Karim Benzema - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding French player scored 37 international goals in 97 matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 19-12-1987
Country: France  
Caps:	97	(W52-D27-L18 - GF155-GA73 - %67.53)
Goals:	37	(% 0.38 per match)
Age First Cap: 19 yr  99 d   28- 3-2007 vs. Austria 1-0
Age Last Cap:  34 yr 176 d   13- 6-2022 vs. Croatia 0-1
National Team Career: 15 yr  77 d

Cap   Goals     Date    Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition 

  1   1   1   28- 3-07	Saint-Denis	Austria 	1-0	
  2	  1    6- 6-07	Auxerre 	Georgia 	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
  3	  1   22- 8-07	Trnava  	Slovakia	1-0	
  4	  1   12- 9-07	Paris   	Scotland	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
  5   2   3   13-10-07	Tórshavn	Faroe Islands	6-0	European Ch. Qual.
  6	  3   17-10-07	Nantes  	Lithuania	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
  7	  3   16-11-07	Saint-Denis	Morocco  	2-2	
  8	  3   21-11-07	Kyiv    	Ukraine 	2-2	European Ch. Qual.
  9	  3    6- 2-08	Málaga  	Spain   	0-1	
 10	  3   31- 5-08	Toulouse	Paraguay	0-0	
 11	  3    3- 6-08	Saint-Denis	Colombia	1-0	
 12	  3    9- 6-08	Zürich  	Romania 	0-0	European Champ.
 13	  3   17- 6-08	Zürich  	Italy   	0-2	European Champ.
 14   1   4   20- 8-08	Göteborg	Sweden  	3-2	
 15	  4    6- 9-08	Wien    	Austria 	1-3	World Cup Qualifier
 16	  4   10- 9-08	Saint-Denis	Serbia  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 17	  4   11-10-08	Constanta	Romania 	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
 18   1   5   14-10-08	Saint-Denis	Tunisia 	3-1	
 19	  5   19-11-08	Saint-Denis	Uruguay 	0-0	
 20	  5   11- 2-09	Marseille	Argentina	0-2	
 21	  5   28- 3-09	Kaunas  	Lithuania	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 22	  5    1- 4-09	Saint-Denis	Lithuania	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 23	  5    2- 6-09	St. Etienne	Nigeria 	0-1	
 24   1   6    5- 6-09	Lyon    	Turkey  	1-0	
 25	  6    5- 9-09	Saint-Denis	Romania 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 26   1   7   10-10-09	Guingamp	Faroe Islands	5-0 	World Cup Qualifier
 27   1   8   14-10-09	Saint-Denis	Austria 	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
 28	  8   11- 8-10	Oslo    	Norway  	1-2	
 29   1   9    7- 9-10	Sarajevo	Bosnia-Herzeg.	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 30	  9    9-10-10	Saint-Denis	Romania 	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 31   1  10   12-10-10	Metz    	Luxembourg	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 32   1  11   17-11-10	London  	England 	2-1   	
 33   1  12    9- 2-11	Saint-Denis	Brazil  	1-0   	
 34	 12   25- 3-11	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 35	 12   29- 3-11	Saint-Denis	Croatia 	0-0	
 36	 12    3- 6-11	Minsk   	Belarus 	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 37	 12    6- 6-11	Donetsk 	Ukraine 	4-1	
 38	 12   10- 8-11	Montpellier	Chile   	1-1	
 39   1  13    2- 9-11	Tiranë  	Albania 	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
 40	 13    6- 9-11	Bucuresti	Romania 	0-0	European Ch. Qual.
 41	 13   11-11-11	Saint-Denis	United States	1-0	
 42	 13   15-11-11	Saint-Denis	Belgium 	0-0	
 43	 13   27- 5-12	Valenciennes	Iceland 	3-2	
 44	 13   31- 5-12	Reims   	Serbia  	2-0	
 45   2  15    5- 6-12	Le Mans 	Estonia 	4-0	
 46	 15   11- 6-12	Donetsk 	England 	1-1	European Champ.
 47	 15   15- 6-12	Kyiv    	Ukraine 	2-0	European Champ.
