List of international goals scored by David Healy

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David Healy scored 36 international goals for Northern Ireland.

David Healy is a retired footballer, who represented the Northern Ireland national football team between 2000 and 2013. During his international career, he played 95 matches in which he scored 36 goals, becoming his country's top scorer. [1] Healy made his international debut in a friendly against Luxembourg at the Stade Josy Barthel in February 2000, scoring two goals in a 3–1 victory. [2] In June 2004, he became Northern Ireland's all-time top scorer, after netting his 14th international goal in a friendly against Trinidad and Tobago; the previous record of 13 goals was held jointly by Billy Gillespie and Colin Clarke. [3] As of October 2015, Kyle Lafferty is second to Healy in Northern Ireland's all-time scoring record, with 16 goals. [4] Healy's final goal came in 2012, after a four-year goal drought, when he scored a 95th-minute equaliser against Azerbaijan during the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. [5]

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Healy is the only Northern Ireland player to have scored two international hat-tricks. [6] Both were achieved during UEFA Euro 2008 qualification matches: the first came in a 3–2 win against Spain in September 2006, [7] and the second in a 4–1 away defeat of Liechtenstein, six months later. [8] Overall, Healy scored 13 goals during that qualification campaign, making him the highest-scoring player in a single European Championship qualification tournament. [6] As a result of this record, he was presented with a special award by Michel Platini on behalf of UEFA. [9] Healy held the record alone until October 2015, when Poland's Robert Lewandowski scored against the Republic of Ireland during qualification for UEFA Euro 2016 and matched Healy's feat. [10]

During Healy's career, Northern Ireland failed to qualify for either the FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship finals; the majority of his goals came in qualification matches (22), as opposed to friendlies. [1] Healy has scored more goals (five) against Liechtenstein than any other nation, and more than half of his goals (20) were scored at Windsor Park in Belfast. [1] Upon retirement, he was described by national team manager Michael O'Neill as "an iconic player". [6]

List of international goals

Home team goals listed first. Northern Ireland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Healy goal. [1]
List of international goals scored by David Healy
No.CapDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef
1123 February 2000 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, LuxembourgFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1–03–1 Friendly [2]
22–1
3228 March 2000 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, MaltaFlag of Malta.svg  Malta 3–03–0 Friendly [11]
4416 August 2000 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern IrelandFlag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia 1–01–2 Friendly [12]
567 October 2000 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern IrelandFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1–01–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification [13]
61028 March 2001 Balgarska Armia Stadium, Sofia, BulgariaFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 3–43–4 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification [14]
7145 September 2001 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern IrelandFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1–03–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification [15]
8156 October 2001 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, MaltaFlag of Malta.svg  Malta 1–01–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification [16]
93018 February 2004 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern IrelandFlag of Norway.svg  Norway 1–31–4 Friendly [17]
103131 March 2004 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, EstoniaFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1–01–0 Friendly [18]
113330 May 2004 Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown, BarbadosFlag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 1–11–1 Friendly [19]
12342 June 2004 Warner Park, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and NevisFlag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1–02–0 Friendly [20]
13356 June 2004 Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet, Trinidad and TobagoFlag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 1–03–0 Friendly [21]
143–0
15388 September 2004 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, WalesFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 2–02–2 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [22]
163913 October 2004 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern IrelandFlag of Austria.svg  Austria 1–13–3 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [23]
17436 April 2005 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern IrelandFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 1–01–4 Friendly [24]
184417 August 2005 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, MaltaFlag of Malta.svg  Malta 1–01–1 Friendly [25]
19467 September 2005 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern IrelandFlag of England.svg  England 1–01–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [26]
205016 August 2006 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, FinlandFlag of Finland.svg  Finland 1–02–1 Friendly [27]
21526 September 2006 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern IrelandFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 1–13–2 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification [7]
222–2
233–2
245411 October 2006 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern IrelandFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1–01–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification [28]
255524 March 2007 Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, LiechtensteinFlag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1–04–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification [8]
262–0
273–0
285628 March 2007 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern IrelandFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1–12–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification [29]
292–1
305722 August 2007 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern IrelandFlag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1–03–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification [30]
312–0
325912 September 2007 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, IcelandFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1–12–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification [31]
336117 November 2007 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern IrelandFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2–12–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification [32]
346426 March 2008 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern IrelandFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 2–04–1 Friendly [33]
356915 October 2008 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern IrelandFlag of San Marino (1862-2011).svg  San Marino 1–04–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [34]
369414 November 2012 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern IrelandFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 1–11–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [35]

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