The quickest goal in World Cup history? Alphonso Davies scores after just 67 seconds

World Cup 2022
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Alphonso Davies scored Canada's first-ever World Cup goal against Croatia in Qatar, with the goal coming after just 67 seconds of play in the game.

The bullet header Davies produced is comfortably the quickest goal scored at World Cup 2022, with Cody Gakpo bagging the next-fastest at the 2022 tournament. The Netherlands forward bagged against Ecuador after five minutes, making Davies' goal coming a full four minutes beforehand.

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Ryan Dabbs
Staff writer

Ryan is a staff writer for FourFourTwo, joining the team full-time in October 2022. He first joined Future in December 2020, working across FourFourTwo, Golf Monthly, Rugby World and Advnture's websites, before eventually earning himself a position with FourFourTwo permanently. After graduating from Cardiff University with a degree in Journalism and Communications, Ryan earned a NCTJ qualification to further develop as a writer while a Trainee News Writer at Future.