List of international goals scored by Sunil Chhetri

Sunil Chhetri is a former Indian footballer who represented the Indian national team as a forward. He is the country's all-time top goalscorer and most-capped player. He has scored 95 goals in 157 official international appearances since his debut on 12 June 2005 against Pakistan.

On 9 December 2011, Chhetri netted twice in a match (also known as a brace) in India's 3–1 semi-final win over Maldives in the 2011 SAFF Championship to take his tally to 31, thus becoming his country's all-time leading goalscorer surpassing the 29 set by I. M. Vijayan.. With his 95 international goals, he is the fourth-highest international goalscorer behind Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal, Lionel Messi of Argentina and Ali Daei of Iran. He is also the second highest goalscorer from Asia. On 21 June 2023, Chhetri scored a hat-trick for India in a 4–0 win over Pakistan to take his tally to 90 international goals, thus becoming the second-highest international goalscorer from Asia of all time.

Chhetri scored his first ever international goal during his first ever international appearance on 12 June 2005 against Pakistan. Chhetri's first international tournament for India was the 2007 Nehru Cup where he scored four goals in total: two against Cambodia, one against Syria, and one against Kyrgyzstan, which helped India to win their first Nehru Cup title. Chhetri's 50th goal came during his 88th match in a 3–2 victory against the Maldives in the 2015 SAFF Championship semi-final on 31 December 2015. He is the only Indian footballer to have scored 50 or more international goals. Between all of his 95 goals: 23 came in SAFF Championship matches, 19 came in friendlies, 13 came in Intercontinental Cup, 10 in FIFA World Cup qualifiers, 9 in the Nehru Cup, 8 in AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, 4 in AFC Asian Cup finals, 1 each in the King's Cup and the Merdeka Tournament, and the rest have come in the AFC Challenge Cup finals and its qualifiers. Chhetri has scored four international hat-tricks, the most by any Indian and has scored braces on sixteen occasions. He has scored nine times against Nepal and the Maldives, the most against a team. He has also scored eleven international goals at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, his most at a single ground. He has scored 16 out of his 95 goals from penalty kicks.

International goals

Score and results list India's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Chhetri's goal. + Key Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick

