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The Men’s Football championship in the 2024 Paris Olympics is set to kickstart on July 24th. Football has been a part of the Olympics since 1900. Since then, the game has been featured 27 times in the Olympics.

Throughout the years, there have been several footballers who have been on the list of highest goal scorers in the Olympics. Some players have records of scoring the most numbers in a single Olympics. In the following listicle, we will discuss the top Five Footballers to score the Most Goals in a single edition of the Olympics 

Most Goals in single Olympic edition

5. Kazimierz Deyna - 9 goals in 1972 Olympics 

kazimierz deyna 9 goals in 1972 olympics

Former Polish footballer Kazimierz Deyna was the top goal scorer in football during the 1972 German Olympics. The attacking midfielder scored nine goals in that edition for Poland.