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List Of International Goals Scored By Zlatan Ibrahimović
Zlatan Ibrahimović is a Swedish former professional association footballer who represented Sweden at international level from 2001 to 2023. As well as Sweden, he was eligible to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina, or Croatia. He made his debut for Sweden in a 0–0 draw against the Faroe Islands on 31 January 2001, 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. During his international career, he has scored 62 goals in 122 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. 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. However, he would reverse this decision more than four years later, being recalled to the national team in March 2021 at the age of 39.

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 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 came 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.

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-highest scorer, two behind Poland's Robert Lewandowski. Ibrahimović also scored nineteen times in World Cup qualifiers. He never scored a goal in the World Cup finals but 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.
Key
‡ Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick
List of international goals scored by Zlatan Ibrahimović
G C Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1 4 7 October 2001 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  Azerbaijan 3–0 3–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 13 21 August 2002 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Russia 1–1 1–1 Friendly
3 15 12 October 2002 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  Hungary 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
4 16 30 April 2003 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  Croatia 1–1 1–2 Friendly
5 17 6 September 2003 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  San Marino 3–0 5–0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
6 5–0 ‡
7 20 31 March 2004 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  England 1–0 1–0 Friendly
8 24 14 June 2004 Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal  Bulgaria 4–0 ‡ 5–0 UEFA Euro 2004
9 25 18 June 2004 Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal  Italy 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 2004
10 28 18 August 2004 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  Netherlands 2–2 2–2 Friendly
11 29 4 September 2004 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta  Malta 1–0 7–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
12 2–0
13 3–0
14 5–0
15 33 4 June 2005 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  Malta 4–0 6–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
16 34 3 September 2005 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  Bulgaria 3–0 3–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
17 35 7 September 2005 Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest, Hungary  Hungary 1–0 1–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
18 36 12 October 2005 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  Iceland 1–1 3–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
19 51 10 June 2008 Wals-Siezenheim Stadium, Salzburg, Austria  Greece 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2008
20 52 14 June 2008 Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria  Spain 1–1 1–2 UEFA Euro 2008
21 58 10 June 2009 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  Malta 3–0 4–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
22 59 5 September 2009 Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest, Hungary  Hungary 2–1 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
23 63 11 August 2010 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  Scotland 1–0 3–0 Friendly
24 65 7 September 2010 Swedbank Stadion, Malmö, Sweden  San Marino 1–0 6–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
25 5–0
26 69 7 June 2011 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  Finland 2–0 5–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
27 3–0
28 4–0
29 75 29 February 2012 Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia  Croatia 1–0 ‡ 3–1 Friendly
30 76 30 May 2012 Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  Iceland 1–0 3–2 Friendly
31 77 5 June 2012 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  Serbia 2–1 ‡ 2–1 Friendly
32 78 11 June 2012 Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine  Ukraine 1–0 1–2 UEFA Euro 2012
33 80 19 June 2012 Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine  France 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2012
34 83 12 October 2012 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands  Faroe Islands 2–1 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
35 84 16 October 2012 Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany  Germany 1–4 4–4 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
36 85 14 November 2012 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  England 1–0 4–2 Friendly
37 2–2
38 3–2
39 4–2
40 90 11 June 2013 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  Faroe Islands 1–0 2–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
41 2–0 ‡
42 91 14 August 2013 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  Norway 1–0 4–2 Friendly
43 2–2
44 3–2
45 93 10 September 2013 Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan 1–0 1–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
46 94 11 October 2013 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  Austria 2–1 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
47 96 19 November 2013 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  Portugal 1–1 2–3 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification play-offs
48 2–1
49 99 4 September 2014 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  Estonia 1–0 2–0 Friendly
50 2–0
51 101 15 November 2014 Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro  Montenegro 1–0 1–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
52 102 27 March 2015 Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova  Moldova 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
53 2–0 ‡
54 103 31 March 2015 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  Iran 1–0 3–1 Friendly
55 105 14 June 2015 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  Montenegro 2–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
56 3–0
57 107 8 September 2015 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  Austria 1–4 1–4 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
58 108 9 October 2015 Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein  Liechtenstein 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
59 109 12 October 2015 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  Moldova 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
60 110 14 November 2015 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  Denmark 2–0 ‡ 2–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification play-offs
61 111 17 November 2015 Telia Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark  Denmark 1–0 2–2 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification play-offs
62 2–0

Hat-tricks

No. Opponent Goals Score Venue Competition Date
1  Malta 4 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0', 5–0') 7–0 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 4 September 2004
2  England 4 – (1–0', 2–2', 3–2', 4–2') 4–2 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden Friendly 14 November 2012
3  Norway 3 – (1–0', 2–2', 3–2') 4–2 14 August 2013

Statistics

See also