Paul Van Himst - Goals in International Matches (original) (raw)

The outstanding Belgian player scored 30 goals in 81 international matches for his National Team. He held the Belgian caps record from June 14, 1972 (when he equalled the total of Vic Mees) until August 23, 1989 (when his total was surpassed by Jan Ceulemans). He held the Belgian record of goals since June 17, 1972 (when he equalled the total of Bernard Voorhoof) until November 14, 2017 (when his total was surpassed by Romelu Lukaku). All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 2-10-1943 in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw Country: Belgium
Caps: 81 (W44-D11-L26- GF142-GA88 - %61.11)
Goals: 30 (% 0.39 per match)
Age First Cap: 17 yr 17 d 19-10-1960 vs. Sweden 0-2 Age Last Cap: 31 yr 66 d 7-12-1974 vs. East Germany 0-0
National Team Career: 14 yr 49 d

Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 19-10-60 Solna Sweden 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
2 1 1 30-10-60 Brussel Hungary 2-1
3 1 2 20-11-60 Brussel Switzerland 2-4 World Cup Qualifier
4 2 8- 3-61 Frankfurt/Main West Germany 0-1
5 1 3 22- 3-61 Rotterdam Netherlands 2-6
6 3 4-10-61 Brussel Sweden 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
7 3 18-10-61 Brussel France 3-0
8 1 4 12-11-61 Amsterdam Netherlands 4-0
9 2 6 24-12-61 Brussel Bulgaria 4-0
10 6 1- 4-62 Antwerpen Netherlands 3-1
11 1 7 13- 5-62 Brussel Italy 1-3
12 7 17- 5-62 Lisboa Portugal 2-1
13 7 23- 5-62 Warszawa Poland 0-2
14 1 8 14-10-62 Antwerpen Netherlands 2-0
15 8 4-11-62 Beograd Yugoslavia 2-3 European Champ. Qual.
16 8 2-12-62 Brussel Spain 1-1
17 8 3- 3-63 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-0
18 8 31- 3-63 Brussel Yugoslavia 0-1 European Champ. Qual.
19 1 9 24- 4-63 Brussel Brazil 5-1
20 9 20-10-63 Amsterdam Netherlands 1-1
21 9 1-12-63 Valencia Spain 2-1
22 2 11 25-12-63 Paris France 2-1
23 11 22- 3-64 Antwerpen Netherlands 0-0
24 11 15- 4-64 Gen�ve Switzerland 0-2
25 11 3- 5-64 Brussel Portugal 1-2
26 11 30- 9-64 Antwerpen Netherlands 1-0
27 1 12 21-10-64 London England 2-2
28 1 13 2-12-64 Brussel France 3-0
29 13 24- 3-65 Dublin Ireland 2-0
30 13 7- 4-65 Brussel Poland 0-0
31 13 9- 5-65 Brussel Israel 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
32 13 26- 9-65 Sofia Bulgaria 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
33 2 15 27-10-65 Brussel Bulgaria 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
34 3 18 10-11-65 Ramat-Gan Israel 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
35 18 29-12-65 Firenze Bulgaria 1-2 [a] World Cup Qualifier
36 18 17- 4-66 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-3
37 18 20- 4-66 Paris France 3-0
38 18 22- 5-66 Brussel Soviet Union 0-1
39 1 19 25- 5-66 Li�ge Ireland 2-3
40 2 21 11-11-66 Brussel France 2-1 European Champ. Qual.
41 2 23 19- 3-67 Luxembourg Luxembourg 5-0 European Champ. Qual.
42 23 16- 4-67 Antwerpen Netherlands 1-0
43 23 21- 5-67 Chorz�w Poland 1-3 European Champ. Qual.
44 23 8-10-67 Brussel Poland 2-4 European Champ. Qual.
45 23 6- 3-68 Brussel West Germany 1-3
46 23 7- 4-68 Amsterdam Netherlands 2-1
47 23 19- 6-68 Helsinki Finland 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
48 23 9-10-68 Waregem Finland 6-1 World Cup Qualifier
49 23 16-10-68 Brussel Yugoslavia 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
50 23 23- 2-69 Li�ge Spain 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
51 1 24 16- 4-69 Brussel Mexico 2-0
52 24 19-10-69 Skopje Yugoslavia 0-4 World Cup Qualifier
53 24 25- 2-70 Brussel England 1-3
54 24 3- 6-70 Cd. de M�xico El Salvador 3-0 World Cup
55 24 6- 6-70 Cd. de M�xico Soviet Union 1-4 World Cup
56 24 11- 6-70 Cd. de M�xico Mexico 0-1 World Cup
57 2 26 3- 2-71 Glasgow Scotland 3-0 European Champ. Qual.
58 26 17- 2-71 Brussel Portugal 3-0 European Champ. Qual.
59 1 27 20- 5-71 Luxembourg Luxembourg 4-0
60 27 26- 5-71 K�benhavn Denmark 2-1 European Champ. Qual.
61 27 7-11-71 Verviers Luxembourg 1-0
62 27 10-11-71 Aberdeen Scotland 0-1 European Champ. Qual.
63 27 21-11-71 Lisboa Portugal 1-1 European Champ. Qual.
64 27 29- 4-72 Milano Italy 0-0 European Champ. Qual. (quarter finals)
65 1 28 13- 5-72 Brussel Italy 2-1 European Champ. Qual. (quarter finals)
66 1 29 18- 5-72 Liege Iceland 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
67 29 22- 5-72 Brugge Iceland 4-0 [b] World Cup Qualifier
68 29 14- 6-72 Antwerpen West Germany 1-2 European Championship
69 1 30 17- 6-72 Li�ge Hungary 2-1 European Championship
70 30 4-10-72 Oslo Norway 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
71 30 19-11-72 Antwerpen Netherlands 0-0 World Cup Qualifer
72 30 18- 4-73 Brussel East Germany 3-0
73 30 31-10-73 Brussel Norway 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
74 30 18-11-73 Amsterdam Netherlands 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
75 30 13- 3-74 Berlin East Germany 0-1
76 30 17- 4-74 Li�ge Poland 1-1
77 30 1- 5-74 Gen�ve Switzerland 1-0
78 30 1- 6-74 Brugge Scotland 2-1
79 30 8- 9-74 Reykjav�k Iceland 2-0 European Champ. Qual.
80 30 12-10-74 Brussel France 2-1 European Champ. Qual.
81 30 7-12-74 Leipzig East Germany 0-0 European Champ. Qual.

Note:
[a] third play-off game on neutral ground
[b] both federations agreed to play second game in Belgium

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage

81 44 11 26 142- 88 99 61.11

30 Goals in 81 Matches (% 0.39 per match)

Types of Matches and Goals

Friendlies 41 15
World Cup 3 0 World Cup Qualifier 19 7
European Championship 2 1
European Champ. Qual. 16 7

Total goals: 81 30

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Prepared and maintained by Tomasz Klukowski for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Tomasz Klukowski (tomek@infocorp.com.pl) Last updated: 11 Jan 2018