Aleksandar Mitrović is a Serbian professional footballer who has represented the Serbia national football team as a forward since his debut on 7 June 2013 in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Belgium. On 6 September 2013, he scored his first international goal in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Croatia, in what was his third international appearance. Since then, he has become Serbia's all-time record goalscorer with 64 goals in 106 matches.

With six goals in UEFA Group D, Mitrović led Serbia's successful campaign to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. On 9 June 2018, he scored his first international hat-trick in a friendly against Bolivia. Later that month, he scored the opening goal in a 2018 FIFA World Cup group stage match against Switzerland, which ultimately ended in a 2–1 loss; Serbia were eliminated in the group stage. With six goals, he finished as the top scorer of the inaugural 2018–19 UEFA Nations League, in which Serbia were promoted to League B. In UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group B, Mitrović scored ten goals, second in the group behind only Cristiano Ronaldo's eleven. Serbia finished third in the group, but advanced to the play-offs through the UEFA Nations League. They were eliminated by Scotland via penalty shoot-out after Mitrović failed to convert his spot kick. By scoring his 39th goal in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Portugal on 27 March 2021, Mitrović surpassed the all-time goal-scoring record for Serbia and its precursor Yugoslavia that had been held by Stjepan Bobek. On 14 November 2021, he scored the deciding, last-minute goal in a 2–1 away win over Portugal that resulted in Serbia qualifying directly for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. He scored six goals in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League, including a hat-trick against Sweden on 24 September 2022. Three days later, he scored his 50th international goal in a 2–0 away win over Norway that resulted in Serbia being promoted to League A for the first time. Mitrović scored two goals at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

In total, Mitrović has scored 19 goals in FIFA World Cup qualification, three goals in the FIFA World Cup finals, 11 goals in friendlies, 15 goals in UEFA European Championship qualifying and 15 goals in the UEFA Nations League. The opponent against whom he has scored the most is Lithuania, with eight goals. His most successful goal-scoring year was 2018, when he scored 12 goals in 13 international appearances. The only year in which he has failed to score for Serbia was 2014.

List of international goals Scores and results list Serbia's goal tally first. Green indicates a match that Serbia won, red a match that Serbia lost and yellow a match that ended in a draw. + List of international goals scored by Aleksandar Mitrović Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 3 6 September 2013 Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 1–1 align=center 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 2 15 7 September 2015 Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France 1–2 align=center Friendly 3 20 25 May 2016 Užice City Stadium, Užice, Serbia 1–0 align=center Friendly 4 22 5 June 2016 Stade Louis II, Fontvieille, Monaco 1–1 align=center Friendly 5 24 9 October 2016 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 1–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 6 2–1 7 25 12 November 2016 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales 1–1 align=center 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 8 27 24 March 2017 Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia 2–1 align=center 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 9 28 11 June 2017 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 1–1 align=center 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 10 29 2 September 2017 Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 3–0 align=center 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 11 33 10 November 2017 Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China 2–0 align=center Friendly 12 35 27 March 2018 The Hive Stadium, London, England 1–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" Friendly 13 2–0 14 37 9 June 2018 Liebenauer Stadium, Graz, Austria 1–0 rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" Friendly 15 3–0 16 5–1 17 39 22 June 2018 Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, Russia 1–0 align=center 2018 FIFA World Cup 18 42 10 September 2018 Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 1–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 2018–19 UEFA Nations League C 19 2–1 20 43 11 October 2018 Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro 1–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 2018–19 UEFA Nations League C 21 2–0 22 45 17 November 2018 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 2–0 align=center 2018–19 UEFA Nations League C 23 46 20 November 2018 Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 2–0 align=center 2018–19 UEFA Nations League C 24 49 10 June 2019 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 1–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 25 2–0 26 50 7 September 2019 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 2–3 align=center UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 27 51 10 September 2019 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg 1–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 28 3–1 29 52 10 October 2019 Mladost Stadium, Kruševac, Serbia 1–0 align=center Friendly 30 53 14 October 2019 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania 1–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 31 2–0 32 54 14 November 2019 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 1–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 33 2–0 34 55 17 November 2019 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 2–1 align=center UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 35 56 3 September 2020 VTB Arena, Moscow, Russia 1–2 align=center 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B 36 59 14 October 2020 Türk Telekom Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey 2–0 align=center 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B 37 62 24 March 2021 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 2–1 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 38 3–1 39 63 27 March 2021 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 1–2 align=center 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 40 64 30 March 2021 Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan 1–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 41 2–1 42 65 4 September 2021 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 1–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 43 2–0 44 69 14 November 2021 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal 2–1 align=center 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 45 73 5 June 2022 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 1–0 align=center 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B 46 74 12 June 2022 Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2–0 align=center 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B 47 75 24 September 2022 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 1–1 rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B 48 2–1 49 3–1 50 76 27 September 2022 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway 2–0 align=center 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B 51 78 28 November 2022 Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar 3–1 align=center 2022 FIFA World Cup 52 79 2 December 2022 Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar 1–1 align=center 2022 FIFA World Cup 53 83 10 September 2023 Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania 1–0 rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying 54 2–0 55 3–0 56 85 17 October 2023 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 1–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying 57 2–1 58 91 8 June 2024 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden 2–0 align=center Friendly 59 95 12 October 2024 Dubočica Stadium, Leskovac, Serbia 2–0 align=center 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A 60 100 10 June 2025 Dubočica Stadium, Leskovac, Serbia 1–0 rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification 61 2–0 62 3–0 63 104 14 October 2025 Estadi de la FAF, Encamp, Andorra 3–1 align=center 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification 64 106 31 March 2026 TSC Arena, Bačka Topola, Serbia 2–1 align=center Friendly

Hat-tricks OpponentGoalsScoreVenueCompetitionDate 1 3 – (1–0', 3–1', 5–1') 5–1 Liebenauer Stadium, Graz, Austria Friendly 9 June 2018 2 3 – (1–1', 2–1', 3–1') 4–1 Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B 24 September 2022 3 3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0') 3–1 Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying 10 September 2023 4 3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0') 3–0 Dubočica Stadium, Leskovac, Serbia 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification 10 June 2025

Statistics

+ Caps and goals by year Year Goals 2013 3 1 2014 7 0 2015 8 1 2016 8 5 2017 7 4 2018 13 12 2019 9 11 2020 6 2 2021 8 8 2022 10 8 2023 8 5 2024 11 2 2025 6 4 2026 2 1 Total 106 64

+Goals by opponentOpponentGoals8654433322222222111111111111Total64

+Goals by competition Competition Goals FIFA World Cup qualification 19 FIFA World Cup3 Friendlies 12 15 UEFA Nations League15Total64

See also

List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals List of top international men's football goalscorers by country

References Footnotes

Citations

External links Aleksandar Mitrović Football Association of Serbia