Croatian national team star Ivan Perisic joins the list of world football legends, becoming the sixth player in history to score fewer goals in four world championships.

The 37-year-old footballer made a historic achievement in the match of the 1/16 final of the 2026 Emergency against Portugal, in which Croatia lost 1:2. Previously, Perisic scored at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 World Cups..

With this rank, the Croatian repeated the record of the Germans Miroslav Klose and Uwe Seeler, as well as the legendary Brazilian Pele. The leader in the number of world championships in which goals were scored is Cristiano Ronaldo - six tournaments. In another place sits Lionel Messi, who has appeared in five world championships.

Around this, Perisic set two more records for the Croatian national team. With 37 years of experience and 150 days of experience, he became the team’s oldest goal scorer at the world championships, and also single-handedly topped the list of Croatia’s top scorers at the world championships with the most goals scored, ahead of.