Memphis Depay is a Dutch professional footballer who has represented the Netherlands national team as a forward since 2013. As of 25 June 2026, he has scored 55 goals in 112 international appearances, making him the all-time top scorer of his country; he surpassed Robin van Persie's former record of 50 goals in 2025.
Depay made his senior debut for his country in October 2013, coming on as a substitute for Jeremain Lens in a FIFA World Cup qualifier against Turkey. On 18 June 2014, he scored his first international goal against Australia at the World Cup finals in Brazil, becoming the Netherlands' youngest ever goalscorer at the tournament at the age of 20. He then got his second goal in the competition five days later, in a 2–0 win against Chile.
Depay scored his first brace for the Netherlands in a 3–1 World Cup qualifying win over Luxembourg in November 2016. Despite only recording three goals in his first 26 caps, Depay would go on to score sixteen goals in his following 25 appearances, including eleven goals in eighteen matches under the management of Ronald Koeman in 2018 and 2019. After the Netherlands missed out on qualification for both UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup, Depay scored six goals during Euro 2020 qualifying to help his side reach a first major tournament for six years. In the finals tournament, Depay got on the scoresheet against both Austria and North Macedonia during the group stage.
Depay recorded his first international hat-trick in a 6–1 World Cup qualifying win over Turkey on 7 September 2021, surpassing Wesley Sneijder and equalling Johan Cruyff and Abe Lenstra in the Netherlands' top ten all-time scorers list. He then scored a further nine goals in the 2022 World Cup qualification tournament, finishing joint-top scorer of the UEFA section alongside England's Harry Kane. Depay would finish the year of 2021 with seventeen international goals in sixteen matches, breaking Patrick Kluivert's national record of twelve for most scored in a single calendar year; only five players from any UEFA country had ever surpassed this tally.
Depay scored his third World Cup goal at the 2022 tournament, coming against the United States in the round of 16. This strike saw him surpass former teammate Klaas-Jan Huntelaar as the Netherlands' second all-time top goalscorer, now trailing only Robin van Persie. At UEFA Euro 2024, Depay scored in the group game against Austria. On 10 June 2025, he equalled Van Persie's national record with his fiftieth goal, in a World Cup qualifier against Malta. Depay surpassed Van Persie with two goals in a World Cup qualifier against Lithuania on 7 September 2025.
In total, Depay has scored three goals at the FIFA World Cup, 23 during World Cup qualification, three at the UEFA European Championship, seven during European Championship qualification, and eight in the UEFA Nations League. The remainder of his goals, eleven, have come in friendlies. He has scored five goals against Gibraltar, more than against any other opponent.
International goals
Scores and results list Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Depay goal. + Key Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kickIndicates Netherlands won the matchIndicates the match ended in a drawIndicates Netherlands lost the match
+ Memphis Depay's international goals by cap, date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 7 18 June 2014 Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil 3–2 3–2 2014 FIFA World Cup 2 8 23 June 2014 Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil 2–0 2–0 3 16 5 June 2015 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 3–1 3–4 Friendly 4 27 13 November 2016 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg 2–1 3–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 5 3–1 6 32 7 October 2017 Borisov Arena, Borisov, Belarus 3–1 3–1 7 33 9 November 2017 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen, Scotland 1–0 1–0 Friendly 8 34 14 November 2017 Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania 1–0 3–0 9 36 26 March 2018 Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland 1–0 3–0 10 39 6 September 2018 Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1–1 2–1 11 2–1 12 41 13 October 2018 Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2–0 3–0 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A 13 43 16 November 2018 De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2–0 2–0 14 45 21 March 2019 De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands 1–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 15 3–0 16 46 24 March 2019 Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2–2 2–3 17 50 9 September 2019 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia 3–0 4–0 18 51 10 October 2019 De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands 1–1 3–1 19 3–1 20 58 15 November 2020 Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 3–0 3–1 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A 21 59 18 November 2020 Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland 1–1 2–1 22 62 30 March 2021 Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar 3–0 7–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 23 7–0 24 63 2 June 2021 Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal 1–1 2–2 Friendly 25 2–2 26 64 6 June 2021 De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands 1–0 3–0 27 66 17 June 2021 Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2020 28 67 21 June 2021 Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1–0 3–0 29 70 4 September 2021 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands 1–0 4–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 30 2–0 31 71 7 September 2021 Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2–0 6–1 32 3–0 33 4–0 34 73 11 October 2021 De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2–0 6–0 35 3–0 36 74 13 November 2021 City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro 1–0 2–2 37 2–0 38 75 16 November 2021 De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2–0 2–0 39 76 26 March 2022 Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 3–1 4–2 Friendly 40 78 3 June 2022 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium 2–0 4–1 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A 41 4–0 42 80 14 June 2022 De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands 3–2 3–2 43 85 3 December 2022 Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar 1–0 3–1 2022 FIFA World Cup 44 88 27 March 2023 De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands 1–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying 45 91 6 June 2024 De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands 1–0 4–0 Friendly 46 95 25 June 2024 Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany 2–2 2–3 UEFA Euro 2024 47 100 23 March 2025 Mestalla, Valencia, Spain 1–1 3–3 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A 48 101 7 June 2025 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland 1–0 2–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification 49 102 10 June 2025 Euroborg, Groningen, Netherlands 1–0 8–0 50 2–0 51 104 7 September 2025 Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania 1–0 3–2 52 3–2 53 105 9 October 2025 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta 4–0 4–0 54 106 12 October 2025 Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 3–0 4–0 55 107 14 November 2025 Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland 1–1 1–1
Hat-tricks
Date Venue Opponent Goals Result Competition 1 7 September 2021 Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 3 (16', 38' pen., 54') 6–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
Statistics
+ Appearances and goals by year Year Goals 2013 3 0 2014 10 2 2015 8 1 2016 6 2 2017 7 3 2018 10 5 2019 8 6 2020 7 2 2021 16 17 2022 11 5 2023 2 1 2024 10 2 2025 10 9 2026 4 0 Total 112 55
+ Appearances and goals by competition Competition Goals FIFA World Cup finals 12 3 FIFA World Cup qualification 23 23 UEFA European Championship finals 10 3 UEFA European Championship qualifying 16 7 UEFA Nations League 17 8 Friendlies 34 11 Total 112 55
+ Goals by opponent Opponent Goals 5 4 3 2 1 Total 55
+ Appearances and goals by manager Manager Goals 43 23 29 17 14 9 4 3 10 2 7 1 3 0 2 0 Total 112 55
+ Appearances and goals by club Club Goals Lyon 41 23 Barcelona 18 15 Corinthians 14 9 PSV Eindhoven 17 3 Atlético Madrid 12 3 Manchester United 10 2 Total 112 55
See also List of top international men's football goal scorers by country List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
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