List of international goals scored by Ali Daei

Ali Daei is an Iranian former professional association football forward who formerly held the record of the all-time men's international top goalscorer, with 108 goals in 148 appearances between 1993 and 2006. He is the first-ever player who scored international goals over than 100. He was originally credited with scoring 109 goals in 149 appearances for twenty years but, as of 2021, FIFA no longer recognises Iran's match against Ecuador's Olympic team on 12 January 2000 as official, therefore costing Daei one cap and one goal. His achievement is listed in Guinness World Records. On 28 November 2003, in an Asian Cup qualifier in Tehran against Lebanon, he scored his 85th international goal, elevating him past Hungarian footballer Ferenc Puskás to take the lead of the all-time list of scorers in international matches.

Daei was called up to join the Iran national football team (also known as Team Melli) on 6 June 1993 in the 1993 ECO Cup tournament held in Tehran, where he made his debut in a match against Pakistan. His first international goal came in a 6–0 victory over Chinese Taipei on 25 June 1993 during qualification for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. On 1 March 2006, his final goal came in a 3–2 victory over Costa Rica in a friendly match. His final appearance for Iran was in the 2006 FIFA World Cup against Angola on 21 June 2006 in the group stage.

He scored eight international hat-tricks. On 10 June 1996, he scored his first international hat-trick, in an 8–0 win over Nepal at Azadi Stadium in Tehran. On 17 November 2004, he scored the last one against Laos in a 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification match, giving him 102 goals and making him the first male player to score 100 goals in international football.

He scored 36 goals in FIFA World Cup qualification matches, 23 goals in AFC Asian Cup qualification games and 9 goals in Asian Games, as well as 14 goals in AFC Asian Cup Finals. The remainder of his goals, 27, were scored in friendly matches. He scored eight goals against two opposition teams, the Maldives and Laos, his highest tally against any country. He scored 44 international goals at the Azadi Stadium, his most at a single ground.

