Hakan Şükür scored the fastest goal in FIFA World Cup history, finding the net after 11 seconds in 2002.
The record came in Turkey’s third-place play-off against co-hosts South Korea at Daegu World Cup Stadium on June 29, 2002. Şükür scored immediately after kickoff, with teammate İlhan Mansız providing the assist. Turkey went on to win 3–2 and finish third, the country’s best-ever World Cup result.
The goal was unusually quick even by World Cup standards. The previous leading marks included Václav Masek’s 15-second goal for Czechoslovakia in 1962 and Bryan Robson’s 28-second goal for England in 1982. Şükür’s strike remains the benchmark for the men’s FIFA World Cup.
Clint Dempsey scored after 30 seconds for the United States in 2014, which is among the fastest tournament goals but not the record. Miroslav Klose and Ronaldo are associated with other World Cup scoring records, not this particular opening-second milestone.