List of international goals scored by Sunil Chhetri

Sunil Chhetri is an Indian professional footballer who represents the India national football team as a forward. The current captain of the India national team, he is the country's all-time top goalscorer and most-capped player.[1][2][3] As of 19 November 2019, he has scored 72 goals in 115 official international appearances since his debut on 12 June 2005 against Pakistan.[lower-alpha 1][8][9][10]

Sunil Chhetri has scored 72 international goals for India.

On 9 December 2011, Chhetri netted twice in a match (also known as a brace) in India's 3–1 semi-final win over the Maldives in the 2011 SAFF Championship to take his tally to 31,[11] thus becoming his country's all-time leading goalscorer surpassing the 29 set by I. M. Vijayan.[1][12] With his 72 international goals, he is currently the second-highest active international goal scorer behind Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and is also the highest active goalscorer from Asia. On 5 September 2019, Chhetri scored the only goal for India in a 2–1 defeat against Oman in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers to take his tally to 72 international goals,[13] thus becoming the fifth-highest international goalscorer from Asia of all time. His tally of 72 puts him as the tenth-highest goalscorer in the history of international football.[14]

Chhetri (left) celebrating a goal with his teammate Anirudh Thapa in a 2019 Asian Cup group match against Thailand

Chhetri scored his first ever international goal during his ever international appearance on 12 June 2005 against Pakistan.[10] Chhetri's first international tournament for India was the 2007 Nehru Cup where he scored four goals in total: two against Cambodia, one against Syria, and one against Kyrgyzstan, which helped India to win their first Nehru Cup title.[15][16] Chhetri's 50th goal came during his 88th match in a 3–2 victory against Maldives in the 2015 SAFF Cup semi-final.[17] He is the only Indian footballer to have scored 50 or more international goals. Between all of his 72 goals: 27 came in friendlies, 13 came in SAFF Cup matches, 9 in the Nehru Cup, 7 in World Cup qualifiers, 4 in AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, 4 in AFC Asian Cup finals, 1 in the King's Cup, and the rest have come in the AFC Challenge Cup and its qualifiers.[8] Chhetri has scored three international hat-tricks, the most by any Indian and has scored braces on twelve occasions.[1][8] He has scored more times against Chinese Taipei and the Maldives than any other team, with six goals against each of the sides. He has also scored eleven international goals at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi, his most at a single ground. He has scored 11 out of his 72 goals from penalty kicks.

International goals
As of 19 November 2019
Score and results list India's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Chhetri's goal.
Key
Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick

