WORLD CUP RECORDS (Part 30) - PLAYERS WITH MOST CONSECUTIVE GOALS
Picture : Eusebio is always at the head of the ranking with Rossi and Salenko, but Enner Valencia can beat the trio in this 2022 World Cup !
Players with most consecutive goals of their teams: Eusébio, Paolo Rossi, Oleg Salenko
With a brace in the opening game vs Qatar, Enner Valencia has scored each of Ecuador’s last 5 World Cup goals (including the last 3 from the 2018 edition). This is one of the best such series in the history of competition.
Only Eusébio (Portugal, 1966), Paolo Rossi (Italy 1982) and Oleg Salenko (Russia, 1994) have done a longer streak for their countries (6 consecutive team’s goals).
| PLAYERS WITH MOST | CONSECUTIVE GOALS | OF THEIR | TEAMS AT WORLD CUPS |
| Player | Country | Goals | Breakdown |
| Eusébio | Portugal | 6 | 1966(6) |
| Paolo Rossi | Italy | 6 | 1982(6) |
| Oleg Salenko | Russia | 6 | 1994(6) |
| Peter McParland | Northern Ireland | 5 | 1958(5) |
| Alessandro Altobelli | Italy | 5 | 1982(1), 1986(4) |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 5 | 2014(1), 2018(4) |
| Enner Valencia | Ecuador | 5 | 2018(3), 2022(2) |