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List of international goals scored by Diego Maradona

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Diego Maradona was an Argentine professional footballer who represented the Argentina national football team as an attacking midfielder and playmaker from 1977 to 1994. He scored 34 goals in 91 appearances,[1] making him Argentina's 5th-highest goalscorer.

Maradona celebrating scoring a goal against Belgium at the 1986 World Cup.

Maradona earned his first cap when he was 16 years old in 1977, in a friendly 5–1 win against Hungary.[2] He scored his first goal in 1979 in a friendly against Scotland.[3] He has also represented La Albiceleste at four FIFA World Cups (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994) and three Copa Américas (1979, 1987, 1989). He captained Argentina to victory in the 1986 World Cup Final, scoring both goals in their quarter-final match against England en route to the final. The first was scored with a handball that was missed by the match officials and went unpenalised, Maradona attributed the goal to "The hand of God". His second goal was dubbed the Goal of the century. He won the Golden Ball award of that tournament for being the best player.[4]

Maradona scored his last international goal in Argentina's first 1994 World Cup match against Greece.[5] He earned his last cap in their second match of the group stage against Nigeria,[6] and never played for them again after failing a drug test.[7]

International goals

Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Maradona goal.

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GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition Ref
1.2 June 1979Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland Scotland3–03–1Friendly [1][3]
2.25 June 1979Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina FIFA World XI[8]1–01–2 Friendly [1][9]
3.8 August 1979Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires, Argentina Bolivia3–03–01979 Copa América [1][10]
4.30 April 1980Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina League of Ireland XI[A][11]1–01–0Friendly [1][12]
5.21 May 1980Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria Austria3–05–1 Friendly [1][13]
6.4–1
7.5–1
8.12 October 1980Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina Poland2–12–1 Friendly [1][14]
9.4 December 1980Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata, Argentina Soviet Union1–01–1 Friendly [1][15]
10.16 December 1980Estadio Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina  Switzerland4–05–0 Friendly [1][16]
11.4 January 1981Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Brazil1–01–11980 Mundialito [1][17]
12.18 June 1982Estadio José Rico Pérez, Alicante, Spain Hungary2–04–11982 FIFA World Cup [1][18]
13.3–0
14.9 May 1985Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina Paraguay1–01–1Friendly [1][19]
15.14 May 1985 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina Chile1–02–0 Friendly [1][20]
16.26 May 1985Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Venezuela Venezuela1–03–21986 FIFA World Cup qualification [1][21]
17.3–1
18.9 June 1985Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina Venezuela3–03–0 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification [1][22]
19.14 November 1985Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States Mexico1–11–1Friendly [1][23]
20.4 May 1986Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel Israel1–07–2 Friendly [1][24]
21.6–2
22.5 June 1986Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla, Mexico Italy1–11–11986 FIFA World Cup [1][25]
23.22 June 1986Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico England1–02–1 1986 FIFA World Cup [1][26]
24.2–0
25.25 June 1986 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico Belgium1–02–0 1986 FIFA World Cup [1][27]
26.2–0
27.10 June 1987Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland Italy1–21–3Friendly [1][28]
28.27 June 1987Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina Peru1–01–11987 Copa América [1][29]
29.2 July 1987 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina Ecuador2–03–0 1987 Copa América [1][30]
30.3–0
31.31 March 1988Olympiastadion, West Berlin, West Germany Soviet Union2–32–4Four Nations Tournament [1][31]
32.22 May 1990Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel Israel1–02–1Friendly [1][32]
33.20 April 1994Estadio El Gigante del Norte, Salta, Argentina Morocco2–13–1 Friendly [1][33]
34.21 June 1994Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, United States Greece3–04–01994 FIFA World Cup [1][5]
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    A: The match against League of Ireland XI in 1980 is considered official by FIFA.[1]

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    1. [a]
      Appearances in the 1979 Copa América
    2. [b]
      Appearances in the 1980 Mundialito
    3. [c]
      Appearances in the 1982 World Cup
    4. [d]
      Appearances in the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
    5. [e]
      Appearances in the 1986 World Cup
    6. [f]
      Appearances in the 1987 Copa América
    7. [g]
      Appearances in the Four Nations Tournament
    8. [h]
      Appearances in the 1989 Copa América
    9. [i]
      Appearances in the 1990 World Cup
    10. [j]
      One appearance in the 1993 Artemio Franchi Cup, two appearances in the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
    11. [k]
      Appearances in the 1994 World Cup

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