List of international goals scored by Ali Ashfaq

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Ali Ashfaq is the top goalscorer of all time for the Maldives national football team, with 58 goals in 95 appearances since his debut in 2003. [1]

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Ali Ashfaq, the all time top scorer for Maldives. Ali Ashfaq 2021.jpg
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.

International goals

Scores and results list Maldives' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ashfaq goal
List of international goals scored by Ali Ashfaq [1] [2]
No.CapDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
133 December 2003 National Football Stadium, Malé, MaldivesFlag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 1–012–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [3]
25–0
36–0
48–0
5613 October 2004National Football Stadium, Malé, MaldivesFlag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 2–03–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification [4]
63–0
787 December 2005 People's Football Stadium, Karachi, PakistanFlag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 3–09–1 2005 SAFF Gold Cup [5]
89–1
999 December 2005People's Football Stadium, Karachi, PakistanFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1–02–02005 SAFF Gold Cup [6]
101328 October 2007National Football Stadium, Malé, MaldivesFlag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 2–02–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [7]
112216 April 2009National Football Stadium, Malé, MaldivesFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 2–13–2 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification [8]
122318 April 2009National Football Stadium, Malé, MaldivesFlag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 1–05–02010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification [9]
132–0
142426 November 2009 Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1–01–0 Friendly [10]
15267 December 2009 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, BangladeshFlag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 2–13–1 2009 SAFF Championship [11]
163–1
172811 December 2009Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, BangladeshFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 3–15–12009 SAFF Championship [12]
183121 March 2011National Football Stadium, Malé, MaldivesFlag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 2–04–0 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification [13]
193–0
204–0
214122 November 2011National Football Stadium, Malé, MaldivesFlag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 3–03–0Friendly [14]
22432 December 2011 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, IndiaFlag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 1–01–1 2011 SAFF Championship [15]
23456 December 2011Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, IndiaFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 3–13–12011 SAFF Championship [16]
245127 August 2012Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, IndiaFlag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg  Syria 1–02–1Friendly [17]
255414 February 2013National Football Stadium, Malé, MaldivesFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2–03–0Friendly [18]
263–0
27552 September 2013 Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, NepalFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2–010–0 2013 SAFF Championship [19]
283–0
294–0
305–0
316–0
3210–0
33564 September 2013Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, NepalFlag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 3–28–22013 SAFF Championship [20]
344–2
356–2
367–2
375827 November 2013 Stade Linité, Victoria, SeychellesFlag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 1–11–3Friendly [21]
385929 November 2013Stade Linité, Victoria, SeychellesFlag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 1–11–2Friendly [22]
396013 May 2014National Football Stadium, Malé, MaldivesFlag of Laos.svg  Laos 3–17–1Friendly [23]
404–1
416119 May 2014National Football Stadium, Malé, MaldivesFlag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 2–32–3 2014 AFC Challenge Cup [24]
426221 May 2014National Football Stadium, Malé, MaldivesFlag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 1–02–02014 AFC Challenge Cup [25]
432–0
44688 October 2015 Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, BhutanFlag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 2–04–3 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [26]
453–0
464–0
477124 December 2015 Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, IndiaFlag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 3–13–1 2015 SAFF Championship [27]
487226 December 2015Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, IndiaFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1–03–12015 SAFF Championship [28]
497529 March 2016National Football Stadium, Malé, MaldivesFlag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 2–24–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification [29]
504–2
51776 September 2016National Football Stadium, Malé, MaldivesFlag of Laos.svg  Laos 2–04–0 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification [30]
524–0
538110 October 2019 Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesFlag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg  Syria 1–21–2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [31]
548319 November 2019National Football Stadium, Malé, MaldivesFlag of Guam.svg  Guam 3–13–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification [32]
55877 October 2021National Football Stadium, Malé, MaldivesFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 2–02–0 2021 SAFF Championship [33]
568810 October 2021National Football Stadium, Malé, MaldivesFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1–01–02021 SAFF Championship [34]
578913 October 2021National Football Stadium, Malé, MaldivesFlag of India.svg  India 1–11–32021 SAFF Championship [35]
58909 November 2021 Colombo Racecourse, Colombo, Sri LankaFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 4–04–4Friendly [36]

Hat-tricks

No.DateVenueOpponentGoalsResultCompetitionRef.
13 December 2003 National Football Stadium, Malé, MaldivesFlag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 4 - (4', 61', 63', 68')12–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [3]
221 March 2011National Football Stadium, Malé, MaldivesFlag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 3 - (41', 84', 88')4–0 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification [13]
32 September 2013 Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, NepalFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 6 - (21' pen, 46' pen, 51', 53', 58', 87')10–0 2013 SAFF Championship [19]
44 September 2013Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, NepalFlag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 4 - (48', 51', 76', 79')8–22013 SAFF Championship [20]
58 October 2015 Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, BhutanFlag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 3 - (23', 33', 57' pen)4–3 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [26]

Statistics

References

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