FIFA World Cup: Harry Kane was faster than Cristiano Ronaldo in scoring goals, this happened after 60 years

England beat Croatia: England defeated Croatia 4-2 in the Group L match of FIFA World Cup 2026. England’s captain Harry Kane played a big role in this victory, who scored 2 out of 4 goals for Croatia on the goal post alone. By scoring 2 goals in England’s first match in the FIFA World Cup 2026, Harry Kane also wrote his name in the list of players like Messi, Mbappe and Haaland. These players have also scored 2 or more goals for their respective teams in the very first match of the tournament. Apart from writing the name in this list, it has also become equally clear that Harry Kane is faster than Cristiano Ronaldo in terms of scoring goals in the FIFA World Cup.

Harry Kane is faster than Cristiano Ronaldo!

Like Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo is also the player who has played the maximum number of 6 FIFA World Cups. But, in the 23 matches played so far in the 6 FIFA World Cups, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored only 8 goals. Whereas Harry Kane seems to be far ahead of him in this race. This is Kane’s third FIFA World Cup and his number of goals has reached 10.

This happened after 60 years

Harry Kane scored his 9th and 10th goals in the FIFA World Cup 2026 match played on 17 June, which were the first two goals scored by England in Croatia’s goal post. Harry Kane scored a goal in the 12th and 42nd minutes of the match. After this, the remaining two goals for England were scored by Bellingham and Rushford in the 47th and 85th minutes of the match. Meanwhile, Croatia scored two goals in the 36th and extra time of the first half of the match. In this way, England defeated Croatia 4-2 under the captaincy of Harry Kane. This is the first time in the FIFA World Cup after 60 years that England has won a match by a margin of 4-2. The last time this happened was in 1966, when England defeated West Germany.

England’s first footballer to be involved in this case

After his brilliant performance against Croatia, Harry Kane has now become England’s top goal scorer. In this case, he has equaled Gary Linker’s record of 10 goals. He has become the first England footballer to score one or more goals in 3 different FIFA World Cups. Harry Kane scored 6 goals in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Scored 2 goals in the 2022 FIFA World Cup and now has already scored 2 goals in the first match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. He is the second footballer after David Beckham to score goals for England in 3 different World Cups. Beckham scored goals in the 1998, 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups.

Harry Kane… If he doesn’t become England’s most successful footballer then say so!

However, England had just played its first match in the FIFA World Cup 2026. It would not be surprising if in the future matches Kane emerges as England’s most successful footballer in the history of the FIFA World Cup.