List of international goals scored by Ali Ashfaq

Ali Ashfaq is the top goalscorer of all time for the Maldives national football team, with 57 goals in 90 appearances since his debut in 2003. ^[1]

Ali Ashfaq, the all time top scorer for Maldives.

On 3 December 2003, Ashfaq scored his debut goal, yet his first hat-trick for Maldives against Mongolia in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier. In September 2013, Ashfaq netted six times against Sri Lanka in 2013 SAFF Championship, thus becoming the only player ever for Maldives to score a double hat-trick. In the same tournament, he netted four goals against Bhutan and became the all-time top scorer of SAFF Championship with 23 goals, surpassing the record previously held by India's Bhaichung Bhutia.

Goals

Scores and results list Maldives' goal tally first. ^[1]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	3 December 2003	National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Mongolia	1–0	12–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2				5–0
3				6–0
4				8–0
5	13 October 2004		Vietnam	2–0	3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6				3–0
7	7 December 2005	People's Football Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan	Afghanistan	3–0	9–1	2005 SAFF Gold Cup
8				9–1
9	9 December 2005		Sri Lanka	1–0	2–0
10	28 October 2007	National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Yemen	2–0	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
11	16 April 2009		Philippines	2–1	3–2	2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
12	18 April 2009		Bhutan	1–0	5–0
13				2–0
14	7 December 2009	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Afghanistan	2–1	3–1	2009 SAFF Championship
15				3–1
16	11 December 2009		Sri Lanka	3–1	5–1
17	21 March 2011	National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Cambodia	2–0	4–0	2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
18				3–0
19				4–0
20	22 November 2011		Seychelles	3–0	3–0	Friendly
21	2 December 2011	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, India	Nepal	1–0	1–1	2011 SAFF Championship
22	6 December 2011		Bangladesh	3–1	3–1
23	27 August 2012		Syria	1–0	2–1	2012 Nehru Cup
24	14 February 2013	National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Pakistan	2–0	3–0	Friendly
25				3–0
26	2 September 2013	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal	Sri Lanka	2–0	10–0	2013 SAFF Championship
27				3–0
28				4–0
29				5–0
30				6–0
31				10–0
32	4 September 2013		Bhutan	3–2	8–2
33				4–2
34				6–2
35				7–2
36	27 November 2013	Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles	Seychelles	1–1	1–3	Friendly
37	29 November 2013			1–1	1–2
38	13 May 2014	National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Laos	3–1	7–1
39				4–1
40	19 May 2014		Myanmar	2–3	2–3	2014 AFC Challenge Cup
41	21 May 2014		Kyrgyzstan	1–0	2–0
42				2–0
43	8 October 2015	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan	Bhutan	2–0	4–3	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
44				3–0
45				4–0
46	24 December 2015	Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, India	Bangladesh	3–1	3–1	2015 SAFF Suzuki Cup
47	28 December 2015		Bangladesh	1–0	3–1
48	29 March 2016	National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Bhutan	2–2	4–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
49				4–2
50	6 September 2016		Laos	2–0	4–0	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
51				4–0
52	10 October 2019	Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Syria	1–2	1–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
53	19 November 2019	National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Guam	3–1	3–1
54	7 October 2021	National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Bangladesh	2–0	2–0	2021 SAFF Championship
55	10 October 2021	National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	Sri Lanka	1–0	1–0
56	13 October 2021	National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives	India	1–1	1–3
57	9 November 2021	Racecourse Ground, Colombo	Sri Lanka	4–0	4–4	2021 Four Nations Football Tournament

Statistics

As of match played 21 March 2023 ^[1]

Year	Apps	Goals
2003	3	4
2004	8	2
2005	4	3
2006	0	0
2007	2	1
2008	7	0
2009	8	7
2010	1	0
2011	16	6
2012	6	1
2013	7	14
2014	6	5
2015	9	5
2016	3	4
2017	2	0
2018	0	0
2019	4	2
2020	0	0
2021	9	4
2022	2	0
2023	1	0
Total	98	58

References

1. Mamrud, Roberto. "Ali Ashfaq – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF . Retrieved 8 November 2016.