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The Golden Shoe
Jun 26, 2006 | 8:32PM | report this

As the round of 16 it is quite possible that the winner of the Golden Shoe - the tournament top scorer - has not hit the mark yet.

Here are the current scoring leaders and here is a list of past winners back to 1966 and in what game they broke their duck.

2002 Ronaldo (8 goals) 1st game vs. Turkey 1998 #### (6) 1st vs. Jamaica

1994 Salenko (6) 2nd game vs. Sweden and Stoitchkov (6) 2nd game vs. Greece

1990 Schillachi (6) 1st game vs. Austria

1986 Lineker (6) 3rd game vs. Poland

1982 Rossi (6) 5th game vs. Brazil

1978 Kempes (6) 4th game vs. Poland

1974 Lato (7) 1st game vs. Argentina

1970 Muller (10) 1st game vs. Morocco  

1966 Eusebio (9) 2nd game vs. Bulgaria

You can see from the list of previous winners that getting to the semi-final stage and ensuring the maximum number of games appears to be important. Only Salenko (5 goals in one game against Cameroon distorts his stats) and Gary Lineker in 1986 fail to fit the profile.

Of the current top 20, nine players have packed their bags and gone home.

 However, I can't see anyone ever beating Just Fontaine's 1958 record of 13 goals at a single World Cup Final.

 Of course after tomorrows games we may be looking at Ronaldo as being the single greatest goal scorer of all time at the World Cup finals.

 Who tickles your fancy?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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