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List of international goals scored by Gigi Riva

Gigi Riva was an Italian former association football forward who represented the Italy national football team and he is the country's all-time top goalscorer.[1] Since debuting for Italy against Hungary on 27 June 1965, Riva scored 35 goals in 42 appearances.[2] He scored his first international goal in his fourth appearance for his country on 1 November 1967, as part of a hat-trick scored against Cyprus during a UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying match.[2] Riva made his last appearance for Italy on 19 June 1974 in a 1–1 draw against Argentina during the 1974 FIFA World Cup.[2]

A standing man wearing a light blue sports shirt
Gigi Riva scored 35 international goals for Italy.

Riva scored a second hat-trick for his national team in a 4–1 win against Wales in a 1970 World Cup qualifier.[2] He scored six times in total against Luxembourg, the most against any team.[2] On 31 March 1973, he scored four goals against Luxembourg during a 1974 World Cup qualifier.[2] He also scored a brace (two goals) seven times.[2] Riva scored one goal at the UEFA European Championship, three goals at the World Cup, eight goals in friendly matches, nine goals in European Championship qualifiers and 14 goals in World Cup qualifiers.[2]

Riva's first international tournament was the UEFA Euro 1968, where he scored the opening goal in the replay of the final helping Italy to a 2–0 win against Yugoslavia.[2] Two years later, Riva scored three goals in the 1970 FIFA World Cup,[2] twice against Mexico in a 4–1 victory in the quarter-finals and a goal in the 4–3 win against West Germany in the semi-finals after extra time.[2]

International goals

Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Riva goal.
Key
‡Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick
List of international goals scored by Gigi Riva[2]
No.CapDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
141 November 1967Stadio San Vito, Cosenza, Italy  Cyprus3–05–0UEFA Euro 1968 qualifier[3]
24–0
35–0
4518 November 1967Wankdorf Stadium, Bern, Switzerland   Switzerland1–12–2UEFA Euro 1968 qualifier[3]
52–2 ‡
6623 December 1967Stadio Amsicora, Cagliari, Italy   Switzerland2–04–0UEFA Euro 1968 qualifier[3]
7710 June 1968Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy  Yugoslavia1–02–0UEFA Euro 1968[3]
8823 October 1968Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales  Wales1–01–01970 FIFA World Cup qualifier[3]
991 January 1969Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico  Mexico1–13–2Friendly[3]
103–2
111129 March 1969Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, East Berlin, East Germany  East Germany1–12–21970 FIFA World Cup qualifier[3]
122–2
13134 November 1969Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy  Wales1–04–11970 FIFA World Cup qualifier[3]
143–1
154–1
161422 November 1969Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy  East Germany3–03–01970 FIFA World Cup qualifier[3]
171521 February 1970Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, Spain  Spain2–02–2Friendly[4]
181610 May 1970Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal  Portugal1–02–1Friendly[4]
192–0
202014 June 1970Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico  Mexico2–14–11970 FIFA World Cup[4]
214–1
222117 June 1970Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico  West Germany3–24–31970 FIFA World Cup[4]
23269 October 1971San Siro, Milan, Italy  Sweden1–03–0UEFA Euro 1972 qualifier[4]
243–0
253013 May 1972King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Belgium2–1 ‡2–1UEFA Euro 1972 qualifier[4]
263120 September 1972Stadio Municipale, Turin, Italy  Yugoslavia1–03–1Friendly[4]
27327 October 1972Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Luxembourg2–04–01974 FIFA World Cup qualifier[4]
283–0
293631 March 1973Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy  Luxembourg1–05–01974 FIFA World Cup qualifier[4]
302–0
314–0
325–0
33379 June 1973Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy  Brazil1–02–0Friendly[4]
343829 September 1973San Siro, Milan, Italy  Sweden2–02–0Friendly[4]
353920 October 1973Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy   Switzerland2–02–01974 FIFA World Cup qualifier[4]

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