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World Cup Winning Goal Against Nigeria

Argentina · Sport / Football. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
2002–2014Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

2002

Gabriel Batistuta2 June 2002

Ibaraki · Sport / Football

Heads the only goal as Argentina defeat Nigeria in their opening World Cup match.

2014

Marcos Rojo25 June 2014

Porto Alegre · Sport / Football

Scores Argentina's third goal to secure a 3-2 World Cup victory over Nigeria.

Names involved

Gabriel BatistutaMarcos Rojo

Provenance

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