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6 Footballers Who Led Scoring in 1950 FIFA World Cup

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Today we discuss the footballers who hit the most goals in FIFA World Cup 1950. The FIFA World Cup 1950 was the 4th edition of the mega tournament hosted by Brazil during June 24 July 16, 1950. Host Brazil played the finals only to allow Uruguay dominate them in front of their home-crowd. We see here the exceptional performers who got listed among the most goals in FIFA World Cup 1950.

6. Estanislau Basora

The FC Barcelona Winger was part of the Spain team since 1949. Estanislau Basora would hit 4 goals from 6 matches he played during the tournament. With these 4 goals, this former Manresa Footballer got himself among the footballers with the third most goals in FIFA World Cup 1950.

His team, riding on his performance, goals from Zarra & 2 goals from Silvestre Igoa, would go on to play the final round match against Sweden as their last.

5. Telmo Zarra

The Athletic Bilbao Forward was a part of the Spain team in FIFA World Cup 1950. Pedro Telmo Zarraonandía Montoya would go on to score 4 goals from the 6 matches he played in the mega tournament. With these 4 goals, Zarra got himself among the footballers with the third most goals in FIFA World Cup 1950.

His team, powered by his & Basora’s performance would go on to play the final round matches, only to end their campaign at 4th.

4. Alcides Ghiggia

The Peñarol Winger was part of the Uruguay team since 1950. Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia Pereyra would hit 4 goals from 4 matches he played during the tournament. With these 4 goals, this former Sud América Footballer got himself among the footballers with the third most goals in FIFA World Cup 1950.

His team, riding on his performance, goals from silver shoe Óscar Míguez, 3 goals from Juan Alberto Schiaffino, a goal-each from Julio Pérez, Obdulio Varela & Ernesto Vidal would go on to win the tournament title, their second ever FIFA World Cup. Ghiggia is one of the rare footballers who went on to play for two national teams as he played for Italy during 1957-59.

3. Chico

The Vasco da Gama Forward was part of the Brazil team since 1945. Francisco Aramburu would hit 4 goals from 4 matches he played during the tournament. With these 4 goals, this Uruguaiana born former Grêmio & Ferro Carril Footballer got himself among the footballers with the third most goals in FIFA World Cup 1950.

Chico’s team went on to play the tournament final, but couldn’t pass the final frontier to become the Champions.

2. Óscar Míguez

The Peñarol Forward was part of the Uruguay Football team since 1950. Óscar Omar Miguez Antón would hit 5 goals from 4 matches he played during the tournament. With these 5 goals, Óscar Míguez got himself among the footballers with the second most goals in FIFA World Cup 1950. Uruguay team would go on to win their second FIFA World Cup, defeating hosts Brazil 2-1 in the last match.

1. Ademir

The Vasco da Gama Striker, Ademir Marques de Menezes was a part of the Hosts Brazil team in FIFA World Cup 1950, was part of the team since 1945. Ademir would go on to score 8 goals from the 6 matches he played in the mega tournament. With these 8 goals, this Footballer who played for Fluminense & Sport Recife led the footballers with the most goals in 1950 FIFA World Cup.

His team, who would have 8 footballers among the tournament’s scorers, with Baltazar, Jair, Zizinho, Alfredo, Friaça & Maneca all featuring on the scoreboard would go on to be the second finalists, losing the final 2-1 to Uruguay who would win their second FIFA World Cup title.

These were the footballers who made the list of top scorers in the FIFA World Cup 1950. The tournament was played in double round robin format wherein 16 teams that participated were divided initially in 4 groups and table topper of each of these groups would proceed to final round, the table topper of final round was the tournament Champion. Hosts Brazil and Uruguay competed for the tournament title but Uruguay won it by one point. Hope you liked the content, don’t forget to put in your questions and thoughts below; yes, the comments section awaits your listing always.