List of international goals scored by Ali Daei

Ali Daei is a former Iranian professional association football forward who holds the record of the all-time men's international top goalscorer, with 109 goals in 149 appearances between 1993 and 2006.[1][2] His achievement is listed in Guinness World Records.[3] On 28 November 2003, in an Asian Cup qualifier in Tehran against Lebanon, he scored his 85th international goal, elevating him past Hungarian footballer Ferenc Puskás to take the lead of the all-time list of scorers in international matches.[4][5]

Ali Daei is the all-time men's international top goalscorer, with 109 goals in 149 caps.

Daei was called up to join the Iran national football team (also known as Team Melli) on 6 June 1993 in the 1993 ECO Cup tournament held in Tehran, where he made his debut in a match against Pakistan.[6] His first international goal came in a 6–0 victory over Chinese Taipei on 25 June 1993 during qualification for the 1994 FIFA World Cup.[7] On 1 March 2006, his final goal came in a 3–2 victory over Costa Rica match.[8] His final appearance for Iran was in the 2006 FIFA World Cup against Angola on 21 June 2006 in the group stage.[9]

He scored eight international hat-tricks. On 10 June 1996, he scored his first international hat-tricks, in an 8–0 win over Nepal at Azadi Stadium in Tehran.[10] On 17 November 2004, he scored the last one against Laos in a 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification match, giving him 102 goals and making him the first male player to score 100 goals in international football.[11]

He scored 36 goals in FIFA World Cup qualification matches, 23 goals in AFC Asian Cup qualification games and 9 goals in Asian Games, as well as 14 goals in AFC Asian Cup Finals. The rest of his goals, 27, were scored in friendly matches. He scored eight goals against two opposition teams, the Maldives and Laos, his highest tally against any country. He scored 44 international goals at the Azadi Stadium, his most at a single ground.[6]

