The history of the first Arab goal in the World Cup dates back to the 1934 World Cup, and it was at the feet of the Egyptian national team player Abdel Rahman Fawzy against Hungary, and after that the Arab posts and goals continued.
The Arab teams were not the strongest party in the equation in the World Cup participation, of course, but the gap began to decrease in recent years, and it reached its climax in the 2022 World Cup, where Saudi Arabia defeated Argentina, in the most prominent performances of the Arabs.
The stars of the Arab national teams definitely left their mark in the World Cup, and despite the difference in level, they exerted their energies to help the national teams of their countries, and tried to keep up with the international stars.
But, who is the top scorer for the Arabs in the World Cup over the years? The answer is in the following lines.
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Who is the Arab top scorer in the World Cup?
The star of the Saudi national team, Sami Al-Jaber, leads the ranking of the most Arab players scoring goals in the history of Arab participation in the World Cup, with 3 goals, and the star of Tunisia, Wahbi Khazri, equals him in the 2022 World Cup.
Al-Jaber’s first goal came against the Moroccan national team in Saudi Arabia’s second match in the 1994 World Cup in the United States of America, and the former Saudi Al-Hilal club player returned and scored against South Africa in the 1998 World Cup in France. His last visit to the World Cup was in Germany 2006 and it was in the Tunisian net. .
As for Wahbi Khazri, it was his first participation in the 2018 World Cup, during which he scored two goals in Belgium and Panama, respectively, before scoring his third goal against France in the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
Who are the Arab scorers in the World Cup?
9 stars occupy the rank of Arab scorers in the history of the World Cup, behind Sami Al-Jaber and Wahbi Al-Khazri, with two goals for each of them. Morocco and Algeria have the largest share in this list, with 3 players for each team.
The list of historical scorers for Morocco in the World Cup includes Abdel-Razzak Khairy, who scored two goals against Portugal in the World Cup Mexico in 1986, Salah El-Din Bassir, who scored twice against Scotland in the World Cup France 98, and Abdel Jalil Hedda “Camacho”, who scored for the Atlas Lions against Norway and Scotland. In the same World Cup.
On the other hand, the list of historical scorers for Algeria in the World Cup includes Salah Al-Asad, who scored two goals for the Greens in the 1982 World Cup in Spain, against Chile, and Islam Soleimani, who scored one goal against South Korea and Russia in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, in addition to Abdel Momen. Gabo, who reached the nets of South Korea and Germany in the same World Cup.
The list also includes two Egyptian players, Abd al-Rahman Fawzi, who was the first Arab to score in the history of the World Cup with his two goals against Hungary in the World Cup Italy in 1934, and his other countryman, Mohamed Salah, who scored the two goals of the Pharaohs in the World Cup Russia in 2018, against Russia and Saudi Arabia.
Finally, Saudi Fouad Anwar, who scored two goals for the Falcons against the Netherlands and Morocco national teams in the 1994 World Cup in the United States of America.
Ranking Arab top scorers in the World Cup
| arrangement | player | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| =1 | Sami Al Jaber – Saudi Arabia | 3 |
| =1 | Wahbi Khazri – Tunisia | 3 |
| =3 | Abderrazak Khairy – Morocco | 2 |
| =3 | Salaheddin Bassir – Morocco | 2 |
| =3 | Salah Al-Asad – Algeria | 2 |
| =3 | Islam Slimani – Algeria | 2 |
| =3 | Abdelmoumen Jabou – Algeria | 2 |
| =3 | Abdel Rahman Fawzy – Egypt | 2 |
| =3 | Mohamed Salah – Egypt | 2 |
| =3 | Fouad Anwar – Saudi | 2 |
