Niall John Quinn - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Irish player scored 21 international goals in 91 matches for his National Team, which is the former record number of goals scored by an individual player for Ireland. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 6-10-1966
Country: Ireland 
Caps:	91	(W47-D24-L20 – GF142-GA71 – %64.83)
Goals:	21	(% 0.23 per match)
Age First Cap:	 19 yr 231 d   25- 5-1986 vs. Iceland  2-1
Age Last Cap:    35 yr 253 d   16- 6-2002 vs. Spain    1-1
National Team Career: 16 yr  22 d

Cap  Goals     Date	Venue	  	Opponent       Score	Competition

 1       -   25- 5-86	Reykhavik	Iceland 	2-1	International Tourn.
 2       -   27- 5-86	Reykjavík	Czechoslovakia	1-0	International Tourn.
 3       -    1- 4-87	Sofia   	Bulgaria	1-2	European Champ. Qual.
 4       -   23- 5-87	Dublin  	Brazil  	1-0	
 5       -    9- 9-87	Dublin  	Luxembourg	2-1	European Champ. Qual.
 6       -   14-10-87	Dublin  	Bulgaria	2-0	European Champ. Qual.
 7   1   1   10-11-87	Dublin  	Israel  	5-0	
 8       1   23- 3-88	Dublin  	Romania 	2-0	
 9       1   22- 5-88	Dublin  	Poland  	3-1	
10       1   12- 6-88	Stuttgart	England 	1-0	European Champ.
11       1   19-10-88	Dublin  	Tunisia 	4-0	
12       1   16-11-88	Sevilla 	Spain   	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
13       1    8- 3-89	Budapest	Hungary 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
14       1   25- 4-90	Dublin  	Soviet Union	1-0	
15   1   2    2- 6-90	La Valletta	Malta   	3-0	
16       2   17- 6-90	Palermo 	Egypt   	0-0	World Cup
17   1   3   21- 6-90	Palermo 	Netherlands	1-1	World Cup
18       3   25- 6-90	Genova  	Romania   	0-0 [1]	World Cup
19       3   30- 6-90	Roma    	Italy   	0-1	World Cup
20       3   12- 9-90	Dublin  	Morocco 	1-0	
21   1   4   17-10-90	Dublin  	Turkey  	5-0	European Champ. Qual.
22       4   14-11-90	Dublin  	England 	1-1	European Champ. Qual.
23   2   6    6- 2-91	Wrexham 	Wales   	3-0	
24   1   7   27- 3-91	London  	England 	1-1	European Champ. Qual.
25       7    1- 5-91	Dublin  	Poland  	0-0	European Champ. Qual.
26       7   11- 9-91	Györ    	Hungary 	2-1	
27       7   19- 2-92	Dublin  	Wales   	0-1	
28   1   8   29- 4-92	Dublin  	United States	4-1	
29       8   26- 5-92	Dublin  	Albania 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
30       8   30- 5-92	Washington	United States	1-3	US Cup
31       8    4- 6-92	Foxboro 	Italy   	0-2	US Cup
32       8    7- 6-92	Foxboro 	Portugal	2-0	US Cup
33       8    9- 9-92	Dublin  	Latvia  	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
34       8   14-10-92	København	Denmark 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
35       8   18-11-92	Sevilla 	Spain   	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
36   1   9   31- 3-93	Dublin  	N. Ireland	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
37   1  10   28- 4-93	Dublin  	Denmark 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
38      10   26- 5-93	Tiranë  	Albania 	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
39      10    9- 6-93	Riga    	Latvia  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
40      10   16- 6-93	Vilnius 	Lithuania	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
41      10    8- 9-93	Dublin  	Lithuania	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
42      10   13-10-93	Dublin  	Spain   	1-3	World Cup Qualifier
43      10   17-11-93	Belfast 	N. Ireland	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
44      10    7- 9-94	Riga    	Latvia  	3-0	European Champ. Qual.
