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#7 Fastest goal from kickoff in a World Cup
Hakan Sukur of Turkey holds the current record for scoring the fastest goal from kickoff at a FIFA World Cup. The Bull of Bosphorus had represented the senior team 112 times and scored 51 goals in the process. He even displayed his goal-scoring prowess in the club football netting 260 goals in 540 appearances.
Turkey was coming into the match after a 1-0 loss to Brazil and South Korea with a similar scoreline against Germany. The hosts didn't want to end their campaign empty-handed and looked forward to picking up the victory. The home fans were screaming on top of their lungs but a fine display of skill from Hakan Sukur silenced them.
With only 10.8 seconds after the referee's whistle, the Turk found the back of the net. By doing so, he broke Czechoslovakia's Vaclav Masek earlier record of 16 seconds.
Clint Dempsey broke into the top five fastest goals in FIFA World Cup history at the 2014 edition after his 29th-second goal against Ghana. But, that is how near he could get.
However, Belgium's Christian Benteke scored a goal in the 9th-second (8.1 seconds) against Gibraltar in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Could he replicate that at the World Cup?