 48	 15   19- 6-12	Kyiv    	Sweden  	0-2	European Champ.
 49	 15   23- 6-12	Donetsk 	Spain   	0-2	European Champ.
 50	 15   15- 8-12	Le Havre	Uruguay 	0-0	
 51	 15    7- 9-12	Helsinki	Finland 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 52	 15   11- 9-12	Saint-Denis	Belarus 	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
 53	 15   12-10-12	Saint-Denis	Japan   	0-1	
 54	 15   16-10-12	Madrid  	Spain   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 55	 15    6- 2-13	Saint-Denis	Germany 	1-2	
 56	 15   22- 3-13	Saint-Denis	Georgia 	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
 57	 15   26- 3-13	Saint-Denis	Spain   	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 58	 15    9- 6-13	Porto Alegre	Brazil  	0-3	
 59	 15   14- 8-13	Brussel 	Belgium 	0-0	
 60	 15    6- 9-13	Tbilisi 	Georgia 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 61   1  16   11-10-13	Paris   	Australia	6-0 	
 62   1  17   15-10-13	Saint-Denis	Finland 	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 63	 17   15-11-13	Kyiv    	Ukraine 	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 64   1  18   19-11-13	Saint-Denis	Ukraine 	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 65   1  19    5- 3-14	Saint-Denis	Netherlands	2-0 	
 66   2  21    8- 6-14	Lille   	Jamaica 	0-0	
 67   2  23   15- 6-14	Porto Alegre	Honduras	3-0	World Cup
 68   1  24   20- 6-14	Salvador	Switzerland	5-2	World Cup
 69	 24   25- 6-14	Rio de Janeiro	Ecuador 	0-0	World Cup
 70	 24   30- 6-14	Brasília	Nigeria 	2-0	World Cup
 71	 24    4- 7-14	Rio de Janeiro	Germany 	0-1	World Cup
 72	 24    4- 9-14	Saint-Denis	Spain   	1-0	
 73	 24    7- 9-14	Beograd 	Serbia  	1-1	
 74   1  25   11-10-14	Saint-Denis	Portugal	2-1	
 75	 25   14-10-14	Yerevan 	Armenia 	3-0	
 76	 25   14-11-14	Rennes  	Albania 	1-1	
 77	 25   18-11-14	Marseille	Sweden  	1-0	
 78	 25   26- 3-15	Saint-Denis	Brazil  	1-3	
 79	 25    4- 9-15	Lisboa  	Portugal	1-0	
 80	 25    7- 9-15	Bordeaux	Serbia  	2-1	
 81   2  27    8-10-15	Nice    	Armenia 	4-0	
 82	 27    2- 6-21	Nice    	Wales   	3-0	
 83	 27    8- 6-21	Saint-Denis	Bulgaria	3-0	
 84	 27   15- 6-21	München 	Germany 	1-0	European Champ.
 85	 27   19- 6-21	Budapest	Hungary 	1-1	European Champ.
 86   2  29   23- 6-21	Budapest	Portugal	2-2	European Champ.
 87   2  31   28- 6-21	Bucuresti	Switzerland 	3-3 [1]	European Champ.
 88	 31    1- 9-21	Strasbourg	Bosnia-Herzeg.	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 89	 31    4- 9-21	Kyiv    	Ukraine 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 90	 31    7- 9-21	Lyon    	Finland 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 91   1  32    7-10-21	Torino  	Belgium 	3-2	Nations League
 92   1  33   10-10-21	Milano  	Spain   	2-1	Nations League
 93   2  35   13-11-21	Saint-Denis	Kazakhstan	8-0	World Cup Qualifier
 94   1  36   16-11-21	Helsinki	Finland 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 95   1  37    3- 6-22	Saint-Denis	Denmark 	1-2	Nations League
 96   	 37   10- 6-22	Wien    	Austria 	1-1	Nations League
 97   	 37   13- 6-22	Saint-Denis	Croatia 	0-1	Nations League

[1] France lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    97    52   27   18   155-  73    131       67.53


Types of            Matches and Goals

Friendlies		43	15
World Cup Qualifier	22	 7
European Ch. Qualifier	12	 5
European Championship	10	 4
World Cup		 5	 3
UEFA Nations League      5   	 3

Total 			97	37


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