International goals

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first. +Key Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kickIndicates Iran national football team won the matchIndicates the match ended in drawIndicates Iran national football team lost the match Date Cap Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 25 June 1993 6 Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran 3–0 align=center 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification 2 4 July 1993 9 Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria 3–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 3 4–0 4 18 October 199313 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar 2–0 align=center 5 22 October 1993 14 1–1 align=center 6 25 October 1993 15 1–1 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 7 2–1 8 30 May 1996 21 Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait 1–1 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" Friendly 9 2–1 10 10 June 1996 23 Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran 2–0 rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" 1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification 11 3–0 12 7–0 13 8–0 14 12 June 1996 24 1–0 rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" 15 3–0 16 4–0 17 6–0 18 7–0 19 14 June 1996 25 1–0 align=center 20 19 June 1996 27 Sultan Qaboos Stadium, Muscat, Oman 1–0 align=center 21 21 June 1996 28 1–0 align=center 22 5 December 1996 30 Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 1–2 align=center 1996 AFC Asian Cup 23 8 December 1996 31 3–0 align=center 24 11 December 1996 32 1–0 align=center 25 16 December 1996 33 3–2 rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" 26 4–2 27 5–2 28 6–2 29 21 December 1996 35 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 1–1 align=center 30 2 June 1997 36 Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria 14–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 31 15–0 32 4 June 1997 37 3–0 align=center 33 6 June 1997 38 1–0 align=center 34 11 June 1997 40 Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran 3–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 35 6–0 36 3 October 1997 45 1–0 align=center 37 17 October 1997 46 4–0 align=center 38 16 November 1997 50 Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia 2–1 align=center 39 5 December 1998 59 Sri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium, Sisaket, Thailand 5–1 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 1998 Asian Games 40 6–1 41 8 December 1998 60 Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 1–0 align=center 42 10 December 1998 61 1–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 43 5–0 44 12 December 1998 62 1–1 align=center 45 14 December 1998 63 2–0 rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" 46 3–0 47 4–0 48 4 June 1999 67 Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada 1–0 align=center 1999 Canada Cup 49 8 September 1999 69 International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan 1–1 align=center Friendly 50 9 January 2000 71 Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, United States 1–1 align=center — 12 January 2000 72 Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States 1–0 align=center Unofficial Friendly 51 31 March 2000 73 Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo, Syria 5–0 rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification 52 6–0 53 7–0 54 2 April 2000 74 1–0 align=center 55 9 April 2000 76 Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran 3–0 align=center 56 13 April 2000 78 3–0 align=center 57 7 June 2000 79 1–1 align=center 2000 LG Cup 58 9 June 2000 80 2–1 align=center 59 27 September 2000 82 Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar 1–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" Friendly 60 2–0 61 12 October 2000 83 Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon 4–0 align=center 2000 AFC Asian Cup 62 15 October 2000 84 1–1 align=center 63 18 October 2000 85 Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon, Lebanon 1–0 align=center 64 24 November 2000 87 Takhti Stadium, Tabriz, Iran 7–0 rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 65 10–0 66 15–0 67 18–0 68 28 November 2000 88 1–0 align=center 69 19 January 2001 89 Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran 1–0 align=center Ancient Civilization Cup 70 8 August 2001 91 4–0 align=center 2001 LG Cup 71 10 August 2001 92 3–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 72 4–0 73 24 August 2001 94 1–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 74 2–0 75 7 September 2001 96 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq 2–1 align=center 76 28 September 2001 98 Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 1–1 align=center 77 21 October 2001 101 Bahrain National Stadium, Manama, Bahrain 1–2 align=center 78 31 October 2001 102 Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 1–0 align=center 79 21 August 2002 107 NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv, Ukraine 1–0 align=center Friendly 80 19 September 2002 108 Takhti Stadium, Tabriz, Iran 1–1 align=center 2002 LG Cup 81 5 September 2003 111 Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran 1–1 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification 82 4–1 83 19 November 2003 115 Municipal Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon 1–0 align=center 84 28 November 2003 116 Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran 1–0 align=center 85 2 December 2003 117 Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait 1–3 align=center Friendly 86 18 February 2004 118 Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran 3–0 align=center 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 87 31 March 2004 119 Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos 1–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 88 2–0 89 17 June 2004 121 Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran 1–0 rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" 2004 WAAF Championship 90 2–0 91 3–0 92 21 June 2004 122 1–0 align=center 93 25 June 2004 124 2–1 align=center 94 20 July 2004 125 Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing, China 3–0 align=center 2004 AFC Asian Cup 95 6 August 2004 130 Workers Stadium, Beijing, China 3–2 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 96 4–2 97 8 September 2004 131 Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan 2–0 align=center 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 98 17 November 2004 132 Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran 1–0 rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" 99 2–0 100 3–0 101 4–0 102 18 December 2004 133 1–0 align=center Friendly 103 2 February 2005 134 1–1 align=center 104 17 August 2005 140 International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan 1–2 align=center 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 105 24 August 2005 141 Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran 3–0 align=center Friendly 106 13 November 2005 142 1–0 align=center 2005 LG Cup 107 22 February 2006 143 4–0 align=center 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification 108 1 March 2006 144 2–0 align=center Friendly

Note: Daei was previously credited with scoring against Ecuador however FIFA no longer recognise this match as official as Ecuador played their Olympic team, rather than their full 'A' international side.

Hat-tricks

+ Date Venue Opponent Goals Result Competition 1 10 June 1996Azadi Stadium, Tehran 4 – (14', 36', 84', 87') 8–0 1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2 12 June 1996 5 – (30', 64', 65', 70', 77') 7–0 3 16 December 1996 Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 4 – (66', 77', 82', 89' pen.) 6–2 1996 AFC Asian Cup 4 14 December 1998 National Stadium, Bangkok 3 – (83', 88', 90') 4–0 1998 Asian Games 5 31 March 2000 Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo 3 – (39', 61', 72') 8–0 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification 6 24 November 2000 Takhti Stadium, Tabriz 4 – (35' pen., 44', 52', 74') 19–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 7 17 June 2004 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 3 – (15' pen., 61', 88') 4–0 2004 WAAF Championship 8 17 November 2004 4 – (7', 19', 27', 58') 7–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Statistics Source:

+Goals by year Year Apps Goals19931671994101995001996182219971791998139199952200018192001161020024220039520041617200594200662Total148108

+Goals by competition Competition Goals Friendlies26 AFC Asian Cup qualification23 AFC Asian Cup Finals 14 Asian Games9 FIFA World Cup qualification 36Total108

+ Goals by confederation Goals AFC 24 95 UEFA 3 5 CONCACAF 4 4 CAF 3 3 CONMEBOL 1 1 Total 36 108

+ Goals by opposition Opposition Goals 8 8 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1Total108

Footnotes

List of international goals scored by Ali Daei

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