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Players with the most goals in official matches selection

Last update 10 June, 2014 by Julio Muñoz

Scoring goals is not usually easy. Even less do with the national team where even get called is a dream of many. However, A number of men who have no fear of the rival goalie and see door with ease. They are the top scorers of the different national teams in official matches (we leave out the friendly matches).

Currently, there is a select group made up of 40 men who have managed to overcome the barrier of 50 so many officials with their national team. The eternal Ali Daei is the footballer who has officially scored the most goals defending the flag of his nation with 109 targets in 149 parties. The Iranian surpasses illustrious names like Puskas on the list (84) and Kamamoto (80).

In a classification where Pelé is fifth with 77 goals, Romario 25º with 55 or Müller twelfth with 69 many, highlights the presence of several of the best strikers who will participate in Brazil. Of course, all of them veterans but who will play an important role in many teams.

The most famous case is that of Miroslav Klose who owns 69 goals in 132 matches and you are only one away from accessing the Top 10 from this list. Klose is present, but also David Villa who has 58 official goals with Spain or Didier Drogba, that treasures 65 with Ivory Coast. Eto’o and Donovan cannot be absent from a list, the presence of midfielders is very limited and where legends like Batistuta and Ronaldo appear. The best of the best, and best, the superior.

 

# Name Nation Confederation International goals Caps Goals per Match
1 Ali Daei 23px Flag of Iran.svg Iran AFC 109 149 0.73
2 Ferenc Puskas 23px Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary UEFA 84 85 0.95
3 Kunishige Kamamoto 23px Flag of Japan.svg Japan AFC 80 84 0.95
4 Godfrey Chitalu 23px Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia CAF 79 108 0.72
5 Skin 22px Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil CONMEBOL 77 92 0.84
6 Sándor Kocsis 23px Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary UEFA 75 68 1.10
= Bashar Abdullah 23px Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait AFC 75 133 0.56
8 Majed Abdullah 23px Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia AFC 71 116 0.61
9 Stern John 23px Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago CONCACAF 70 115 0.61
= kiatisuk senamuang 23px Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand AFC 70 131 0.54
11 Miroslav Klose 23px Flag of Germany.svg Germany UEFA 69 132 0.52
12 Gerd Müller 23px Flag of Germany.svg West Germany UEFA 68 62 1.10
= Hossam Hassan 23px Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt CAF 68 176 0.39
14 Didier drogba 23px Flag of C%C3%B4te d%27Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast CAF 65 101 0.64
15 Jassem Al-Houwaidi 23px Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait AFC 63 74 0.85
16 Ronaldo 22px Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil CONMEBOL 62 98 0.63
= Robbie Keane 23px Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland UEFA 62 131 0.47
18 Hussein Saeed 23px Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq AFC 61 126 0.48
19 Imre locksmith 23px Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary UEFA 59 68 0.87
20 David Villa 23px Flag of Spain.svg Spain UEFA 58 96 0.60
= Carlos Pavon 23px Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras CONCACAF 58 101 0.56
22 Landon Donovan 23px Flag of the United States.svg United States CONCACAF 57 154 0.37
23 Gabriel Batistuta 23px Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina CONMEBOL 56 78 0.72
= Samuel Eto'o 23px Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon CAF 56 117 0.47
25 Romário 22px Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil CONMEBOL 55 70 0.79
= Kazuyoshi Miura 23px Flag of Japan.svg Japan AFC 55 89 0.62
= Jan Koller 23px Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic UEFA 55 91 0.60
= fandi Ahmad 23px Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore AFC 55 101 0.55
= Joachim Streich 23px Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany UEFA 55 102 0.54
= Carlos Ruiz 23px Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala CONCACAF 55 104 0.53
= Cha Bum Kun 23px Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea AFC 55 121 0.46
32 Poul Nielsen 20px Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark UEFA 52 38 1.37
= Jon Dahl Tomasson 20px Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark UEFA 52 112 0.46
= Adnan Al Talyani 23px Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates AFC 52 161 0.32
35 Lajos Tichy 23px Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary UEFA 51 72 0.71
= Hakan Şükür 23px Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey UEFA 51 112 0.46
= Thierry Henry 23px Flag of France.svg France UEFA 51 123 0.41
38 Karim Bagheri 23px Flag of Iran.svg Iran AFC 50 87 0.57
= Hwang Sun-Hong 23px Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea AFC 50 103 0.48
= Younis Mahmoud 23px Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq AFC 50 124 0.40
Julio Muñoz
Julio Muñoz
Journalist, specialist in international football and retro. I write in Colgadosporelfutbol.com and you can follow me at @ juliomv1982

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