List of international goals scored by Robbie Keane
Robbie Keane (pictured in 2013) is the Republic of Ireland's most prolific scorer.
Robbie Keane , an Irish professional footballer , is the Republic of Ireland national football team 's top scorer, with 68 goals in 146 appearances. Keane made his international debut in a 2–1 defeat against the Czech Republic in March 1998, and scored his first international goals on his fifth appearance, a UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying 5–0 victory over Malta .[ 2] He became Ireland's all-time leading scorer in October 2004, when he scored twice against the Faroe Islands during the qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup ,[ 3] passing Niall Quinn 's record of 21 goals in 91 games.[ 4] In June 2013, Keane also became Ireland's most capped player on his 126th appearance, in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against the Faroes.[ 5] He is one of six Republic of Ireland players with 100 or more caps (four of whom are still active),[ 6] and has also captained his national team over 50 times.[ 5]
Keane has scored three international hat-tricks , the first coming against San Marino in November 2006. His second hat-trick came in June 2013, against the Faroes, while his third was against Gibraltar in October 2014. The latter made Keane the highest scorer in the history of UEFA European Championship qualifying competitions, with 21 goals, overtaking the previous record holder, Hakan Şükür of Turkey .[ 7] Keane is also one of twelve players to have scored in three consecutive World Cup matches; he scored one goal each against Germany and Saudi Arabia in the group stage , and against Spain in the knockout stage of the 2002 FIFA World Cup .[ 8]
Keane has scored more goals against the Faroes and Gibraltar (five) than against any other national team. More than half of his goals (41) were scored in home fixtures, played in three venues: Lansdowne Road , Croke Park and Aviva Stadium .
Keane played his final match for the Republic of Ireland in August 2016, in a 4–0 victory over Oman , in a friendly at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin , scoring once with his 68th and final international goal for his country.[ 9]
International goals
Scores and results list Republic of Ireland's goals first. Score column indicates score after each Keane goal. Updated as of 31 August 2016.
International goals scored by Robbie Keane
No.
Cap
Date
Venue
Opponent
Score
Result
Competition
Ref.
1
5
14 October 1998
Lansdowne Road , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Malta
1–0
5–0
UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
[ 2]
2
2–0
3
10
1 September 1999
Lansdowne Road , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Yugoslavia
1–0
2–1
[ 10]
4
11
8 September 1999
Ta' Qali National Stadium , Mdina , Malta
Malta
1–0
3–2
[ 11]
5
13
13 November 1999
Lansdowne Road , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Turkey
1–0
1–1
[ 12]
6
14
23 February 2000
Lansdowne Road , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Czech Republic
3–2
3–2
Friendly
[ 13]
7
19
2 September 2000
Amsterdam Arena , Amsterdam , Netherlands
Netherlands
1–0
2–2
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
[ 14]
8
28
10 November 2001
Lansdowne Road , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Iran
2–0
2–0
[ 15]
9
30
13 February 2002
Lansdowne Road , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Russia
2–0
2–0
Friendly
[ 16]
10
31
27 March 2002
Lansdowne Road , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Denmark
2–0
3–0
[ 17]
11
35
5 June 2002
Kashima Soccer Stadium , Kashima, Ibaraki , Japan
Germany
1–1
1–1
2002 FIFA World Cup
[ 18]
12
36
11 June 2002
International Stadium , Yokohama , Japan
Saudi Arabia
1–0
3–0
[ 19]
13
37
16 June 2002
Suwon World Cup Stadium , Suwon , South Korea
Spain
1–1
1–1
[ 20]
14
38
21 August 2002
Helsinki Olympic Stadium , Helsinki , Finland
Finland
2–0
3–0
Friendly
[ 21]
15
43
7 June 2003
Lansdowne Road , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Albania
1–0
2–1
UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
[ 22]
16
44
11 June 2003
Lansdowne Road , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Georgia
2–0
2–0
[ 23]
17
47
18 November 2003
Lansdowne Road , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Canada
2–0
3–0
Friendly
[ 24]
18
3–0
19
49
31 March 2004
Lansdowne Road , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Czech Republic
2–1
2–1
[ 25]
20
52
5 June 2004
Amsterdam Arena , Amsterdam , Netherlands
Netherlands
1–0
1–0
[ 26]
21
53
4 September 2004
Lansdowne Road , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Cyprus
3–0
3–0
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
[ 27]
22
56
13 October 2004
Lansdowne Road , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Faroe Islands
1–0
2–0
[ 3]
23
2–0
24
57
16 November 2004
