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Jude Bellingham entered his name in the history books on Saturday (July 18) by becoming the first player to score 7 goals in one edition of the FIFA World Cup for England. The 23-year-old midfielder came
off the bench for England in the third place playoff match against France in Miami on Saturday and scored his team’s sixth goal in the 6-3 win. The goal against Les Bleus by Bellingham was his 7th in the ongoing 2026 edition of FIFA World Cup.
In the list of players with most goals for England in one edition of FIFA World Cup, Bellingham is now followed by Gary Lineker and Harry Kane. Lineker scored six goals for England in the 1986 edition and Kane scored 6 goals each in the 2018 and 2026 editions of FIFA World Cup.
