2018 World Cup: Harry Kane wins Golden Boot and Luka Modric the Golden Ball

English captain Harry Kane won the Golden Shoe after finishing top scorer in the World Cup, with Luka Modric of Croatia being the tournament player. Belgian midfielder Eden Hazard was the second best player, with French striker Antoine Griezmann third.

His French teammate Kylian Mbappe won the Young Player Award.

The Belgian Thibaut Courtois received the Golden Glove Luka Modric (left) poses with the gold ball with Kylian Mbappe holding his Young Player Award

The former Tottenham Modric midfielder has scored in Croatia's first two matches – a 2-0 win over Nigeria and then the 3-0 win against Argentina – and also helped by guiding his country to their first Cup final. World, that they lost 4-2 against France.

Zlatko Dalic said: "He played a terrific tournament which is another recommendation for the team that contributed to Luka's success.He made the lion's share of our game and he was a deserved winner of the Golden Ball. "

Chelsea's Hazard scored two goals in the 5-2 win over Tunisia and also scored in the team's 2-0 win against England's third quarter-final on Saturday [19659003TheAtleticoMadridstrikerGriezmannwontheGoldenBootofthe2016EuropeanChampionshipswithsixgoalsandfourgoalsandtwomoreatthisWorldCup

Paris striker St-Germain Mbappe, 19, improved his reputation with a series of great performances that earned him a silver ball for winning the young player award.

He scored the only goal of France's 1-0 win over Peru, twice 4-3 defeated Argentina in the round of 16 and grabbed France's fourth goal finally.

Courtois de Chelsea helped Belgium to finish third with great performances in order to win the Golden Glove Award. victory over Panama and the two matches against Engla nd and made a number of vital stops in the victories over Japan and Brazil.

A trophy for England

Kane is the second Englishman to finish in the lead Author of six goals in 1986, Gary Lineker scored six goals in 1986.

Mbappe and Griezmann, who both scored France's 4-2 victory over Croatia, scored four goals apiece, two more than Kane.

Denis Cheryshev Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and Belgium's Romelu Lukaku also scored four goals.

Kane, the Premier League scorer in two of the past three seasons, also became the first Englishman since Tommy Lawton in 1939 to score six consecutive internationals, Kane's goals all came in the first four games of the season. 39, England, with three penalty points.

How Kane scored his goals

Only one of Kane's goals came from opening play – this is how

First goal (v Tunisia): The head of John Stones in the corner of Ashley Young is brilliantly saved and Kane entered three yards

Second goal (v Tunisia): Kieran Trippier's corner is scored by Harry Maguire and Kane pbades three yards

Third goal (v Panama): From the penalty spot, high in the left

Fourth goal (v Panama): Already seen. From the penalty spot again, in the same corner

Fifth goal (v Panama): Kane's only goal is open play. Ruben Loftus-Cheek's weak shot deviates from his heel and runs into the net

Sixth goal (v Colombia): Another from the penalty spot, straight to center.

The numbers behind Kane's goals

• Kane had 14 shots in the tournament
• He scored with all six shots on target
• All goals came from inside from the surface – five of the right foot, one of the head. 19659034] How does Kane compare to his rivals?

  And what about former winners?

  The Golden Boot was awarded for the first time at the 2010 World Cup. From 1982 to 2006, it was the Golden Shoe and previously the players were just recognized as the tournament's top scorer without there being any official price.

  Kane's six goals would have given him a share of the Golden Shoe (or Since 1978, only one player has scored more than six goals in a single tournament, Ronaldo has propelled Brazil to victory in Korea's South and Japan in 2002 with eight goals – the record Even though he is the top scorer in Russia, Kane still finished seven points behind Frenchman Just Fontaine in Sweden in 1958.

  The painting Below illustrates the number of goals scored by each top scorer at a World Cup, dating back to the first in 1930.

  What does winning the Golden Boot mean to a player? – Bravo, prestige and the opportunity to advance your car eer at one of the biggest football clubs in the world.

  Here's what the prize has won for the career of a selection of players ..

  Lineker was de I have a big fish in the first division after joining the Everton champions for a £ 800,000 fresh club record in 1985 and scoring 40 goals in 57 games on Merseyside.

  But the 1986 World Cup in Mexico saw a dream move to Barcelona materialize for £ 2.8m.

  He won the Copa del Rey in 1988 and the European Cup Winners Cup in 1989 and scored 42 goals in 103 league appearances for the Spanish giants

  In 1994, the Russian Salenko was poorly known to his club, the Spanish Logrones, but his six goals in the final in the States United States ensured a tie for the Golden Boot with the Bulgarian Hristo Stoichkov

  . He is alone in the history of the World Cup for having scored five goals in a match, while being the only player to finish top scorer after his country failed to break out of stages. groups.

  His record achievements earned Salenko a transfer after the tournament in Valencia.