Lansdowne Road , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Croatia
1–0
1–0
Friendly
[ 28]
25
61
4 June 2005
Lansdowne Road , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Israel
2–0
2–2
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
[ 29]
26
65
1 March 2006
Lansdowne Road , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Sweden
2–0
3–0
Friendly
[ 30]
27
70
15 November 2006
Lansdowne Road , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
San Marino
3–0
5–0
UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
[ 31]
28
4–0
29
5–0
30
73
22 August 2007
NRGi Park , Aarhus , Denmark
Denmark
1–0
4–0
Friendly
[ 32]
31
2–0
32
78
11 November 2007
Millennium Stadium , Cardiff , Wales
Wales
1–1
2–2
UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
[ 33]
33
81
29 May 2008
Craven Cottage , London , England
Colombia
1–0
1–0
Friendly
[ 34]
34
82
20 August 2008
Ullevaal Stadion , Oslo , Norway
Norway
1–0
1–1
[ 35]
35
85
15 October 2008
Croke Park , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Cyprus
1–0
1–0
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
[ 36]
36
86
11 February 2009
Croke Park , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Georgia
1–1
2–1
[ 37]
37
2–1
38
88
1 April 2009
Stadio San Nicola , Bari , Italy
Italy
1–1
1–1
[ 38]
39
89
29 May 2009
Craven Cottage , London , England
Nigeria
1–1
1–1
Friendly
[ 39]
40
92
5 September 2009
GSP Stadium , Nicosia , Cyprus
Cyprus
2–1
2–1
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
[ 40]
41
96
18 November 2009
Stade de France , Paris , France
France
1–0
1–1
[ 41]
42
99
28 May 2010
RDS Arena , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Algeria
2–0
3–0
Friendly
[ 42]
43
3–0
44
102
7 September 2010
Aviva Stadium , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Andorra
3–1
3–1
UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
[ 43]
45
103
8 October 2010
Aviva Stadium , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Russia
1–3
2–3
[ 44]
46
105
26 March 2011
Aviva Stadium , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Macedonia
2–0
2–1
[ 45]
47
106
24 May 2011
Aviva Stadium , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Northern Ireland
2–0
5–0
Nations Cup
[ 46]
48
4–0
49
107
29 May 2011
Aviva Stadium , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Scotland
1–0
1–0
[ 47]
50
108
4 June 2011
Philip II Arena , Skopje , Macedonia
North Macedonia
1–0
2–0
UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
[ 48]
51
2–0
52
113
11 November 2011
A. Le Coq Arena , Tallinn , Estonia
Estonia
3–0
4–0
UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
[ 49]
53
4–0
54
121
9 September 2012
Astana Arena , Astana , Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
1–1
2–1
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
[ 50]
55
125
2 June 2013
Aviva Stadium , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Georgia
3–0
4–0
Friendly
[ 51]
56
4–0
57
126
7 June 2013
Aviva Stadium , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Faroe Islands
1–0
3–0
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
[ 52]
58
2–0
59
3–0
60
128
6 September 2013
Aviva Stadium , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Sweden
1–0
1–2
[ 53]
61
130
15 October 2013
Aviva Stadium , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Kazakhstan
1–0
3–1
[ 54]
62
131
15 November 2013
Aviva Stadium , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Latvia
1–0
3–0
Friendly
[ 55]
63
136
11 October 2014
Aviva Stadium , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Gibraltar
1–0
7–0
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
[ 56]
64
2–0
65
3–0
66
141
4 September 2015
Estádio Algarve , Faro , Portugal
Gibraltar
2–0
4–0
[ 57]
67
3–0
68
146
31 August 2016
Aviva Stadium , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Oman
2–0
4–0
Friendly
[ 58]
Hat-tricks
No.
Opponent
Goals
Score
Venue
Competition
Date
1
San Marino
3 – (3–0', 4–0', 5–0')
5–0
Lansdowne Road , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
15 November 2006
2
Faroe Islands
3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0')
3–0
Aviva Stadium , Dublin , Republic of Ireland
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 June 2013
3
Gibraltar
3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0')
7–0
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
11 October 2014
Statistics
Goals and appearances by year
Year
Apps
Goals
1998
5
2
1999
8
3
2000
9
2
2001
7
1
2002
11
6
2003
7
4
2004
10
6
2005
7
1
2006
6
4
2007
8
3
2008
7
3
2009
11
6
2010
8
4
2011
10
8
2012
8
1
2013
9
8
2014
7
3
2015
5
2
2016
3
1
Total
146
68
Keane has scored more goals in UEFA European Championship qualifying competitions than any other player.
National team statistics[ 59] [ 60]
FIFA caps
FIFA goals
Non-FIFA caps
Non-FIFA goals
Total caps
Total goals
165
63
3
5
168
68
See also
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