Hossam Hassan is a retired footballer who represented the Egypt national football team and is his country's all-time highest goalscorer with 69 goals. He appeared 177 times for Egypt between 1985 and 2006. He made his debut on 10 September 1985 in a friendly against Norway at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo. His first international goal came during the 1988 Arab Nations Cup, scoring the third goal in a 3–0 win over Lebanon on 15 July 1988.

Hassan became his country's top scorer when he scored his 43rd goal against Togo in a friendly in December 1997; at the time the record of 42 was held by Hassan El-Shazly. As of October 2024, Mohamed Salah is the active player closest to Hassan's figure, with 59 goals.

Out of Hassan's 69 goals, 42 were in official matches while 27 came in friendlies. Hassan has scored more goals (six) against Ethiopia than any other nation. Hassan scored one hat-trick in his international career, coming in a 4–0 win over Zambia at the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations, where Hassan was also the tournament joint top scorer with seven goals, sharing the honour with Benni McCarthy.

International goals Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.More goals than caps (FIFA.com)Hossam Hassan; at 11v11Hossam Hassan - Century of International Appearances; at rsssf

+ International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 15 July 1988 Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan 3–0 3–0 1988 Arab Nations Cup 2 21 July 1988 Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan 2–0 2–0 1988 Arab Nations Cup 3 21 April 1989 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 6–1 1990 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 4 5 16 July 1989 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 1–0 2–0 1990 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 6 16 September 1989 Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 1–0 1–0 Friendly 7 3 November 1989 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar 1–0 2–0 Friendly 8 17 November 1989 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 1–0 1–0 1990 World Cup qualification 9 16 May 1990 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen, Scotland 2–0 3–1 Friendly 10 26 May 1990 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 1–0 1–1 Friendly 11 17 August 1990 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 2–0 2–0 1992 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 12 9 June 1991 Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 5–2 5–2 1991 Korea Cup 13 11 June 1991 Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 3–0 6–0 1991 Korea Cup 14 12 July 1991 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 3–1 5–1 1992 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 15 21 December 1991 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 2–0 3–0 Friendly 16 23 July 1992 Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon 1–0 1–0 Friendly – 18 September 1992 Al-Hamadaniah, Aleppo, Syria 3–2 3–2 1992 Arab Nations Cup 1 17 11 October 1992 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 1–0 1–0 1994 World Cup qualification 18 25 October 1992 Général Eyadema, Lomé, Togo 4–1 1994 World Cup qualification 19 20 31 January 1993 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 1–0 3–0 1994 World Cup qualification 21 28 February 1993 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 2–1 2–1 1994 World Cup qualification 22 9 April 1993 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 1–0 2–1 1994 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 23 5 November 1993 El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia 1–0 3–0 Friendly 24 2 February 1994 Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 1–1 1–1 Friendly 25 4 February 1994 Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 1–0 1–0 Friendly 26 6 February 1994 Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 1–0 1–0 Friendly 27 19 August 1994 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 2–0 Friendly 28 29 23 August 1994 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 2–0 Friendly 30 31 14 October 1994 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 4–1 5–1 1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 32 11 November 1994 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 5–0 1996 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 33 34 4 October 1996 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 1–1 1–1 1998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 35 8 November 1996 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 7–1 1998 World Cup qualification 36 37 5 January 1997 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt 1–0 2–0 Friendly 38 26 April 1997 Independence Stadium, Windhoek, Namibia 3–2 1998 World Cup qualification 39 40 27 July 1997 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt 6–0 8–1 1998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 41 18 December 1997 Aswan Stadium, Aswan, Egypt 7–2 Friendly 42 43 31 January 1998 National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 1–0 1–1 1998 King's Cup 44 10 February 1998 Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso 2–0 1998 Africa Cup of Nations 45 46 13 February 1998 Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso 4–0 1998 Africa Cup of Nations 47 48 49 25 February 1998 Stade Municipal, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso 2–0 1998 Africa Cup of Nations 50 51 23 September 1998 Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia 2–2 2–2 Friendly 52 29 September 1998 Milano Arena, Kumanovo, Macedonia 1–2 2–2 Friendly 53 18 November 1998 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 1–0 1–1 Friendly 54 16 December 1998 Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa 1–0 1–2 Friendly 55 27 December 1998 Kuwait National Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait 1–1 1–1 Friendly 56 12 February 1999 Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong 3–1 1999 Lunar New Year Cup 57 58 13 June 1999 Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 2–2 1999 Korea Cup 59 60 6 January 2000 Aswan Stadium, Aswan, Egypt 2–0 4–0 Friendly 61 23 January 2000 Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano, Nigeria 2–0 2–0 2000 Africa Cup of Nations 62 28 January 2000 Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano, Nigeria 1–0 1–0 2000 Africa Cup of Nations 63 2 February 2000 Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano, Nigeria 2–2 4–2 2000 Africa Cup of Nations 64 7 June 2000 Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran 1–0 1–1 2000 LG Cup 65 25 August 2000 Port Said Stadium, Port Said, Egypt 2–1 2–1 Friendly 66 8 October 2000 Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman, Sudan 1–0 1–0 2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 67 29 May 2004 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 2–0 Friendly 68 69 3 February 2006 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 2–0 4–1 2006 Africa Cup of Nations 1 The 1992 Arab Nations Cup matches are not considered as A-internationals by FIFA as Egypt sent their Olympic team.

Statistics

+Goals by competition Competition Goals Friendlies 27 Africa Cup of Nations 11 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 11 FIFA World Cup qualification 10 Arab Nations Cup 2 Korea Cup 3 Lunar New Year Cup 2 LG Cup 1 King's Cup 1Total69

+Goals by Confederation Confederation Goals CAF 46 UEFA 12 AFC 10 CONMEBOL 1Total69

See also List of footballers with 50 or more international goals List of top international men's association football goal scorers by country

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