who is the first nigerian to score a goal in world cup goal ?
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In the men's FIFA World Cup, the first goal by Nigeria was scored by Rasheed Yekini in the 21st minute vs. Bulgaria in the 2002 held in the United States of America. Nigeria won the game, and in fact their group, and advanced to the round of 16 where they were defeated by Italy in extra time on a Robert Baggio penalty.\n\nNigeria has never qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup, so no Nigerian has ever scored in that competition.
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The oldest player in a World Cup tournament was Roger Milla of Cameroon, who was 42 years and 39 days when he played against Russia in 1994. He in fact scored in that game, making him the oldest goalscorer as well.
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Roger Milla of Cameroon.\n 42 years and 39 days when Cameroon played Russia at the 1994 World Cup.\n\nHe is also the oldest goal scorer in world cup history as he scored in the same match!
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Guillermo Stabile of Argentina scored the first-ever World Cup hat-trick on 19th July 1930 against Mexico in Montevideo. His team won 6-3.
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Gerard Muller is the top scorer in World Cup history with 14 goals. Salenko of Russia scored 5 goals in a match during the  1994 World Cup. Guillermo Stabile of Argentina was the first player to ever record a hat trick (1930 World Cup). Hakan Sukur of Turkey scored the fastest goal in World Cup history in  2002 when he scored 11 seconds into the match against South Korea. Lothar Matthaus of Germany / West Germany has the most appearances by a player in the World Cup with 25. Norman Whiteside of Northern Ireland was the youngest player (17 years old) to ever step on the field in World Cup (1982). Pelé of Brazil was also the youngest player to score in a World Cup (1958) match.    Pelé  also was the youngest player to ever win a World Cup (1958). Roger Milla of Cameroon was the oldest (42 years, 39 days) player to play in a World Cup (1994). Milla also scored a goal in that match against Russia. The first player to ever be ejected from a World Cup match was Galindo of Peru in     1930.
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Hungry and Romanian aren't in this World Cup so it can't be Zoltan Gera or Cosmin Contra.\n\nThe answer you're looking for is:\nThomas Kusczak (Poland) GK\nJunichi Inamoto (Japan) M
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The oldest player to have played in the World Cup is Cameroon's Roger Milla. He was 42 years and 39 days old when he played against Russia in 1994 .\n\nThe oldest player to have scored a goal is Roger Milla of Cameroon when he scored against Russia in 1994. He was then 42 years and 39 days old.\n\nThe oldest player to have won the World Cup is Dino Zoff of Italy. He was 40 years old when he captained Italy to victory in 1982.
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hakan sukar of turkey scored the fastest goal of world cup history in 2002 world cup
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ronaldo, he just beat the record for most goals in world cup history.
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World Cup Top Goalscorer Goals \n1930 Uruguay Guillermo Stábile (Argentina) 8 \n1934 Italy Edmund Conen (Germany)\nOldřich Nejedlý (Czechoslovakia)\nAngelo Schiavio (Italy) 4(1) \n1938 France Leônidas (Brazil) 7(2) \n1950 Brazil Ademir (Brazil) 9(3) \n1954 Switzerland Sándor Kocsis (Hungary) 11 \n1958 Sweden Just Fontaine (France) 13 \n1962 Chile Garrincha (Brazil)\nVavá (Brazil)\nLeonel Sánchez (Chile)\nDražen Jerković (Yugoslavia)\nValentin Ivanov (Soviet Union)\nFlórián Albert (Hungary) 4 \n1966 England Eusébio (Portugal) 9 \n1970 Mexico Gerd Müller (West Germany) 10 \n1974 West Germany Grzegorz Lato (Poland) 7 \n1978 Argentina Mario Kempes (Argentina) 6 \n\n\nWorld Cup Golden Shoe winner\n1982 Spain Paolo Rossi (Italy) 6 \n1986 Mexico Gary Lineker (England) 6 \n1990 Italy Salvatore Schillaci (Italy) 6 \n1994 USA Hristo Stoitchkov (Bulgaria)\nOleg Salenko (Russia) 6 \n1998 France Davor Šuker (Croatia) 6 \n2002 Korea/Japan Ronaldo (Brazil) 8(4)
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Rumambubchoo is right, the first to score in the 1966 cup was Pele, min 15', against Bulgaria. \n\nIn the debut game of the competition a day before Brazil-Bulgaria there was no goal, England vs Hungary 0-0.
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The first goal in World Cup history was scored by Lucien Laurent of France as they beat Mexico 4-1 in 1930.
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(m)\n\nGerard Muller is the top scorer in World Cup history with 14 goals. Salenko of Russia scored 5 goals in a match during the 1994 World Cup. Guillermo Stabile of Argentina was the first player to ever record a hat trick (1930 World Cup). Hakan Sukur of Turkey scored the fastest goal in World Cup history in 2002 when he scored 11 seconds into the match against South Korea. Lothar Matthaus of Germany / West Germany has the most appearances by a player in the World Cup with 25. Norman Whiteside of Northern Ireland was the youngest player (17 years old) to ever step on the field in World Cup (1982). Pelé of Brazil was also the youngest player to score in a World Cup (1958) match. Pelé also was the youngest player to ever win a World Cup (1958). Roger Milla of Cameroon was the oldest (42 years, 39 days) player to play in a World Cup (1994). Milla also scored a goal in that match against Russia. The first player to ever be ejected from a World Cup match was Galindo of Peru in 1930.
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Nigeria is not playing in the world cup \n\nthey didn't qualify
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Gerd Muller of Germany (then West Germany) scored a total of 14 goals in two world cups (10 goals in 1970 and 4 in 1974).\n\nJust Fontaine of France holds the record for a single World Cup with 13 goals.
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Gerd Muller (Germany)\n14 total goals\n10 goals in 1970 World Cup\n4 goals in 1974 World Cup
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Bert Patenaude.\nHe scored the first world cup hatrick on July 17, 1930, as the United States played Paraguay in the inaugural World Cup. Bert scored in the 10th, 15th 50th minute to give the US a 3-0 win over the South Americans and claim his spot in world soccer history.