{"id":447,"date":"2026-06-17T03:54:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T03:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/?p=447"},"modified":"2026-06-17T04:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T04:05:17","slug":"messis-hat-trick-ties-klose-for-all-time-world-cup-scoring-record-with-16-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/messis-hat-trick-ties-klose-for-all-time-world-cup-scoring-record-with-16-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi&#8217;s hat-trick ties Klose for all-time World Cup scoring record with 16 goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the first round of the FIFA World Cup group stage in the US, Canada, and Mexico, Argentina vs. Algeria. In the 76th minute, Messi scored from long range again, completing a hat-trick and equaling Klose with 16 goals to become the top scorer in FIFA World Cup history!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"996\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1000094257.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1000094257.jpg 996w, https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1000094257-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1000094257-768x528.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Messi&#8217;s FIFA World Cup goals by year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2006: 1 goal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2010: 0 goals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2014: 4 goals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2018: 1 goal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022: 7 goals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2026: 3 goals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first round of the FIFA World Cup group stage in the US, Canada, and Mexico, Argentina vs. Algeria. In the 76th minute, Messi scored from long range again, completing a hat-trick and equaling Klose with 16 goals to become the top scorer in FIFA World Cup history! Messi&#8217;s FIFA World Cup goals by &#8230; <a title=\"Messi&#8217;s hat-trick ties Klose for all-time World Cup scoring record with 16 goals\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/messis-hat-trick-ties-klose-for-all-time-world-cup-scoring-record-with-16-goals\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Messi&#8217;s hat-trick ties Klose for all-time World Cup scoring record with 16 goals\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":450,"href":"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions\/450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalsodds.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}