List of international goals scored by Bobby Charlton

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Charlton on the cover of the Argentinian sports magazine El Gráfico , 27 June 1962

Sir Robert "Bobby" Charlton CBE was a former association footballer who made 106 appearances for England between 1958 and 1970. [1] He is England's third all-time goalscorer, having scored 49 times for his country. [2] He is generally regarded as one of the best midfielders of all time, [3] and was named the Ballon d'Or winner as European football's player of the year in 1966. [4]

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Charlton made his international debut for England in April 1958, [5] scoring a goal against Scotland that was described by The Times 's football correspondent Geoffrey Green as "surely one of the finest ever seen at Hampden". [6] He was a prolific goalscorer for England in his first thirteen months, scoring at a rate of a-goal-a-game, culminating with his first hat-trick in international football, against the United States in May 1959. [7] He scored his 31st international goal in October 1963 during a 4–0 victory over Wales, and in doing so, became England's top goalscorer, passing the previous record jointly held by Tom Finney and Nat Lofthouse. [8] He subsequently lost the record to his teammate Jimmy Greaves in October 1964, [9] but regained it when he scored his 45th goal in May 1968. [10] He scored his final international goal during a 4–0 win against Colombia in May 1970, and retired from international football after England were knocked out of the 1970 FIFA World Cup. [7] He remained England's leading goalscorer until September 2015, when he was surpassed by Wayne Rooney. [2]

Charlton scored four international hat-tricks; in addition to the one against the United States, he scored three goals in a game against Luxembourg during the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, and in friendlies against Mexico and Switzerland. He scored more goals against Northern Ireland than any other team, with six goals, while he scored five goals against each of Luxembourg, Portugal, Scotland and Wales. [7] Of Charlton's 49 goals, 22 were scored in friendlies. In competitive matches, the majority of his goals came during British Home Championship matches. Charlton scored 16 times in these matches, including 3 in tournaments which doubled as qualification for UEFA Euro 1968. He scored four goals during FIFA World Cup tournaments, including three goals during the 1966 FIFA World Cup, which England won, collecting one during the group stage and both goals in England's 2–1 victory over Portugal in the semi-final. [7]

International goals

England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Charlton goal.
International goals scored by Bobby Charlton [7]
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef
119 April 1958 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland1Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3–04–0 1957–58 Home Championship [6]
27 May 1958 Wembley Stadium, London, England2Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1–02–1 Friendly [11]
32–1
44 October 1958 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland4Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1–13–3 1958–59 Home Championship [12]
53–3
622 October 1958 Wembley Stadium, London, England5Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4–05–0 Friendly [13]
711 April 1959 Wembley Stadium, London, England6Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1–01–0 1958–59 Home Championship [14]
86 May 1959 Wembley Stadium, London, England7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1–02–2 Friendly [15]
928 May 1959 Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, United States11Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States 3–18–1 Friendly [16]
106–1
117–1
1228 October 1959 Wembley Stadium, London, England13Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2–32–3 Friendly [17]
139 April 1960 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland14Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1–11–1 1959–60 Home Championship [18]
148 October 1960 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland18Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 3–15–2 1960–61 Home Championship [19]
1519 October 1960 Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg19Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1–09–0 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification [20]
162–0
177–0
1823 November 1960 Wembley Stadium, London, England21Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 2–05–1 1960–61 Home Championship [21]
1910 May 1961 Wembley Stadium, London, England23Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 2–08–0 Friendly [22]
206–0
217–0
2228 September 1961 Highbury, London, England27Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 3–04–1 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification [23]
234–1
2422 November 1961 Wembley Stadium, London, England30Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1–01–1 1961–62 Home Championship [24]
252 June 1962 Estadio Braden Copper, Rancagua, Chile36Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2–13–1 1962 FIFA World Cup [25]
2629 May 1963 Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia42Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 3–14–2 Friendly [26]
272 June 1963 Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany43Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2–12–1 Friendly [27]
285 June 1963 St. Jakob Park, Basel, Switzerland44Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1–08–1 Friendly [28]
295–1
308–1
3112 October 1963 Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales45Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 4–04–0 1963–64 Home Championship [8]
3217 May 1964 Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal50Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2–14–3 Friendly [29]
3327 May 1964 Downing Stadium, New York City, United States52Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8–010–0 Friendly [30]
3410 April 1965 Wembley Stadium, London, England57Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1–02–2 1964–65 Home Championship [31]
3520 October 1965 Wembley Stadium, London, England59Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1–02–3 Friendly [32]
362 April 1966 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland63Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 4–24–3 1965–66 Home Championship [33]
374 May 1966 Wembley Stadium, London, England64Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 2–02–0 Friendly [34]
3816 July 1966 Wembley Stadium, London, England69Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 1–02–0 1966 FIFA World Cup [35]
3926 July 1966 Wembley Stadium, London, England72Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1–02–1 1966 FIFA World Cup [36]
402–0
4116 November 1966 Wembley Stadium, London, England76Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 3–15–1 1966–67 Home Championship,
UEFA Euro 1968 qualification 		[37]
4221 October 1967 Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales78Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 2–03–0 1967–68 Home Championship,
UEFA Euro 1968 qualification 		[38]
4322 November 1967 Wembley Stadium, London, England79Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 2–02–0 1967–68 Home Championship,
UEFA Euro 1968 qualification 		[39]
443 April 1968 Wembley Stadium, London, England82Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 1–01–0 UEFA Euro 1968 qualification [40]
4522 May 1968 Wembley Stadium, London, England84Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2–03–1 Friendly [10]
468 June 1968 Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy86Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1–02–0 UEFA Euro 1968 [41]
477 May 1969 Wembley Stadium, London, England91Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 1–12–1 1968–69 Home Championship [42]
4821 April 1970 Wembley Stadium, London, England100Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 3–13–1 1969–70 Home Championship [43]
4920 May 1970 Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia101Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 3–04–0 Friendly [44]

Statistics

Notes

  1. 1 2 Three of Charlton's goals came in matches which were part of both the British Home Championship and the UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying campaign.

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