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Pele, Uwe Seeler, Miroslav Klose, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi & Ivan Perisic are the six players who have managed to score at least one goal in 4 different FIFA World Cups.
FIFA World Cup is the biggest football tournament in the world, and in the last 96 years, more than 1,000 players have featured in the competition. However, of those 1,000-plus footballers, only six have managed to score in four different FIFA World Cups. Here’s a look at them.

Pele, who is the only player to win three FIFA World Cup titles, finished his career with 12 goals in football's biggest tournament. (Picture Credit: X/@FIFA)

Pele scored six goals for Brazil in the 1958 FIFA World Cup and one goal each in the 1962 and 1966 editions. In the 1970 FIFA World Cup, he scored four goals, including one in the final against Italy. (Picture Credit: X/@FIFA)

Uwe Seeler also scored in four different FIFA World Cups (1958, 1962, 1966, 1970) for West Germany. (Picture Credit: X/@FIFA)

Seeler scored a couple of goals each in the 1958, 1962, and 1966 editions of the FIFA World Cup and found the back of the net three times in the 1970 FIFA World Cup. (Picture Credit: X/@FIFA)

Miroslav Klose is Germany's highest goal-scorer in FIFA World Cup history. He played 24 matches across four editions and scored 16 goals. (Picture Credit: AFP)

Klose scored five goals in the 2002 edition, five again at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, four goals in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and two goals in the 2014 edition. (Picture Credit: AFP)

Cristiano Ronaldo is Portugal's highest goalscorer in FIFA World Cup history. He has played 26 matches and scored 11 goals. (Picture Credit: AP)

Ronaldo is the first and only player to score in six different FIFA World Cups. He scored one goal each for Portugal in the 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2022 FIFA World Cups and found the back of the net four times in the 2018 edition. At the FIFA World Cup 2026, he has scored three goals in four matches. (Picture Credit: AFP)

Lionel Messi tops the list of players with the most goals in FIFA World Cup history, with 19 goals in 29 matches. (Picture Credit: AFP)

Messi has scored in five different FIFA World Cups for Argentina (one goal in 2006, four goals in 2014, one goal in 2018, seven goals in 2022, and six goals so far at the 2026 FIFA World Cup). (Picture Credit: AFP)

Ivan Perisic is the sixth and latest player to score in four different FIFA World Cups. He joined the elite list on July 2 during Croatia's Round of 32 match against Portugal in Toronto. (Picture Credit: AFP)

Perisic scored two goals for Croatia at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, three goals at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and one goal each at the 2022 and 2026 FIFA World Cups. (Picture Credit: AP)
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