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List of international goals scored by Bobby Charlton

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]

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

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 1958Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland1  Scotland3–04–01957–58 Home Championship[6]
27 May 1958Wembley Stadium, London, England2  Portugal1–02–1Friendly[11]
32–1
44 October 1958Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland4  Northern Ireland1–13–31958–59 Home Championship[12]
53–3
622 October 1958Wembley Stadium, London, England5  Soviet Union4–05–0Friendly[13]
711 April 1959Wembley Stadium, London, England6  Scotland1–01–01958–59 Home Championship[14]
86 May 1959Wembley Stadium, London, England7  Italy1–02–2Friendly[15]
928 May 1959Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, United States11  United States3–18–1Friendly[16]
106–1
117–1
1228 October 1959Wembley Stadium, London, England13  Sweden2–32–3Friendly[17]
139 April 1960Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland14  Scotland1–11–11959–60 Home Championship[18]
148 October 1960Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland18  Northern Ireland3–15–21960–61 Home Championship[19]
1519 October 1960Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg19  Luxembourg1–09–01962 FIFA World Cup qualification[20]
162–0
177–0
1823 November 1960Wembley Stadium, London, England21  Wales2–05–11960–61 Home Championship[21]
1910 May 1961Wembley Stadium, London, England23  Mexico2–08–0Friendly[22]
206–0
217–0
2228 September 1961Highbury, London, England27  Luxembourg3–04–11962 FIFA World Cup qualification[23]
234–1
2422 November 1961Wembley Stadium, London, England30  Northern Ireland1–01–11961–62 Home Championship[24]
252 June 1962Estadio Braden Copper, Rancagua, Chile36  Argentina2–13–11962 FIFA World Cup[25]
2629 May 1963Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia42  Czechoslovakia3–14–2Friendly[26]
272 June 1963Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany43  East Germany2–12–1Friendly[27]
285 June 1963St. Jakob Park, Basel, Switzerland44   Switzerland1–08–1Friendly[28]
295–1
308–1
3112 October 1963Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales45  Wales4–04–01963–64 Home Championship[8]
3217 May 1964Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal50  Portugal2–14–3Friendly[29]
3327 May 1964Downing Stadium, New York City, United States52  United States8–010–0Friendly[30]
3410 April 1965Wembley Stadium, London, England57  Scotland1–02–21964–65 Home Championship[31]
3520 October 1965Wembley Stadium, London, England59  Austria1–02–3Friendly[32]
362 April 1966Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland63  Scotland4–24–31965–66 Home Championship[33]
374 May 1966Wembley Stadium, London, England64  Yugoslavia2–02–0Friendly[34]
3816 July 1966Wembley Stadium, London, England69  Mexico1–02–01966 FIFA World Cup[35]
3926 July 1966Wembley Stadium, London, England72  Portugal1–02–11966 FIFA World Cup[36]
402–0
4116 November 1966Wembley Stadium, London, England76  Wales3–15–11966–67 Home Championship,
UEFA Euro 1968 qualification		[37]
4221 October 1967Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales78  Wales2–03–01967–68 Home Championship,
UEFA Euro 1968 qualification		[38]
4322 November 1967Wembley Stadium, London, England79  Northern Ireland2–02–01967–68 Home Championship,
UEFA Euro 1968 qualification		[39]
443 April 1968Wembley Stadium, London, England82  Spain1–01–0UEFA Euro 1968 qualification[40]
4522 May 1968Wembley Stadium, London, England84  Sweden2–03–1Friendly[10]
468 June 1968Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy86  Soviet Union1–02–0UEFA Euro 1968[41]
477 May 1969Wembley Stadium, London, England91  Wales1–12–11968–69 Home Championship[42]
4821 April 1970Wembley Stadium, London, England100  Northern Ireland3–13–11969–70 Home Championship[43]
4920 May 1970Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia101  Colombia3–04–0Friendly[44]

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