Max-Alain Gradel - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Ivorian player scored 17 international goals in 98 matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 30-11-1987
Country: Ivory Coast
Caps:	98	(W53-D27-L18 – GF171-GA87 – %67.86)
Goals:	17	
Age First Cap: 23 yr 187 d   5- 6-2011 vs. Benin 6-2
Age Last Cap:  34 yr 354 d  19-11-2022 vs. Burkina Faso 1-2
National Team Career: 11 yr 167 d


Cap  Goals    Date	Venue	  	Opponent       Score	Competition

 1	     5- 6-11	Cotonou 	Benin   	6-2	African Cup Qualifier
 2	    10- 8-11	Genčve  	Israel  	4-3	
 3	     3- 9-11	Kigali  	Rwanda  	5-0	African Cup Qualifier
 4	    12-11-11	Port Elizabeth	South Africa	1-1	Mandela Cup
 5	    13- 1-12	Abu Dhabi	Tunisia 	2-0	
 6	    16- 1-12	Abu Dhabi	Libya   	1-0	
 7	    22- 1-12	Malabo  	Sudan   	1-0	African Nations Cup
 8	    26- 1-12	Malabo  	Burkina Faso	2-0	African Nations Cup
 9	    30- 1-12	Malabo  	Angola  	2-0	African Nations Cup
10	     4- 2-12	Malabo  	Equat. Guinea  	3-0	African Nations Cup
11	    12- 2-12	Libreville	Zambia   	0-0 [1]	African Nations Cup
12	    29- 2-12	Abidjan  	Guinea  	0-0	
13	     2- 6-12	Abidjan  	Tanzania	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
14	     9- 6-12	Marrakesh	Morocco 	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
15   1	 1  15- 8-12	Moskva  	Russia  	1-1	
16   1	 2   8- 9-12	Abidjan  	Senegal 	4-2	African Cup Qualifier
17	 2  13-10-12	Dakar   	Senegal 	2-0	African Cup Qualifier
18	 2  14-11-12	Linz    	Austria 	3-0	
19	 2  14- 1-13	Abu Dhabi	Egypt   	4-2	
20	 2  22- 1-13	Rustenburg	Togo    	2-1	African Nations Cup
21	 2  26- 1-13	Rustenburg	Tunisia 	3-0	African Nations Cup
22	 2   3- 2-13	Rustenburg	Nigeria 	1-2	African Nations Cup
23	 2  12-10-13	Abidjan  	Senegal 	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
24   1	 3   5- 3-14	Brussel 	Belgium 	2-2	
25	 3  30- 5-14	St. Louis	Bosnia-Herzeg.	1-2	
26	 3   4- 6-14	Frisco  	El Salvador	2-1	
27	 3  19- 6-14	Brasília	Colombia	1-2	World Cup
28	 3   6- 9-14	Abidjan  	Sierra Leone	2-1	African Cup Qualifier
29	 3  10- 9-14	Yaoundé 	Cameroon	1-4	African Cup Qualifier
30   1	 4  11-10-14	Kinshasa	Congo-Kinshasa	2-1	African Cup Qualifier
31	 4  15-10-14	Abidjan  	Congo-Kinshasa	3-4	African Cup Qualifier
32   1	 5  14-11-14	Abidjan  	Sierra Leone	5-1	African Cup Qualifier
33	 5  15- 1-15	Abu Dhabi	Sweden  	0-2	
34   1	 6  24- 1-15	Malabo  	Mali    	1-1	African Nations Cup
35   1	 7  28- 1-15	Malabo  	Cameroon	1-0	African Nations Cup
36	 7   1- 2-15	Malabo  	Algeria 	3-1	African Nations Cup
37	 7   4- 2-15	Bata    	Congo-Kinshasa	3-1	African Nations Cup
38	 7   8- 2-15	Bata    	Ghana    	0-0 [2]	African Nations Cup
39	 7  26- 3-15	Abidjan  	Angola  	2-0	
40   1	 8  29- 3-15	Abidjan  	Equat. Guinea  	1-1	
41	 8  13- 6-15	Libreville	Gabon   	0-0	
42	 8  25- 3-16	Abidjan  	Sudan   	1-0	African Cup Qualifier
43   1	 9  29- 3-16	Khartoum	Sudan   	1-1 	African Cup Qualifier
44	 9  20- 5-16	Budapest	Hungary 	0-0	
45	 9   4- 6-16	Bouaké  	Gabon   	2-1	
46	 9   3- 9-16	Bouaké  	Sierra Leone	1-1	African Cup Qualifier
47	 9   8-10-16	Bouaké  	Mali    	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
48	 9  12-11-16	Marrakech	Morocco 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
49	 9  15-11-16	Lens    	France  	0-0	
50	 9  11- 1-17	Abu Dhabi	Uganda  	3-0 [*]	
51	 9  16- 1-17	Oyem    	Togo    	0-0	African Nations Cup
52	 9  20- 1-17	Oyem    	Congo-Kinshasa	2-2	African Nations Cup
53	 9  24- 1-17	Oyem    	Morocco 	0-1	African Nations Cup
54   1	10   2- 9-17	Libreville	Gabon   	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
55	10   5- 9-17	Bouaké  	Gabon   	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
