Pauleta had scored 47 goals in 88 appearances for the Portugal national football team between 1997 and 2006.

On 12 October 2005, he scored twice in a 3–0 win over Latvia at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification phase. This took him to 42 goals for Portugal in 77 games, making him the nation's all-time top scorer, surpassing Eusébio, who netted 41 in 64 games between 1961 and 1973. However, he was overtaken by Cristiano Ronaldo in 2014.

Pauleta scored three international hat-tricks against Poland at the 2002 FIFA World Cup,Portugal back on track; BBC Sport, 10 June 2002 a four-goal haul against Kuwait in 2003 and three goals against Cape Verde in 2006.

International goals Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pauleta goal.

+ List of international goals scored by PauletaNo.CapDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition16Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal6–07–0UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying27–038Estádio Nacional, Oeiras, Portugal4–04–0Friendly416Estádio do Fontelo, Viseu, Portugal5–15–1Friendly519De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands2–02–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification621Estádio do Marítimo, Funchal, Portugal2–03–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification722Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal1–22–22002 FIFA World Cup qualification825Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal1–06–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification94–01027Camp d'Esports, Lleida, Spain2–07–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification1128Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus2–13–12002 FIFA World Cup qualification1229Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal3–05–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification1334Estádio Campo Desportivo, Taipa, Macau2–02–0Friendly1436Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju, South Korea1–04–02002 FIFA World Cup152–0163–01739Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal1–01–1Friendly1841Estádio 1º de Maio, Braga, Portugal1–02–0Friendly192–02043Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal1–02–1Friendly2150Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway1–01–0Friendly2251Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal4–25–3Friendly2352Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal1–11–1Friendly2453Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal1–08–0Friendly252–0264–0275–02854Estádio Algarve, Faro-Loulé, Portugal1–11–1Friendly2956Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal1–12–2Friendly3057Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal, Portugal2–04–1Friendly3163Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia2–02–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification3264Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal3–04–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification3365Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein1–02–22006 FIFA World Cup qualification3466Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal1–07–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification3567Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg4–05–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification365–03769Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos, Portugal2–04–1Friendly3874Estádio Algarve, Faro-Loulé, Portugal3–06–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification394–04076Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal1–12–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification4177Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal1–03–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification422–04378Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal2–02–0Friendly4481Évora, Portugal1–04–1Friendly452–1464–14783RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany1–01–02006 FIFA World Cup

Hat-tricks

Date Venue Opponent Goals Result Competition 1Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju, South Korea3 – (14', 65', 77')4–02002 FIFA World Cup2Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal4 – (11', 21', 46', 53')8–0Friendly3Évora, Portugal3 – (1', 38', 83')4–1Friendly

Statistics

+ Appearances and goals by yearYearAppsGoals19973019981019997320009220011072002117200312820041492005127200694Total8847

+ Goals by competition Competition GoalsFIFA World Cup qualification19UEFA Euro qualification2Friendlies22FIFA World Cup4Total47

+Goals by opponentOpponentGoals4433333222222211111111111Total47

See also List of FIFA World Cup hat-tricks

References