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World Cup: highest scorers

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The top 12 highest scorers in World Cup history. Players who have scored 10 or more goals in World Cup competitions. Up to the end of the 2010 tournament only 12 players had managed to score 10 or more goals at World Cup finals . Here is our review of the highest scoring World Cup footballers . Ronaldo: 15 goals Brazil's Ronaldo is the top scorer in World Cup finals history having scored 15 goals. His best tournament was in Korea/Japan in 2002, where he scored 8 goals as Brazil eventually claimed the trophy. The striker scored four times at World Cup 1998 in France and a further three times in Germany at the 2006 tournament.   Gerd Muller: 14 goals Gerd Müller made his World Cup finals debut for West Germany in 1970 and celebrated the occasion with 10 goals. He also scored four times at World Cup 1974 in West Germany including the goal in the final against the Netherlands that secured his country’s tournament victory. Miroslav Klose: 14 ...

The youngest players at World Cup 2014

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There aren't many teenagers playing in this year's World Cup. Of the 736 players who make up the 32 squads at the 2014 tournament, only nine are younger than 20. Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Real Madrid have young players hoping to make a major impact on the global stage at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Read the ten wonder kids in this year's tournament. Fabrice Olinga(Cameroon)   Cameroon's Fabrice Olinga is the youngest player in the tournament. The forward turned 18 on May 12. Raheem Sterling (England) Raheem Sterling, 19, is a midfielder and the second-youngest member of England's national team. He has represented England in several junior tournaments.  Raheem Sterling has re-emerged in quite some fashion after being removed from the firing line by Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers for much of a tricky 2013. Upon receiving his first Premier League start of the season in December though, th...