List of international goals scored by Godfrey Chitalu

Godfrey Chitalu, the highest-scoring player for Zambia, with Alex Chola (left).

Godfrey Chitalu was a Zambian professional footballer who represented the Zambia national football team in international level from 1968 to 1980. During that time, he amassed 108 caps and scored 79 international goals making him the all-time record goalscorer for the Zambia national team, highest international goalscorer from an African nation and eighth-highest international goalscorer in history.

List of international goals scored for Zambia^[1]^[2]
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	4 July 1968	Scrivener Stadium, Kitwe	Uganda	1–2	2–2	Friendly
2	4 July 1968	Scrivener Stadium, Kitwe		2–2	2–2	Friendly
3	9 October 1968	Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala		1–0	3–2	Uganda Independence Tournament
4	13 October 1968	Jogoo Road Stadium, Nairobi	Kenya	1–1	1–2	Friendly
5	22 October 1968	Scrivener Stadium, Kitwe	Tanzania	2–0	7–1
6				3–0
7				4–1
8	27 October 1968	Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola	Sudan	2–2	4–2	WCQR1
9	27 October 1968	Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola		4–2	4–2
10	8 November 1968	Al Hilal Stadium, Khartoum		1–0	2–4
11	17 November 1968	Independence Stadium, Lusaka	Mauritius	1–2	2–2	CANQR1
12	8 December 1968	Stade George V, Curepipe	Mauritius	3–2	3–2	CANQR1
13	3 August 1969	Yaounde	Cameroon	1–0	1–2	CANQR2
14	31 August 1969	Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola	Malawi	2–0	5–0	Peter Stuyvesant Trophy
15	2 September 1969	Scrivener Stadium, Kitwe	Malawi	1–0	7–0	Peter Stuyvesant Trophy
16	1 November 1970	Independence Stadium, Lusaka	Tanzania	4–1	5–1	CANQR1
17	18 March 1971	Gymkhana Ground, Zomba	Malawi	3–4	4–5	Friendly
18	18 March 1971	Gymkhana Ground, Zomba		4–5	4–5
19	23 March 1971	Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre		1–0	3–0
20	23 March 1971	Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre		2–0	3–0
21	8 July 1971	Scrivener Stadium, Kitwe	Cyprus	?	3–0
22	11 July 1971	Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola		?	3–0
23	11 July 1971			?	3–0
24	25 July 1971		Guinea	1–0	2–1
25	8 December 1971	Afraha Stadium, Nakuru	Kenya	2–1	2–3	Jamhuri Cup
26	4 June 1972	Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola	Lesotho	2–1	6–1	WCQR1
27	4 June 1972		Lesotho	6–1	6–1	WCQR1
28	22 April 1973		Madagascar	3–1	3–1	CANQR1
29	6 May 1973	Antananarivo	Madagascar	1–1	1–2	CANQR1
30	18 November 1973	Stade Kamanyola, Kinshasa	Zaire	1–1	1–2	WCQR4
31	12 December 1973	Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi	Kenya	1–1	1–3	Jamhuri Cup
32	4 March 1974	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo	Egypt	1–1	1–3	CAN74GA
33	27 February 1977	Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola	Uganda	3–2	4–2	WCQR2
34	27 February 1977	Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola	Uganda	4–2	4–2	WCQR2
35	26 March 1977	Independence Stadium, Lusaka	Malawi	2–0	8–1	Friendly
36			Malawi	3–0
37			Malawi	7–1
38	26 June 1977		Algeria	1–0	2–0	CANQR2
39	26 June 1977		Algeria	2–0	2–0	CANQR2
40	9 October 1977	Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola	India	1–0	3–1	Friendly
41	5 December 1977	Banadir Stadium, Mogadishu	Kenya	1–1	4–2	CECAFA
42	5 December 1977		Kenya	4–1	4–2
43	9 December 1977		Uganda	1–1	1–1
44	28 January 1978	Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola	Zanzibar	3–0	6–1	Friendly
45	28 January 1978			4–0	6–1
46	29 January 1978			5–0	5–0
47	5 February 1978	Independence Stadium, Lusaka	Swaziland	3–1	11–2
48				7–2
49				11–2
50	7 November 1978	Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre	Uganda	2–1	2–1	CECAFA
51	9 November 1978		Somalia	1–0	4–0
52	9 November 1978		Somalia	2–0	4–0
53	13 November 1978		Kenya	7–0	9–0
54			Kenya	8–0	9–0
55			Kenya	9–0	9–0
56	17 November 1978		Uganda	1–0	4–0
57				2–0
58				3–0
59				4–0
60	19 November 1978		Malawi	1–1	2–3
61	15 April 1979			1–0	2–0	CANQR1
62	29 April 1979	Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola		2–0	2–0	CANQR1
63	30 June 1979	Stade Frederic Kibassa Maliba, Lubumbashi	Zaire	2–1	2–1	Friendly
64	4 November 1979	Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi	Uganda	2–0	2–1	CECAFA
65	6 November 1979	National Stadium, Nairobi	Uganda	1–1	2–2	CECAFA
66	25 November 1979	Independence Stadium, Lusaka	Lesotho	2–0	5–0	OGQ
67	25 November 1979	Independence Stadium, Lusaka	Lesotho	4–0	5–0	OGQ
68	19 April 1980	Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo	Tanzania	1–0	2–0	Zimbabwe Independence Tournament
69	1 June 1980	Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola	Ethiopia	2–0	4–0	WCQR1
70	1 June 1980		Ethiopia	3–0	4–0	WCQR1
71	29 June 1980		Kenya	2–0	5–0	Friendly
72				3–0
73				5–0
74	22 July 1980	Lenin Stadium, Moscow	Soviet Union	1–1	1–3	1980 Olympics
75	24 July 1980	Kirov Stadium, St. Petersburg	Venezuela	1–0	1–2	1980 Olympics
76	30 August 1980	Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo	Zimbabwe	?	1–1	Friendly
77	2 November 1980	Independence Stadium, Lusaka	Angola	1–1	1–1	Friendly
78	7 December 1980	Moi Stadium, Kisumu	Kenya	1–0	1–1	Jamhuri Cup
79	12 December 1980	Nairobi City Stadium, Nairobi	Kenya	1–1	2–1	Jamhuri Cup

v t e Zambia national football team
General	Honours Head coaches
Venues	Levy Mwanawasa Stadium National Heroes Stadium
Matches and results	Results and Fixtures 1974 AFCON final 1994 AFCON final 2012 AFCON final
Competitive records	AFCON records
Players	International players
Goals	Godfrey Chitalu
Africa Cup of Nations Finals	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2015 2023
Other	1993 Zambia national football team plane crash
Other FAZ teams	Men Under-23 Under-21 Under-20 Under-19 Under-17 Women Under-19

List of international goals scored by Godfrey Chitalu

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