Pau Quemada scored the World Cup’s 2000th goal.

Spain’s striker Pau Quemada may not be aware of the milestone goal he scored. When he bounced on a rebound to score his second goal against India, it was World Cup’s 2000th goal.

Till the beginning of Delhi mela, all the 11 World Cups held so far produced 1913 goals. It was therefore eagerly awaited to know who will have the honour of scoring the 87th goal here in Delhi, and to see who will go to the history book as the scorer of the 2000th goal.

It was 27-year old Pau Quemada.

The talented striker was playing his 76th international match on last Wednesday, when he posted the all important goal, absolutely unaware of the milestone he was making.

Spain’s team striker Pau Quemada is not new to India, having played in the Premier Hockey League as a part of Sher-e-Jallandhar team. He was here that time with his Spanish girlfriend Alwa, a Work and Social Psychologist by profession.

World Cup is Pau’s third visit to India, being part of Test Series earlier and then was in Chandigarh for the PHL. During PHL he was excitied about the crowd watching domestic hockey in large numbers, and perhaps now he would have got another measure of the crowd that turned up for India-Spain match, in which he made the landmark achievement