Ali Daei - Century of International Appearances (original) (raw)

The outstanding Iranian player, who obtained 148 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. He also scored 108 international goals for his National Team, entering the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with Two Score Goals for his national team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Caps Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition Persian Date 1 6- 6-93 Tehran Pakistan 5-0 ECO cup 72- 3-16 2 8- 6-93 Tehran Turkmenistan 2-1 ECO cup 72- 3-18 3 13- 6-93 Tehran Tajikistan 1-0 ECO cup 72- 3-23 4 14- 6-93 Tehran Turkmenistan 2-1 ECO cup 72- 3-24 5 23- 6-93 Tehran Oman 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 72- 4- 2 6 1 1 25- 6-93 Tehran Taiwan 6-0 World Cup Qualifier 72- 4- 4 7 1 27- 6-93 Tehran Syria 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 72- 4- 6 8 1 2- 7-93 Damascus Oman 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 72- 4-11 9 2 3 4- 7-93 Damascus Taiwan 6-0 World Cup Qualifier 72- 4-13 10 3 6- 7-93 Damascus Syria 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 72- 4-15 11 3 12- 9-93 Tehran Bosnia-Herceg. 1-3 72- 6-21 12 16-10-93 Doha South Korea 0-3 World Cup Qualifier 72- 7-24 13 1 4 18-10-93 Doha Japan 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 72- 7-26 14 1 5 22-10-93 Doha Iraq 1-2 World Cup Qualifier 72- 7-30 15 2 7 25-10-93 Doha North Korea 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 72- 8- 3 16 7 28-10-93 Doha Saudi Arabia 3-4 World Cup Qualifier 72- 8- 6 17 7 3-10-94 Hiroshima Bahrain 0-0 Asian Games 73- 7-11 18 7 25- 4-96 Ashgabat Turkmenistan 1-1 75- 2- 6 19 7 27- 4-96 Ashgabat Turkmenistan 0-1 75- 2- 8 20 7 27- 5-96 Kuwait City Kuwait 2-2
21 2 9 30- 5-96 Kuwait City Kuwait 2-1 22 9 1- 6-96 Doha Qatar 1-0 75- 3-12 23 4 13 10- 6-96 Tehran Nepal 8-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 75- 3-21 24 5 18 12- 6-96 Tehran Sri Lanka 7-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 75- 3-23 25 1 19 14- 6-96 Tehran Oman 2-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 75- 3-25 26 19 17- 6-96 Muscat Sri Lanka 4-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 75- 3-28 27 1 20 19- 6-96 Muscat Nepal 4-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 75- 3-30 28 1 21 21- 6-96 Muscat Oman 2-1 Asian Cup Qualifier 75- 4- 1 29 21 25-11-96 Tehran Turkmenistan 0-1 75- 9- 5 30 1 22 5-12-96 Dubai Iraq 1-2 Asian Cup 75- 9-15 31 1 23 8-12-96 Dubai Thailand 3-1 Asian Cup 75- 9-18 32 1 24 11-12-96 Dubai Saudi Arabia 3-0 Asian Cup 75- 9-21 33 4 28 16-12-96 Dubai South Korea 6-2 Asian Cup 75- 9-26 34 28 18-12-96 Abu Dhabi Saudi Arabia 0-0 [1] Asian Cup 75- 9-28 35 1 29 21-12-96 Abu Dhabi Kuwait 1-1 [2] Asian Cup 75-10- 1 36 2 31 2- 6-97 Damascus Maldives 17-0 World Cup Qualifier 76- 3-12 37 1 32 4- 6-97 Damascus Kyrgyzstan 7-0 World Cup Qualifier 76- 3-14 38 1 33 6- 6-97 Damascus Syria 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 76- 3-16 39 33 9- 6-97 Tehran Kyrgyzstan 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 76- 3-19 40 2 35 11- 6-97 Tehran Maldives 9-0 World Cup Qualifier 76- 3-21 41 35 13- 6-97 Tehran Syria 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 76- 3-23 42 35 13- 9-97 Dalian China 4-2 World Cup Qualifier 76- 6-22 43 35 19- 9-97 Tehran Saudi Arabia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 76- 6-28 44 35 26- 9-97 Kuwait Kuwait 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 76- 7- 4 45 1 36 3-10-97 Tehran Qatar 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 76- 7-11 46 1 37 17-10-97 Tehran China 4-1 World Cup Qualifier 76- 7-25 47 37 24-10-97 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 76- 8- 2 48 37 31-10-97 Tehran Kuwait 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 76- 8- 9 49 37 7-11-97 Doha Qatar 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 76- 8-16 50 1 38 16-11-97 Johor Bahru Japan 2-3 World Cup Qualifier 76- 8-25 51 38 22-11-97 Tehran Australia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 76- 9- 1 52 38 29-11-97 Melbourne Australia 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 76- 9- 8 53 38 3- 6-98 Rijeka Croatia 0-2 77- 3-13 54 38 14- 6-98 Saint Etienne Yugoslavia 0-1 World Cup 77- 3-24 55 38 21- 6-98 Lyon USA 2-1 World Cup 77- 3-31 56 38 25- 6-98 Montpellier Germany 0-2 World Cup 77- 4- 4 57 38 13-10-98 Kuwait Kuwait 0-3 77- 7-21 58 38 1-12-98 Sisaket Kazakhstan 2-0 Asian Games 77-10- 9 59 2 40 5-12-98 Sisaket Laos 6-1 Asian Games 77-10-14 60 1 41 8-12-98 Bangkok Oman 2-4 Asian Games 77-10-17 61 2 43 10-12-98 Bangkok Tajikistan 5-0 Asian Games 77-10-19 62 1 44 12-12-98 Bangkok China 2-1 Asian Games 77-10-21 63 3 47 14-12-98 Bangkok Uzbekistan 4-0 Asian Games 77-10-23 64 47 16-12-98 Bangkok China 1-0 Asian Games 77-10-25 65 47 19-12-98 Bangkok Kuwait 2-0 Asian Games 77-10-28 66 47 2- 6-99 Edmonton Ecuador 1-1 Canada Cup 78- 3-12 67 1 48 4- 6-99 