Luigi Riva - Goals in International Matches (original) (raw)

The outstanding Italian player scored 35 international goals in 42 matches for his National Team, which is the record number of goals scored by an individual player for Italy. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 7-11-1944 Died: 22- 1-2024 Country: Italy Caps: 42 (W23-D15-L4 - GF79 -GA33 - %72.62) Goals: 35 (% 0.83 per match) Age First Cap: 20 yr 232 d 27- 6-1965 vs. Hungary 1-2 Age Last Cap: 29 yr 224 d 19- 6-1974 vs. Argentina 1-1 National Team Career: 8 yr 357 d

Caps Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition 1 27- 6-65 Budapest Hungary 1-2 2 19- 3-66 Paris France 0-0 3 27- 3-67 Roma Portugal 1-1 4 3 3 1-11-67 Cosenza Cyprus 5-0 European Champ. Qualifier 5 2 5 18-11-67 Bern Switzerland 2-2 European Champ. Qualifier 6 1 6 23-12-67 Cagliari Switzerland 4-0 European Champ. Qualifier 7 1 7 10- 6-68 Roma Yugoslavia 2-0 European Championship 8 1 8 23-10-68 Cardiff Wales 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 9 2 10 1- 1-69 Cd. de México Mexico 3-2 10 10 5- 1-69 Cd. de México Mexico 1-1 11 2 12 29- 3-69 Ost-Berlin East Germany 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 12 12 24- 5-69 Torino Bulgaria 0-0 13 3 15 4-11-69 Roma Wales 4-1 World Cup Qualifier 14 1 16 22-11-69 Napoli East Germany 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 15 1 17 21- 2-70 Madrid Spain 2-2 16 2 19 10- 5-70 Lisboa Portugal 2-1 17 19 3- 6-70 Toluca Sweden 1-0 World Cup 18 19 6- 6-70 Puebla Uruguay 0-0 World Cup 19 19 11- 6-70 Toluca Israel 0-0 World Cup 20 2 21 14- 6-70 Toluca Mexico 4-1 World Cup 21 1 22 17- 6-70 Cd. de México West Germany 4-3 World Cup 22 22 21- 6-70 Cd. de México Brazil 1-4 World Cup 23 22 17-10-70 Bern Switzerland 1-1 24 22 31-10-70 Wien Austria 2-1 European Champ. Qualifier 25 22 25- 9-71 Genoa Mexico 2-0 26 2 24 9-10-71 Milano Sweden 3-0 European Champ. Qualifier 27 24 20-11-71 Roma Austria 2-2 European Champ. Qualifier 28 24 4- 3-72 Athinai Greece 1-2 29 24 29- 4-72 Milano Belgium 0-0 European Champ. Qualifier 30 1 25 13- 5-72 Brussel Belgium 1-2 European Champ. Qualifier 31 1 26 20- 9-72 Torino Yugoslavia 3-1 32 2 28 7-10-72 Luxembourg Luxembourg 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 33 28 21-10-72 Bern Switzerland 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 34 28 13- 1-73 Napoli Turkey 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 35 28 25- 2-73 Istanbul Turkey 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 36 4 32 31- 3-73 Genoa Luxembourg 5-0 World Cup Qualifier 37 1 33 9- 6-73 Roma Brazil 2-0 38 1 34 29- 9-73 Milano Sweden 2-0 39 1 35 20-10-73 Roma Switzerland 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 40 35 14-11-73 London England 1-0 41 35 15- 6-74 München Haiti 3-1 World Cup 42 35 19- 6-74 Stuttgart Argentina 1-1 World Cup

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 42 23 15 4 79- 33 61 72.62

35 Goals in 42 Matches (0.83 per match)

Types of Goals

Friendlies 8 European Champ. Qual. 9 European Championship 1 World Cup Qualifiers 14 World Cup 3

Total 35

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Prepared and maintained by _José Luis Pierrend_for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: José Luis Pierrend (josepie@hotmail.com). Last updated: 22 Jan 2024