Jude Bellingham, the England national team player, continues to write new chapters of brilliance in the 2026 World Cup, after becoming one of the tournament's standout stars and leading the England national team to the semi-finals with an exceptional performance and decisive presence in the toughest matches.
The young star's influence was not limited to goals and playmaking, but extended to breaking a series of records that cemented his place among the most prominent players in World Cup history, despite his young age.
Thanks to his standout level, Bellingham succeeded in registering 10 different records during the current edition of the World Cup, confirming that he is not content with leading the "Three Lions" toward the dream of the title, but is writing his name in letters of gold in the records of the global tournament.
Bellingham collects 10 records in the 2026 World Cup
England achieved one of its greatest victories in the round of 16, winning 3-2 against Mexico at the famous Mexico City Stadium, with Bellingham opening the scoring with two goals in just 98 seconds of the first half.
In England's second group stage match against Ghana, Bellingham became the youngest player to win 50 international matches with England, at the age of 22 years and 359 days.
Thanks to his two goals against Mexico, Bellingham became the first player to score two goals at Mexico City Stadium in a World Cup match since the legend Diego Maradona nearly forty years ago, when he scored the two goals in Argentina's 2-0 win over Belgium, securing their qualification to the final.
Surprisingly, Bellingham continued his brilliance by scoring two more goals against Norway in the quarter-finals, with Maradona being the last player to score two goals in two consecutive matches in the knockout stages, when he scored two against England in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final in Mexico, before his two against Belgium, and Bellingham is the second youngest player to achieve this feat after Pelé, who did so at the age of seventeen in the 1958 World Cup in Sweden.
Bellingham now has seven goals in the World Cup, and only Kylian Mbappé has scored more than him before turning twenty-four, with a tally of 12 goals.
In the match against Mexico, Bellingham became the youngest player to reach ten World Cup appearances, at the age of 23 years and 6 days, breaking the record set by Mario Kempes, who achieved it at the age of 23 years and 334 days in the 1978 World Cup in Argentina.
Bellingham now has seven goals in the World Cup; only Harry Kane (14 goals) and Gary Lineker (10 goals) have scored more for the England national team.
Bellingham currently has six goals in these finals — no midfielder has scored more than that in a World Cup.
Thanks to his braces against Mexico and Norway, he became the third English player to score more than one goal in two consecutive World Cup matches, preceded by Gary Lineker against Poland and Paraguay in 1986, and Harry Kane against Tunisia and Panama in 2018.
This is the first time two players from the same national team have scored six goals or more in a World Cup, with Bellingham joined by his captain Harry Kane, who also scored six goals.
