World Cup

Players and their achievements at the football World Cup.

People in World Cup

14 profiles

Leading Argentina to the 2022 World Cup title.

Winning three football World Cups with Brazil.

Captaining Argentina to the 1986 World Cup with extraordinary skill.

Scoring eight goals as Brazil won the 2002 World Cup.

Helping France win the 1998 World Cup and coaching Real Madrid to three consecutive Champions League titles.

Bringing dazzling skill to Brazil and Barcelona, with a World Cup and a Ballon d’Or.

Dictating midfield for Barcelona and Spain through an era of World Cup, European Championship and Champions League victories.

Scoring Spain’s winning goal in the 2010 World Cup final and shaping Barcelona’s great midfield.

Keeping goal for Italy’s 2006 World Cup winners and Juventus across two decades.

Becoming Arsenal’s record goalscorer and leading the attack of its unbeaten 2003–04 league team.

Winning two World Cups with Germany and three consecutive FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year awards.

Scoring 184 international goals and winning a World Cup and two Olympic gold medals with the United States.

Scoring ten goals at the first Women’s World Cup and helping the United States win again in 1999.

Captaining Japan to the 2011 Women’s World Cup while winning its Golden Ball and Golden Boot.