Rajaa Rafe - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Syrian player scored 32 international goals in 84 matches for his national team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Born: 1- 5-1983
Country: Syria   
Caps:	84	(W39-D22-L23 – GF131-GA107 – %59.52)
Goals:	32	(% 0.38 per match)
Age First Cap:	 19 yr 230 d  17-12-2002 vs. Yemen 4-0
Age Last Cap:    32 yr 160 d   8-10-2015 vs. Japan 0-3
National Team Career: 12 yr 295 d


Cap  Goals    Date      Venue	        Opponent       Score    Competition

 1   1	 1  17-12-02	Kuwait City	Yemen   	4-0	Arab Nations Cup
 2	 1  19-12-02	Kuwait City	Bahrain 	0-2	Arab Nations Cup
 3   3	 4  21-12-02	Kuwait City	Lebanon 	4-1	Arab Nations Cup
 4	 4  24-12-02	Kuwait City	Saudi Arabia	0-3	Arab Nations Cup
 5	 4  30- 9-03	Riyadh  	Saudi Arabia	1-1	
 6   1	 5  14-11-03	Al-Ain  	UA Emirates	1-3	Asian Cup Qualifier
 7	 5  28-11-03	Aleppo  	Turkmenistan	1-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
 8	 5  18- 2-04	Arad    	Bahrain 	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 9   1	 6  23- 3-04	Jounieh 	Lebanon 	1-0	
10	 6  31- 3-04	Bishkek 	Kyrgyzstan	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
11   1	 7  19- 4-04	Khartoum	Sudan   	2-1	
12	 7  21- 4-04	Khartoum	Sudan   	0-0	
13   1	 8   1- 6-04	Kuwait City	Kuwait  	1-0	
14   1	 9   3- 6-04	Kuwait City	Kuwait  	2-1	
15   1	10  10- 6-04	Homs    	Tajikistan	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
16   1	11  19- 6-04	Tehran  	Lebanon 	3-1	WAFF Tournament
17	11  21- 6-04	Tehran  	Iran    	1-7	WAFF Tournament
18   1	12  23- 6-04	Tehran  	Jordan   	1-1 [1]	WAFF Tournament
19   1	13  25- 6-04	Tehran  	Iran    	1-4	WAFF Tournament
20   1	14   8- 9-04	Dushanbe	Tajikistan	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
21	14  29- 9-04	Tripoli 	Kuwait  	1-1	
22   1	15   6-10-04	Riyadh  	Saudi Arabia	2-2	
23	15   8-10-04	Doha    	Qatar   	2-1	
24	15  13-10-04	Damascus	Bahrain 	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
25	15  17-11-04	Damascus	Kyrgyzstan	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
26   1	16  26- 1-05	Kuwait City	Kuwait  	2-3	
27	16   2- 2-05	Saitama 	Japan   	0-3	Kirin Cup
28	16  30- 1-06	Riffa   	Bahrain 	1-1	
29	16   7- 2-06	Damascus	Palestine	3-0	
30	16  16- 6-07	Amman   	Lebanon 	1-0	WAFF Tournament
31	16  18- 6-07	Amman   	Jordan  	1-0	WAFF Tournament
32	16  22- 6-07	Amman   	Iraq    	0-3	WAFF Tournament
33   1	17   9-11-07	Jakarta 	Indonesia	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
34   3	20  18-11-07	Damascus	Indonesia	7-0	World Cup Qualifier
35	20  13- 1-08	Damascus	Qatar   	0-0	
36	20  23- 1-08	Manama  	Bahrain 	2-1	
37	20  27- 1-08	Zhongshan	China   	1-2	
38	20   6- 2-08	Tehran  	Iran    	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
39	20  10- 5-08	Damascus	Oman    	2-1	
40   1	21  17- 5-08	Damascus	Iraq    	2-1	
41	21  24- 5-08	Riyadh  	Saudi Arabia	0-1	
42	21   2- 6-08	Damascus	Kuwait  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
43	21   8- 6-08	Kuwait City	Kuwait  	2-4	World Cup Qualifier
44	21  14- 6-08	Damascus	Iran    	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
45	21  22- 6-08	Al-Ain  	UA Emirates	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
46	21  13-11-08	Kobe    	Japan   	1-3	Kirin Cup
47   1	22  27-12-08	Dammam   	Saudi Arabia	1-1	
48	22  29-12-08	Manama  	Bahrain 	2-2	
49	22  14- 1-09	Aleppo  	China   	3-2	Asian Cup Qualifier
50   1	23  18- 1-09	Kuwait City	Turkmenistan	5-1	
51   1	24  23- 1-09	Kuwait City	Kuwait  	3-2	
52	24  28- 1-09	Saida   	Lebanon 	2-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
53	24  27- 6-09	Montréal	Haiti   	2-1	
54	24  20- 8-09	New Delhi	Kyrgyzstan	2-0	Nehru Cup
55	24  24- 8-09	New Delhi	Sri Lanka	4-0	Nehru Cup
56	24  27- 8-09	New Delhi	Lebanon 	1-0	Nehru Cup	
57	24  29- 8-09	New Delhi	India   	1-0	Nehru Cup
58	24  31- 8-09	New Delhi	India    	1-1 [2]	Nehru Cup
59	24  26-10-09	Al-Jahra	Kuwait  	0-1	
60   1	25   8-11-09	Bangkok 	Thailand	1-1	
61   1	26  14-11-09	Hanoi   	Vietnam 	1-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
62	26  18-11-09	Aleppo  	Vietnam 	0-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
63   1	27  23- 1-10	Damascus	Sweden  	1-1 	
64	27   3- 9-10	Kuwait City	Kuwait  	0-3	
65	27   7- 9-10	Sana'a  	Yemen   	1-2	
66	27  24- 9-10	Amman   	Jordan  	1-1	WAFF Tournament
67	27  29- 6-11	Arbil   	Iraq    	2-1	
68	27   5- 7-11	Istanbul	Jordan  	3-1	
69	27  15- 7-11	Muscat  	Oman    	1-1	
70	27  23- 7-11	Amman   	Tajikistan 	awd [3]	World Cup Qualifier
71	27  28- 7-11	Tursunzade	Tajikistan 	awd [4]	World Cup Qualifier
72	27  10- 8-11	Astana  	Kazakhstan	1-1	
73	27  17- 8-11	Saida   	Lebanon 	3-2	
74	27  15- 8-13	Tehran  	Jordan  	1-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
75	27   6- 9-13	Beirut  	Lebanon 	0-2	
76   1	28  15-10-13	Singapore	Singapore	1-2 	Asian Cup Qualifier
77	28  26- 3-15	Amman   	Jordan  	1-0	
78   2	30  31- 3-15	Dushanbe	Tajikistan	3-2	
79	30  24- 5-15	Saida   	Lebanon 	2-2	
80	30   5- 6-15	Muscat  	Oman    	2-1	
81   2	32  11- 6-15	Mashad  	Afghanistan	6-0	World Cup Qualifier
82	32   3- 9-15	Muscat  	Singapore	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
83	32   2-10-15	Muscat  	Oman    	1-2	
84	32   8-10-15	Seeb    	Japan   	0-3	World Cup Qualifier

