How many times did Maradona appear at the world cup finals?
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4 times.  1982, 1986, 1990, and 1994 (although his stint in the American World Cup was cut short because he was in trouble and out of shape!)
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World Cups are played every 4 years.
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If you refer to the Worl Cup finals, he scored 9 goals.\n\n1982\nArgentina 4–1  Hungary (Maradona 2 goals)\n\n1986\nItaly 1–1  Argentina  (Maradona 1 goal)\nArgentina 2–1  England (Maradona 2 goals)\nArgentina 2–0  Belgium (Maradona 2 goals)\n\n1990\nArgentina 1–1 (AET) (4-3 PEN)  Italy (Maradona 1 goal p.k.)\n\n1994\nArgentina 4 - 0 Greece  (Maradona 1 goal)
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Diego Maradona, for Argentina, in the Mexico World Cup in 1986.\n\nPity about this awful goal, because in the same match he scored an all-time-great goal.  He was so good he didn't need to cheat, but cheat he did.
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Brazil has won 3 jules Rimet Cup( 1958,1962,1970) and 2 Fifa World CUP (1994,2002).  Making Brazil the only 5 time world champion.
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Answer: Pele with 3 World Cups.\n\nWorld Cups Played: 1962 - 1966 - 1970 - 1958 \nPlaces Achieved:  1º (1962, 1970, 1958)
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The U.S. has had 6 appearances in the World Cup.  The best finish was in 1930 when the U.S. reached the semifinals.
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The host country-team has only won the World Cup 6 times. in 1930 by Uruguay, 1934 by Italy, in 1966 by England, in 1978 by Argentina, in 1974 by West Germany, and in 1998 by France.
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17 tournaments.\n\nThis year's World Cup in Germany will be the 18th in its history.
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The FIFA World Cup is the most significant competition in world football. The World Cup is contested by the men's national football teams of member nations of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) (the sport's global governing body). The event takes place every four years and involves 32 national teams competing over a four-week period in a previously nominated host nation.
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BRAZIL have played the most matches at the World Cup finals than any other teams since their first match back in 1930.\n\nfinals appearance : 18\nmatches played : 91\nwon : 64\ndraw : 14\nlose : 13\ngoals scored : 202\ngoals conceded : 84\n\nthe above statistics are correct up to 27.06.2006\n\nnext fixture:\n01.07.2006 - Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany.\nkick-off : 2100 local time\n2006 FIFA World Cup quarter-final\nBRAZIL v FRANCE
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Diego Maradona- Argentina
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Argentina hasn't won any world "cuos", but they have won two world cups, one in 1978 and the other in 1986. The Cup was played in Argentina in '78 and in Mexico in '86. The stars of the team in their respective years were Mario Kempes and Diego Maradona.
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Brazil has qualified for every world cup (the only nation to do so for that matter). They have, therefore, qualified 18 times (including the Germany 2006)
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18 times. (Including this World Cup)\n\nGermany 2006\nKorea/Japan 2002\nFrance 1998\nUSA 1994\nItaly 1990\nMexico 1986\nSpain 1982\nArgentina 1978\nWest Germany 1974\nMexico 1970\nEngland 1966\nChile 1962\nSweden 1958\nSwitzerland 1954\nBrazil 1950\nFrance 1938\nItaly 1934\nUruguay 1930\n\nGo on cheering for the remaining team without Rooney! With or without Rooney, England is still one of europes best, GO ENGLAND!!!\n\n- from the die hard fans of England -
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(m)\n\nUp to date, there have been 17 World Cups, but only seven countries have won the trophy. Brazil has won it five times, but ironically, never in their home country.
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Most goals by a player in a finals match:\n5 goals, by Russia's Oleg Salenko against Cameroon on 28/06/1994.\n\nFirst player to score in World Cup:\nLucien Laurent of France in the 19th minute in the first World Cup match on 13/07/1930.\n\nMOST APPEARANCES 25 games\nLothar Matthäus (GER) \nPaolo Maldini (ITA) \nDiego Maradona (ARG) \n \nItalian captain Dino Zoff is the oldest player to win the World Cup