It is the Brazilian Pele, he scored his first goal in 1958 world cup in Sweden at 17 years.
David Beckham was the youngest player in 1994 to score a goal. Pele had already retired by then.
It was the 17 year old Pele in 1958 world cup in Sweden.
The youngest f.I.f.A player is 22 year old Lionel Messi.
Talha Jubair (Bangladesh) is the youngest player to play world cup cricket match. He was 17 years and 70 days in 2003 Cricket World Cup to play for Bangladesh
Not sure who the youngest scorer is, but my friend tells me that the youngest ever World Cup player was Norman Whiteside in 1982 in Spain, he played for Northern Ireland (yes, somehow they made it to WC), he was only 17 at the time. Pele, 1958 World Cup, 17 years and 249 days. Scored his MOST FAMOUS goal against Sweeden. This is the precise answer. Pele had been however playing for the Brazilian National Team since 1957, when he was 16 but those games were not World Cup Game. To see the goal click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m15yryxTXCs or youtube.com words "Brazil" "Sweeden" "Pele". JB former soccer player (in Brazil) and curious about soccer facts. City of Pittsburgh, USA.
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David Beckham was the youngest player in 1994 to score a goal. Pele had already retired by then.
No David Beckham is not the youngest player to score a goal in the world cup. the record is held by the great Brazilian Pele.
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He is Stephen Cook.
It was the 17 year old Pele in 1958 world cup in Sweden.
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The youngest player to score for Ghana in the FIFA World Cup was Asamoah Gyan, who scored for the team against the Czech Republic in 2006 at the age of 20 years 207 days.
Wasn't it Rooney for England at like 16 or 17 I'm pretty sure it was
I don't think that there was really a youngest player in the World Cup history, but there was a youngest captain which was Fuad Amin of Saudi Arabia. I