[1] Syria won 3-2 on penalty kicks.
[2] Syria lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.
[3] although Syria won this game (2-1), FIFA awarded a 3-0 win to Tajikistan due
    to Syria fielding an ineligible player (George Mourad had previously represented
    Sweden in an Under-21 UEFA Qualifier in 2003). Rafe converted one goal.
[4] although Syria won this game (2-1), FIFA awarded a 3-0 win to Tajikistan due
    to Syria fielding an ineligible player (George Mourad had previously represented
    Sweden in an Under-21 UEFA Qualifier in 2003). Rafe converted two goals. 

NB: the following matches were not full A matches and are therefore not included here:

 	     6- 4-02	Damascus	Kuwait U-18	1-1	West Asian Games
     1       8- 4-02	Damascus	Palestine XI	2-1	West Asian Games
     1      10- 4-02	Damascus	Iran U-20	1-1	West Asian Games
     1      12- 4-02	Damascus	Qatar U-20	1-1	West Asian Games
     2       5- 6-09	Damascus	S. Leone U-20	6-0	

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    84    39   22   23   131- 107     100       59.52


Types of             Matches  Goals

Friendlies		39	14
World Cup Qualifier	18	 8
Nehru Cup		 5	 0
Asian Cup Qualifier	 8	 3
WAFF Tournament		 8	 3
Arab Cup		 4	 4
Kirin Cup                2	 0

Total caps / goals:     84	32


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