45   2  12   12-10-94	Dublin  	Liechtenstein	4-0	European Champ. Qual.
46      12   16-11-94	Belfast 	N. Ireland	4-0	European Champ. Qual.
47      12   15- 2-95	Dublin  	England   	1-0 [2]	
48   1  13   29- 3-95	Dublin  	N. Ireland	1-1	European Champ. Qual.
49      13   26- 4-95	Dublin  	Portugal	1-0	European Champ. Qual.
50      13    3- 6-95	Eschen  	Liechtenstein	0-0	European Champ. Qual.
51      13   11- 6-95	Dublin  	Austria 	1-3	European Champ. Qual.
52      13    6- 9-95	Wien    	Austria 	1-3	European Champ. Qual.
53      13   11-10-95	Dublin  	Latvia  	2-1	European Champ. Qual.
54      13   15-11-95	Lisboa  	Portugal	0-3	European Champ. Qual.
55      13   27- 3-96	Dublin  	Russia   	0-2	
56      13   24- 4-96	Praha   	Czech Republic	0-2	
57      13   29- 5-96	Dublin  	Portugal	0-1	
58   1  14    2- 6-96	Dublin  	Croatia 	2-2	
59      14    4- 6-96	Rotterdam	Netherlands	1-3	
60      14    9- 6-96	Foxboro 	United States	1-2	International Tourn.
61   2  16   31- 8-96	Eschen  	Liechtenstein	5-0	World Cup Qualifier
62      16   20- 8-97	Dublin  	Lithuania	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
63      16   22- 4-98	Dublin  	Argentina	0-2	
64   1  17   14-10-98	Dublin  	Malta   	5-0	European Champ. Qual.
65      17   18-11-98	Boegrad 	Yugoslavia	0-1	European Champ. Qual.
66      17   10- 2-99	Dublin  	Paraguay	2-0	
67      17   28- 4-99	Dublin  	Sweden  	2-0	
68      17   29- 5-99	Dublin  	N. Ireland	0-1	
69   1  18    9- 6-99	Dublin  	Macedonia	1-0	European Champ. Qual.
70      18    1- 9-99	Dublin  	Yugoslavia	2-1	European Champ. Qual.
71      18    4- 9-99	Zagreb  	Croatia 	0-1	European Champ. Qual.
72      18    8- 9-99	La Valletta	Malta   	3-2	European Champ. Qual.
73   1  19    9-10-99	Skopje  	Macedonia	1-1	European Champ. Qual.
74      19   17-11-99	Bursa   	Turkey  	0-0	European Champ. Qual.
75      19   23- 2-00	Dublin  	Czech Republic	3-2	
76      19   30- 5-00	Dublin  	Scotland	1-2	
77      19    4- 6-00	Chicago 	Mexico		2-2	US Cup
78      19    6- 6-00	Boston  	United States	1-1	US Cup
79   1  20   11- 6-00	East Rutherford	South Africa	2-1	US Cup
80      20    2- 9-00	Amsterdam	Netherlands	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
81      20    7-10-00	Lisboa  	Portugal	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
82      20   11-10-00	Dublin  	Estonia 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
83      20    2- 6-01	Dublin  	Portugal	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
84      20    6- 6-01	Tallinn 	Estonia 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
85      20    1- 9-01	Dublin  	Netherlands	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
86   1  21    6-10-01	Dublin  	Cyprus  	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
87      21   10-11-01	Dublin  	Iran    	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
88      21   13- 2-02	Dublin  	Russia   	2-0	
89      21    5- 6-02	Ibaraki 	Germany 	1-1	World Cup
90      21   11- 6-02	Yokohama	Saudi Arabia	3-0	World Cup
91      21   16- 6-02	Suwon   	Spain     	1-1 [3]	World Cup


[1] Ireland won 5-4 on penalty kicks.
[2] abandoned in 27'
[3] Ireland lost 2-3 on penalty kicks.



Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    91	  47   24   20	142-  71     118      64.83

Types of           Matches    Goals

Friendlies      	25        6
World Cup Qualifier	24        5
World Cup                7        1
European Ch. Qual.	25        8
European Championship    1        0
Other Tournaments	 9        1

Total caps:             91       21



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