On Friday, Ecuador’s veteran striker Enner Valencia, 33, was at it again. Scoring and saving his nation on the biggest stage, this time for a 1-1 draw against The Netherlands. In Ecuador’s Group A-opener against hosts Qatar, Valencia had scored both goals in a famous 2-0 win, making him the country’s highest goal-scorer at World Cups with five strikes to his name. Valencia’s latest strike was his sixth goal across World Cups, beginning with the 2014 edition in Brazil.

Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo has eight goals in five World Cups while Argentina’s Lionel Messi has seven goals in five editions. Among the current lot of players in Qatar, Germany’s Thomas Muller is the highest scorer at World Cups (10 goals in four editions) while compatriot Miroslav Klose remains the overall record-holder for most goals in World Cups (16 in four editions). However, what makes Valencia’s feat special is that he has scored his six in just two Word Cups—2014 and 2022 (Ecuador did not make it to the 2018 edition).