List of international goals scored by Didier Drogba

Didier Drogba is an Ivorian former professional footballer who represented the Ivory Coast national team from 2002 to 2014. He made his debut for the Ivory Coast in a 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification match against South Africa in September 2002. He scored his first international goal on his next appearance for the Ivory Coast, in a 3–0 win against Cameroon in a friendly in Châteauroux, France. On 8 August 2014, Drogba announced his retirement from international football with a record of 65 goals in 105 appearances, ending his international career as his country's all-time top scorer, remaining so , and with the third-most appearances, behind Didier Zokora (123) and Kolo Touré (120).

Drogba scored one hat-trick during his international career, scoring the opening three goals in a 6–1 victory for the Ivory Coast against Burundi in a 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification match. He has also scored a goal twice in a match on twelve occasions, including one against Senegal in October 2012; the game was abandoned shortly after Drogba's second goal as fans rioted, throwing food and drinks onto the pitch, although the Confederation of African Football declared the 2–0 victory would stand. He has scored more goals against Benin (seven) than any other country. Nineteen of his goals were scored in his hometown stadium of Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan. Fourteen of Drogba's goals were scored from the penalty spot.

Drogba scored more international goals in friendlies than in any other format, with 23 in 42 matches. He scored eighteen goals in FIFA World Cup qualifiers at almost one goal per game (nineteen matches), and two goals at the World Cup finals. In the Africa Cup of Nations, he scored eleven goals in twelve qualifying matches, and eleven goals in twenty-four matches at the tournaments. As of September 2020, he is the 22nd highest men's international goal scorer of all time, and third highest scorer for an African nation, behind Godfrey Chitalu and Kinnah Phiri.

Goals Ivory Coast listed first, score column indicates score after each Drogba goal. + Table key Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kickIndicates Ivory Coast won the matchIndicates the match ended in a drawIndicates Ivory Coast lost the match

Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 2 11 February 2003 Stade Gaston-Petit, Châteauroux, France 2–0 align="center" Friendly 2 5 8 June 2003 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast 1–0 rowspan="3" align="center" 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification 3 2–0 4 3–0 5 9 31 March 2004 Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia 1–0 rowspan="2" align="center" Friendly 6 2–0 7 10 28 April 2004 Stade Jacques-Forestier, Aix-les-Bains, France 1–0 align="center" 8 11 6 June 2004 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast 2–0 align="center" 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 9 12 20 June 2004 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt 2–1 align="center" 10 15 5 September 2004 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast 1–0 align="center" 11 16 27 March 2005 2–0 rowspan="2" align="center" 12 3–0 13 18 19 June 2005 1–0 rowspan="2" align="center" 14 2–0 15 20 4 September 2005 1–1 rowspan="2" align="center" 16 2–2 17 23 16 November 2005 Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland 1–0 align="center" Friendly 18 24 17 January 2006 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 1–0 align="center" 19 25 21 January 2006 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 1–0 align="center" 2006 Africa Cup of Nations 20 26 24 January 2006 1–0 align="center" 21 28 7 February 2006 Haras El Hodoud Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt 1–0 align="center" 22 33 4 June 2006 Stade Robert Bobin, Évry, France 1–0 rowspan="2" align="center" Friendly 23 2–0 24 34 10 June 2006 AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany 1–2 align="center" 2006 FIFA World Cup 25 38 15 November 2006 Stade Léon-Bollée, Le Mans, France 1–0 align="center" Friendly 26 39 6 February 2007 Stade Robert Diochon, Rouen, France 1–0 align="center" 27 42 3 June 2007 Stade Bouaké, Bouaké, Ivory Coast 5–0 align="center" 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 28 44 17 October 2007 Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria 1–1 rowspan="2" align="center" Friendly 29 2–3 30 47 12 January 2008 Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait 2–0 align="center" 31 49 25 January 2008 Sekondi-Takoradi Stadium, Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana 1–0 align="center" 2008 Africa Cup of Nations 32 50 29 January 2008 Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra, Ghana 1–0 align="center" 33 51 3 February 2008 Sekondi-Takoradi Stadium, Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana 2–0 align="center" 34 55 11 February 2009 İzmir Atatürk Stadium, İzmir, Turkey 1–1 align="center" Friendly 35 56 28 March 2009 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast 2–0 rowspan="2" align="center" 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 36 3–0 37 58 20 June 2009 Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 3–2 align="center" 38 59 5 September 2009 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast 2–0 rowspan="2" align="center" 39 4–0 40 60 10 October 2009 Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi 1–1 align="center" 41 61 4 January 2010 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 1–0 align="center" Friendly 42 64 15 January 2010 Estádio Nacional do Chiazi, Cabinda, Angola 3–0 align="center" 2010 Africa Cup of Nations 43 67 30 May 2010 Stade Joseph-Moynat, Thonon-les-Bains, France 1–0 align="center" Friendly 44 70 20 June 2010 Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa 1–3 align="center" 2010 FIFA World Cup 45 73 27 March 2011 Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra, Ghana 1–1 rowspan="2" align="center" 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 46 2–1 47 74 5 June 2011 Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin 2–0 rowspan="2" align="center" 48 4–2 49 75 10 August 2011 Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland 4–2 align="center" Friendly 50 77 13 January 2012 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 2–0 align="center" 51 79 22 January 2012 Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea 1–0 align="center" 2012 Africa Cup of Nations 52 82 4 February 2012 1–0 rowspan="2" align="center" 2012 Africa Cup of Nations 53 2–0 54 85 2 June 2012 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast 2–0 align="center" 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 55 88 8 September 2012 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast 3–2 align="center" 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 56 89 13 October 2012 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal 1–0 rowspan="2" align="center" 57 2–0 58 90 14 November 2012 Linzer Stadion, Linz, Austria 2–0 align="center" Friendly 59 94 30 January 2013 Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa 1–2 align="center" 2013 Africa Cup of Nations 60 96 14 August 2013 MetLife Stadium, New Jersey, United States 1–3 align="center" Friendly 61 97 7 September 2013 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast 1–1 align="center" 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 62 98 12 October 2013 1–0 align="center" 63 100 5 March 2014 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium 1–2 align="center" Friendly 64 101 30 May 2014 The Dome at America's Center, St. Louis, United States 1–2 align="center" 65 102 4 June 2014 Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas, United States 2–0 align="center"

Hat-tricks Opponent Goals Score Venue Competition Date 1 3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0') 6–1 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification 8 June 2003

Statistics

+ Appearances and goals by year and competitionYearCompetitiveFriendlyTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals20021Appearances in the 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification.0—1020033Three appearances and three goals in the 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification.3417420044Four appearances and three goals in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.3337620055Five appearances and six goals in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.6318720068Five appearances and three goals in the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, two appearances and one goal in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, one appearance in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.47415820072Tow appearances and one goal in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.1638420086Six appearances and three goals in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations.3218420095Five appearances and six goals in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.6116720106Three appearances and one goal in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, three appearances and one goal in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.25211420113Three appearances and four goals in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.42155201210Six appearances and three goals in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, tow appearances and one goal in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, tow appearances and three goals in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.74214920137Four appearances and one goal in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, three appearances and tow goal in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.3219420143Appearances in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.03363Total6342422310565

+ Goals by competition Competition Apps Goals Friendlies 42 23 FIFA World Cup qualification 19 18 Africa Cup of Nations 24 11 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 12 11 FIFA World Cup 8 2 Total 105 65

+ Goals by confederation Goals CAF 19 47 UEFA 8 11 CONMEBOL 3 3 AFC 2 2 CONCACAF 2 2 Total 34 65

+ Goals by opponent Opponent Goals 7 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 65

List of international goals scored by Didier Drogba

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