Edmonton Canada 1-0 Canada Cup 78- 3-14 68 48 6- 6-99 Edmonton Guatemala 2-2 Canada Cup 78- 3-16 69 1 49 8- 9-99 Yokohama Japan 1-1 78- 6-17 70 49 10-10-99 København Denmark 0-0 78- 7-18 71 1 50 9- 1-00 Oakland Mexico 1-2 78-10-19 72 50 16- 1-00 Los Angeles USA 1-1 78-10-26 73 3 53 31- 3-00 Aleppo Maldives 8-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 79- 1-12 74 1 54 2- 4-00 Aleppo Syria 1-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 79- 1-14 75 54 4- 4-00 Aleppo Bahrain 0-1 Asian Cup Qualifier 79- 1-16 76 1 55 9- 4-00 Tehran Bahrain 3-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 79- 1-21 77 55 11- 4-00 Tehran Syria 1-1 Asian Cup Qualifier 79- 1-23 78 1 56 13- 4-00 Tehran Maldives 3-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 79- 1-25 79 1 57 7- 6-00 Tehran Egypt 1-1 [3] LG Cup 79- 3-18 80 1 58 9- 6-00 Tehran Macedonia 3-1 LG Cup 79- 3-20 81 58 1- 9-00 Wien Austria 1-5 79- 6-11 82 2 60 27- 9-00 Doha Qatar 2-1 79- 7- 6 83 1 61 12-10-00 Beirut Lebanon 4-0 Asian Cup 79- 7-21 84 1 62 15-10-00 Sidon Thailand 1-1 Asian Cup 79- 7-24 85 1 63 18-10-00 Sidon Iraq 1-0 Asian Cup 79- 7-27 86 63 23-10-00 Tripoli South Korea 1-2 Asian Cup 79- 8- 2 87 4 67 24-11-00 Tabriz Guam 19-0 World Cup Qualifier 79- 9- 4 88 1 68 28-11-00 Tabriz Tajikistan 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 79- 9- 8 89 1 69 19- 1-01 Tehran China 4-0 Ancient Civil. Cup 79-10-30 90 69 1- 8-01 Doha Qatar 1-2 91 1 70 8- 8-01 Tehran Oman 5-2 LG Cup 92 2 72 10- 8-01 Tehran Bosnia-Herceg. 4-0 LG Cup 93 72 15- 8-01 Bratislava Slovakia 4-3 94 2 74 24- 8-01 Tehran Saudi Arabia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 95 74 1- 9-01 Bangkok Thailand 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 96 1 75 7- 9-01 Baghdad Iraq 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 97 75 14- 9-01 Tehran Bahrain 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 98 1 76 28- 9-01 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 99 76 5-10-01 Tehran Thailand 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 100 76 12-10-01 Tehran Iraq 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 101 1 77 21-10-01 Manama Bahrain 1-3 World Cup Qualifier 102 1 78 31-10-01 Abu Dhabi UAE 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 103 78 10-11-01 Dublin Ireland 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 104 78 15-11-01 Tehran Ireland 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 105 78 1- 3-02 Casablanca Venezuela 1-0 LG Cup 106 78 30- 5-02 Kuwait City Kuwait 3-1
107 1 79 21- 8-02 Kyiv Ukraine 1-0 108 1 80 19- 9-02 Tabriz Paraguay 1-1 [4] LG Cup 109 80 13- 8-03 Tehran Iraq 0-1 LG Cup 110 80 20- 8-03 Minsk Belarus 1-2 111 2 82 5- 9-03 Tehran Jordan 4-1 Asian Cup Qualifier 112 82 12-10-03 Tehran New Zealand 3-0 AFC-OFC Cup 113 82 27-10-03 Pyongyang North Korea 3-1 Asian Cup Qualifier 114 (1) 82 12-11-03 Tehran North Korea 3-0 [5] Asian Cup Qualifier 115 1 83 19-11-03 Beirut Lebanon 3-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 116 1 84 28-11-03 Tehran Lebanon 1-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 117 1 85 2-12-03 Kuwait City Kuwait 1-3 118 1 86 18- 2-04 Tehran Qatar 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 119 2 88 31- 3-04 Vientiane Laos 7-0 World Cup Qualifier 120 88 9- 6-04 Tehran Jordan 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 121 3 91 17- 6-04 Tehran Lebanon 4-0 WAFF Tournament 122 1 92 21- 6-04 Tehran Syria 7-1 WAFF Tournament 123 92 23- 6-04 Tehran Iraq 2-1 WAFF Tournament 124 1 93 25- 6-04 Tehran Syria 4-1 WAFF Tournament 125 1 94 20- 7-04 Chongqing Thailand 3-0 Asian Nations Cup 126 94 24- 7-04 Chongqing Oman 2-2 Asian Nations Cup 127 94 28- 7-04 Chongqing Japan 0-0 Asian Nations Cup 128 94 31- 7-04 Jinan South Korea 4-3 Asian Nations Cup 129 94 3- 8-04 Beijing China 1-1 [6] Asian Nations Cup 130 2 96 6- 8-04 Beijing Bahrain 4-2 Asian Nations Cup 131 1 97 8- 9-04 Amman Jordan 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 132 4 101 17-11-04 Tehran Laos 7-0 World Cup Qualifier 133 1 102 18-12-04 Tehran Panama 1-0 134 1 103 2- 2-05 Tehran Bosnia-Herceg. 2-1 135 103 9- 2-05 Manama Bahrain 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 136 103 25- 3-05 Tehran Japan 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 137 103 29- 5-05 Tehran Azerbaijan 2-1 138 103 3- 6-05 Tehran North Korea 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 139 103 8- 6-05 Tehran Bahrain 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 140 1 104 17- 8-05 Yokohama Japan 1-2 World Cup Qualifier 141 1 105 24- 8-05 Tehran Libya 4-0 142 1 106 13-11-05 Tehran Togo 2-0 LG Cup 143 1 107 22- 2-06 Tehran Taiwan 4-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 144 1 108 1- 3-06 Tehran Costa Rica 3-2 145 108 28- 5-06 Osijek Croatia 2-2 146 108 31- 5-06 Tehran Bosnia-Herceg. 5-2 147 108 11- 6-06 N�rnberg Mexico 1-3 World Cup 148 108 21- 6-06 Leipzig Angola 1-1 World Cup