Goal Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1.1 12 June 2005 Ayub National Stadium, Quetta 1–0 1–1 Friendly 2.717 August 2007 Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi 4–0 6–0 2007 Nehru Cup(Friendly tournament) 3. 5–0 4.9 23 August 2007 1–0 2–3 5.10 26 August 2007 2–0 3–0 6.12 8 October 2007 Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon 1–0 1–4 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 7.13 30 October 2007 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao 1–0 2–2 8.1424 May 2008 2–0 3–0 Friendly 9.15 3–0 10.16 3 June 2008 National Football Stadium, Malé 3–0 4–0 2008 SAFF Championship 11.18 11 June 2008 1–1 2–1 12.24 7 August 2008 G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad 1–0 1–0 2008 AFC Challenge Cup 13.2513 August 2008 Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi 1–0 4–1 14. 3–0 15. 4–1 16.28 23 August 2009 2–0 ‡ 2–1 2009 Nehru Cup(Friendly tournament) 17.368 October 2010 Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune 1–0 3–1 Friendly 18. 2–0 19. 3–1 20.39 14 January 2011 Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 2–4 2–5 2011 AFC Asian Cup 21.40 18 January 2011 Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha 1–2 ‡ 1–4 22.41 21 March 2011 Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya 2–0 3–0 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification 23.44 10 July 2011 National Football Stadium, Malé 1–0 1–1 Friendly 24.5016 November 2011 Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata 1–0 3–2 25. 3–1 26.51 3 December 2011 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi 1–1 1–1 2011 SAFF Championship 27.525 December 2011 4–0 5–0 28. 5–0 29.53 7 December 2011 2–0 3–0 30.549 December 2011 2–1 ‡3–1 31. 3–1 32.55 11 December 2011 1–0 ‡ 4–0 33.59 22 August 2012 1–0 2–1 2012 Nehru Cup(Friendly tournament) 34.6025 August 2012 1–0 ‡3–0 35. 3–0 36.62 2 September 2012 2–2 ‡2–2 37.664 March 2013 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon 1–0 4–0 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification 38. 4–0 39.70 3 September 2013 Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu 1–1 1–1 2013 SAFF Championship 40.73 15 November 2013 Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri 1–0 1–1 Friendly 41.74 19 November 2013 1–0 2–0 42.755 March 2014 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao 1–0 2–2 43. 2–2 44.76 6 October 2014 Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri 1–1 2–3 45.7712 March 2015 Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati 1–0 2–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 46. 2–0 47.79 11 June 2015 Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru 1–1 1–2 48.80 16 June 2015 GFA National Training Center, Dededo 1–2 1–2 49.87 27 December 2015 Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram 2–1 4–1 2015 SAFF Championship 50.88 31 December 2015 1–0 3–2 51.89 3 January 2016 2–1 2–1 52.92 3 September 2016 Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai 2–1 4–1 Friendly 53.93 22 March 2017 Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh 1–0 3–2 Friendly 54.94 28 March 2017 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon 1–0 1–0 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification 55.95 13 June 2017 Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru 1–0 1–0 56.97 11 October 2017 2–1 4–1 57.98 14 November 2017 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Margao 1–1 ‡ 2–2 58.99 1 June 2018 Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai 1–0 5–0 2018 Intercontinental Cup(Friendly tournament) 59. 2–0 60. 4–0 61.100 4 June 2018 1–0 ‡ 3–0 62. 3–0 63.101 7 June 2018 1–0 1–2 64.102 10 June 2018 1–0 2–0 65. 2–0 66.1056 January 2019 Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi 1–0 ‡ 2019 AFC Asian Cup 67. 68.108 5 June 2019 Buriram Stadium, Buriram 1–2 ‡ 1–3 2019 King's Cup(Friendly tournament) 69.109 7 July 2019 EKA Arena, Ahmedabad 1–0 ‡ 2–4 2019 Intercontinental Cup(Friendly tournament) 70. 71.110 13 July 2019 2–5 72.112 5 September 2019 Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati 1–0 1–2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 73. 117 7 June 2021 Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 1–0 2–0 74. 2–0 75. 120 5 September 2021 Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu 2–0 2–1 Friendly 76. 121 4 October 2021 National Football Stadium, Malé 1–0 1–1 2021 SAFF Championship 77. 123 10 October 2021 1–0 1–0 78.12413 October 2021 2–1 3–1 79.3–180. 125 16 October 2021 1–0 3–0 81. 127 8 June 2022 Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata 1–0 ‡ 2–0 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification 82. 2–083. 128 11 June 2022 1–0 2–1 84. 129 14 June 2022 2–0 4–0 85.133 28 March 2023 Khuman Lampak Main Stadium, Imphal 2–0 ‡ 2–0 Friendly 86.135 12 June 2023 Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar 1–0 1–0 2023 Intercontinental Cup(Friendly tournament) 87.137 18 June 2023 1–0 2–0 88.138 21 June 2023 Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru 1–0 4–0 2023 SAFF Championship 89. 2–0 ‡ 90. 3–0 ‡ 91.139 24 June 2023 1–0 2–0 92.140 27 June 2023 1–0 1–1 93.143 13 October 2023 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 2–3 2–4 2023 Merdeka Tournament(Friendly tournament) 94.150 26 March 2024 Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati 1–0 ‡ 1–2 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification 95.152 19 March 2025 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong 3–0 3–0 Friendly

Hat-tricks

No.DateVenueOpponentGoal minsResultCompetition 1.13 August 2008Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi 4–1 2008 AFC Challenge Cup 2.8 October 2010Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune 3–1 Friendly 3.1 June 2018Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai 5–0 2018 Intercontinental Cup 4.21 June 2023Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore 4–0 2023 SAFF Championship

Statistics

Appearances and goals by year Year Apps Goals20055120061020077620081282009612010632011181320128420131152014232015126201642201765201868201911720200020211082022642023149202461202561Total 157 95

Appearances and goals by competition Competition Apps Goals SAFF Championship 27 23 Intercontinental Cup(Friendly tournament) 11 13 FIFA World Cup qualifiers 24 10 Nehru Cup(Friendly tournament) 14 9 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers 16 8 AFC Asian Cup 8 4 AFC Challenge Cup 8 4 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers 6 3 King's Cup(Friendly tournament) 1 1 Merdeka Tournament(Friendly tournament) 1 1 Friendlies 41 19Total 157 95

Appearances and goals by confederation Confederation Teams Apps Goals AFC 40 145 86 CAF 3 4 5 CONCACAF 4 4 2 OFC 3 4 2 Total 50 157 95

Appearances and goals by opposition Opposition Apps Goals 13 9 8 9 7 6 5 6 10 5 5 5 3 5 7 4 4 4 2 4 6 3 5 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 7 2 5 2 4 2 4 1 4 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0Total 157 95

Footnotes

List of international goals scored by Sunil Chhetri

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