Olivier Karekezi - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding player from Rwanda scored 24 international goals in 87 matches for his National Team. He is the leading goal scorer in the history of Rwanda National team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 27- 5-1983
Country: Rwanda
Caps:	87	(W32-D24-L31 – GF112-GA108 – %50.57)
Goals:	24	(% 0.28 per match)
Age First Cap:  16 yr  65 d	31- 7-1999 vs. Uganda 1-0
Age Last Cap:   30 yr  20 d	16- 6-2013 vs. Algeria 0-1
National Team Career: 13 yr 320 d

 
Cap  Goals     Date     Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition
 
 1           31- 7-99   Kigali          Uganda          1-0     CECAFA Cup
 2            3- 8-99	Kigali  	Kenya   	0-0 [1]	CECAFA Cup
 3	      7- 8-99	Kigali  	Burundi 	0-0 [2]	CECAFA Cup
 4	     11-12-99	Blantyre	Malawi   	1-1
 5	     13-12-99	Lilongwe	Malawi  	1-1
 6            9- 4-00   Kigali          Ivory Coast     2-2     World Cup Qualifier
 7           23- 4-00   Abidjan         Ivory Coast     0-2     World Cup Qualifier
 8	      2- 7-00	Kigali  	Congo-Brazzav.	2-1	African Cup Qualifier
 9   1   1    8-12-01   Kigali          Somalia         3-0     CECAFA Cup
10	 1   18-12-01	Kigali  	Uganda  	3-2	CECAFA Cup
11	 1   20-12-01	Kigali  	Ethiopia	0-1	CECAFA Cup
12       1   24- 8-01   Kigali          Kenya           0-0
13   1   2   13-10-02   Accra           Ghana           2-4     African Cup Qualifier
14	 2   30-11-02	Arusha  	Zanzibar    [!] 1-0 	CECAFA Cup
15   1   3    3-12-02   Arusha          Somalia         1-0     CECAFA Cup
16       3    6-12-02   Arusha          Uganda          1-2     CECAFA Cup
17	 3   15- 3-03 	Kigali  	Burundi  	4-2
18	 3   29- 3-03	Kigali  	Uganda   	0-0	African Cup Qualifier
19       3    7- 6-03   Kampala         Uganda          1-0     African Cup Qualifier
20       3    6- 7-03   Kigali          Ghana           1-0     African Cup Qualifier
21   1   4   12-10-03   Kigali          Namibia         3-0     World Cup Qualifier
22       4   15-11-03   Windhoek        Namibia         1-1     World Cup Qualifier
23   2   6    2-12-03   Khartoum        Zanzibar    [!] 2-2     CECAFA Cup
24	 6    8-12-03	Khartoum	Kenya   	1-1 [3]	CECAFA Cup
25       6   10-12-03   Khartoum        Uganda          0-2     CECAFA Cup
26	 6    8- 1-04	Port Said	Egypt   	1-5
27       6   24- 1-04   Radès           Tunisia         1-2     African Nations Cup
28       6   28- 1-04   Bizerte         Guinea          1-1     African Nations Cup
29       6    1- 2-04   Bizerte         Congo-Kinshasa  1-0     African Nations Cup
30       6    5- 6-04   Abuja           Nigeria         0-2     World Cup Qualifier
31       6   19- 6-04   Kigali          Gabon           3-1     World Cup Qualifier
32       6    3- 7-04   Kigali          Zimbabwe        0-2     World Cup Qualifier
33   1   7   14- 8-04   Kampala         Uganda          2-1
34       7   28- 8-04   Kitwe           Zambia          1-2
35       7    5- 9-04   Luanda          Angola          0-1     World Cup Qualifier
36       7    9-10-04   Kigali          Algeria         1-1     World Cup Qualifier
37   1   8   11-12-04   Addis Ababa     Zanzibar    [!] 4-2  CECAFA Cup
38       8   13-12-04   Addis Ababa     Burundi         1-3     CECAFA Cup
39       8   15-12-04   Addis Ababa     Ethiopia        0-0     CECAFA Cup
40   1   9   19-12-04   Addis Abeba     Tanzania        5-1     CECAFA Cup
41       9   27- 3-05   Oran            Algeria         0-1     World Cup Qualifier
42       9    5- 6-05   Kigali          Nigeria         1-1     World Cup Qualifier
43       9   18- 6-05   Libreville      Gabon           0-3     World Cup Qualifier
44       9    8-10-05   Kigali          Angola          0-1     World Cup Qualifier
45	 9   30-11-05	Kigali  	Eritrea 	3-2	CECAFA Cup
46   1  10    8-12-05   Kigali          Uganda          1-0     CECAFA Cup
