List of international goals scored by Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona lifting the World Cup trophy in 1986.

Diego Maradona was an Argentine professional footballer who represented the Argentina national football team as an attacking midfielder and playmaker from 1977 to 1994. He had scored 34 goals in 91 appearances,^[1] making him Argentina's 5th-highest goalscorer. He earned his first cap when he was 16 years old in 1977, in a friendly 5–1 win against Hungary.^[2] He wouldn't score his first goal though, until 1979 in a friendly against Scotland.^[3] He has also represented La Albiceleste at 4 FIFA World Cups (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994) and 3 Copa Américas (1979, 1987, 1989). Most famously in his international career, he captained Argentina to victory in the 1986 World Cup Final, scoring 2 famous goals in their quarter-final match against England en route to the final better known as The Hand of God and The Goal of the Century. He also won the Golden Ball award of that tournament for being the best player.^[4] He would score his last international goal in their first 1994 World Cup match which was against Greece,^[5] where he infamously celebrated by having a scary look on his face as he screamed at a camera on the sidelines. He would ultimately, earn his last cap in their second match of the group stage against Nigeria,^[6] and never play for them again after failing a drug test.^[7]

International goals

List of international goals scored by Diego Maradona

Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Maradona goal.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref
1.	2 June 1979	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland	3–0	3–1	Friendly	[1][3]
2.	25 June 1979	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	FIFA World XI[8]	1–0	1–2	Friendly	[1]
3.	8 August 1979	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bolivia	3–0	3–0	1979 Copa América	[1]
4.	30 April 1980	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	League of Ireland XI[A][9]	1–0	1–0	Friendly	[1][10]
5.	21 May 1980	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Austria	3–0	5–1	Friendly	[1]
6.				4–1
7.				5–1
8.	12 October 1980	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Poland	2–1	2–1	Friendly	[1]
9.	4 December 1980	Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata, Argentina	Soviet Union	1–0	1–1	Friendly	[1]
10.	16 December 1980	Estadio Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina	Switzerland	4–0	5–0	Friendly	[1]
11.	4 January 1981	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Brazil	1–0	1–1	1980 Mundialito	[1]
12.	18 June 1982	Estadio José Rico Pérez, Alicante, Spain	Hungary	2–0	4–1	1982 FIFA World Cup	[1]
13.				3–0
14.	9 May 1985	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Paraguay	1–0	1–1	Friendly	[1]
15.	14 May 1985	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Chile	1–0	2–0	Friendly	[1]
16.	26 May 1985	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Venezuela	Venezuela	1–0	3–2	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification	[1]
17.				3–1
18.	9 June 1985	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Venezuela	3–0	3–0	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification	[1]
19.	14 November 1985	Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	Mexico	1–1	1–1	Friendly	[1]
20.	4 May 1986	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel	Israel	1–0	7–2	Friendly	[1]
21.				6–2
22.	5 June 1986	Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla, Mexico	Italy	1–1	1–1	1986 FIFA World Cup	[1]
23.	22 June 1986	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	England	1–0	2–1	1986 FIFA World Cup	[1]
24.				2–0
25.	25 June 1986	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Belgium	1–0	2–0	1986 FIFA World Cup	[1]
26.				2–0
27.	10 June 1987	Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland	Italy	1–2	1–3	Friendly	[1]
28.	27 June 1987	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Peru	1–0	1–1	1987 Copa América	[1]
29.	2 July 1987	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Ecuador	2–0	3–0	1987 Copa América	[1]
30.				3–0
31.	31 March 1988	Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany	Soviet Union	2–3	2–4	Four Nations Tournament	[1]
32.	22 May 1990	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel	Israel	1–0	2–1	Friendly	[1]
33.	20 April 1994	Estadio El Gigante del Norte, Salta, Argentina	Morocco	2–1	3–1	Friendly	[1]
34.	21 June 1994	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, United States	Greece	3–0	4–0	1994 FIFA World Cup	[1][5]

Notes

A: The match against League of Ireland XI in 1980 is considered official by FIFA.^[1]

Statistics

Maradona celebrating scoring a goal against Belgium at the 1986 World Cup.

Year	Caps	Goals
1977	3	0
1978	1	0
1979	8	3
1980	10	7
1981	2	1
1982	10	2
1983	0	0
1984	0	0
1985	10	6
1986	10	7
1987	6	4
1988	3	1
1989	7	0
1990	10	1
1991	0	0
1992	0	0
1993	4	0
1994	7	2
Total	91	34

Competition	Caps	Goals
Friendlies	45	17
Copa América	12	4
FIFA World Cup qualification	8	3
FIFA World Cup tournaments	21	8
Other tournaments	5	2
Total	91	34

References

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