Robbie Keane, an Irish professional footballer, is the Republic of Ireland national football team's top scorer, with 68 goals in 146 appearances. Keane made his international debut in a 2–1 defeat against the Czech Republic in March 1998, and scored his first international goals on his fifth appearance, a UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying 5–0 victory over Malta. He became Ireland's all-time leading scorer in October 2004, when he scored twice against the Faroe Islands during the qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, passing Niall Quinn's record of 21 goals in 91 games. In June 2013, Keane also became Ireland's most capped player on his 126th appearance, in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against the Faroes. He is one of six Republic of Ireland players with 100 or more caps (four of whom are still active), and has also captained his national team over 50 times.

Keane has scored three international hat-tricks, the first coming against San Marino in November 2006. His second hat-trick came in June 2013, against the Faroes, while his third was against Gibraltar in October 2014. The latter made Keane the highest scorer in the history of UEFA European Championship qualifying competitions, with 21 goals, overtaking the previous record holder, Hakan Şükür of Turkey. Keane is also one of twelve players to have scored in three consecutive World Cup matches; he scored one goal each against Germany and Saudi Arabia in the group stage, and against Spain in the knockout stage of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Keane has scored more goals against the Faroes and Gibraltar (five) than against any other national team. More than half of his goals (41) were scored in home fixtures, played in three venues: Lansdowne Road, Croke Park and Aviva Stadium.

Keane played his final match for the Republic of Ireland in August 2016, in a 4–0 victory over Oman, in a friendly at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin, scoring once with his 68th and final international goal for his country.

International goals

Scores and results list Republic of Ireland's goals first. Score column indicates score after each Keane goal. Updated as of 31 August 2016.

International goals scored by Robbie Keane

No.	Cap	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	5	14 October 1998	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Malta	1–0	5–0	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
2					2–0
3	10	1 September 1999	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Yugoslavia	1–0	2–1
4	11	8 September 1999	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Mdina, Malta	Malta	1–0	3–2
5	13	13 November 1999	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Turkey	1–0	1–1
6	14	23 February 2000	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Czech Republic	3–2	3–2	Friendly
7	19	2 September 2000	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands	1–0	2–2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	28	10 November 2001	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Iran	2–0	2–0
9	30	13 February 2002	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Russia	2–0	2–0	Friendly
10	31	27 March 2002	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Denmark	2–0	3–0
11	35	5 June 2002	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan	Germany	1–1	1–1	2002 FIFA World Cup
12	36	11 June 2002	International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan	Saudi Arabia	1–0	3–0
13	37	16 June 2002	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea	Spain	1–1	1–1
14	38	21 August 2002	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	2–0	3–0	Friendly
15	43	7 June 2003	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Albania	1–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
16	44	11 June 2003	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Georgia	2–0	2–0
17	47	18 November 2003	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Canada	2–0	3–0	Friendly
18					3–0
19	49	31 March 2004	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Czech Republic	2–1	2–1
20	52	5 June 2004	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands	1–0	1–0
21	53	4 September 2004	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Cyprus	3–0	3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
22	56	13 October 2004	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Faroe Islands	1–0	2–0
23					2–0
24	57	16 November 2004	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Croatia	1–0	1–0	Friendly
25	61	4 June 2005	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Israel	2–0	2–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
26	65	1 March 2006	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Sweden	2–0	3–0	Friendly
27	70	15 November 2006	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	San Marino	3–0	5–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
28					4–0
29					5–0
30	73	22 August 2007	NRGi Park, Aarhus, Denmark	Denmark	1–0	4–0	Friendly
31					2–0
32	78	11 November 2007	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	Wales	1–1	2–2	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
33	81	29 May 2008	Craven Cottage, London, England	Colombia	1–0	1–0	Friendly
34	82	20 August 2008	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Norway	1–0	1–1
35	85	15 October 2008	Croke Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Cyprus	1–0	1–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
36	86	11 February 2009	Croke Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Georgia	1–1	2–1
37					2–1
38	88	1 April 2009	Stadio San Nicola, Bari, Italy	Italy	1–1	1–1
39	89	29 May 2009	Craven Cottage, London, England	Nigeria	1–1	1–1	Friendly
40	92	5 September 2009	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Cyprus	2–1	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
41	96	18 November 2009	Stade de France, Paris, France	France	1–0	1–1
42	99	28 May 2010	RDS Arena, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Algeria	2–0	3–0	Friendly
43					3–0
44	102	7 September 2010	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Andorra	3–1	3–1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
45	103	8 October 2010	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Russia	1–3	2–3
46	105	26 March 2011	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Macedonia	2–0	2–1
47	106	24 May 2011	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Northern Ireland	2–0	5–0	Nations Cup
48					4–0
49	107	29 May 2011	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Scotland	1–0	1–0
50	108	4 June 2011	Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia	North Macedonia	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
51					2–0
52	113	11 November 2011	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	3–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
53					4–0
54	121	9 September 2012	Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	1–1	2–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
55	125	2 June 2013	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Georgia	3–0	4–0	Friendly
56					4–0
57	126	7 June 2013	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Faroe Islands	1–0	3–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
58					2–0
59					3–0
60	128	6 September 2013	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Sweden	1–0	1–2
61	130	15 October 2013	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Kazakhstan	1–0	3–1
62	131	15 November 2013	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Latvia	1–0	3–0	Friendly
63	136	11 October 2014	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Gibraltar	1–0	7–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
64					2–0
65					3–0
66	141	4 September 2015	Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal	Gibraltar	2–0	4–0
67					3–0
68	146	31 August 2016	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Oman	2–0	4–0	Friendly

Hat-tricks

No.	Opponent	Goals	Score	Venue	Competition	Date
1	San Marino	3 – (3–0', 4–0', 5–0')	5–0	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying	15 November 2006
2	Faroe Islands	3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0')	3–0	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	7 June 2013
3	Gibraltar	3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0')	7–0		UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying	11 October 2014

Statistics

National team statistics

FIFA caps	FIFA goals	Non-FIFA caps	Non-FIFA goals	Total caps	Total goals
165	63	3	5	168	68

See also

• List of Republic of Ireland national football team hat-tricks
• List of top international men's association football goal scorers by country
• List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals