List of international goals scored by Zlatan Ibrahimović

Zlatan Ibrahimović is a Swedish professional association footballer who represented Sweden at international level, between 2001 and 2016. As well as Sweden, he was eligible to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina, or Croatia.[1] He made his debut for Sweden in a 0–0 draw against the Faroe Islands on 31 January 2001,[2] scoring his first international goal later that year against Azerbaijan. He briefly retired in October 2009 when Sweden failed to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but returned to the international team as joint-captain the following August.[3] During his international career, he scored 62 goals in 116 international appearances, making him Sweden's all-time top scorer, surpassing Sven Rydell's record with two goals against Estonia at the Friends Arena during a friendly in September 2014.[4] On 21 June 2016, Ibrahimović announced his retirement from international football after UEFA Euro 2016, playing his last match for Sweden against Belgium the following day.[5]

Zlatan Ibrahimović playing for Sweden during UEFA Euro 2012

Ibrahimović scored his first hat-trick on 4 September 2004, when he scored four goals against Malta, the team against which he has scored the most times, with six. He has scored four international hat-tricks; in addition to the one against Malta; he scored three goals in a game against Finland during the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying competition, four in a friendly against England in 2012, and three in a friendly against Norway in 2013. More than half of Ibrahimović's goals have come at home, having scored twenty at the Friends Arena, eleven at the Råsunda Stadium, five at Ullevi, two at the Swedbank Stadion and one at Gamla Ullevi.[6]

The majority of Ibrahimović's goals came in qualifying matches. He scored nineteen in European Championship qualifiers, including eleven during the 2016 qualifying round, where he finished as the second top scorer, two behind Poland's Robert Lewandowski.[7] Ibrahimović also scored nineteen times in World Cup qualifiers. He has never scored a goal in the World Cup finals but has scored six in European Championship finals. The remainder of Ibrahimović's goals, eighteen, were scored in friendlies.

International goals
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.[8]
Key
Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick
List of international goals scored by Zlatan Ibrahimović
No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1 4 7 October 2001Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden Azerbaijan3–03–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification[9]
2 13 21 August 2002Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia Russia1–11–1Friendly[10]
3 15 12 October 2002Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden Hungary1–11–1UEFA Euro 2004 qualification[11]
4 16 30 April 2003 Croatia1–11–2Friendly[8]
5 17 6 September 2003Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden San Marino3–05–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualification[12]
6 5–0
7 20 31 March 2004 England1–01–0Friendly[13]
8 24 14 June 2004Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal Bulgaria4–0 5–0UEFA Euro 2004[14]
9 25 18 June 2004Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal Italy1–11–1[9]
10 28 18 August 2004Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden Netherlands2–22–2Friendly[15]
11 29 4 September 2004National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta Malta1–07–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification[16]
12 2–0
13 3–0
14 5–0
15 33 4 June 2005Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden Malta4–06–0[17]
16 34 3 September 2005Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden Bulgaria3–03–0[18]
17 35 7 September 2005Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest, Hungary Hungary1–01–0[19]
18 36 12 October 2005Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden Iceland1–13–1[20]
19 51 10 June 2008Wals-Siezenheim Stadium, Salzburg, Austria Greece1–02–0UEFA Euro 2008[21]
20 52 14 June 2008Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria Spain1–11–2[22]
21 58 10 June 2009Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden Malta3–04–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification[23]
22 59 5 September 2009Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest, Hungary Hungary2–12–1[24]
23 63 11 August 2010Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden Scotland1–03–0Friendly[25]
24 65 7 September 2010Swedbank Stadion, Malmö, Sweden San Marino1–06–0UEFA Euro 2012 qualification[26]
25 5–0
26 69 7 June 2011Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden Finland2–05–0[27]
27 3–0
28 4–0
29 75 29 February 2012Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia Croatia1–0 3–1Friendly[28]
30 76 30 May 2012Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden Iceland1–03–2[29]
31 77 5 June 2012Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden Serbia2–1 2–1[30]
32 78 11 June 2012Olympic Stadium, Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine1–01–2UEFA Euro 2012[31]
33 80 19 June 2012 France1–02–0[9]
34 83 12 October 2012Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Faroe Islands2–12–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification[32]
35 84 16 October 2012Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany Germany1–44–4[33]
36 85 14 November 2012Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden England1–04–2Friendly[9]
37 2–2
38 3–2
39 4–2
40 90 11 June 2013 Faroe Islands1–02–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification[34]
41 2–0
42 91 14 August 2013 Norway1–04–2Friendly[35]
43 2–2
44 3–2
45 93 10 September 2013Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan1–01–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification[36]
46 94 11 October 2013Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden Austria2–12–1[37]
47 96 19 November 2013 Portugal1–12–3[38]
48 2–1
49 99 4 September 2014 Estonia1–02–0Friendly[4]
50 2–0
51 101 15 November 2014Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro Montenegro1–01–1UEFA Euro 2016 qualification[39]
52 102 27 March 2015Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova Moldova1–02–0[40]
53 2–0
54 103 31 March 2015Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden Iran1–03–1Friendly[41]
55 105 14 June 2015 Montenegro2–03–1UEFA Euro 2016 qualification[42]
56 3–0
57 107 8 September 2015 Austria1–41–4[43]
58 108 9 October 2015Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein Liechtenstein2–02–0[44]
59 109 12 October 2015Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden Moldova1–02–0[45]
60 110 14 November 2015 Denmark2–0 2–1UEFA Euro 2016 qualification play-offs[46]
61 111 17 November 2015Telia Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark Denmark1–02–2[47]
62 2–0

Statistics
Zlatan Ibrahimović playing in the UEFA Euro 2012 match against England

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