List of international goals scored by Tim Cahill

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Tim Cahill is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder or forward for the Australia men's national soccer team (nicknamed the "Socceroos") from 2004 to 2018. During his international career, he scored 50 goals in 108 appearances for the side, making him the nation's men's all-time record goalscorer. He played his final game for Australia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup against Peru, and announced his retirement following the end of the tournament.[1][2] Cahill was well known for his trademark goal celebration, in which he ran to the corner of the pitch and shadowboxed the corner flag.[3]

A man with dark hair in a green football jersey and green shorts.
Cahill playing for Australia during the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

Cahill made his debut for Australia in a friendly against South Africa in March 2004.[4] He scored his first two goals for the side in a win over Tahiti at the 2004 OFC Nations Cup.[5] In the next game of the tournament, he scored his first international hat-trick against Fiji.[6] His 12th international goal, and Australia's first in an Asian Cup, was against Oman on 8 July at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.[7] His 29th international goal against Costa Rica on 19 November 2013 equalled fellow Australian Damian Mori's record,[8] which he surpassed on 5 March 2014 with two goals in a friendly against Ecuador.[9] During a 4–0 win over Bangladesh on 17 November 2015 in a 2018 World Cup second round qualifier, he scored the first three goals of the match, marking his second and final international hat-trick.[10] Excluding those two hat-tricks, Cahill scored twice in an international match on ten occasions.

During his international career, Cahill scored five goals against AFC rivals Japan, more than he scored against any other country.[11] Two of these goals were at the 2006 World Cup, which were also the first goals scored by Australia at any World Cup.[12] He also scored against Serbia at the 2010 World Cup[13] and against both Chile and the Netherlands at the 2014 World Cup.[14][15] His volleyed goal against the Netherlands was subsequently nominated for the 2014 FIFA Puskás Award, an award given to the player who scored the "most beautiful" goal of the calendar year.[16]

On 10 October 2017, Cahill scored both goals in a 2–1 win over Syria during a 2018 World Cup fourth round qualifier. The second of these was Cahill's 50th and final international goal,[17] making him the 59th man to score 50 international goals.[18] During his career, Cahill scored six goals at three Asian Cups (2007, 2011, 2015) and six goals at one OFC Nations Cup (2004).[11] Thirteen of Cahill's 50 international goals were scored in friendlies, all of them against nations from each of the six confederations.[19]

Goals

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cahill goal.[11]
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No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 231 May 2004Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia Tahiti1–09–02004 OFC Nations Cup[20]
2 4–0
3 32 June 2004Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide, Australia Fiji1–16–12004 OFC Nations Cup[21]
4 4–1
5 5–1
6 46 June 2004Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia Solomon Islands1–12–22004 OFC Nations Cup[22]
7 516 November 2004Craven Cottage, London, England Norway2–12–2Friendly[23]
8 113 September 2005Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia Solomon Islands4–07–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification[24]
9 154 June 2006Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands Netherlands1–11–1Friendly[25]
10 1712 June 2006Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany Japan1–13–12006 FIFA World Cup[26]
11 2–1
12 248 July 2007Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Oman1–11–12007 AFC Asian Cup[27]
13 286 February 2008Docklands Stadium, Melbourne, Australia Qatar2–03–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round[28]
14 2915 October 2008Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia Qatar1–04–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round[29]
15 3317 June 2009Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia Japan1–12–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round[30]
16 2–1
17 3412 August 2009Thomond Park, Limerick, Ireland Republic of Ireland1–03–0Friendly[31]
18 2–0
19 3614 October 2009Docklands Stadium, Melbourne, Australia Oman1–01–02011 AFC Asian Cup qualification[32]
20 405 June 2010Ruimsig Stadium, Roodepoort, South Africa United States1–11–3Friendly[33]
21 4223 June 2010Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela, South Africa Serbia1–02–12010 FIFA World Cup[34]
22 4711 January 2011Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar India1–04–02011 AFC Asian Cup[35]
23 4–0
24 5310 August 2011Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales Wales2–12–1Friendly[36]
25 586 September 2012Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon, Lebanon Lebanon1–03–0Friendly[37]
26 6016 October 2012Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar Iraq1–12–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round[38]
27 6126 March 2013Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia Oman1–22–22014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round[39]
28 6311 June 2013Docklands Stadium, Melbourne, Australia Jordan2–04–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round[40]
29 6619 November 2013Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia Costa Rica1–01–0Friendly[41]
30 675 March 2014The Den, London, England Ecuador1–03–4Friendly[42]
31 3–0
32 6826 May 2014Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia South Africa1–11–1Friendly[43]
33 7013 June 2014Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá, Brazil Chile1–21–32014 FIFA World Cup[44]
34 7118 June 2014Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil Netherlands1–12–3[45]
35 738 September 2014Craven Cottage, London, England Saudi Arabia1–03–2Friendly[46]
36 7618 November 2014Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan Japan1–21–2Friendly[47]
37 779 January 2015Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia Kuwait1–14–12015 AFC Asian Cup[48]
38 8022 January 2015Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia China1–02–0[49]
39 2–0
40 858 September 2015Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan Tajikistan2–03–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round[50]
41 3–0
42 8712 November 2015Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australia Kyrgyzstan2–03–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round[51]
43 8817 November 2015Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh1–04–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round[52]
44 2–0
45 3–0
46 8929 March 2016Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia Jordan1–05–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round[53]
47 3–0
48 926 September 2016Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates1–01–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round[54]
49 10310 October 2017Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia Syria1–12–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round[55]
50 2–1
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