List of international goals scored by Bobby Charlton

Charlton on the cover of the Argentinian sports magazine El Gráfico, 27 June 1962

Sir Robert "Bobby" Charlton CBE is a former association footballer who made 106 appearances for England between 1958 and 1970.^[1] He is England's second all-time goalscorer, having scored 49 times for his country.^[2] He is generally regarded as one of the best midfielders of all-time,^[3] and was named the Ballon d'Or winner as European football's player of the year in 1966.^[4]

Charlton made his international debut for England in April 1958,^[5] scoring a goal against Scotland that was described by The Times's football correspondent Geoffrey Green as "surely one of the finest ever seen at Hampden".^[6] He was a prolific goalscorer for England in his first thirteen months, scoring at a rate of a-goal-a-game, culminating with his first hat-trick in international football, against the United States in May 1959.^[7] He scored his 31st international goal in October 1963 during a 4–0 victory over Wales, and in doing so, became England's top goalscorer, passing the previous record jointly held by Tom Finney and Nat Lofthouse.^[8] He subsequently lost the record to his teammate Jimmy Greaves in October 1964,^[9] but regained it when he scored his 45th goal in May 1968.^[10] He scored his final international goal during a 4–0 win against Colombia in May 1970, and retired from international football after England were knocked out of the 1970 FIFA World Cup.^[7] He remained England's leading goalscorer until September 2015, when he was surpassed by Wayne Rooney.^[2]

Charlton scored four international hat-tricks; in addition to the one against the United States, he scored three goals in a game against Luxembourg during the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, and in friendlies against Mexico and Switzerland. He has scored more goals against Northern Ireland than any other team, with six goals, while he has scored five goals against each of Luxembourg, Portugal, Scotland and Wales.^[7] Of Charlton's 49 goals, 22 were scored in friendlies. In competitive matches, the majority of his goals came during British Home Championship matches. Charlton scored 16 times in these matches, including 3 in tournaments which doubled as qualification for UEFA Euro 1968. He scored four goals during FIFA World Cup tournaments, including three goals during the 1966 FIFA World Cup, which England won, collecting one during the group stage and both goals in England's 2–1 victory over Portugal in the semi-final.^[7]

International goals

England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Charlton goal.

International goals scored by Bobby Charlton^[7]

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref
1	19 April 1958	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	1	Scotland	3–0	4–0	1957–58 Home Championship	[6]
2	7 May 1958	Wembley Stadium, London, England	2	Portugal	1–0	2–1	Friendly	[11]
3					2–1
4	4 October 1958	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	4	Northern Ireland	1–1	3–3	1958–59 Home Championship	[12]
5					3–3
6	22 October 1958	Wembley Stadium, London, England	5	Soviet Union	4–0	5–0	Friendly	[13]
7	11 April 1959	Wembley Stadium, London, England	6	Scotland	1–0	1–0	1958–59 Home Championship	[14]
8	6 May 1959	Wembley Stadium, London, England	7	Italy	1–0	2–2	Friendly	[15]
9	28 May 1959	Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, United States	11	United States	3–1	8–1	Friendly	[16]
10					6–1
11					7–1
12	28 October 1959	Wembley Stadium, London, England	13	Sweden	2–3	2–3	Friendly	[17]
13	9 April 1960	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	14	Scotland	1–1	1–1	1959–60 Home Championship	[18]
14	8 October 1960	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	18	Northern Ireland	3–1	5–2	1960–61 Home Championship	[19]
15	19 October 1960	Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	19	Luxembourg	1–0	9–0	1962 FIFA World Cup qualification	[20]
16					2–0
17					7–0
18	23 November 1960	Wembley Stadium, London, England	21	Wales	2–0	5–1	1960–61 Home Championship	[21]
19	10 May 1961	Wembley Stadium, London, England	23	Mexico	2–0	8–0	Friendly	[22]
20					6–0
21					7–0
22	28 September 1961	Highbury, London, England	27	Luxembourg	3–0	4–1	1962 FIFA World Cup qualification	[23]
23					4–1
24	22 November 1961	Wembley Stadium, London, England	30	Northern Ireland	1–0	1–1	1961–62 Home Championship	[24]
25	2 June 1962	Estadio Braden Copper, Rancagua, Chile	36	Argentina	2–1	2–1	1962 FIFA World Cup	[25]
26	29 May 1963	Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia	42	Czechoslovakia	3–1	4–2	Friendly	[26]
27	2 June 1963	Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany	43	East Germany	2–1	2–1	Friendly	[27]
28	5 June 1963	St. Jakob Park, Basel, Switzerland	44	Switzerland	1–0	8–1	Friendly	[28]
29					5–1
30					8–1
31	12 October 1963	Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales	45	Wales	4–0	4–0	1963–64 Home Championship	[8]
32	17 May 1964	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal	50	Portugal	2–1	4–3	Friendly	[29]
33	27 May 1964	Downing Stadium, New York City, United States	52	United States	8–0	10–0	Friendly	[30]
34	10 April 1965	Wembley Stadium, London, England	57	Scotland	1–0	2–2	1964–65 Home Championship	[31]
35	20 October 1965	Wembley Stadium, London, England	59	Austria	1–0	2–3	Friendly	[32]
36	2 April 1966	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	63	Scotland	4–2	4–3	1965–66 Home Championship	[33]
37	4 May 1966	Wembley Stadium, London, England	64	Yugoslavia	2–0	2–0	Friendly	[34]
38	16 July 1966	Wembley Stadium, London, England	69	Mexico	1–0	2–0	1966 FIFA World Cup	[35]
39	26 July 1966	Wembley Stadium, London, England	72	Portugal	1–0	2–1	1966 FIFA World Cup	[36]
40					2–0
41	16 November 1966	Wembley Stadium, London, England	76	Wales	3–1	5–1	1966–67 Home Championship, UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying	[37]
42	21 October 1967	Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales	78	Wales	2–0	3–0	1967–68 Home Championship, UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying	[38]
43	22 November 1967	Wembley Stadium, London, England	79	Northern Ireland	2–0	2–0	1967–68 Home Championship, UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying	[39]
44	3 April 1968	Wembley Stadium, London, England	82	Spain	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying	[40]
45	22 May 1968	Wembley Stadium, London, England	84	Sweden	2–0	3–1	Friendly	[10]
46	8 June 1968	Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy	86	Soviet Union	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 1968	[41]
47	7 May 1969	Wembley Stadium, London, England	91	Wales	1–1	2–1	1968–69 Home Championship	[42]
48	21 April 1970	Wembley Stadium, London, England	100	Northern Ireland	3–1	3–1	1969–70 Home Championship	[43]
49	20 May 1970	Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia	101	Colombia	3–0	4–0	Friendly	[44]

Breakdown

Goals by year[45] Year Apps Goals 1958 6 7 1959 7 5 1960 8 6 1961 9 6 1962 8 1 1963 10 6 1964 8 2 1965 5 2 1966 15 6 1967 4 2 1968 8 3 1969 9 1 1970 9 2 Total 106 49

Goals by competition[45] Competition Goals Friendlies 22 British Home Championship 16[lower-alpha 1] FIFA World Cup qualification 5 UEFA European Championship tournaments 4[lower-alpha 1] FIFA World Cup tournaments 4 UEFA European Championship tournaments 1 Total 49

Charlton in 2010

Notes

1. Three of Charlton's goals came in matches which were part of both the British Home Championship and the UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying campaign.

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