Goals in official international matches
Goal Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1. 112 June 2005Ayub Stadium, Quetta Pakistan1–01–1Friendly[9]
2. 717 August 2007Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi Cambodia4–06–02007 Nehru Cup[16]
3. 5–0
4. 923 August 2007 Syria1–02–3
5. 1026 August 2007 Kyrgyzstan2–03–0
6. 128 October 2007Saida International Stadium, Sidon Lebanon1–01–42010 FIFA World Cup qualification[18]
7. 1330 October 2007Fatorda Stadium, Margao1–02–2[19]
8. 1424 May 2008 Chinese Taipei2–03–0Friendly[20]
9. 153–0
10. 163 June 2008Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé   Nepal3–04–02008 SAFF Cup[21][22]
11. 1811 June 2008 Bhutan1–12–1[21][23]
12. 247 August 2008Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad Myanmar1–01–02008 AFC Challenge Cup[24][25]
13. 2513 August 2008Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi Tajikistan1–04–1[26][27]
14. 3–0
15. 4–1
16. 2823 August 2009 Kyrgyzstan2–0 ‡2–12009 Nehru Cup[28]
17. 368 October 2010Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune Vietnam1–03–1Friendly[29][30]
18. 2–0
19. 3–1
20. 3914 January 2011Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha Bahrain2–42–52011 AFC Asian Cup[31]
21. 4018 January 2011Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha South Korea1–2 ‡1–4
22. 4121 March 2011Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya Chinese Taipei2–03–02012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification[7]
23. 4410 July 2011Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé Maldives1–01–1Friendly
24. 5016 November 2011Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Malaysia1–03–2
25. 3–1
26. 513 December 2011Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi Afghanistan1–11–12011 SAFF Cup[32]
27. 525 December 2011 Bhutan4–05–0[33]
28. 5–0
29. 537 December 2011 Sri Lanka2–03–0[34]
30. 549 December 2011 Maldives2–1 ‡3–1[35][36]
31. 3–1
32. 5511 December 2011 Afghanistan1–0 ‡4–0[35][36]
33. 5922 August 2012 Syria1–02–12012 Nehru Cup[37]
34. 6025 August 2012 Maldives1–0 ‡3–0[38]
35. 3–0
36. 622 September 2012 Cameroon2–2 ‡2–2[39]
37. 664 March 2013Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon Guam1–04–02014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification[40]
38. 4–0
39. 703 September 2013Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu Bangladesh1–11–12013 SAFF Cup[41]
40. 7315 November 2013Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri Philippines1–01–1Friendly[42]
41. 7419 November 2013   Nepal1–02–0[43]
42. 755 March 2014Fatorda Stadium, Goa Bangladesh1–02–2[44]
43. 2–2
44. 766 October 2014Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri Palestine1–12–3[45]
45. 7712 March 2015Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati   Nepal1–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification[46]
46. 2–0
47. 7911 June 2015Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore Oman1–11–2[47]
48. 8016 June 2015Guam F.A. National Training Center, Harmon Guam1–21–2[48]
49. 8727 December 2015Trivandrum International Stadium, Trivandrum   Nepal2–14–12015 SAFF Cup[49]
50. 8831 December 2015 Maldives1–03–2[17]
51. 893 January 2016 Afghanistan2–12–1[50]
52. 923 September 2016Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai Puerto Rico2–14–1Friendly[51]
53. 9322 March 2017Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh Cambodia1–03–2Friendly[52]
54. 9428 March 2017Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon Myanmar1–01–02019 AFC Asian Cup qualification[53]
55. 9513 June 2017Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore Kyrgyzstan1–01–0
56. 9711 October 2017Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore Macau2–14–1
57. 9814 November 2017Fatorda Stadium, Margao Myanmar1–1 ‡2–2
58. 991 June 2018Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai Chinese Taipei1–05–0Friendly
(2018 Intercontinental Cup)		[54]
59. 2–0
60. 4–0
61. 1004 June 2018 Kenya1–0 ‡3–0[55]
62. 3–0
63. 1017 June 2018 New Zealand1–01–2[56]
64. 10210 June 2018 Kenya1–02–0[57]
65. 2–0
66. 1056 January 2019Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi Thailand1–0 ‡
4–1
2019 AFC Asian Cup[58]
67.
2–1
68. 1085 June 2019Chang Arena, Buriram Curaçao1–2 ‡1–32019 King's Cup[59]
69. 1097 July 2019The Arena, Ahmedabad Tajikistan1–0 ‡2–4Friendly
(2019 Intercontinental Cup)		[60]
70.
2–0
71. 11013 July 2019 North Korea
2–4
2–5[61]
72. 1125 September 2019Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati Oman1–01–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification[13]

Hat-tricks
No. Date Venue Opponent Goal mins Result Competition Ref.
1. 13 August 2008Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi Tajikistan 9', 19', 75'4–12008 AFC Challenge Cup[26]
2. 8 October 2010Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune Vietnam 25', 48', 72'3–1Friendly[29]
3. 1 June 2018Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai Chinese Taipei 14', 34', 62'5–02018 Intercontinental Cup[54]

International statistics
As of 19 November 2019[8]

Footnotes
  1. Chhetri also previously appeared thrice for the India U-20 side and scored 2 goals in the 2004 South Asian Games,[4][5] which are not considered as FIFA A international goals but are considered official goals by AIFF. He also scored a goal in an unofficial friendly match against Qatar. FIFA allows a maximum of six substitutions by each team for friendly matches,[6] but in the match against Qatar, more than six substitutions were made by India,[7] thus the match is not considered an official match.

See also

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