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 association footballer, is the Republic of Ireland national football team's top scorer, with 68 goals in 146 appearances.^[1] Keane made his international debut in a 2–1 defeat against the Czech Republic in March 1998,^[1] 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 123rd 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 (five of which 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 finals 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.^[1]

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.^[1]

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	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying	[10]
4	11	8 November 1999	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Mdina, Malta	Malta	1–0	3–2	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying	[11]
5	13	13 November 1999	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Turkey	1–0	1–1	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying	[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	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[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	Friendly	[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	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying	[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	Friendly	[25]
20	52	5 June 2004	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands	1–0	1–0	Friendly	[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	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	[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					3–0
29					3–0
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	Friendly	[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	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	[37]
37					2–1
38	88	1 April 2009	Stadio San Nicola, Bari, Italy	Italy	1–1	1–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	[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	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	[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	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying	[44]
46	105	26 March 2011	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Macedonia	2–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying	[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	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	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[53]
61	130	15 October 2013	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Kazakhstan	1–0	3–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[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	[1][56]
64					2–0
65					3–0
66	141	4 September 2015	Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal	Gibraltar	2–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	[1][57]
67					3–0
68	146	31 August 2016	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Oman	2–0	4–0	Friendly	[58]

Statistics

Goals and appearances by year[1] 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

Goals and appearances by competition[1] Competition Apps Goals UEFA European Championship qualification 44 23 UEFA European Championship tournaments 5 0 Friendlies 51 21 FIFA World Cup qualification 37 18 FIFA World Cup tournaments 4 3 Other tournaments 5 4 Total 146 68

Keane has scored more goals in UEFA European Championship qualifying competitions than any other player.

National team statistics^[1][59][60]

FIFA caps	FIFA goals	Non-FIFA caps	Non-FIFA goals	Total caps	Total goals
165	63	3	5	168	68

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