Gary Lineker - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding English player, who scored 48 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            26/ 5/84  Glasgow         Scotland        1-1     British Champ.
  2    1  1    26/ 3/85  London          Ireland         2-1
  3       1     1/ 5/85  Bucuresti       Romania         0-0     World Cup Qualifier
  4       1    25/ 5/85  Glasgow         Scotland        0-1
  5       1     6/ 6/85  Cd. de México   Italy           1-2     City Tournam.
  6       1    12/ 6/85  Cd. de México   West Germany    3-0     City Tournam.
  7    2  3    16/ 6/85  Los Angeles     United States   5-0
  8       3    11/ 9/85  London          Romania         1-1     World Cup Qualifier
  9    3  6    16/10/85  London          Turkey          5-0     World Cup Qualifier
 10       6    13/11/85  London          N. Ireland      0-0     World Cup Qualifier
 11       6    29/ 1/86  Cairo           Egypt           4-0
 12       6    26/ 3/86  Tbilisi         Soviet Union    1-0
 13       6    24/ 5/86  Burnaby         Canada          1-0
 14       6     3/ 6/86  Monterrey       Portugal        0-1     World Cup
 15       6     6/ 6/86  Monterrey       Morocco         0-0     World Cup
 16    3  9    11/ 6/86  Monterrey       Poland          3-0     World Cup
 17    2 11    18/ 6/86  Cd. de México   Paraguay        3-0     World Cup
 18    1 12    22/ 6/86  Cd. de México   Argentina       1-2     World Cup
 19    2 14    15/10/86  London          N. Ireland      3-0     European Champ. Qual.
 20      14    12/11/86  London          Yugoslavia      2-0     European Champ. Qual.
 21    4 18    18/ 2/87  Madrid          Spain           4-2
 22      18     1/ 4/87  Belfast         N. Ireland      2-0     European Champ. Qual.
 23      18    29/ 4/87  Izmir           Turkey          0-0     European Champ. Qual.
 24    1 19    19/ 5/87  London          Brazil          1-1     Rous Cup
 25    1 20     9/ 9/87  Düsseldorf      West Germany    1-3
 26    3 23    14/10/87  London          Turkey          8-0     European Champ. Qual.
 27      23    11/11/87  Beograd         Yugoslavia      4-1     European Champ. Qual.
 28    1 24    23/ 3/88  London          Netherlands     2-2
 29      24    27/ 4/88  Budapest        Hungary         0-0
 30      24    21/ 5/88  London          Scotland        1-0     Rous Cup
 31    1 25    24/ 5/88  London          Colombia        1-1     Rous Cup
 32    1 26    28/ 5/88  Lausanne        Switzerland     1-0
 33      26    12/ 6/88  Stuttgart       Ireland         0-1     European Championship
 34      26    15/ 6/88  Düsseldorf      Netherlands     1-3     European Championship
 35      26    18/ 6/88  Frankfurt       Soviet Union    1-3     European Championship
 36      26    19/10/88  London          Sweden          0-0     World Cup Qualifier
 37      26    16/11/88  Riyadh          Saudi Arabia    1-1
 38      26     8/ 2/89  Athinai         Greece          2-1
 39      26     8/ 3/89  Tiranë          Albania         2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 40    1 27    26/ 4/89  London          Albania         5-0     World Cup Qualifier
 41    1 28     3/ 6/89  London          Poland          3-0     World Cup Qualifier
 42    1 29     7/ 6/89  København       Denmark         1-1
 43      29     6/ 9/89  Stockholm       Sweden          0-0     World Cup Qualifier
 44      29    11/10/89  Chorzów         Poland          0-0     World Cup Qualifier
 45      29    15/11/89  London          Italy           0-0
 46      29    13/12/89  London          Yugoslavia      2-1
 47    1 30    28/ 3/90  London          Brazil          1-0
 48      30    25/ 4/90  London          Czechoslovakia  4-2
 49    1 31    15/ 5/90  London          Denmark         1-0
 50      31    22/ 5/90  London          Uruguay         1-2
 51      31     2/ 6/90  Tunis           Tunisia         1-1
 52    1 32    11/ 6/90  Cagliari        Ireland         1-1     World Cup
 53      32    16/ 6/90  Cagliari        Netherlands     0-0     World Cup
 54      32    21/ 6/90  Cagliari        Egypt           1-0     World Cup
 55      32    26/ 6/90  Bologna         Belgium         1-0     World Cup
 56    2 34     1/ 7/90  Napoli          Cameroon        3-2     World Cup
 57    1 35     4/ 7/90  Torino          West Germany    1-1 (1) World Cup
 58      35     7/ 7/90  Bari            Italy           1-2     World Cup
 59    1 36    22/ 9/90  London          Hungary         1-0
 60    1 37    17/10/90  London          Poland          2-0     European Champ. Qual.
 61      37    14/11/90  Dublin          Ireland         1-1     European Champ. Qual.
 62    2 39     6/ 2/91  London          Cameroon        2-0
 63      39    27/ 3/91  London          Ireland         1-1     European Champ. Qual.
 64      39     1/ 5/91  Izmir           Turkey          1-0     European Champ. Qual.
 65    1 40    25/ 5/91  London          Argentina       2-2     Challenge Cup
 66      40     1/ 6/91  Sydney          Australia       1-0
 67    1 41     3/ 6/91  Auckland        New Zealand     1-0
 68    4 45    12/ 6/91  Kuala Lumpur    Malaysia        4-2
 69      45    11/ 9/91  London          Germany         0-1
 70      45    16/10/91  London          Turkey          1-0     European Champ. Qual.
 71    1 46    13/11/91  Poznan          Poland          1-1     European Champ. Qual.
 72    1 47    19/ 2/91  London          France          2-0
 73      47    25/ 3/92  Praha           Czechoslovakia  2-2
 74    1 48    29/ 4/92  Moskva          CIS             2-2
 75      48    12/ 5/92  Budapest        Hungary         1-0
 76      48    17/ 5/92  London          Brazil          1-1
 77      48     3/ 6/92  Helsinki        Finland         2-1
 78      48    11/ 6/92  Malmö           Denmark         0-0     European Championship
 79      48    14/ 6/92  Malmö           France          0-0     European Championship
 80      48    17/ 6/92  Stockholm       Sweden          1-2     European Championship

(1) England lost 3-4 on penalties

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    80    39   29   12  124-  57     107       66.88 

48 Goals in 80 Matches (0.60 per match)

Types of Goals

Friendlies             23
European Champ. Qual.   7
World Cup Qualifiers    5
World Cup              10
Other Tournament        3

Total                  48



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