Jared Borgetti is a retired footballer who represented the Mexico national football team and was his country's all-time highest goalscorer for twelve years with 46 goals until Javier Hernández surpassed him in 2017. He appeared 89 times for Mexico between 1997 and 2008. Called by then national team manager Bora Milutinović making his debut on 5 February 1997 in a friendly against Ecuador at Estadio Azteca, scoring the second goal in a 3–1 victory. Once Milutinović was terminated and upon the arrival of Manuel Lapuente, Borgetti was not included to 1998 World Cup national team roster.

In the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Borgetti scored a memorable header against Italy during the group stage, where Mexico drew 1–1. FIFA has recognized it as “one of the best headers in World Cup history,” noting the technical difficulty of the play: Borgetti turned his head as the ball arrived, curving it into the net while tightly marked by Paolo Maldini, and scoring past Gianluigi Buffon — two players widely regarded among the greatest defender and goalkeeper, respectively, in football history.

Borgetti became his country's top scorer when he scored his 36th goal against Costa Rica in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier in September 2005; at the time the record of 35 was held jointly by Carlos Hermosillo and Luis Hernández.

Out of Borgetti's 46 goals, 37 were in official matches while 9 came in friendlies. Borgetti has scored more goals (five) against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago than any other nations. Borgetti scored a hat-trick in a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Trinidad and Tobago and scored four in a 7–0 victory over Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier. Borgetti was the worldwide top scorer in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification with 14 goals.

Goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 5 February 1997 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico 2–0 3–1 Friendly 2. 20 September 2000 Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States 1–0 2–0 Friendly 3. 8 October 2000 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico 2–0 7–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier 4. 4–0 5. 6–0 6. 25 March 2001 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico 3–0 4–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier 7. 4–0 8. 1 July 2001 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico 1–0 1–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier 9. 12 July 2001 Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali, Colombia 1–0 1–0 2001 Copa América 10. 25 July 2001 Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas, Pereira, Colombia 1–0 2–1 2001 Copa América 11. 23 August 2001 Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente, Veracruz, Mexico 3–3 5–4 Friendly 12. 13 March 2002 Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States 2–0 4–0 Friendly 13. 12 May 2002 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico 1–0 2–1 Friendly 14. 9 June 2002 Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan 1–1 2–1 2002 FIFA World Cup 15. 13 June 2002 Ōita Stadium, Ōita, Japan 1–0 1–1 2002 FIFA World Cup 16. 13 July 2003 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico 1–0 1–0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup 17. 20 July 2003 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico 4–0 5–0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup 18. 24 July 2003 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico 2–0 2–0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup 19. 19 June 2004 Alamodome, San Antonio, United States 2–0 10–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier 20. 4–0 21. 27 June 2004 Estadio Victoria, Aguascalientes, Mexico 3–0 8–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier 22. 5–0 23. 8 September 2004 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 3–0 3–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier 24. 6 October 2004 Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca, Mexico 1–0 7–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier 25. 2–0 26. 5–0 27. 6–0 28. 10 October 2004 Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1–0 1–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier 29. 27 March 2005 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico 1–0 2–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier 30. 8 June 2005 Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico 1–0 2–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier 31. 19 June 2005 AWD-Arena, Hanover, Germany 1–0 1–0 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup 32. 29 June 2005 Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany 2–2 3–4 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup 33. 3–3 34. 10 July 2005 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States 1–0 4–0 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup 35. 2–0 36. 17 August 2005 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico 1–0 2–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier 37. 7 September 2005 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico 3–0 5–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier 38. 1 June 2006 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands 1–0 1–2 Friendly 39. 25 March 2007 Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico 1–0 2–1 Friendly 40. 2–0 41. 2 June 2007 Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí, Mexico 1–0 4–0 Friendly 42. 8 June 2007 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States 1–1 2–1 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup 43. 17 June 2007 Reliant Stadium, Houston, United States 1–0 1–0 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup 44. 15 June 2008 Reliant Stadium, Houston, United States 2–0 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier 45. 22 June 2008 Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico 5–0 7–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier 46. 7–0

Statistics

+Goals by year Year Apps Goals 1997 11 1998 00 1999 00 2000 64 2001 216 2002 94 2003 113 2004 1210 2005 179 2006 51 2007 95 2008 33Total8946

+Goals by competition Competition Goals FIFA World Cup qualification 23 Friendlies 9 CONCACAF Gold Cup 7 FIFA Confederations Cup 3 FIFA World Cup 2 Copa América 2Total46

+Goals by Confederation Confederation Goals CONCACAF 29 CONMEBOL 10 UEFA 5 AFC 1 CAF 1Total46

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