5 World Cup records both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will never break

#3 Youngest goalscorer

Pele played in the World Cup for the first time in 1958, appearing in the final group stage game against the Soviet Union. He could not score, but Brazil went on to win 2-0 anyway. Brazil faced Wales in the quarter-finals when Pele scored his first World Cup goal - he was just 17 years and 239 days old. Brazil won the game 1-0 and the youngster became the youngest ever goalscorer in a World Cup.

En route to the final, Pele became the youngest player to score a hat-trick in the World Cup against France in the semi-finals. And the Brazilian also became the youngest goalscorer to score in a World Cup final when he lobbed the goalkeeper to give his team the lead in the final against Sweden. All three records stand to date and it is impossible for either of Messi or Ronaldo to break them.

The Argentine scored in his first appearance in the world cup for Argentina, against Serbia and Montenegro in the 2006 World Cup, as a 19-year-old. In the process, he became Argentina’s youngest goalscorer in the world cup, the youngest goalscorer in the 2006 World Cup and the sixth youngest goalscorer in World Cup history.

Ronaldo, on the other hand, played his first world cup game as a 21-year-old in the 2006 World Cup and scored a penalty against Iran in the second group stage game of the tournament, his first-ever goal in the World Cup.