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List of international goals scored by Bobby Charlton

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Sir 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.
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International goals scored by Bobby Charlton[7]
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1 19 April 1958Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland1 Scotland3–04–01957–58 Home Championship[6]
2 7 May 1958Wembley Stadium, London, England2 Portugal1–02–1Friendly[11]
3 2–1
4 4 October 1958Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland4 Northern Ireland1–13–31958–59 Home Championship[12]
5 3–3
6 22 October 1958Wembley Stadium, London, England5 Soviet Union4–05–0Friendly[13]
7 11 April 1959Wembley Stadium, London, England6 Scotland1–01–01958–59 Home Championship[14]
8 6 May 1959Wembley Stadium, London, England7 Italy1–02–2Friendly[15]
9 28 May 1959Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, United States11 United States3–18–1Friendly[16]
10 6–1
11 7–1
12 28 October 1959Wembley Stadium, London, England13 Sweden2–32–3Friendly[17]
13 9 April 1960Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland14 Scotland1–11–11959–60 Home Championship[18]
14 8 October 1960Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland18 Northern Ireland3–15–21960–61 Home Championship[19]
15 19 October 1960Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg19 Luxembourg1–09–01962 FIFA World Cup qualification[20]
16 2–0
17 7–0
18 23 November 1960Wembley Stadium, London, England21 Wales2–05–11960–61 Home Championship[21]
19 10 May 1961Wembley Stadium, London, England23 Mexico2–08–0Friendly[22]
20 6–0
21 7–0
22 28 September 1961Highbury, London, England27 Luxembourg3–04–11962 FIFA World Cup qualification[23]
23 4–1
24 22 November 1961Wembley Stadium, London, England30 Northern Ireland1–01–11961–62 Home Championship[24]
25 2 June 1962Estadio Braden Copper, Rancagua, Chile36 Argentina2–13–11962 FIFA World Cup[25]
26 29 May 1963Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia42 Czechoslovakia3–14–2Friendly[26]
27 2 June 1963Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany43 East Germany2–12–1Friendly[27]
28 5 June 1963St. Jakob Park, Basel, Switzerland44  Switzerland1–08–1Friendly[28]
29 5–1
30 8–1
31 12 October 1963Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales45 Wales4–04–01963–64 Home Championship[8]
32 17 May 1964Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal50 Portugal2–14–3Friendly[29]
33 27 May 1964Downing Stadium, New York City, United States52 United States8–010–0Friendly[30]
34 10 April 1965Wembley Stadium, London, England57 Scotland1–02–21964–65 Home Championship[31]
35 20 October 1965Wembley Stadium, London, England59 Austria1–02–3Friendly[32]
36 2 April 1966Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland63 Scotland4–24–31965–66 Home Championship[33]
37 4 May 1966Wembley Stadium, London, England64 Yugoslavia2–02–0Friendly[34]
38 16 July 1966Wembley Stadium, London, England69 Mexico1–02–01966 FIFA World Cup[35]
39 26 July 1966Wembley Stadium, London, England72 Portugal1–02–11966 FIFA World Cup[36]
40 2–0
41 16 November 1966Wembley Stadium, London, England76 Wales3–15–11966–67 Home Championship,
UEFA Euro 1968 qualification		[37]
42 21 October 1967Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales78 Wales2–03–01967–68 Home Championship,
UEFA Euro 1968 qualification		[38]
43 22 November 1967Wembley Stadium, London, England79 Northern Ireland2–02–01967–68 Home Championship,
UEFA Euro 1968 qualification		[39]
44 3 April 1968Wembley Stadium, London, England82 Spain1–01–0UEFA Euro 1968 qualification[40]
45 22 May 1968Wembley Stadium, London, England84 Sweden2–03–1Friendly[10]
46 8 June 1968Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy86 Soviet Union1–02–0UEFA Euro 1968[41]
47 7 May 1969Wembley Stadium, London, England91 Wales1–12–11968–69 Home Championship[42]
48 21 April 1970Wembley Stadium, London, England100 Northern Ireland3–13–11969–70 Home Championship[43]
49 20 May 1970Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia101 Colombia3–04–0Friendly[44]
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    Three of Charlton's goals came in matches which were part of both the British Home Championship and the UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying campaign.

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