Every Man United player to score at a World Cup

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The Peoples Person

4 July 2026

Manchester United have a fantastic history, and that incredible past extends to representation at the

FIFA

World Cup

The Red Devils have had numerous players score goals at the tournament over the years, and

Lisandro Martinez

joined them as he scored in

Argentina’s

3-2 victory over a valiant Cape Verde.

Matheus Cunha

and Amad also scored their first ever

goals in the 2026 edition of the glamorous tournament. Here is a complete list of all the players who were under contract at

Manchester United

when they scored their

goals.

1) Bobby Charlton

The

winner and Ballon d’Or victor of 1966 scored a fine strike versus Mexico as his side went on to win the trophy.

2) Bryan Robson

Captain marvel grabbed a goal after just 27 seconds as England defeated France 3-1 in their opening group game in Bilbao.

3) Norman Whiteside

He is still the record holder as the youngest player to play at a

in 1982 at just 17 years old, and he grabbed his first

strike against Algeria in a 1-1 draw for Northern Ireland at Mexico 1986.

4) Jesper Olsen

Olsen scored an incredible four goals for Denmark in the 1986

, with the first a penalty against Spain in the last 16.

5) David Beckham

The United academy product’s 1998

would go on to be remembered for darker reasons, but his first goal came against Colombia when he arrowed in a trademark spectacular free kick.

6) Diego Forlan

Forlan’s true

highlights would be in 2010 when his side reached the semi-finals and he won the Golden Boot. Nonetheless, he scored as a United player in 2002 with a memorable strike versus Senegal.

7) Ruud van Nistelrooy

It is somewhat surprising that such a great striker only scored one

goal, but this came for Van Nistelrooy just before he left United when he scored against the Ivory Coast in 2006.

8) Cristiano Ronaldo

The Portuguese star is still firing in the goals as he has three to his name at the time of writing for Portugal in 2026, but he opened his

account 20 years ago against Iran in Germany.

9) Park Ji-Sung

The South Korean was more famous for his pressing and tackling than goal scoring, but he did fire in goals in three separate World Cups. His first came in 2002, but his first as a United player was in 2006.

10) Javier Hernandez

The Mexican signed for United in May 2010, and he celebrated his transfer with a fine finish for Mexico against France at the

of that year.

11) Wayne Rooney

Incredibly, in spite of all he achieved for United and England, he did not score his first goal until the 2014

, when he fired in against Uruguay.

12) Robin van Persie

Van Persie’s first goal as a United player in a

came in incredible circumstances, when he scored a spectacular diving header as the Netherlands took the reigning champions Spain apart 5-1 in 2014.

13) Marouane Fellaini

The Belgian had his fair share of critics during his career, but he netted for his nation at the 2018

in a stunning comeback win over Japan.

14) Romelu Lukaku

Lukaku is his nation’s all-time top scorer and has bagged two strikes in this

. He scored as a United player in the 2018 edition and found the net a total of four times in the tournament.

15) Marcus Rashford

Rashford scored a stunning free kick against Wales in the 2022

in Qatar to mark his first ever

strike. He would go on to score 30 goals for United that season.

16) Casemiro

Casemiro

opened his

account as a United player with a stunning strike versus Switzerland.

17) Bruno Fernandes

The United captain has not really delivered for his nation as he regularly does for United, but he found the net against Uruguay in 2022 in Qatar.

18) Matheus Cunha

Cunha had an incredible first season at Old Trafford and has continued this form, as he grabbed a brace versus Haiti to score his first ever

19) Amad

The Ivorian did not have the easiest of seasons, but scored his first ever

strike for the Ivory Coast as he grabbed a late winner against Ecuador.

20) Lisandro Martinez

Martinez scored a wonderful curling effort to give Argentina a 2-1 lead in their last 32 encounter versus Cape Verde.

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