List of international goals scored by Sunil Chhetri


is an Indian professional footballer who represents the India national football team as a forward. The current captain of the India national team, he is the country's all-time top goalscorer and most-capped player. As of 19 November 2019, he has scored 72 goals in 115 official international appearances since his debut on 12 June 2005 against Pakistan.
On 9 December 2011, Chhetri netted twice in a match in India's 3–1 semi-final win over the Maldives in the 2011 SAFF Championship to take his tally to 31, thus becoming his country's all-time leading goalscorer surpassing the 29 set by I. M. Vijayan. With his 72 international goals, he is currently the second-highest active international goal scorer behind Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and is also the highest active goalscorer from Asia. On 5 September 2019, Chhetri scored the only goal for India in a 2–1 defeat against Oman in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers to take his tally to 72 international goals, thus becoming the fifth-highest international goalscorer from Asia of all time. His tally of 72 puts him as the tenth-highest goalscorer in the history of international football.
|Chhetri celebrating a goal with his teammate Anirudh Thapa in a 2019 Asian Cup group match against Thailand
Chhetri scored his first ever international goal during his ever international appearance on 12 June 2005 against arch-rivals Pakistan. Chhetri's first international tournament for India was the 2007 Nehru Cup where he scored four goals in total: two against Cambodia, one against Syria, and one against Kyrgyzstan, which helped India to win their first Nehru Cup title. Chhetri's 50th goal came during his 88th match in a 3–2 victory against Maldives in the 2015 SAFF Cup semi-final. He is the only Indian footballer to have scored 50 or more international goals. Between all of his 72 goals: 27 came in friendlies, 13 came in SAFF Cup matches, 9 in the Nehru Cup, 7 in World Cup qualifiers, 4 in AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, 4 in AFC Asian Cup finals, 1 in the King's Cup, and the rest have come in the AFC Challenge Cup and its qualifiers. Chhetri has scored three international hat-tricks, the most by any Indian and has scored braces on twelve occasions. He has scored more times against Chinese Taipei and the Maldives than any other team, with six goals against each of the sides. He has also scored eleven international goals at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi, his most at a single ground. He has scored 11 out of his 72 goals from penalty kicks.

International goals

Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick

Goals in official international matches

GoalCapDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.112 June 2005Ayub Stadium, Quetta1–01–1Friendly
2.717 August 2007Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi4–06–02007 Nehru Cup
3.717 August 2007Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi5–06–02007 Nehru Cup
4.923 August 2007Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi1–02–32007 Nehru Cup
5.1026 August 2007Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi2–03–02007 Nehru Cup
6.128 October 2007Saida International Stadium, Sidon1–01–42010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.1330 October 2007Fatorda Stadium, Margao1–02–22010 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.1424 May 2008Fatorda Stadium, Margao2–03–0Friendly
9.1524 May 2008Fatorda Stadium, Margao3–03–0Friendly
10.163 June 2008Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé3–04–02008 SAFF Cup
11.1811 June 2008Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé1–12–12008 SAFF Cup
12.247 August 2008Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad1–01–02008 AFC Challenge Cup
13.2513 August 2008Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi1–04–12008 AFC Challenge Cup
14.2513 August 2008Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi3–04–12008 AFC Challenge Cup
15.2513 August 2008Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi4–14–12008 AFC Challenge Cup
16.2823 August 2009Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi2–0 ‡2–12009 Nehru Cup
17.368 October 2010Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune1–03–1Friendly
18.368 October 2010Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune2–03–1Friendly
19.368 October 2010Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune3–13–1Friendly
20.3914 January 2011Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha2–42–52011 AFC Asian Cup
21.4018 January 2011Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha1–2 ‡1–42011 AFC Asian Cup
22.4121 March 2011Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya2–03–02012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
23.4410 July 2011Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé1–01–1Friendly
24.5016 November 2011Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata1–03–2Friendly
25.5016 November 2011Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata3–13–2Friendly
26.513 December 2011Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi1–11–12011 SAFF Cup
27.525 December 2011Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi4–05–02011 SAFF Cup
28.525 December 2011Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi5–05–02011 SAFF Cup
29.537 December 2011Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi2–03–02011 SAFF Cup
30.549 December 2011Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi2–1 ‡3–12011 SAFF Cup
31.549 December 2011Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi3–13–12011 SAFF Cup
32.5511 December 2011Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi1–0 ‡4–02011 SAFF Cup
33.5922 August 2012Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi1–02–12012 Nehru Cup
34.6025 August 2012Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi1–0 ‡3–02012 Nehru Cup
35.6025 August 2012Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi3–03–02012 Nehru Cup
36.622 September 2012Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi2–2 ‡2–22012 Nehru Cup
37.664 March 2013Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon1–04–02014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
38.664 March 2013Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon4–04–02014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
39.703 September 2013Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu1–11–12013 SAFF Cup
40.7315 November 2013Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri1–01–1Friendly
41.7419 November 2013Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri1–02–0Friendly
42.755 March 2014Fatorda Stadium, Goa1–02–2Friendly
43.755 March 2014Fatorda Stadium, Goa2–22–2Friendly
44.766 October 2014Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri1–12–3Friendly
45.7712 March 2015Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati1–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
46.7712 March 2015Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati2–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
47.7911 June 2015Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore1–11–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
48.8016 June 2015Guam F.A. National Training Center, Harmon1–21–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
49.8727 December 2015Trivandrum International Stadium, Trivandrum2–14–12015 SAFF Cup
50.8831 December 2015Trivandrum International Stadium, Trivandrum1–03–22015 SAFF Cup
51.893 January 2016Trivandrum International Stadium, Trivandrum2–12–12015 SAFF Cup
52.923 September 2016Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai2–14–1Friendly
53.9322 March 2017Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh1–03–2Friendly
54.9428 March 2017Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon1–01–02019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
55.9513 June 2017Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore1–01–02019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
56.9711 October 2017Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore2–14–12019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
57.9814 November 2017Fatorda Stadium, Margao1–1 ‡2–22019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
58.991 June 2018Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai1–05–0Friendly
59.991 June 2018Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai2–05–0Friendly
60.991 June 2018Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai4–05–0Friendly
61.1004 June 2018Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai1–0 ‡3–0Friendly
62.1004 June 2018Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai3–03–0Friendly
63.1017 June 2018Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai1–01–2Friendly
64.10210 June 2018Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai1–02–0Friendly
65.10210 June 2018Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai2–02–0Friendly
66.1056 January 2019Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi1–0 ‡
4–1
2019 AFC Asian Cup
67.1056 January 2019Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
2–1
4–1
2019 AFC Asian Cup
68.1085 June 2019Chang Arena, Buriram1–2 ‡1–32019 King's Cup
69.1097 July 2019The Arena, Ahmedabad1–0 ‡2–4Friendly
70.1097 July 2019The Arena, Ahmedabad
2–0
2–4Friendly
71.11013 July 2019The Arena, Ahmedabad
2–4
2–5Friendly
72.1125 September 2019Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati1–01–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Hat-tricks

International statistics

Footnotes