Who scored the fastest goal in men's World Cup history?

English football manager Brian Clough once said, "It only takes a second to score a goal." In the history of the men's World Cup, only 13 players have scored in the first minute of a match. Türkiye's Hakan Sukur scored the fastest goal in World Cup history in 2002 when he scored 11 seconds into a match against South Korea.

Here are the fastest goals in men's World Cup history:

• Hakan Sükür (Türkiye), 2002 vs. South Korea, 11 seconds

• Václav Masek (Czechoslovakia), 1962 vs. Mexico, 15 seconds

• Ernest Lehner (Germany), 1934 vs. Austria, 25 seconds

• Bryan Robson (England), 1982 vs. France, 28 seconds

• Clint Dempsey (United States), 2014 vs. Ghana, 30 seconds

• Bernard Lacombe (France), 1978 vs. Italy, 31 seconds

• Arne Nyberg (Sweden), 1938 vs. Hungary, 35 seconds

• Émile Veinante (France), 1938 vs. Belgium, 35 seconds

• Pak Seung-zin (North Korea), 1966 vs. Portugal, 50 seconds

• Flórián Albert (Hungary), 1962 vs. Bulgaria, 50 seconds

• Aldabert Desu (Romania), 1930 vs. Peru, 50 seconds

• Celso Ayala (Paraguay), 1998 vs. Nigeria, 52 seconds

• Mathias Jørgensen (Denmark), 2018 vs. Croatia, 55 seconds

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