<P> In November 2007, FIFA announced that all members of World Cup - winning squads between 1930 and 1974 were to be retroactively awarded winners' medals . This made Brazil's Pelé the only player to have won three World Cup winners' medals (1958, 1962, and 1970, although he did not play in the 1962 final due to injury), with 20 other players who have won two winners' medals . Seven players have collected all three types of World Cup medals (winners', runner - ups', and third - place); five players were from West Germany's squad of 1966--1974 including Franz Beckenbauer, Jürgen Grabowski, Horst - Dieter Höttges, Sepp Maier and Wolfgang Overath (1966--1974), Italy's Franco Baresi (1982, 1990, 1994) and the most recent has been Miroslav Klose of Germany (2002--2014) with four consecutive medals . </P> <P> Brazil's Mário Zagallo, West Germany's Franz Beckenbauer and France's Didier Deschamps are the only people to date to win the World Cup as both player and head coach . Zagallo won in 1958 and 1962 as a player and in 1970 as head coach . Beckenbauer won in 1974 as captain and in 1990 as head coach, and Deschamps repeated the feat in 2018, after having won in 1998 as captain . Italy's Vittorio Pozzo is the only head coach to ever win two World Cups (1934 and 1938). All World Cup - winning head coaches were natives of the country they coached to victory . </P> <P> Among the national teams, Germany and Brazil have played the most World Cup matches (109), Germany appeared in the most finals (8), semi-finals (13), quarter - finals (16), while Brazil has appeared in the most World Cups (21), has the most wins (73) and has scored the most goals (229). The two teams have played each other twice in the World Cup, in the 2002 final and in the 2014 semi-final . </P> <Table> Players with more than 10 goals at World Cup tournaments <Tr> <Th> Rank </Th> <Th> Nation </Th> <Th> Player </Th> <Th> Goals scored </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Miroslav Klose </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ronaldo </Td> <Td> 15 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gerd Müller </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Just Fontaine </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pelé </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jürgen Klinsmann </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sándor Kocsis </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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