We give you continuous updates from Europe's big leagues and competitions as well as the World Cup and European Championships. The player ratings you will find here were published in the major newspapers and web pages such as Gazzetta dello Sport, Don Balón, France Football, L'Équipe, Kicker, El Mundo Deportivo, Guerin Sportivo, Marca, Corriere dello Sport, La Repubblica, The Guardian, The Times, and SportBild.
03 November, 2024
1958 World Cup: combined goal & assist table
06 February, 2024
Brazil ratings in the 1958 World Cup
19 March, 2023
Yugoslavia ratings in the 1958 World Cup
Ratings: France Football.
4,50 Vujadin Boškov
4,25 Branko Zebec
4,00 Vasilije Šijaković
3,75 Aleksandar Petaković
3,67 Miloš Milutinović, Dragoslav Šekularac, Dobrosav Krstić
3,50 Tomislav Crnković, Zdravko Rajkov, Todor Veselinović
2,33 Vladimir Beara
Argentina ratings in the 1958 World Cup
Ratings: France Football.
4,33 José Varacka, Oreste Corbatta
3,67 Norberto Menéndez, Néstor Rossi
3,50 Ángel Labruna
3,00 Juan Francisco Lombardo, Pedro Dellacha, Federico Vairo
2,50 Osvaldo Cruz
2,33 Amadeo Carrizo, Ludovico Avio
Players' market value, August 1958
According to El Gráfico.
$200.000* : Pelé (Brazil)
$180.000 : Garrincha (Brazil)
$160.000 : Vavá (Brazil), Raymond Kopa, Just Fontaine (France)
$150.000 : Didi (Brazil)
$120.000 : Nílton Santos, Bellini, Gilmar (Brazil), Kurt Hamrin (Sweden), Omar Sívori (Argentina/Italy), Alfredo Di Stéfano (Argentina/Spain)
$100.000 : Roger Piantoni (France), Branko Zebec (Yugoslavia), Břetislav Dolejší, Gustav Mráz (Czechoslovakia), Helmut Rahn (West Germany), Harry Gregg (N. Ireland)
$80.000 : Yuri Voinov (USSR), Danny Blanchflower (N. Ireland), Erich Juskowiak (West Germany), Orvar Bergmark (Sweden), Dragoslav Šekularac (Yugoslavia), Pavol Molnár (Czechoslovakia)
$70.000 : Hans Buzek (Austria), Ivor Allchurch (Wales), Jean Vincent (France)
$60.000 : Nils Liedholm (Sweden), Oreste Corbatta (Argentina), Herbert Erhardt (West Germany), Valentin Ivanov (USSR)
*) $200.000 in 1958 is worth $2.082.000 today.
12 October, 2016
Memory Lane: European topscorers in the 1958 World Cup.
Including Qualifiers.
12: Just Fontaine (France)
8: Tommy Taylor (England)
7: Thadée Cisowski (France)
6: Helmut Rahn (West Germany), Jackie Mudie (Scotland)
5: Roger Piantoni (France), Nikita Simonyan (USSR), Lajos Tichy (Hungary), Peter McParland (Northern Ireland)
4: Kurt Hamrin & Agne Simonsson (Sweden), Jean Vincent (France), Anatoli Ilyin (USSR), Zdeněk Zikán (Czechoslovakia), Ferenc Machos (Hungary), Ladislao Kubala (Spain), Paul Vandenbergh (Belgium)
3: Raymond Kopa & Maryan Wisnieski (France), Hans Schäfer (West Germany), John Atyeo (England), Muhamed Mujić, Aleksandar Petaković & Todor Veselinović (Yugoslavia), Eduard Streltsov (USSR), Tadeusz Kraus (Czechoslovakia), Gerhard Hanappi (Austria), Noud van Melis & Abe Lenstra (Holland), Dermot Curtis (Ireland), Hristo Iliev (Bulgaria), Edward Jankowski (Poland)
2: Nils Liedholm (Sweden), Joseph Ujlaki (France), Igor Netto, Anatoli Isaiev, Valentin Ivanov & Alexandr Ivanov (USSR), József Bozsik, Nándor Hidegkuti, Károly Sándor & Lajos Csordás (Hungary), Milan Dvořák & Václav Hovorka (Czechoslovakia), Des Palmer & Ivor Allchurch (Wales), Jimmy McIlroy & Derek Kevan (Northern Ireland), Uwe Seeler (West Germany), Duncan Edwards (England), Theodor Wagner, Karl Koller & Hans Busek (Austria), Miloš Milutinović (Yugoslavia), Maurice Willems, Ricard Orlans, Victor Mees & Henri Coppens (Belgium), Cor van der Gijp (Holland), Guido Gratton (Italy), Manuel Vasques (Portugal), Luis Suárez & Estanislao Basora (Spain), Ove Bech Nielsen (Denmark), Gerhard Cieślik (Poland), Thordar Thordarsson (Iceland), Georgi Dimitrov (Bulgaria), Harald Hennum (Norway), Günther Wirth (East Germany), Josef Hügi & Roger Vonlanthen (Switzerland), Alexandru Ere (Romania).
07 June, 2014
1958 World Cup: Combined goal & assist table.
9: Kopa (Fra) : 3+6
7: Pelé (Bra) : 6+1
7: Vavá (Bra) : 5+2
7: Hamrin (Swe) : 4+3
6: Rahn (BRD) : 6+0
6: Schäfer (BRD) : 2+4
5: McParland (Nir) : 5+0
5: Hovorka (Cze) : 2+3
5: Parodi (Par) : 2+3
4: Simonsson (Swe) : 4+0
4: Zikán (Cze) : 4+0
4: Veselinović (Yug) : 3+1
4: Corbatta (Arg) : 3+1
4: Tichy (Hun) : 3+1
4: Didi (Bra) : 1+3
4: Skoglund (Swe) : 1+3
4: Liedholm (Swe) : 2+2
4: Piantoni (Fra) : 2+2
3: Altafini ("Mazzola") : 2+1
3: Seeler (BRD) : 2+1
3: Romero (Par) : 2+1
3: Djalma Santos (Bra) : 1+2
3: Garrincha (Bra) : 0+3