47      10   10-12-05   Kigali          Ethiopia        0-1     CECAFA Cup
48      10    3- 9-06   Kigali          Cameroon        0-3     African Cup Qualifier
49   1  11    8-10-06   Monrovia        Liberia         2-3     African Cup Qualifier
50   1  12   25- 3-07   Malabo          Equat. Guinea   1-3     African Cup Qualifier
51      12    2- 6-07   Kigali          Equat. Guinea   2-0     African Cup Qualifier
52   1  13    8- 9-07   Kigali          Liberia         4-0     African Cup Qualifier
53      13   11-12-07   Dar-es-Salaam   Uganda          0-2     CECAFA Cup
54   2  15   13-12-07   Dar-es-Salaam   Djibouti        9-0     CECAFA Cup
55      15   18-12-07   Dar-es-Salaam   Zanzibar    [!] 0-0 [4] CECAFA Cup
56      15   20-12-07   Dar-es-Salaam   Uganda          1-0 aet CECAFA Cup
57      15   22-12-07   Dar-es-Salaam   Sudan           2-2 [5] CECAFA Cup
58   1  16   31- 5-08   Kigali          Mauritania      3-0     World Cup Qualifier
59   1  17    8- 6-08   Addis Ababa     Ethiopia        2-1     World Cup Qualifier
60   1  18   14- 6-08   Kigali          Morocco         3-1     World Cup Qualifier
61      18   21- 6-08   Casablanca      Morocco         0-2     World Cup Qualifier
62      18    6- 9-08   Nouakchott      Mauritania      1-0     World Cup Qualifier
63      18   28- 3-09   Kigali          Algeria         0-0     World Cup Qualifier
64      18    6- 6-09   Chililabombwe   Zambia          0-1     World Cup Qualifier
65      18    5- 7-09   Cairo           Egypt           0-3     World Cup Qualifier
66      18    5- 9-09   Kigali          Egypt           0-1     World Cup Qualifier
67      18   14-11-09   Kigali          Zambia          0-0     World Cup Qualifier
68      18    5- 6-11   Bujumbura       Burundi         1-3     African Cup Qualifier
69      18    9-10-11   Cotonou         Benin           1-0     African Cup Qualifier
70      18   11-11-11   Asmara          Eritrea         1-1     World Cup Qualifier
71   1  19   15-11-11   Kigali          Eritrea         3-1     World Cup Qualifier
72   1  20   26-11-11   Dar-es-Salaam   Tanzania        1-0     CECAFA Cup
73      20   29-11-11   Dar-es-Salaam   Zimbabwe        2-0     CECAFA Cup
74   3  23    2-12-11   Dar-es-Salaam   Djibouti        5-2     CECAFA Cup
75      23    5-12-11   Dar-es-Salaam   Zanzibar    [!] 2-1     CECAFA Cup
76   1  24    8-12-11   Dar-es-Salaam   Sudan           2-1     CECAFA Cup
77      24   10-12-11   Dar-es-Salaam   Uganda          2-2 [6] CECAFA Cup
78      24   29- 2-12   Kigali          Nigeria         0-0     African Cup Qualifier
79      24   23- 5-12   Aïn Draham      Libya           0-2
80      24   27- 5-12   Monastir        Tunisia         1-5
81      24   30- 5-12   Sousse          Chad            1-1
82      24    2- 6-12   Blida           Algeria         0-4     World Cup Qualifier
83      24   10- 6-12   Kigali          Benin           1-1     World Cup Qualifier
84      24   20- 3-13   Kigali          Libya           0-1 
85      24   24- 3-13   Kigali          Mali            1-2     World Cup Qualifier
86      24    9- 6-13   Bamako          Mali            1-1     World Cup Qualifier
87      24   16- 6-13   Kigali          Algeria         0-1     World Cup Qualifier

[!] matches not full A for FIFA, as Zanzibar is not a member, but they are for the Rwanda FA
[1] Rwanda lost 1-4 on penalty kicks.
[2] Rwanda won 3-2 on penalty kicks.
[3] Rwanda won 4-3 on penalty kicks.
[4] Rwanda won 5-4 on penalty kicks.
[5] Rwanda lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.
[6] Rwanda lost 2-3 on penalty kicks.

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    87	  32   24   31	112- 108      88      50.57


Types of             Matches  Goals

CECAFA Cup		30	14
World Cup Qualifier	30	 5
African Cup Qualifier	13	 4
Friendlies		11	 1
African Nations Cup	 3	 0

Total caps / goals:     87	24


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