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Clint Dempsey And The 10 Fastest World Cup Goals

Dempsey In At 5 Of The Fastest World Cup Goals
Samuel Luckhurst
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Clint Dempsey's fleet-footed finish against Ghana gave the United States the best possible start to their World Cup campaign as he was inducted into the pantheon of fastest scorers in the finals' history.

Dempsey's brilliant solo goal after 29 seconds is the fifth quickest in World Cup history, and here are the other nine...

Fastest World Cup goals
South Korea and Japan '02 - Hakan Sukur (Turkey) v South Korea, 11 seconds(01 of10)
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Chile 1962 - Vaclav Masek (Czechoslovakia) v Mexico, 16 seconds(02 of10)
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Italy 1934 - Ernst Lehner (Germany) v Austria, 25 seconds(03 of10)
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Spain '82 - Bryan Robson (England) v France, 27 seconds(04 of10)
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England's Bryan Robson (r) celebrates with teammate Terry Butcher (c) after scoring the fastest goal in World Cup history - just 27 seconds after kick off (credit:PA)
Brazil 2014 - Clint Dempsey (USA) v Ghana, 29 seconds(05 of10)
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NATAL, BRAZIL - JUNE 16: Clint Dempsey of the United States reacts after scoring his team's first goal during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Group G match between Ghana and the United States at Estadio das Dunas on June 16, 2014 in Natal, Brazil. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
France 1938 - Emile Veinante (France) v Belgium, 35 seconds(06 of10)
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France 1938 - Arne Nyberg (Sweden) v Hungary, 35 seconds(07 of10)
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Argentina '78 - Bernard Lacombe (France) v Argentina, 37 seconds(08 of10)
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Chile 1962 - Florian Albert (Hungary) v Bulgaria, 50 seconds(09 of10)
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Uruguay 1930 - Adalbert Desu (Romania) v Peru, 50 seconds(10 of10)
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