Doha: Enner Valencia, 33, now holds a joint record in FIFA World Cup history. The Fenerbahce striker is credited with the record for most consecutive goals for a single team in the World Cup.
Enner has scored the last six goals for the South American team. His first goal for La Tri in the World Cup happened in 2014. Playing in the group stage, Enner scores the first goal against the Swiss. Five days later, he scored two goals in a single match against Honduras at the Arena de Baixada. The team did not participate in the 2018 World Cup after failing to qualify.
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His antics in the opening party in Doha he helped Ecuador overcome Qatar. He scored two goals in the match thus ending with a tally of 5 goals in a row. The Ecuadorian joined the elite list on November 25, 2022 by scoring against the Dutch in their second group game. However, the player who records his and only himself is very low. The striker went down clutching his knee in the 89th minute against the Netherlands. Later, a stretcher took him off the field.
Enner Valencia, a highly respected player with crazy soccer skills, made his debut for Emelec, an Ecuadorian club. He joined Pachuca, a Mexican team, in 2013 before moving to West Ham the following year. He played for Everton on loan in 2017. Enner returned to Mexico in 2017 as a starter for Tigres LANL. He joined the Turkish Prime Ministers Fenerbache in 2020.
He joins some very popular names in FIFA World Cup history in this unique feat. Eusebio became the first person to score 6 consecutive goals for a team in the World Cup in 1966. Paolo Rossi recreated the feat in 1982 for Italy. 12-year-old Oleg Salenko made the list with six straight goals for the Russians.
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