WORLD CUP RECORDS (Part 12) - PLAYER WITH MOST TITLES

• Oct 30, 2022
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Picture : The "King" Pelé is the leader !

Player with most world champion titles: Pelé

*“The King” Pelé still towers over all other football stars of all time, being the only three-time world champion (1958, 1962, 1970) and also the only one to win the World Cups with a span of 12 years.

*Other 20 players have become world champions twice. However, 9 of them spent at least one of the victorious tournaments in the reserve (three did not enter the pitch at all in both cases). Such double-champions are highlighted in green in the table.

*Brazilians make the lion's share of multiple world champions (16). The list also includes 4 Italians and one Argentinean (Passarella).

*Cafu is the only player in World Cup history to appear in three finals: 1994, 1998 and 2002. (Pelé appeared in only two finals having missed that of 1962 through injury).

*Mário Zagallo is another person (apart from Pelé) to win World Cup 3 times: twice as player (1958, 1962) and once as head coach (1970).

	PLAYERS WITH MOST	CHAMPION TITLES
	Player	Country	Titles	Editions (games)
	Pelé	Brazil	3	1958(4), 1962(2), 1970(6)
	Giovanni Ferrari	Italy	2	1934(4), 1938(4)
	Giuseppe Meazza	Italy	2	1934(5), 1938(4)
	Eraldo Monzeglio	Italy	2	1934(4), 1938(0)
	Guido Masetti	Italy	2	1934(0), 1938(0)
	Gilmar	Brazil	2	1958(6), 1962(6)
	Nílton Santos	Brazil	2	1958(6), 1962(6)
	Djalma Santos	Brazil	2	1958(1), 1962(6)
	Zito	Brazil	2	1958(4), 1962(6)
	Mário Zagallo	Brazil	2	1958(6), 1962(6)
	Vavá	Brazil	2	1958(4), 1962(6)
	Didi	Brazil	2	1958(6), 1962(6)
	Garrincha	Brazil	2	1958(4), 1962(6)
	Hilderaldo Bellini	Brazil	2	1958(6), 1962(0)
	Mauro	Brazil	2	1958(0), 1962(6)
	Zózimo	Brazil	2	1958(0), 1962(6)
	Carlos Castilho	Brazil	2	1958(0), 1962(0)
	Pepe	Brazil	2	1958(0), 1962(0)
	Daniel Passarella	Argentina	2	1978(7), 1986(0)
	Cafu	Brazil	2	1994(3), 2002(7)
	Ronaldo	Brazil	2	1994(0), 2002(7)