Edward Acquah - Goals in International Matches (original) (raw)

The outstanding Ghanaian player scored 45 international goals for his National Team and thereby entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players withTwo Score Goals for his national team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition Gold Coast (pre-independence) 1 3 3 16-12-56 Accra Sierra Leone 4-3 Akwei Cup 2 3 ?-10-57 Freetown Sierra Leone 3-2 Akwei Cup 3 3 27-10-57 Accra Nigeria 3-3 Jalco Cup Ghana 4 3 25-10-58 Lagos Nigeria 2-3 Jalco Cup 5 3 10-10-59 Lagos Nigeria 1-3 Olympic G. Qualifier 6 2 5 25-10-59 Lagos Nigeria 4-1 Olympic G. Qualifier 7 5 13-11-59 Cairo Egypt 1-2 Olympic G. Qualifier 8 5 21-11-59 Accra Nigeria 5-2 Jalco Cup 9 2 7 6-12-59 Accra Egypt 2-0 Olympic G. Qualifier 10 2 9 7- 2-60 Accra Sierra Leone 6-2 Kwame Nkrumah C. 11 1 10 3- 7-60 Accra Egypt 2-2 12 1 11 28- 8-60 Accra Nigeria 4-1 World Cup Qualifier 13 2 13 10- 9-60 Lagos Nigeria 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 14 2 15 2-10-60 Ibadan Mali 4-1 Kwame Nkrumah C. 15 2 17 9-10-60 Lagos Nigeria 3-0 Kwame Nkrumah C. 16 17 29-10-60 Lagos Nigeria 1-1 Independence Cup 17 1 18 5- 3-61 Accra Mali 3-0 18 18 2- 4-61 Accra Morocco 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 19 18 8- 4-61 Lagos Nigeria 0-0 African Cup Qual. 20 1 19 30- 4-61 Accra Nigeria 2-2 [1] African Cup Qual. 21 19 28- 5-61 Casablanca Morocco 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 22 3 22 17-12-61 Accra Nigeria 5-1 Azikiwe Cup 23 2 24 29- 9-62 Kampala Kenya 6-3 Uganda Uhuru Cup 24 1 25 10-10-62 Kampala Uganda 4-1 Uganda Uhuru Cup 25 3 28 12-10-62 Nairobi Kenya 4-0 26 4 32 15-10-62 Blantyre Nyasaland 12-0 27 1 33 18-10-62 Dar-es-Salaam Tanganyika 6-2 28 33 10-11-62 Lagos Nigeria 0-0 Azikiwe Cup 29 1 34 24- 2-63 Kumasi Nigeria 5-0 Kwame Nkrumah C. 30 3 37 3- 3-63 Accra Mali 4-0 Kwame Nkrumah C. 31 37 24-11-63 Accra Tunisia 1-1 African Nations Cup 32 2 39 26-11-63 Accra Ethiopia 2-0 African Nations Cup 33 2 41 1-12-63 Accra Sudan 3-0 African Nations Cup 34 2 43 18- 1-64 Monrovia Liberia 5-4 Olympic G. Qualifier 35 43 2- 2-64 Accra Liberia 1-0 Olympic G. Qualifier 36 43 16- 2-64 Lom� Togo 0-1 37 43 23- 2-64 Accra East Germany 3-0 38 43 31- 5-64 Accra Tunisia 2-0 Olympic G. Qualifier 39 43 21- 6-64 Tunis Tunisia 1-2 Olympic G. Qualifier 40 1 44 21- 6-64 Tunis Tunisia 1-2 Olympic G. Qualifier 41 1 45 12-10-64 Yokohama Argentina Ol. 1-1 Olympic Games

[1] Nigeria won on lots.

NB: other matches are being investigated; for some matches records are incomplete; some sources credit Acquah with 44 caps.

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
41 24 10 7 118- 49 58 70.73

Type of Matches and Goals

Olympic Games Qualifier 9 7 Friendlies 7 10 Kwame Nkrumah Gold Cup 5 10 Jalco Cup 3 0 World Cup Qualifier 4 3 African Nations Cup 3 4 African Cup Qualifier 2 1 Azikiwe Cup 2 3 Uganda Uhuru Cup 2 3 Akwei Cup 2 3 Olympic Games 1 1 Other Tournaments 1 0

Total: 41 45

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Prepared and maintained by _Roberto Mamrud_for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Roberto Mamrud (roberto.mamrud@gmail.com) Last updated: 24 Jun 2020