Kenny Dalglish is a Scottish retired football player, who represented the Scotland national football team from 1971 to 1986. During that time he scored 30 international goals in 102 appearances. This made him the all-time top goalscorer for Scotland, a status he has jointly held with Denis Law since scoring his 30th goal in 1984.

Dalglish is the only Scottish male player to have made at least 100 international appearances. He finished second in the Ballon d'Or voting in 1983. Dalglish was selected for Scotland squads in the 1974, 1978 and 1982 World Cups.

List of goals scored Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first. Goal Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref. 1 4 Hampden Park, Glasgow 1–0 2–0 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification 2 7 Hampden Park, Glasgow 1–2 1–2 1972–73 British Home Championship 3 14 Waldstadion, Frankfurt 1–2 1–2 Friendly 4 16 Hampden Park, Glasgow 1–0 2–0 1973–74 British Home Championship 5 19 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 1–1 2–1 Friendly 6 23 Hampden Park, Glasgow 3–0 3–0 Friendly 7 29 Hampden Park, Glasgow 2–0 3–0 1974–75 British Home Championship 8 33 Hampden Park, Glasgow 1–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 1976 qualification 9 36 Hampden Park, Glasgow 3–0 3–0 1975–76 British Home Championship 10 37 Hampden Park, Glasgow 2–1 2–1 1975–76 British Home Championship 11 38 Hampden Park, Glasgow 3–0 6–0 Friendly 12 41 Hampden Park, Glasgow 2–1 3–1 Friendly 13 43 Hampden Park, Glasgow 1–0 3–0 1976–77 British Home Championship 14 3–0 15 44 Wembley Stadium, London 2–0 2–1 1976–77 British Home Championship 16 45 Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago 1–0 4–2 Friendly 17 49 Hampden Park, Glasgow 3–0 3–1 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification 18 50 Anfield, Liverpool 2–0 2–0 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification 19 57 Estadio San Martin, Mendoza 1–1 3–2 1978 FIFA World Cup 20 59 Hampden Park, Glasgow 1–1 3–2 UEFA Euro 1980 qualification 21 2–2 22 65 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 2–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 1980 qualification 23 70 Hampden Park, Glasgow 1–0 4–1 UEFA Euro 1980 qualification 24 78 National Stadium, Ramat Gan 1–0 1–0 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification 25 83 Hampden Park, Glasgow 2–0 2–1 Friendly 26 87 Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga 1–0 5–2 1982 FIFA World Cup 27 89 Stade Heysel, Brussels 1–0 2–3 UEFA Euro 1984 qualification 28 2–1 29 94 Hampden Park, Glasgow 3–1 6–1 Friendly 30 96 Hampden Park, Glasgow 3–1 3–1 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification

Statistics

+Caps and goals by yearYearAppsGoals1971201972211973911974114197510219766319771071978103197991198081198141198284198340198432198530198630Total10230

+Caps and goals by competition Competition Caps Goals Friendlies 30 8 British Home Championship 26 8 UEFA Euro qualifying 21 7 FIFA World Cup qualification 17 5 FIFA World Cup Finals 8 2Total 102 30

+Caps and goals by opponent Opponent Caps Goals 2 0 1 0 2 0 6 2 4 0 2 0 1 1 4 1 4 2 4 1 10 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 10 5 3 4 2 0 1 0 5 1 3 0 4 1 4 1 3 0 1 0 11 2 2 1 2 1 1 0Total 102 30

See also List of international goals scored by Denis Law Scotland national football team records and statistics

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