[1] Iran lost 3-4 on penalty kicks [2] Iran won 4-3 on penalty kicks [3] Iran lost 7-8 on penalty kicks [4] Iran won 4-3 on penalty kicks [5] match abandoned in 61' at 1-0 (North Korea walked off) and awarded 3-0 to Iran; Daei had scored the only goal from a penalty but as the score at abandonment is irrelevant to the award of the match, his goal is not included in his record. [6] Iran lost 3-4 on penalty kicks

NB: the matches against Ecuador Olympic Team (2-1, Los Angeles, in which Daei scored one goal; this match was official for two decades before the Ecuador FA reconsidered), Morocco Olympic Team (1-1, penalties 4-3, 17- 9-02 in Tabriz, LG Cup), Cameroon League XI (1-2, 30- 5-03 in Abuja, LG Cup), Cameroon League XI (4-1 (in which Daei scored one goal), 15- 8-03 in Tehran, LG Cup) and Macedonia League XI (1-2, 11-11-05 in Tehran, LG Cup), in which Daei played, are not (anymore) considered full "A" international matches and therefore not included here; the matches vs Kuwait on 27- 5-96 and 30- 5-96, and vs Paraguay on 19- 9-02 were originally not included but both FAs and FIFA confirmed them as official.

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 148 88 32 28 361- 137 208 70.27

108 Goals in 148 Matches (0.73 per match)

Types of Goals and Matches

                 Goals  Matches

Friendlies 12 28 World Cup Qualifiers 36 51 World Cup 0 5 Asian Championship 14 16 Asian Championship Q. 23 18 Asian Games 9 9 WAFF Tournament 5 4 Other Tournaments 9 17

Total 108 148

NB: note that Daei actually scored 109 goals in the 148 matches involved but his goal in the awarded match against North Korea on 12-11-03 is not counted

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With thanks to Ashgar Zarei (myneda76@yahoo.com) and Roberto Mamrud (roberto.mamrud@gmail.com)

Prepared and maintained by Milad Niqui for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Milad Niqui (milad@cs.kun.nl) Last updated: 30 Jun 2021

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