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Lionel Messi becomes FIFA World Cup’s all-time highest goal-scorer, goes past Klose

Lionel Messi becomes FIFA World Cup’s all-time highest goal-scorer, goes past Klose

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3 min readUpdated: Jun 22, 2026 11:28 PM IST Lionel Messi shattered another record on Monday in the match against Austria when he eclipsed German icon Miroslav Klose and became the all-time highest goal-scorer in FIFA World Cup history with a 38th minute strike. In the last match against Algeria, Messi had drawn level with Klose with 16 goals when he had slammed a hattrick. On Monday, he went past the German and now has a tally of 17 strikes in World Cups. Earlier in the match, Messi had missed a chance in the 9th minute to seal the record but ended up missing a penalty which was given after a lengthy check after Lautaro Martinez was fouled in the Austria penalty box. Last week, exactly 20 years since making his World Cup debut where he became Argentina’s youngest-ever World Cup scorer, Messi dazzled in his 200th international appearance, setting up a fiery start for the reigning world champions. Messi’s first goal came in the 17th minute, curling a left-footed shot past Algeria goalkeeper Luca …

Before Messi, there was Miroslav Klose. A carpenter from small-town Germany

Before Messi, there was Miroslav Klose. A carpenter from small-town Germany

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5 min readJun 22, 2026 07:45 PM IST Miroslav Klose knew two words of German when he arrived in Kusel in 1986. He was eight. His father had been playing professional football in France, in Burgundy, since leaving Poland the year Miroslav was born in Opole. Now the family was settling for good, in a small town in Rhineland-Palatinate, and the boy who would one day score more World Cup goals than anyone in the history of the game could not yet ask for directions to school. He learned the language the way he learned most things in those years, slowly, on the ground, without anyone watching closely enough to notice it was happening. He played for SG Blaubach-Diedelkopf, a club in West Germany’s seventh division, the level where nobody scouts anyone. By day he trained as a carpenter. Sawdust on his hands, sawdust in his hair, a trade he was good enough at that football remained, for a long stretch of his adolescence, the hobby rather than the plan. He did not turn professional …

Top 10 Highest Goal Scorer in FIFA World Cup: Lionel Messi joins Klose at top | Football News

Top 10 Highest Goal Scorer in FIFA World Cup: Lionel Messi joins Klose at top | Football News

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3 min readJun 17, 2026 10:05 AM IST All Time Highest Goal Scorer in FIFA World Cup: On a record-setting night at the FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland raised the bar with two goals each before Lionel Messi defied expectations with his first-ever hat-trick at the FIFA World Cup. Three goals from Messi against Algeria in a Group J clash not only helped Argentina start their World Cup title defence with a 3-0 victory, but also helped Messi join Miroslav Klose as the highest goal-scorer at FIFA World Cup. How Messi scored a hatrick Messi’s first goal came in the 17th minute. He curled a left-footed shot past Algeria goalkeeper Luca Zidane (the son of French legend Zinedine Zidane) after being fed by Inter Miami teammate Rodrigo De Paul. The second goal came in much easier fashion, after a teammate took a shot at goal, Zidane could not collect it and ended up sending it back into to play where Messi, who had started the move on the left flank, was at …