International goals
Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.[6]
Key
Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick
Indicates Iran national football team won the match
Indicates the match ended in draw
Indicates Iran national football team lost the match
No. Date Cap Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 25 June 19936Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Chinese Taipei 3–06–01994 FIFA World Cup qualification[7]
2 4 July 19939Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria Chinese Taipei 3–06–0[12]
3 4–0
4 18 October 199313Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar Japan 2–02–1[13]
5 22 October 199314 Iraq 1–11–2[14]
6 25 October 199315 North Korea 1–12–1[15]
7 2–1
8 30 May 199621Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait 1–12–1Friendly[16]
9 2–1
10 10 June 199623Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran   Nepal 2–08–01996 AFC Asian Cup qualification[10]
11 3–0
12 7–0
13 8–0
14 12 June 199624 Sri Lanka 1–07–0[17]
15 3–0
16 4–0
17 6–0
18 7–0
19 14 June 199625 Oman 1–02–0[18]
20 19 June 199627Sultan Qaboos Stadium, Muscat, Oman   Nepal 1–04–0[19]
21 21 June 199628 Oman 1–02–1[20]
22 5 December 199630Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Iraq 1–21–21996 AFC Asian Cup[21]
23 8 December 199631 Thailand 3–03–0[22]
24 11 December 199632 Saudi Arabia 1–03–0[23]
25 16 December 199633 South Korea 3–26–2[24]
26 4–2
27 5–2
28 6–2
29 21 December 199635Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Kuwait 1–11–1[lower-alpha 1][25]
30 2 June 199736Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria Maldives 14–017–01998 FIFA World Cup qualification[26]
31 15–0
32 4 June 199737 Kyrgyzstan 3–07–0[27]
33 6 June 199738 Syria 1–01–0[28]
34 11 June 199740Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Maldives 3–09–0[29]
35 6–0
36 3 October 199745 Qatar 1–03–0[30]
37 17 October 199746 China PR 4–04–1[31]
38 16 November 199750Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia Japan 2–12–3[32]
39 5 December 199859Sri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium, Sisaket, Thailand Laos 5–16–11998 Asian Games[33]
40 6–1
41 8 December 199860Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Oman 1–02–4[34]
42 10 December 199861 Tajikistan 1–05–0[35][36]
43 5–0
44 12 December 199862 China PR 1–12–1[37][36]
45 14 December 199863 Uzbekistan 2–04–0[38]
46 3–0
47 4–0
48 4 June 199967Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada Canada 1–01–01999 Canada Cup[39]
49 8 September 199969International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan Japan 1–11–1Friendly[40]
50 9 January 200071Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, United States Mexico 1–11–2[41]
51 12 January 200072Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States Ecuador 1–02–1[42]
52 31 March 200074Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo, Syria Maldives 5–08–02000 AFC Asian Cup qualification[43]
53 6–0
54 7–0
55 2 April 200075 Syria 1–01–0[44]
56 9 April 200077Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Bahrain 3–03–0[45]
57 13 April 200079 Maldives 3–03–0[46]
58 7 June 200080 Egypt 1–11–1[lower-alpha 2]2000 LG Cup[47][48]
59 9 June 200081 Macedonia 2–13–1[49]
60 27 September 200083Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar Qatar 1–02–1Friendly[50]
61 2–0
62 12 October 200084Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon 4–04–02000 AFC Asian Cup[51]
63 15 October 200085 Thailand 1–11–1[52]
64 18 October 200086Saida International Stadium, Sidon, Lebanon Iraq 1–01–0[53]
65 24 November 200088Takhti Stadium, Tabriz, Iran Guam 7–019–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification[54]
66 10–0
67 15–0
68 18–0
69 28 November 200089 Tajikistan 1–02–0[55]
70 19 January 200190Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran China PR 1–04–0Ancient Civilization Cup[56]
71 8 August 200192 Oman 4–05–22001 LG Cup[57]
72 10 August 200193 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–04–0[58]
73 4–0
74 24 August 200195 Saudi Arabia 1–02–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification[59]
75 2–0
76 7 September 200197Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq Iraq 2–12–1[60]
77 28 September 200199Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 1–12–2[61]
78 21 October 2001102Bahrain National Stadium, Manama, Bahrain Bahrain 1–21–3[62]
79 31 October 2001103Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 1–03–0[63]
80 21 August 2002108NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv, Ukraine Ukraine 1–01–0Friendly[64]
81 19 September 2002109Takhti Stadium, Tabriz, Iran Paraguay 1–11–1[lower-alpha 3]2002 LG Cup[65]
82 5 September 2003112Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Jordan 1–14–12004 AFC Asian Cup qualification[66]
83 4–1
84 19 November 2003116Municipal Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon 1–03–0[67]
85 28 November 2003117Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Lebanon 1–01–0[68]
86 2 December 2003118Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait 1–31–3Friendly[69]
87 18 February 2004119Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Qatar 3–03–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification[70]
88 31 March 2004120Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos Laos 1–07–0[71]
89 2–0
90 17 June 2004122Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Lebanon 1–04–02004 WAAF Championship[72][73]
91 2–0
92 3–0
93 21 June 2004123 Syria 1–07–1[74][73]
94 25 June 2004125 Syria 2–14–1[75][73]
95 20 July 2004126Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing, China Thailand 3–03–02004 AFC Asian Cup[76]
96 6 August 2004131Workers Stadium, Beijing, China Bahrain 3–24–2[77]
97 4–2
98 8 September 2004132Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan Jordan 2–02–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification[78]
99 17 November 2004133Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Laos 1–07–0[79]
100 2–0
101 3–0
102 4–0
103 18 December 2004134 Panama 1–01–0Friendly[80]
104 2 February 2005135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–12–1[81]
105 17 August 2005141International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan Japan 1–21–22006 FIFA World Cup qualification[82]
106 24 August 2005142Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Libya 3–04–0Friendly[83]
107 13 November 2005143 Togo 1–02–02005 LG Cup[84]
108 22 February 2006144 Chinese Taipei 4–04–02007 AFC Asian Cup qualification[85]
109 1 March 2006145 Costa Rica 2–03–2Friendly[86]

Hat-tricks
Daei's last hat-trick against Laos allowed him to become the first male player to score 100 goals in international football.
Hat-tricks table
No. Date Venue Opponent Goals Result Competition Ref.
1 10 June 1996 Azadi Stadium, Tehran    Nepal 4 – (14', 36', 84', 87') 8–0 1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification [10][87]
2 12 June 1996  Sri Lanka 5 – (30', 64', 65', 70', 77') 7–0 [17][87]
3 16 December 1996 Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai  South Korea 4 – (66', 77', 82', 89' pen.) 6–2 1996 AFC Asian Cup [88][87]
4 14 December 1998 National Stadium, Bangkok  Uzbekistan 3 – (83', 88', 90') 4–0 1998 Asian Games [36]
5 31 March 2000 Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo  Maldives 3 – (39', 61', 72') 8–0 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification [89]
6 24 November 2000 Takhti Stadium, Tabriz  Guam 4 – (35' pen., 44', 52', 74') 19–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification [90][91]
7 17 June 2004 Azadi Stadium, Tehran  Lebanon 3 – (15' pen., 61', 88') 4–0 2004 WAAF Championship [73]
8 17 November 2004  Laos 4 – (7', 19', 27', 58') 7–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [92][93]

Statistics
Source:[6]

Footnotes
  1. Iran won 4–3 on penalty kicks.[25]
  2. Iran lost 7–8 on penalty kicks.[47][48]
  3. Iran won 4–3 on penalty kicks.[65]

See also

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