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List of international goals scored by Robbie Keane

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Robbie Keane is an Irish former professional footballer who is the Republic of Ireland national football team's top scorer, with 68 goals in 146 appearances.[1] Keane made his international debut in a 2–1 defeat against the Czech Republic in March 1998,[1] and scored his first international goals on his fifth appearance, a UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying 5–0 victory over Malta.[2] He became Ireland's all-time leading scorer in October 2004, when he scored twice against the Faroe Islands during the qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup,[3] passing Niall Quinn's record of 21 goals in 91 games.[4] In June 2013, Keane also became Ireland's most capped player on his 126th appearance, in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against the Faroes.[5] He is one of six Republic of Ireland players with 100 or more caps[6] and has also captained his national team over 50 times.[5]

Robbie Keane playing for the Republic of Ireland in 2013
Robbie Keane (pictured in 2013) is the Republic of Ireland's most prolific scorer.

Keane has scored three international hat-tricks, the first coming against San Marino in November 2006. His second hat-trick came in June 2013, against the Faroes, while his third was against Gibraltar in October 2014. The latter made Keane the highest scorer in the history of UEFA European Championship qualifying competitions, with 21 goals, overtaking the previous record holder, Hakan Şükür of Turkey.[7] Keane is also one of twelve players to have scored in three consecutive World Cup matches; he scored one goal each against Germany and Saudi Arabia in the group stage, and against Spain in the knockout stage of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.[8]

Keane has scored more goals against the Faroes and Gibraltar (five) than against any other national team. More than half of his goals (41) were scored in home fixtures, played in three venues: Lansdowne Road, Croke Park and Aviva Stadium.[1]

Keane played his final match for the Republic of Ireland in August 2016, in a 4–0 victory over Oman, in a friendly at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin, scoring once with his 68th and final international goal for his country.[9]

International goals

Scores and results list Republic of Ireland's goals first. Score column indicates score after each Keane goal.[1]
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International goals scored by Robbie Keane
No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 5 14 October 1998Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Malta 1–0 5–0UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying[2]
2 2–0
3 10 1 September 1999 FR Yugoslavia 1–0 2–1[10]
4 11 8 September 1999Ta' Qali National Stadium, Mdina, Malta Malta 1–0 3–2[11]
5 13 13 November 1999Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Turkey 1–0 1–1[12]
6 14 23 February 2000 Czech Republic 3–2 3–2 Friendly[13]
7 19 2 September 2000Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands Netherlands 1–0 2–2 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification[14]
8 28 10 November 2001Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Iran 2–0 2–0[15]
9 30 13 February 2002 Russia 2–0 2–0 Friendly[16]
10 31 27 March 2002 Denmark 2–0 3–0[17]
11 35 5 June 2002Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan Germany 1–1 1–1 2002 FIFA World Cup[18]
12 36 11 June 2002International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan Saudi Arabia 1–0 3–0 [19]
13 37 16 June 2002Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea Spain 1–1 1–1 [20]
14 38 21 August 2002Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland Finland 2–0 3–0 Friendly[21]
15 43 7 June 2003Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Albania 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying[22]
16 44 11 June 2003 Georgia 2–0 2–0[23]
17 47 18 November 2003 Canada 2–0 3–0 Friendly[24]
18 3–0
19 49 31 March 2004 Czech Republic 2–1 2–1[25]
20 52 5 June 2004Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands Netherlands 1–0 1–0[26]
21 53 4 September 2004Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Cyprus 3–0 3–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification[27]
22 56 13 October 2004 Faroe Islands 1–0 2–0[3]
23 2–0
24 57 16 November 2004 Croatia 1–0 1–0 Friendly[28]
25 61 4 June 2005 Israel 2–0 2–2 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification[29]
26 65 1 March 2006 Sweden 2–0 3–0 Friendly[30]
27 70 15 November 2006 San Marino 3–0 5–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying[31]
28 4–0
29 5–0
30 73 22 August 2007NRGi Park, Aarhus, Denmark Denmark 1–0 4–0 Friendly[32]
31 2–0
32 78 11 November 2007Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales Wales 1–1 2–2 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying[33]
33 81 29 May 2008Craven Cottage, London, England Colombia 1–0 1–0 Friendly[34]
34 82 20 August 2008Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway Norway 1–0 1–1[35]
35 85 15 October 2008Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland Cyprus 1–0 1–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification[36]
36 86 11 February 2009 Georgia 1–1 2–1[37]
37 2–1
38 88 1 April 2009Stadio San Nicola, Bari, Italy Italy 1–1 1–1[38]
39 89 29 May 2009Craven Cottage, London, England Nigeria 1–1 1–1 Friendly[39]
40 92 5 September 2009GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus 2–1 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification[40]
41 96 18 November 2009Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France France 1–0 1–1[41]
42 99 28 May 2010RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland Algeria 2–0 3–0 Friendly[42]
43 3–0
44 102 7 September 2010Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland Andorra 3–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying[43]
45 103 8 October 2010 Russia 1–3 2–3[44]
46 105 26 March 2011 Macedonia 2–0 2–1[45]
47 106 24 May 2011 Northern Ireland 2–0 5–0 Nations Cup[46]
48 4–0
49 107 29 May 2011 Scotland 1–0 1–0 [47]
50 108 4 June 2011Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia North Macedonia 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying[48]
51 2–0
52 113 11 November 2011A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia Estonia 3–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying[49]
53 4–0
54 121 9 September 2012Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 1–1 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification[50]
55 125 2 June 2013Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland Georgia 3–0 4–0 Friendly[51]
56 4–0
57 126 7 June 2013 Faroe Islands 1–0 3–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification[52]
58 2–0
59 3–0
60 128 6 September 2013 Sweden 1–0 1–2[53]
61 130 15 October 2013 Kazakhstan 1–0 3–1[54]
62 131 15 November 2013 Latvia 1–0 3–0 Friendly[55]
63 136 11 October 2014 Gibraltar 1–0 7–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying[1][56]
64 2–0
65 3–0
66 141 4 September 2015Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal 2–0 4–0[1][57]
67 3–0
68 146 31 August 2016Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland Oman 2–0 4–0 Friendly[58]
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Hat-tricks

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No. Opponent Goals Score Venue Competition Date
1  San Marino 3 – (3–0', 4–0', 5–0') 5–0 Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying 15 November 2006
2  Faroe Islands 3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0') 3–0 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 7 June 2013
3  Gibraltar 3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0') 7–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying 11 October 2014
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National team statistics[1][59][60]
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caps		 FIFA
goals		 Non-FIFA
caps		 Non-FIFA
goals		 Total
caps		 Total
goals
165 63 3 5 168 68
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