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Brazil's players Ronaldo (left) and Gilberto Silva (right) are joined by Edmilson as they kiss the trophy after the final of the Fifa 2002 World Cup Korea in Japan.

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French Laurent Blanc kisses the head of goalkeeper Fabien Barthez at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, near Paris, during the 1998 World Cup.

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Saudi Arabia's Saeed Owairan celebrates after scoring a goal during the 1994 World Cup first round match against Belgium in Washington.

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Lothar Matthaeus (centre), captain of the German national team, holds aloft the 1990 World Cup as he celebrates with teammate Jurgen Klinsmann in Rome.

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Argentina's captain Diego Maradona kisses the 1986 World Soccer Cup won by his team after a 3-2 victory over West Germany in Mexico City.

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West German defender Paul Breitner (right) attempts to control the ball under pressure from Algeria's Mustapha Dahleb during the World Cup in 1982. Algeria upset West Germany 2-1.

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French forward Bernard Lacombe (right) heads the ball past Italian defender Mauro Bellugi during their 1978 World Cup first round match in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

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Zaire goalkeeper Muamba Kazadi punches the ball away from Brazilian forward Jairzinho during their 1974 World Cup match in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

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Brazil's team captain and defender Carlos Alberto smiles as he holds aloft the Jules Rimet trophy after defeating Italy in Mexico City in 1970.

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England's team captain Bobby Moore holds aloft the Jules Rimet trophy as he's carried by his teammates after England's victory over Germany in the 1966 World Cup final in England.

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Fifa president, Stanley Rous, congratulates Brazil's national team captain, Mauro, after handing him the Jules Rimet Cup following Brazil's 1962 World Cup victory over Czechoslovakia.

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Brazilian forward Garrincha (left) dribbles past Welsh defender Mel Hopkins during their 1958 World Cup quarterfinal match in Goteborg, Sweden.

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The German national team lines up before the start of a soccer match in the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland.

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Representatives of the Italian football federation present the Jules Rimet trophy to their Brazilian counterparts in Rio de Janeiro, two days before the start of the 1942 World Cup in Brazil.

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National players from the Netherlands East Indies line up during the national anthems before the start of their 1938 World Cup preliminary round match against Hungary in Reims, France.

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The Italian national team pose for a group picture ahead of the 1934 World Cup final in Rome. Italy won the title beating Czechoslovakia 2-1 in extra time.

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Frenchman Jules Rimet (left), Fifa head, hands over the 1930 World Cup trophy to Dr. Raul Jude, president of the Uruguayan football in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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