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SAKA

Bukayo Ayoyinka Temidayo Moses Saka
ENGLAND · ENG · WINGER · #7
5 SEP 2001 · Arsenal
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ENGLAND · #7

🌎 WORLD CUP RECORD

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TITLES
4
MATCHES
3
GOALS
YEARHOSTAPPSGOALSRESULT
2022Qatar43 QUARTER-FINAL
█ ATTRIBUTES
PACE 84
SHOOTING 82
PASSING 85
DRIBBLING 88
DEFENDING 60
PHYSICAL 73

⚡ DEFINING MOMENTS

▲ 2022 · Two against Iran, aged twenty-one
On England's opening night in Qatar, Saka scored twice in a 6-2 rout of Iran — a sweet volley and a low finish — becoming the youngest England player to score a World Cup brace. He had been left out of the side at the previous tournament; here he was the most direct attacker on the pitch.
▲ 2022 · The last-sixteen finish in Al Khor
Against Senegal in the round of 16, Saka swept in England's third in a 3-0 win, his third goal of the tournament. It carried England to a quarter-final against France that would end their run.
▲ 2022 · Man of the match in defeat
Saka started the 2-1 quarter-final loss to France and was, by several reckonings, England's best player — beating Theo Hernández repeatedly down the right. England went home; Saka went home as their tournament's standout.

📜 CAREER TIMELINE

2018
Makes his Arsenal first-team debut as a teenager, having come through the club's academy.
2020
Wins the FA Cup with Arsenal and earns his first senior England cap in October.
2021
Plays in the Euro 2020 final at Wembley; his missed penalty in the shoot-out hands Italy the title.
2022
Plays at the World Cup in Qatar, scoring three times as England reach the quarter-finals.
2024
Reaches a second European final with England and converts his penalty in the quarter-final shoot-out against Switzerland; England finish runners-up again.
2025
Established as Arsenal's senior right winger and a fixture of the England side.
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PROF. INKSWORTH:

His single World Cup was also one of his best tournaments: three goals and a man-of-the-match showing in defeat, all before his twenty-second birthday. The finals saw a fine player; the European finals, twice, saw the heartbreak. History notes that the quarter-final in 2022 is, so far, as far as he has gone.

  • His brace against Iran made him the youngest England player to score twice in a single World Cup match.
  • Every minute of his World Cup career has come at one tournament — Qatar 2022 — across four matches.
  • He has reached two European finals and lost both, the first decided by a penalty he missed at Wembley.
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Zone: Historical