Hakan Şükür is the all-time top goalscorer for the Turkey national football team. Between his international debut in 1992 and his final match in 2007, he scored 51 goals in 112 senior appearances.

Şükür won his first cap for Turkey in a friendly with Luxembourg in March 1992 – his debut being awarded by German manager Sepp Piontek. He scored his first international goal in his next match against Denmark, and totalled six goals in his first 11 appearances. He netted seven times in qualification for UEFA Euro 1996 and started all of the matches at the finals in England.

During qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Şükür scored eight times, with half of those coming in a 6–4 home win over Wales on 20 August 1997. At UEFA Euro 2000, he netted twice for the quarter-finalists in a 2–0 group stage win against co-hosts Belgium. During the 2002 FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan, Şükür scored the fastest ever goal in a FIFA World Cup and in any major international football tournament. He netted against South Korea 10.8 seconds into the third-place play-off on 29 June, which Turkey went on to win 3–2.

Of his 112 senior appearances, Şükür captained Turkey in thirty. After appearing in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying, where he notably scored four goals against Moldova in a 5–0 win in Frankfurt, he was not selected for the finals. His last game was a 0–1 home loss to Greece on 17 October 2007 at the age of 36.

International goals Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Şükür goal.

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition 1 8 April 1992 Ankara, Turkey — 2–1 Friendly 2 26 August 1992 Trabzon, Turkey — 3–2 Friendly 3 — 4 28 October 1992 Ankara, Turkey 1–0 4–1 1994 World Cup qualification 5 3–1 6 27 October 1993 Istanbul, Turkey 1–1 2–1 1994 World Cup qualification 7 7 September 1994 Budapest, Hungary 1–2 2–2 Euro 1996 qualifying 8 12 October 1994 Istanbul, Turkey 3–0 5–0 Euro 1996 qualifying 9 4–0 10 26 April 1995 Bern, Switzerland 1–0 2–1 Euro 1996 qualifying 11 6 September 1995 Istanbul, Turkey 1–0 2–0 Euro 1996 qualifying 12 2–0 13 15 November 1995 Stockholm, Sweden 2–1 2–2 Euro 1996 qualifying 14 1 May 1996 Samsun, Turkey — 3–2 Friendly 15 10 November 1996 Istanbul, Turkey 4–0 7–0 1998 World Cup qualification 16 6–0 17 2 April 1997 Bursa, Turkey 1–0 1–0 1998 World Cup qualification 18 20 August 1997 Istanbul, Turkey 1–0 6–4 1998 World Cup qualification 19 3–3 20 5–4 21 6–4 22 10 September 1997 Serravalle, San Marino 3–0 5–0 1998 World Cup qualification 23 10 October 1998 Bursa, Turkey 1–0 1–0 Euro 2000 qualifying 24 27 March 1999 Istanbul, Turkey 1–0 2–0 Euro 2000 qualifying 25 5 June 1999 Helsinki, Finland 2–2 4–2 Euro 2000 qualifying 26 4–2 27 19 June 2000 Brussels, Belgium 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2000 28 2–0 29 11 October 2000 Baku, Azerbaijan 1–0 1–0 2002 World Cup qualification 30 24 March 2001 Istanbul, Turkey 1–0 1–1 2002 World Cup qualification 31 2 June 2001 Istanbul, Turkey 3–0 3–0 2002 World Cup qualification 32 15 August 2001 Oslo, Norway 1–1 1–1 Friendly 33 1 September 2001 Bratislava, Slovakia 1–0 1–0 2002 World Cup qualification 34 5 September 2001 Istanbul, Turkey 1–0 1–2 2002 World Cup qualification 35 14 November 2001 Istanbul, Turkey 2–0 5–0 2002 World Cup qualification 36 17 April 2002 Kerkrade, Netherlands 1–0 2–0 Friendly 37 29 June 2002 Daegu, South Korea 1–0 3–2 2002 FIFA World Cup 38 11 June 2003 Istanbul, Turkey 3–2 3–2 Euro 2004 qualifying 39 6 September 2003 Vaduz, Liechtenstein 3–0 3–0 Euro 2004 qualifying 40 9 September 2003 Dublin, Republic of Ireland — 2–2 Friendly 41 19 November 2003 Istanbul, Turkey 2–0 2–2 Euro 2004 qualifying 42 21 May 2004 Sydney, Australia — 3–1 Friendly 43 — 44 2 June 2004 Seoul, South Korea 1–0 1–0 Friendly 45 5 June 2004 Daegu, South Korea 1–0 1–2 Friendly 46 18 August 2004 Denizli, Turkey 1–0 1–2 Friendly 47 11 October 2006 Frankfurt, Germany 1–0 5–0 Euro 2008 qualifying 48 2–0 49 3–0 50 5–0 51 2 June 2007 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 2–3 Euro 2008 qualifying

Hat-tricks

Date Venue Opponent Goals Result Competition 1 20 August 1997 Istanbul, Turkey Wales 4 – (5', 37', 77', 82') 6–4 1998 World Cup qualification 2 11 October 2006 Frankfurt, Germany Moldova 4 – (35', 37', 43', 73') 5–0 Euro 2008 qualifying

Statistics + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsTurkey199285199331199453199574199612319975619984119997320009320011062002102200394200485200550200654200751Total11251

+ Goals by competition Competition Goals UEFA European Championship qualifying 19 FIFA World Cup qualification 17 Friendlies 12 UEFA European Championship 2 FIFA World Cup 1 Total 51

+ Goals by opponent Opponent Goals 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 51

See also List of top international men's football goalscorers by country Turkey national football team records and statistics

References

External links Hakan Şükür – Century of International Appearances at RSSSF Hakan Şükür at EU-Football.info