James Peter "Jimmy" Greaves - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding English player, who scored 44 international goals for his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with Two Score Goals for his national team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
  
Caps  Goals     Date     Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition
  1   1   1    17/ 5/59  Lima            Peru            1-4
  2       1    24/ 5/59  Cd. de México   Mexico          1-2
  3       1    28/ 5/59  Los Angeles     United States   8-1
  4   1   2    17/10/59  Cardiff         Wales           1-0     British Championship
  5       2    28/10/59  London          Sweden          2-3
  6   1   3    11/ 5/60  London          Yugoslavia      3-3
  7       3    15/ 5/60  Madrid          Spain           0-3
  8   2   5     8/10/60  Belfast         N. Ireland      5-2     British Championship
  9   3   8    19/10/60  Luxembourg      Luxembourg      9-0     World Cup Qualifier
 10   1   9    26/10/60  London          Spain           4-2
 11   2  11    23/11/60  London          Wales           5-1     British Championship
 12   3  14    15/ 4/61  London          Scotland        9-3     British Championship
 13      14    21/ 5/61  Lisboa          Portugal        1-1     World Cup Qualifier
 14   1  15    24/ 5/61  Roma            Italy           3-2
 15   1  16    27/ 5/61  Wien            Austria         1-3
 16      16    14/ 4/62  Glasgow         Scotland        0-2     British Championship
 17      16     9/ 5/62  London          Switzerland     3-1
 18   3  19    20/ 5/62  Lima            Peru            4-0
 19      19    31/ 5/62  Rancagua        Hungary         1-2     World Cup
 20   1  20     2/ 6/62  Rancagua        Argentina       3-1     World Cup
 21      20     7/ 6/62  Rancagua        Bulgaria        0-0     World Cup
 22      20    10/ 6/62  Viña del Mar    Brazil          1-3     World Cup
 23      20     3/10/62  Sheffield       France          1-1     European Champ. Qual.
 24   1  21    20/10/62  Belfast         N. Ireland      3-1     British Championship
 25   1  22    21/11/62  London          Wales           4-0     British Championship
 26      22    27/ 2/63  Paris           France          2-5     European Champ. Qual.
 27      22     6/ 4/63  London          Scotland        1-2     British Championship
 28      22     8/ 5/63  London          Brazil          1-1
 29   2  24    29/ 5/63  Bratislava      Czechoslovakia  4-2
 30      24     5/ 6/63  Basel           Switzerland     8-1
 31   1  25    12/10/63  Cardiff         Wales           4-0     British Championship
 32   1  26    23/10/63  London          FIFA            2-1
 33   4  30    20/11/63  London          N. Ireland      8-3     British Championship
 34      30     6/ 5/64  London          Uruguay         2-1
 35      30    17/ 5/64  Lisboa          Portugal        4-3
 36   1  31    24/ 5/64  Dublin          Ireland         3-1
 37   1  32    30/ 5/64  Rio de Janeiro  Brazil          1-5     Nations Cup
 38      32     4/ 6/64  São Paulo       Portugal        1-1     Nations Cup
 39      32     6/ 6/64  Rio de Janeiro  Argentina       0-1     Nations Cup
 40   3  35     3/10/64  Belfast         N. Ireland      4-3     British Championship
 41      35    21/10/64  London          Belgium         2-2
 42   1  36     9/12/64  Amsterdam       Netherlands     1-1
 43   1  37    10/ 4/65  London          Scotland        2-2     British Championship
 44   1  38     5/ 5/65  London          Hungary         1-0
 45      38     9/ 5/65  Beograd         Yugoslavia      1-1
 46      38     2/10/65  Cardiff         Wales           0-0     British Championship
 47      38    20/10/65  London          Austria         2-3
 48   1  39     4/ 5/66  London          Yugoslavia      2-0
 49   4  43    29/ 6/66  Oslo            Norway          6-1
 50      43     3/ 7/66  København       Denmark         2-0
 51      43     5/ 7/66  Chorzów         Poland          1-0
 52      43    11/ 7/66  London          Uruguay         0-0     World Cup
 53      43    16/ 7/66  London          Mexico          2-0     World Cup
 54      43    20/ 7/66  London          France          2-0     World Cup
 55      43    15/ 4/67  London          Scotland        2-3     European Champ. Qual.
 56   1  44    24/ 5/67  London          Spain           2-0
 57      44    27/ 5/67  Wien            Austria         1-0

NB: in January 2001 (!) FIFA decided not to recognize the match on 23/10/1963
    as full international, but the English FA kept it in the records.


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    57    31   12   14  147-  84      74       64.91

44 Goals in 57 Matches (0.77 per match)

Types of Goals

Friendlies             20
British Championship   19
World Cup Qualifiers    3
World Cup               1
Other Tournaments       1

Total                  44



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