Didier Drogba is a former professional association 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 63 goals in 102 appearances, ending his international career as his country's all-time top scorer, remaining so as of November 2018, and with the third-most appearances, behind Didier Zokora (123) and Kolo Touré (120). His record in unofficial matches was 3 goals in 4 appearances.

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.

International goals

Ivory Coast listed first, score column indicates score after each Drogba goal.

Key

‡	Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick

List of international goals scored by Didier Drogba

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref
1	11 February 2003	Stade Gaston Petit, Châteauroux, France	2	Cameroon	2–0	3–0	Friendly
2	8 June 2003	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	5	Burundi	1–0	6–1	2004 African Cup of Nations qualification
3					2–0
4					3–0
5	31 March 2004	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia	9	Tunisia	1–0	2–0	Friendly
6					2–0
7	28 April 2004	Stade Jacques-Forestier, Aix-les-Bains, France	10	Guinea	1–0	4–2
8	6 June 2004	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	11	Libya	2–0‡	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round
9	20 June 2004	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt	12	Egypt	2–1	2–1
10	5 September 2004	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	15	Sudan	1–0‡	5–0
11	27 March 2005		16	Benin	2–0	3–0
12					3–0
13	19 June 2005		18	Egypt	1–0	2–0
14					2–0
15	4 September 2005		20	Cameroon	1–1	2–3
16					2–2
17	16 November 2005	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	23	Italy	1–0	1–1	Friendly
18	17 January 2006	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	24	Jordan	1–0	2–0
19	21 January 2006	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	25	Morocco	1–0‡	1–0	2006 Africa Cup of Nations
20	24 January 2006		26	Libya	1–0	2–1
21	7 February 2006	Haras El Hodoud Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt	28	Nigeria	1–0	1–0
22	4 June 2006	Stade Robert Bobin, Évry, France	33	Slovenia	1–0	3–0	Friendly
23					2–0
24	10 June 2006	FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany	34	Argentina	1–2	1–2	2006 FIFA World Cup Group C
25	15 November 2006	Stade Léon-Bollée, Le Mans, France	38	Sweden	1–0	1–0	Friendly
26	6 February 2007	Stade Robert Diochon, Rouen, France	39	Guinea	1–0	1–0
27	3 June 2007	Stade Bouaké, Bouaké, Ivory Coast	42	Madagascar	5–0	5–0	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
28	17 October 2007	Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria	44	Austria	1–1	2–3	Friendly
29					2–3‡
30	25 January 2008	Sekondi-Takoradi Stadium, Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana	48	Benin	1–0	4–1	2008 Africa Cup of Nations
31	29 January 2008	Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra, Ghana	49	Mali	1–0	3–0
32	3 February 2008	Sekondi-Takoradi Stadium, Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana	50	Guinea	2–0	5–0
33	11 February 2009	İzmir Atatürk Stadium, İzmir, Turkey	54	Turkey	1–1	1–1	Friendly
34	28 March 2009	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	55	Malawi	2–0‡	5–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round
35					3–0
36	20 June 2009	Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	57	Burkina Faso	3–2	3–2
37	5 September 2009	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	58	Burkina Faso	2–0	5–0
38					4–0
39	10 October 2009	Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi	59	Malawi	1–1	1–1
40	15 January 2010	Estádio Nacional do Chiazi, Cabinda, Angola	61	Ghana	3–0	3–1	2010 Africa Cup of Nations
41	30 May 2010	Stade Joseph-Moynat, Thonon-les-Bains, France	64	Paraguay	1–0	2–2	Friendly
42	20 June 2010	Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa	67	Brazil	1–3	1–3	2010 FIFA World Cup Group G
43	27 March 2011	Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra, Ghana	70	Benin	1–1	2–1	2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
44					2–1
45	5 June 2011	Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin	71		2–0‡	6–2
46					4–2‡
47	10 August 2011	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	72	Israel	4–2‡	4–3	Friendly
48	13 January 2012	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	74	Tunisia	2–0‡	2–0
49	22 January 2012	Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	76	Sudan	1–0	1–0	2012 Africa Cup of Nations Group B
50	4 February 2012		79	Equatorial Guinea	1–0	3–0	2012 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage
51					2–0
52	2 June 2012	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	82	Tanzania	2–0	2–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round
53	8 September 2012		85	Senegal	3–2‡	4–2	2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
54	13 October 2012	Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal	86		1–0	2–0
55					2–0‡
56	14 November 2012	Linzer Stadion, Linz, Austria	87	Austria	2–0	3–0	Friendly
57	30 January 2013	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa	91	Algeria	1–2	2–2	2013 Africa Cup of Nations Group D
58	14 August 2013	MetLife Stadium, New Jersey, United States	93	Mexico	1–3‡	1–4	Friendly
59	7 September 2013	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	94	Morocco	1–1‡	1–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round
60	12 October 2013		95	Senegal	1–0‡	3–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round
61	5 March 2014	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	97	Belgium	1–2	2–2	Friendly
62	30 May 2014	The Dome at America's Center, St. Louis, United States	98	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–2	1–2
63	4 June 2014	Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas, United States	99	El Salvador	2–0	2–1

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