56	10  11-11-17	Abidjan  	Morocco 	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
57	10  24- 3-18	Beauvais	Togo    	2-2	
58	10  27- 3-18	Beauvais	Moldova 	2-1	
59   1	11   9- 9-18	Kigali  	Rwanda  	2-1	African Cup Qualifier
60	11  12-10-18	Bouaké  	C. African Rep.	4-0	African Cup Qualifier
61	11  16-10-18	Bangui   	C. African Rep.	0-0	African Cup Qualifier
62	11  17-11-18	Conakry 	Guinea  	1-1	African Cup Qualifier
63	11  23- 3-19	Abidjan  	Rwanda  	3-0	African Cup Qualifier
64	11   7- 6-19	Boulogne        Comoros 	3-1	
65	11  15- 6-19	Abu Dhabi	Uganda  	0-1
66	11  19- 6-19	Abu Dhabi	Zambia  	4-1 [*]		
67	11  24- 6-19	Cairo   	South Africa	1-0	African Nations Cup
68	11  28- 6-19	Cairo   	Morocco 	0-1	African Nations Cup
69   1	12   1- 7-19	Cairo   	Namibia  	4-1	African Nations Cup
70	12  11- 7-19	Suez    	Algeria  	1-1 [3]	African Nations Cup
71	12   6- 9-19	Caen    	Benin   	1-2	
72	12  10- 9-19	Rouen   	Tunisia 	2-1	
73	12  13-10-19	Amiens  	Congo-Kinshasa	3-1	
74	12  16-11-19	Abidjan  	Niger   	1-0	African Cup Qualifier
75	12  19-11-19	Bahir Dar	Ethiopia	1-2	African Cup Qualifier
76	12   8-10-20	Brussel 	Belgium 	1-1	
77	12  13-10-20	Utrecht 	Japan   	0-1	
78	12  12-11-20	Abidjan  	Madagascar	2-1	African Cup Qualifier
79	12  17-11-20	Antananarivo	Madagascar	1-1	African Cup Qualifier
80   1	13  26- 3-21	Niamey  	Niger   	3-0	African Cup Qualifier
81	13  30- 3-21	Abidjan  	Ethiopia	3-1	African Cup Qualifier
82	13   5- 6-21	Abidjan  	Burkina Faso	2-1	
83	13  12- 6-21	Cape Coast	Ghana   	0-0	
84	13   3- 9-21	Maputo  	Mozambique	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
85   1	14   8-10-21	Johannesburg	Malawi  	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
86	14  11-10-21	Cotonou 	Malawi  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
87   1	15  13-11-21	Cotonou 	Mozambique	3-0 	World Cup Qualifier
88	15  16-11-21	Yaoundé 	Cameroon	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
89   1	16  12- 1-22	Douala  	Equat. Guinea  	1-0	African Nations Cup
90	16  20- 1-22	Douala  	Algeria 	3-1	African Nations Cup
91	16  26- 1-22	Douala  	Egypt    	0-0 [4]	African Nations Cup
92	16  25- 3-22	Marseille	France  	1-2	
93	16  29- 3-22	London  	England 	0-3	
94	16   3- 6-22	Yamoussoukro	Zambia   	3-1	African Cup Qualifier
95	16   9- 6-22	Soweto  	Lesotho  	0-0	African Cup Qualifier
96	16  24- 9-22	Le P.-Quevilly	Togo     	2-1
97   1	17  16-11-22	Marrakech	Burundi 	4-0	
98	17  19-11-22	Marrakech	Burkina Faso	1-2	

[1] Ivory Coast lost 7-8 on penalty kicks.
[2] Ivory Coast won 9-8 on penalty kicks.
[3] Ivory Coast lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.
[4] Ivory Coast lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.

[*] match not recognized as full A-international by FIFA, but it is for the Ivory Coast FA

NB: the match against Mali (2-1, 27- 5-12 in Saint-Leu-la-Foręt, France) was
    originally annulled by the French FA because of missing FIFA permission;
    the two teams were eventually allowed to stage the match but it was not
    a full A-international match;
    for the match against Nigeria Team (1-0, 11- 1-15 in Abu Dhabi) FIFA
    did not get any documentation beforehand; it was not approved by FIFA
    and thus not a full A international match;
    also the match against Sweden League XI (2-1, 8-1-17 in Abu Dhabi) is
    not a full A international match.


Total Record  

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    98    53   27   18  171-  87     133      67.86

Types of           Matches    Goals

Friendlies		35	 4
African Cup Qualifier	25	 6
African Nations Cup	23	 4
World Cup Qualifier	13	 3
World Cup 		 1	 0
Mandela Cup  		 1	 0

Total 			98	17


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