List of international goals scored by David Healy

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]

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.	Cap	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref
1	1	23 February 2000	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	1–0	3–1	Friendly	[2]
2					2–1
3	2	28 March 2000	National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	Malta	3–0	3–0	Friendly	[11]
4	4	16 August 2000	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Yugoslavia	1–0	1–2	Friendly	[12]
5	6	7 October 2000	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Denmark	1–0	1–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[13]
6	10	28 March 2001	Balgarska Armia Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	Bulgaria	3–4	3–4	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[14]
7	14	5 September 2001	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Iceland	1–0	3–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[15]
8	15	6 October 2001	National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	Malta	1–0	1–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[16]
9	30	18 February 2004	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Norway	1–3	1–4	Friendly	[17]
10	31	31 March 2004	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	1–0	1–0	Friendly	[18]
11	33	30 May 2004	Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown, Barbados	Barbados	1–1	1–1	Friendly	[19]
12	34	2 June 2004	Warner Park, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1–0	2–0	Friendly	[20]
13	35	6 June 2004	Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	3–0	Friendly	[21]
14					3–0
15	38	8 September 2004	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	Wales	2–0	2–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	[22]
16	39	13 October 2004	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Austria	1–1	3–3	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	[23]
17	43	6 April 2005	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Germany	1–0	1–4	Friendly	[24]
18	44	17 August 2005	National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	Malta	1–0	1–1	Friendly	[25]
19	46	7 September 2005	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	England	1–0	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	[26]
20	50	16 August 2006	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	1–0	2–1	Friendly	[27]
21	52	6 September 2006	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Spain	1–1	3–2	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	[7]
22					2–2
23					3–2
24	54	11 October 2006	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Latvia	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	[28]
25	55	24 March 2007	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	1–0	4–1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	[8]
26					2–0
27					3–0
28	56	28 March 2007	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Sweden	1–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	[29]
29					2–1
30	57	22 August 2007	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Liechtenstein	1–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	[30]
31					2–0
32	59	12 September 2007	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	Iceland	1–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	[31]
33	61	17 November 2007	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Denmark	2–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification	[32]
34	64	26 March 2008	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Georgia	2–0	4–1	Friendly	[33]
35	69	15 October 2008	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	San Marino	1–0	4–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	[34]
36	94	14 November 2012	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Azerbaijan	1–1	1–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[35]

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