FIFA WORLD CUP: FULL LIST OF TOP GOALSCORERS FOR 81 NATIONS

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A total of 81 countries have scored at least one goal in the history of the FIFA World Cup.Each of these nations has had a top scorer who is remembered in the competition‘s history.

China, Indonesia, and Trinidad and Tobago are the only teams that have taken part in the World Cup without scoring a goal.

These three countries have each played in the tournament at least once, but they are the only nations that have never managed to score a goal in the competition.

FIFA released a statement on Friday titled, “Every nation‘s top World Cup goal scorer,” listing the highest goal scorers for 81 countries.

While Nigeria is represented on the list by former Super Eagles forward, Ahmed Musa with four goals, the list is headlined by France’s Kylian Mbappé, who has scored 22 goals, followed by Argentina’s Lionel Messi with 21 and Germany’s Miroslav Klose with 16.

Brazil’s Ronaldo is next on 15 goals, while Hungary’s Sandor Kocsis has 11. Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and Peru’s Teofilo Cubillas have 11 and 10 goals, respectively, while Italy’s Roberto Baggio, Paolo Rossi and Christian Vieri, as well as Spain’s David Villa, have each scored nine goals.

Belgium’s Romelu Lukaku and Uruguay’s Oscar Miguez complete the list of players with at least eight goals.

Algeria: Salah Assad, Abdelmoumene Djabou, Riyad Mahrez & Islam Slimani – 2 goals

Angola: Flavio – 1 goal

Argentina: Lionel Messi – 21 goals

Australia: Tim Cahill – 5 goals

Austria: Erich Probst – 6 goals

Belgium: Romelu Lukaku – 8 goals

Bolivia: – Erwin Sanchez – 1 goal

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ermin Mahmic – 2 goals

Brazil: Ronaldo – 15 goals Bulgaria: Hristo Stoichkov – 6 goals

Cabo Verde: Deroy Duarte, Sidny Lopes Cabral, Kevin Pina & Helio Varela – 1 goal

Cameroon:Roger Milla – 5 goals