Egypt's Trezeguet and Zico complete the full A-to-Z goalscorer alphabet at the 2026 World Cup

Two goals from Egypt’s Trezeguet and Mostafa Zico against New Zealand in the group stage on Sunday gave the 2026 World Cup a goalscorer for every letter of the alphabet, completing a milestone no World Cup in history has previously managed.

With more than 100 goals already scored across the tournament — including strikes from Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé, and Harry Kane’s retaken penalty — the 2026 edition had been inching toward the record. The closest any previous tournament came was the 2018 World Cup in Russia, which produced a goalscorer for every letter except Y. Lamine Yamal’s goal for Spain filled that gap this time around, before Zico’s effort sealed the final letter.

Organised by surname, the complete first-goalscorer list for each letter of the alphabet is as follows:

A — Yasin Ayari (Sweden)

B — Folarin Balogun (USA)

C — Livano Comenencia (Curaçao)

D — not listed in source

E — Breel Embolo (Switzerland)

F — Alex Freeman (USA)

G — not listed in source

H — Hwang In-beom (South Korea)

I — not listed in source

J — Raúl Jiménez (Mexico)

K — Ladislav Krejčí (Czechia)

L — not listed in source

M — Ermin Mahmić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

N — Felix Nmecha (Germany)

O — Oh Hyeon-gyu (South Korea)

P — Kevin Pina (Cape Verde)

Q — Julián Quiñones (Mexico)

R — Giovanni Reyna (USA)

S — Ismael Saibari (Morocco)

T — Trezeguet (Egypt)

U — Deniz Undav (Germany)

V — Vinícius Júnior (Brazil)

W — Yoane Wissa (DR Congo)

X — Granit Xhaka (Switzerland)

Y — Lamine Yamal (Spain)

Z — Mostafa Zico (Egypt)

The achievement underlines the breadth of nations and players contributing to what is already a high-scoring tournament, with the group stage still ongoing and the knockout rounds yet to come.