Gary Lineker - Goals in International Matches (original) (raw)

The outstanding English player, who scored 48 international goals for his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with Two Score Goalsfor his national team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Caps Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition 1 26/ 5/84 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 British Champ. 2 1 1 26/ 3/85 London Ireland 2-1 3 1 1/ 5/85 Bucuresti Romania 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 4 1 25/ 5/85 Glasgow Scotland 0-1 5 1 6/ 6/85 Cd. de M�xico Italy 1-2 City Tournam. 6 1 12/ 6/85 Cd. de M�xico West Germany 3-0 City Tournam. 7 2 3 16/ 6/85 Los Angeles United States 5-0 8 3 11/ 9/85 London Romania 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 9 3 6 16/10/85 London Turkey 5-0 World Cup Qualifier 10 6 13/11/85 London N. Ireland 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 11 6 29/ 1/86 Cairo Egypt 4-0 12 6 26/ 3/86 Tbilisi Soviet Union 1-0 13 6 24/ 5/86 Burnaby Canada 1-0 14 6 3/ 6/86 Monterrey Portugal 0-1 World Cup 15 6 6/ 6/86 Monterrey Morocco 0-0 World Cup 16 3 9 11/ 6/86 Monterrey Poland 3-0 World Cup 17 2 11 18/ 6/86 Cd. de M�xico Paraguay 3-0 World Cup 18 1 12 22/ 6/86 Cd. de M�xico Argentina 1-2 World Cup 19 2 14 15/10/86 London N. Ireland 3-0 European Champ. Qual. 20 14 12/11/86 London Yugoslavia 2-0 European Champ. Qual. 21 4 18 18/ 2/87 Madrid Spain 4-2 22 18 1/ 4/87 Belfast N. Ireland 2-0 European Champ. Qual. 23 18 29/ 4/87 Izmir Turkey 0-0 European Champ. Qual. 24 1 19 19/ 5/87 London Brazil 1-1 Rous Cup 25 1 20 9/ 9/87 D�sseldorf West Germany 1-3 26 3 23 14/10/87 London Turkey 8-0 European Champ. Qual. 27 23 11/11/87 Beograd Yugoslavia 4-1 European Champ. Qual. 28 1 24 23/ 3/88 London Netherlands 2-2 29 24 27/ 4/88 Budapest Hungary 0-0 30 24 21/ 5/88 London Scotland 1-0 Rous Cup 31 1 25 24/ 5/88 London Colombia 1-1 Rous Cup 32 1 26 28/ 5/88 Lausanne Switzerland 1-0 33 26 12/ 6/88 Stuttgart Ireland 0-1 European Championship 34 26 15/ 6/88 D�sseldorf Netherlands 1-3 European Championship 35 26 18/ 6/88 Frankfurt Soviet Union 1-3 European Championship 36 26 19/10/88 London Sweden 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 37 26 16/11/88 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1-1 38 26 8/ 2/89 Athinai Greece 2-1 39 26 8/ 3/89 Tiran� Albania 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 40 1 27 26/ 4/89 London Albania 5-0 World Cup Qualifier 41 1 28 3/ 6/89 London Poland 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 42 1 29 7/ 6/89 K�benhavn Denmark 1-1 43 29 6/ 9/89 Stockholm Sweden 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 44 29 11/10/89 Chorz�w Poland 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 45 29 15/11/89 London Italy 0-0 46 29 13/12/89 London Yugoslavia 2-1 47 1 30 28/ 3/90 London Brazil 1-0 48 30 25/ 4/90 London Czechoslovakia 4-2 49 1 31 15/ 5/90 London Denmark 1-0 50 31 22/ 5/90 London Uruguay 1-2 51 31 2/ 6/90 Tunis Tunisia 1-1 52 1 32 11/ 6/90 Cagliari Ireland 1-1 World Cup 53 32 16/ 6/90 Cagliari Netherlands 0-0 World Cup 54 32 21/ 6/90 Cagliari Egypt 1-0 World Cup 55 32 26/ 6/90 Bologna Belgium 1-0 World Cup 56 2 34 1/ 7/90 Napoli Cameroon 3-2 World Cup 57 1 35 4/ 7/90 Torino West Germany 1-1 (1) World Cup 58 35 7/ 7/90 Bari Italy 1-2 World Cup 59 1 36 22/ 9/90 London Hungary 1-0 60 1 37 17/10/90 London Poland 2-0 European Champ. Qual. 61 37 14/11/90 Dublin Ireland 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 62 2 39 6/ 2/91 London Cameroon 2-0 63 39 27/ 3/91 London Ireland 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 64 39 1/ 5/91 Izmir Turkey 1-0 European Champ. Qual. 65 1 40 25/ 5/91 London Argentina 2-2 Challenge Cup 66 40 1/ 6/91 Sydney Australia 1-0 67 1 41 3/ 6/91 Auckland New Zealand 1-0 68 4 45 12/ 6/91 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 4-2 69 45 11/ 9/91 London Germany 0-1 70 45 16/10/91 London Turkey 1-0 European Champ. Qual. 71 1 46 13/11/91 Poznan Poland 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 72 1 47 19/ 2/91 London France 2-0 73 47 25/ 3/92 Praha Czechoslovakia 2-2 74 1 48 29/ 4/92 Moskva CIS 2-2 75 48 12/ 5/92 Budapest Hungary 1-0 76 48 17/ 5/92 London Brazil 1-1 77 48 3/ 6/92 Helsinki Finland 2-1 78 48 11/ 6/92 Malm� Denmark 0-0 European Championship 79 48 14/ 6/92 Malm� France 0-0 European Championship 80 48 17/ 6/92 Stockholm Sweden 1-2 European Championship

(1) England lost 3-4 on penalties

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 80 39 29 12 124- 57 107 66.88

48 Goals in 80 Matches (0.60 per match)

Types of Goals

Friendlies 23 European Champ. Qual. 7 World Cup Qualifiers 5 World Cup 10 Other Tournament 3

Total 48

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Author: Roberto Mamrud (robert@elsitio.net) Last updated: 29 Jan 2006