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 was a former association footballer who made 106 appearances for England between 1958 and 1970. He is England's third all-time goalscorer, having scored 49 times for his country. He is generally regarded as one of the best midfielders of all-time, and was named the Ballon d'Or winner as European football's player of the year in 1966.

Charlton made his international debut for England in April 1958, 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". 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. 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. He subsequently lost the record to his teammate Jimmy Greaves in October 1964, but regained it when he scored his 45th goal in May 1968. 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. He remained England's leading goalscorer until September 2015, when he was surpassed by Wayne Rooney.

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 scored more goals against Northern Ireland than any other team, with six goals, while he scored five goals against each of Luxembourg, Portugal, Scotland and Wales. 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.

International goals

England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Charlton goal.
International goals scored by Bobby Charlton
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
2 7 May 1958 Wembley Stadium, London, England 2 Portugal 1–0 2–1 Friendly
3 2–1
4 4 October 1958 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland 4 Northern Ireland 1–1 3–3 1958–59 Home Championship
5 3–3
6 22 October 1958 Wembley Stadium, London, England 5 Soviet Union 4–0 5–0 Friendly
7 11 April 1959 Wembley Stadium, London, England 6 Scotland 1–0 1–0 1958–59 Home Championship
8 6 May 1959 Wembley Stadium, London, England 7 Italy 1–0 2–2 Friendly
9 28 May 1959 Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, United States 11 United States 3–1 8–1 Friendly
10 6–1
11 7–1
12 28 October 1959 Wembley Stadium, London, England 13 Sweden 2–3 2–3 Friendly
13 9 April 1960 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland 14 Scotland 1–1 1–1 1959–60 Home Championship
14 8 October 1960 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland 18 Northern Ireland 3–1 5–2 1960–61 Home Championship
15 19 October 1960 Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg 19 Luxembourg 1–0 9–0 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
16 2–0
17 7–0
18 23 November 1960 Wembley Stadium, London, England 21 Wales 2–0 5–1 1960–61 Home Championship
19 10 May 1961 Wembley Stadium, London, England 23 Mexico 2–0 8–0 Friendly
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 4–1
24 22 November 1961 Wembley Stadium, London, England 30 Northern Ireland 1–0 1–1 1961–62 Home Championship
25 2 June 1962 Estadio Braden Copper, Rancagua, Chile 36 Argentina 2–1 3–1 1962 FIFA World Cup
26 29 May 1963 Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia 42 Czechoslovakia 3–1 4–2 Friendly
27 2 June 1963 Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany 43 East Germany 2–1 2–1 Friendly
28 5 June 1963 St. Jakob Park, Basel, Switzerland 44 Switzerland 1–0 8–1 Friendly
29 5–1
30 8–1
31 12 October 1963 Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales 45 Wales 4–0 4–0 1963–64 Home Championship
32 17 May 1964 Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal 50 Portugal 2–1 4–3 Friendly
33 27 May 1964 Downing Stadium, New York City, United States 52 United States 8–0 10–0 Friendly
34 10 April 1965 Wembley Stadium, London, England 57 Scotland 1–0 2–2 1964–65 Home Championship
35 20 October 1965 Wembley Stadium, London, England 59 Austria 1–0 2–3 Friendly
36 2 April 1966 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland 63 Scotland 4–2 4–3 1965–66 Home Championship
37 4 May 1966 Wembley Stadium, London, England 64 Yugoslavia 2–0 2–0 Friendly
38 16 July 1966 Wembley Stadium, London, England 69 Mexico 1–0 2–0 1966 FIFA World Cup
39 26 July 1966 Wembley Stadium, London, England 72 Portugal 1–0 2–1 1966 FIFA World Cup
40 2–0
41 16 November 1966 Wembley Stadium, London, England 76 Wales 3–1 5–1 1966–67 Home Championship,
UEFA Euro 1968 qualification
42 21 October 1967 Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales 78 Wales 2–0 3–0 1967–68 Home Championship,
UEFA Euro 1968 qualification
43 22 November 1967 Wembley Stadium, London, England 79 Northern Ireland 2–0 2–0 1967–68 Home Championship,
UEFA Euro 1968 qualification
44 3 April 1968 Wembley Stadium, London, England 82 Spain 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 1968 qualification
45 22 May 1968 Wembley Stadium, London, England 84 Sweden 2–0 3–1 Friendly
46 8 June 1968 Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy 86 Soviet Union 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 1968
47 7 May 1969 Wembley Stadium, London, England 91 Wales 1–1 2–1 1968–69 Home Championship
48 21 April 1970 Wembley Stadium, London, England 100 Northern Ireland 3–1 3–1 1969–70 Home Championship
49 20 May 1970 Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia 101 Colombia 3–0 4–0 Friendly

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