Every Liverpool player who has won the World Cup as Victor Munoz reaches final
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New Liverpool signing Victor Munoz could join an exclusive list of World Cup winners to feature for the Reds this week.Munoz agreed to move to Anfield last month while out in North America competing for Spain.The winger has hardly been involved for his country this summer, but they have reached the final nonetheless after beating France 2-0 in their semi-final on Tuesday evening.Should Spain go on to see off England or Argentina in the showpiece on Sunday night, Munoz will become only the 11th player to have signed for Liverpool and won the World Cup. Which ONE player from the 2026 World Cup would you love to see Liverpool sign? ➡️✅ Credit: Timothy A.
CLARY/AFP/Getty Images Five players won the World Cup while playing for LiverpoolThe first-ever Reds players to lift the trophy were all part of England’s historic 1966 side.Roger Hunt played six matches at the tournament and found the back of the net three times.Ian Callaghan hardly featured but still made one appearance against France for the Three Lions.Gerry Byrne was an unused member of the squad, but he was eventually awarded a winners’ medal in 2009 at Downing Street by Gordon Brown.After England’s triumph, no active Liverpool player won the World Cup again until 2010.Pepe Reina was part of the Spain squad which won that year’s competition, but he was the back-up goalkeeper behind Iker Casillas.Elsewhere that year, Fernando Torres played in every World Cup game for Spain and came off the bench in the final versus the Netherlands.Five Liverpool players won the World Cup when playing for other clubsThe most recent Liverpool World Cup winner is, of course, Alexis Mac Allister, who won the 2022 tournament before joining the Reds a year later.Elsewhere, Karl-Heinz Riedle secured glory with West Germany in 1990 when on the books of Werder Bremen.Xabi Alonso and Alvaro Arbeloa were also part of Spain’s 2010 side, with both players being signed to Real Madrid at the time.Finally, Bernard Diomede was contracted to AJ Auxerre when he helped France win the World Cup in 1998. He joined Liverpool two years later.Join Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox