Adam Ndlovu - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Zimbabwean player scored 26 international goals in 74 matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 26- 6-1970
Died: 16-12-2012
Country: Zimbabwe
Caps:	74	(W40-D20-L14 – GF135-GA74 – %67.57)
Goals:	26	(% 0.35 per match)
Age First Cap: 19 yr 254 d    7- 3-1990 vs. Lesotho 4-1
Age Last Cap:  34 yr   1 d   27- 6-2004 vs. Swaziland 5-0
National Team Career: 14 yr 112 d

Caps Goals     Date     Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition

 1   2   2    7- 3-90	Maputo  	Lesotho 	4-1	SADCC Tournament
 2   1   3    8- 3-90	Matola  	Angola  	2-0	SADCC Tournament
 3   1   4   10- 3-90	Matola  	Mozambique	1-3	SADCC Tournament
 4   1   5    1- 4-90	Lusaka  	Swaziland	4-4	SADCC Tournament
 5   1   6   13- 8-90	Mutare  	Mozambique	3-2
 6	 6   25- 8-90	Gaborone	Zambia  	1-3	SADCC Tournament
 7	 6   26- 8-90	Gaborone	Botswana	7-0	SADCC Tournament
 8	 6    2- 9-90	Brazzaville	Congo-Brazzav.	0-2	African Cup Qualifier
 9   1   7   14- 4-91	Harare  	Malawi  	4-0	African Cup Qualifier
10   1   8   14- 7-91	Harare  	Congo-Brazzav.	2-2	African Cup Qualifier
11   1   9   27- 7-91	Blantyre	Malawi  	2-2	African Cup Qualifier
12	 9    6- 7-92	Blantyre	Malawi  	0-0	Malawi Independ. Cup
13	 9    8- 7-92	Lilongwe	Malawi  	0-0	Malawi Independ. Cup
14	 9   16- 8-92	Harare  	South Africa	4-1	African Cup Qualifier
15	 9   30- 8-92	Curepipe	Mauritius	1-0	African Cup Qualifier
16   1  10    9-10-92	Harare  	Togo    	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
17	10   20-12-92	Harare  	Egypt   	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
18	10   10- 1-93	Luanda  	Angola  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
19	10   17- 1-93	Lomé    	Togo    	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
20	10   31- 1-93	Harare  	Angola  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
21	10   28- 2-93	Cairo   	Egypt    	1-2 [1]	World Cup Qualifier
22	10   24- 4-93	Johannesburg	South Africa	1-1	African Cup Qualifier
23	10    2- 5-93	Conakry 	Guinea  	0-3	World Cup Qualifier
24	10    4- 7-93	Harare  	Cameroon	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
25	10   11- 7-93	Harare  	Mauritius	2-0 	African Cup Qualifier
26	10   25- 7-93	Harare  	Zambia  	1-1	African Cup Qualifier
27   1  11   19- 9-93	Harare  	Senegal 	2-0
28	11   26- 9-93	Harare  	Guinea  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
29   1  12   10-10-93	Yaoundé 	Cameroon	1-3	World Cup Qualifier
30   2  14   26- 2-94	Lusaka  	Zambia  	2-2
31   1  15    4- 9-94	Harare  	Lesotho 	5-0	African Cup Qualifier
33   1  16   13-11-94	Harare  	Zaire   	2-1	African Cup Qualifier
33	16   22- 1-95	Harare  	Cameroon	4-1	African Cup Qualifier
34	16    9- 4-95	Maseru  	Lesotho 	2-0	African Cup Qualifier
35	16   23- 4-95	Harare  	Malawi  	1-1	African Cup Qualifier
36	16   30- 7-95	Yaoundé 	Cameroon	0-1	African Cup Qualifier
37	16   22-11-95	Pretoria	Egypt   	2-2	Simba Tournament
38	16   24-11-95	Mmabatho	Zambia  	1-1	Simba Tournament
39	16   26-11-95	Johannesburg	South Africa	0-2	Simba Tournament
40	16   16- 6-96	Harare  	Madagascar	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
41	16    5-10-96	Khartoum	Sudan   	3-0	African Cup Qualifier
42   1  17   10-11-96	Luanda  	Angola  	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
43   2  19   21-12-96	Harare  	Zambia  	2-2
44	19   12- 1-97	Harare  	Togo    	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
45	19   19- 1-97	Maputo  	Mozambique	2-1
46	19   26- 1-97	Harare  	Ghana   	0-0	African Cup Qualifier
47	19   22- 2-97	Harare  	Angola  	1-0	African Cup Qualifier
48	19    6- 4-97	Yaoundé 	Cameroon	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
49	19   27- 4-97	Harare  	Angola  	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
50	19   19- 4-98	Harare  	Namibia 	5-2	COSAFA Cup
51	19   24- 5-98	Maputo  	Mozambique	2-0	COSAFA Cup
52	19   30- 8-98	Luanda  	Angola  	1-2	COSAFA Cup
53	19   16- 6-99	Johannesburg	South Africa	1-0	Nelson Mandela Cup
54   1  20    3- 7-99	Asmara  	Eritrea 	1-0	African Cup Qualifier
55	20   31- 7-99	Harare  	Senegal 	2-1	African Cup Qualifier
56   1  21   15- 8-99	Harare  	Eritrea 	4-0	African Cup Qualifier
57	21    9- 4-00	Bangui  	Central Afr. R.	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
58	21   23- 4-00	Harare  	Central Afr. R.	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
59	21    7- 7-02	Blantyre	Malawi  	2-3	Malawi Independ. Cup
60	21    8- 7-02	Lilongwe	Malawi  	2-2	Malawi Independ. Cup
61	21   12-10-02	Asmara  	Eritrea 	1-0	African Cup Qualifier
62   1  22   30- 3-03	Harare  	Seychelles	3-1	African Cup Qualifier
63   1  23   20- 4-03	Harare  	Angola  	1-0	COSAFA Cup
64   1  24    7- 6-03	Victoria	Seychelles	1-2	African Cup Qualifier
65	24   22- 6-03	Bamako  	Mali    	0-0	African Cup Qualifier
66	24   21- 7-03	East London	South Africa	1-0	COSAFA Cup
67	24    4-10-03	Harare  	Malawi  	2-0	COSAFA Cup
68   1  25   12-10-03	Harare  	Mauritania	3-0	WCQ / ACQ
69	25   14-11-03	Nouakchott	Mauritania	1-2	WCQ / ACQ
70	25   29- 1-04	Sfax    	Cameroon	3-2	African Nations Cup
71   1  26    3- 2-04	Sousse  	Algeria 	2-1	African Nations Cup
72	26    5- 6-04	Libreville	Gabon   	1-1	WCQ / ACQ
73	26   20- 6-04	Harare  	Algeria 	1-1	WCQ / ACQ
74	26   27- 6-04	Lobamba 	Swaziland	5-0	COSAFA Cup

[1] Nullified due to crowd violence.

NB: he was the older brother of Peter Ndlovu.


Total Record  

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    74    40   20   14  135-  74     100      67.57

26 Goals in 74 Matches (0.35 per match)    

Types of Matches and Goals
                       
                     Matches  Goals 
African Cup Qualifier	25	9
World Cup Qualifier	21	4
Other Tournaments	 8	0
COSAFA Cup		 7	1
SADCC Tournament	 6	5
Friendlies		 5	6
African Nations Cup      2      1

Total                   74     26      

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