List of international goals scored by Gabriel Batistuta

Gabriel Batistuta is a former Argentine professional footballer who made 78 appearances for Argentina between 1991 and 2002.

Gabriel Batistuta lining up with the Argentina squad at the 1991 Copa América

He is Argentina's second highest goalscorer, behind only Lionel Messi. FIFA credits Batistuta with 56 goals in 78 international matches, while the Argentine Football Association credits him with 54, as it excludes two goals scored in a 6–0 home friendly against the Slovakian youth team on 22 June 1995, in Mendoza.[1][2] The following is a list of all the international goals he has scored:

International goals
Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first.
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 July 1991Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile Venezuela1–03–01991 Copa América
2.2–0
3.10 July 1991 Chile1–01–0
4.12 July 1991Estadio Municipal, Concepción, Chile Paraguay1–04–1
5.17 July 1991Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile Brazil3–13–2
6.21 July 1991 Colombia2–02–1
7.30 May 1992Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Japan1–01–01992 Kirin Cup
8.3 June 1992Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium, Gifu, Japan Wales1–01–0
9.18 June 1992Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Australia1–02–0Friendly
10.2–0
11.16 October 1992King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Ivory Coast1–04–01992 King Fahd Cup
12.2–0
13.17 June 1993Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil, Ecuador Bolivia1–01–01993 Copa América
14.4 July 1993Estadio Monumental, Guayaquil, Ecuador Mexico1–02–1
15.2–1
16.1 August 1993Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru Peru1–01–01994 FIFA World Cup qualifier
17.22 August 1993Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina1–02–1
18.17 November 1993 Australia1–01–0
19.31 May 1994Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel Israel1–03–0Friendly
20.2–0
21.21 June 1994Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, United States Greece1–04–01994 FIFA World Cup
22.2–0
23.4–0
24.3 July 1994Rose Bowl, Pasadena, United States Romania1–12–3
25.8 January 1995King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Japan3–05–11995 King Fahd Cup
26.5–1
27.30 June 1995Estadio Centenario, Quilmes, Argentina Australia2–02–0Friendly
28.8 July 1995Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú, Uruguay Bolivia1–02–11995 Copa América
29.11 July 1995 Chile1–04–0
30.4–0
31.17 July 1995Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera, Uruguay Brazil1–02–2
32.24 April 1996Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Bolivia3–13–11998 FIFA World Cup qualifier
33.1 September 1996 Paraguay1–01–1
34.15 December 1996 Chile1–11–1
35.10 March 1998José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina Bulgaria1–02–0Friendly
36.22 April 1998Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland1–02–0
37.14 May 1998Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina Bosnia and Herzegovina1–05–0
38.2–0
39.5–0
40.19 May 1998Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina Chile1–01–0
41.25 May 1998Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina South Africa1–02–0
42.14 June 1998Stadium Municipal, Toulouse, France Japan1–01–01998 FIFA World Cup
43.21 June 1998Parc des Princes, Paris, France Jamaica3–05–0
44.4–0
45.5–0
46.30 June 1998Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France England1–02–2
47.31 March 1999Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Arena, Netherlands Netherlands1–11–1Friendly
48.13 October 1999Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina Colombia1–02–1
49.29 March 2000Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Chile1–04–12002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
50.29 June 2000Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia Colombia1–03–1
51.2–1
52.8 October 2000Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Uruguay2–02–1
53.7 October 2001Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay Paraguay2–22–2
54.2 June 2002Kashima Soccer Stadium, Ibaraki, Japan Nigeria1–01–02002 FIFA World Cup

Statistics
As of 2 June 2002

Notes
  1. The Argentine Football Association does not recognise two goals Batistuta scored in a 6–0 home win against the Slovakia national youth side on 22 June 1995, in Mendoza, although FIFA does recognise the goals.[1]
  2. 54 goals in 77 appearances according to some sources, as the Argentine Football Association does not recognise two goals Batistuta scored in a 6–0 home win against the Slovakia national youth side on 22 June 1995, in Mendoza, although FIFA recognises the goals.[1]

References
  1. "Lionel Messi equals Argentina's all-time goal-scoring record". As.com. 21 June 2016.
  2. "FIFA recognized matches of 1995". As.com. 21 June 2016.
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