENGLAND
#8. EUSBEIO
Eusbeio was a Mozambique born Portuguese football player. He is known for his prolific goal-scoring. He was called as the BLACK-PANTHER and BLACK-PEARL due to his speed and accuracy in the football field. In 1966, he won the golden boot award for being the tournament's highest scorer with 9 goals against his name. He is the only Portuguese player till date to win the golden boot award.
WORLD CUP 9 : 1970, MEXICO
#9. GERD MULLER
Gred Muller is the first German player to be awarded with prestigious Golden boot award. Muller is one of the most prolific scorer who has the average of above 1 goal per match. He is second on the list of highest goal scoring average. He ended up with 10 goals in 1970 World cup which got him the Award.
WORLD CUP 10 : 1974, WEST GERMANY
#10. GRZEGORZ LATO
Lato is the one and only polish player who won Golden boot award. Lato belonged to the era when the polish team ruled the game for almost a decade. He was the highest scorer in that tournament with 7 goals. He is one of the few players who capped more than 100 games.
WORLD CUP 11 : 1978, ARGENTINA
#11. MARIO KEMPES
Kempes is the Argentine footballer who was instrumental in making Argentina to lift the trophy. He scored 6 goals to get the award and he was only second in the list to win all the three trophies in single tournament (Golden boot, Golden Ball, World cup). He scored around 116 goals in his international carrier.
#16. DAVOR SUKER
#17. RONALDO
#18. MIROSLAV KLOSE
#19. THOMAS MULLER
WORLD CUP 12 : 1982, SPAIN
#12. PAOLO ROSSI
Rossi was the first Italian player to win Golden boot. His effort made Italy to lift the world cup. At the start of world cup, he was criticized as he was in poor shape to play a football game. In Round robin matches he did not shine much. His moment came when he scored three goals against Brazil in semi-finals. He became the tournament's highest scorer with 6 goals.
WORLD CUP 13 : 1986, MEXICO
#13. GARY LINEKER
Gary was the one and only English player to be awarded with this prestigious award. He made his international debut against Scotland. He holds the record for most goals in world cup finals by any English player. He is second quickest in scoring a hat-trick in world cup and he was the second English player to score hat-trick in World cup. He scored 6 goals in 1986 world cup.
WORLD CUP 14 : 1990, ITALY
#14. SALVATORE SCHILLACI
Schillaci was an Italian player who scored 6 goals to grab the coveted price. Schillaci was less known in 1990 and his achievement of winning both Golden Boot and Golden Ball Awards was a surprise for many people. He does not have a great international carrier but he played more games for clubs.
WORLD CUP 15 : 1994, UNITED STATES
#15. OLEG, HRISTO
This is the second time in the history of world cup when more than one player has been awarded with Golden Boot. Oleg from Russia and Hristo from Bulgaria scored 6 goals each in 1994 world cup. Oleg scored 5 goals in a single group match which is a world cup record till date. Hristo was considered as one of the great players in his Era.
WORLD CUP 16 : 1998, FRANCE
#16. DAVOR SUKER
Suker was the Croatian National player who scored 6 goals in 1998 world cup. He has been head of Croatian football federation. He played very less international games in which he has been vital for his teams success.
WORLD CUP 17 : 2002, SOUTH KOREA/JAPAN
#17. RONALDO
Ronaldo was a Brazilian prolific scorer and he has been a nightmare for many teams. He is the fifth Brazilian to win Golden Boot award. He was electrifying in 2002 world cup where he thrashed the opposition single handedly and scored 10 goals. In finals they lost to France (0-3) and Ronaldo was not upto the mark as he collided with France goalkeeper.
WORLD CUP 18 : 2006, GERMANY
#18. MIROSLAV KLOSE
Klose was the second German after the Playmaker Muller to win this award. He was the all time highest scorer for Germany . In his debut world cup (2002) he scored 5 goals and in 2006 he scored 5 goals. He scored around 65 International goals which is German National record.
WORLD CUP 19 : 2010, SOUTH AFRICA
#19. THOMAS MULLER
Muller was a German international forward, who was emerging player at the time of world cup. He has only played two international games before playing his first match in world cup. He played with great spirit which helped the team to move forward. He won the Golden Boot award by the virtue of more assist than David Villa who was tied with him with 5 Goals.
WORLD CUP 20 : 2014, BRAZIL
#20. ?????
The 2014 world cup gonna start with greater expectation on players from different countries. Will the Germans continue their streak by getting another Golden Boot or some other players will get it to our surprise?
Or will it be the most expected Brazilian Neymar will steal the show?
Lets wait and see ...
Or will it be the most expected Brazilian Neymar will steal the show?
Lets wait and see ...
WEIRD FACT
Argentina giant Maradona and Brazilian giant Pele never won Golden boot award !!!
Will Messi and Ronaldo follow their footmarks ?!
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