List of international goals scored by Godfrey Chitalu explained

Godfrey Chitalu was a Zambian former professional footballer who represented the Zambia national football team in international level from 1968 to 1980. During that time, he amassed 108 caps and scored 79 international goals making him the all-time record goalscorer for the Zambia national team, highest international goalscorer from an African nation and eighth-highest international goalscorer in history.

International goals

List of international goals scored for Zambia^[1] ^[2]
	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	4 July 1968			1–2	2–2	Friendly
2				2–2
3	9 October 1968			1–0	3–2	Uganda Independence Tournament
4	13 October 1968			1–1	1–2	Friendly
5	22 October 1968			2–0	7–1
6				3–0
7				4–1
8	27 October 1968			2–2	4–2	WCQR1
9				4–2
10	8 November 1968			1–0	2–4
11	17 November 1968			1–2	2–2	CANQR1
12	8 December 1968			3–2	3–2
13	3 August 1969			1–0	1–2	CANQR2
14	31 August 1969			2–0	5–0	Peter Stuyvesant Trophy
15	2 September 1969			1–0	7–0
16	1 November 1970			4–1	5–1	CANQR1
17	18 March 1971			3–4	4–5	Friendly
18				4–5
19	23 March 1971	Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre		1–0	3–0
20				2–0
21	8 July 1971			?	3–0
22	11 July 1971	Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium, Ndola		?	3–0
23				?
24	25 July 1971			1–0	2–1
25	8 December 1971			2–1	2–3	Jamhuri Cup
26	4 June 1972			2–1	6–1	WCQR1
27				6–1
28	22 April 1973			3–1	3–1	CANQR1
29	6 May 1973			1–1	1–2
30	18 November 1973			1–1	1–2	WCQR4
31	12 December 1973			1–1	1–3	Jamhuri Cup
32	4 March 1974			1–1	1–3	CAN74GA
33	27 February 1977			3–2	4–2	WCQR2
34				4–2			-	35	26 March 1977			2–0	8–1	Friendly
36		3–0
37		7–1
38	26 June 1977		1–0	2–0	CANQR2
39			2–0
40	9 October 1977			1–0	3–1	Friendly
41	5 December 1977			1–1	4–2	CECAFA
42				4–1
43	9 December 1977			1–1	1–1
44	28 January 1978			3–0	6–1	Friendly
45				4–0
46	29 January 1978			5–0	5–0
47	5 February 1978			3–1	11–2
48				7–2
49				11–2
50	7 November 1978			2–1	2–1	CECAFA
51	9 November 1978			1–0	4–0
52				2–0	4–0
53	13 November 1978			7–0	9–0
54				8–0	9–0
55				9–0	9–0
56	17 November 1978			1–0	4–0
57				2–0
58				3–0
59				4–0
60	19 November 1978			1–1	2–3
61	15 April 1979			1–0	2–0	CANQR1
62	29 April 1979			2–0	2–0
63	30 June 1979			2–1	2–1	Friendly
64	4 November 1979			2–0	2–1	CECAFA
65	6 November 1979			1–1	2–2
66	25 November 1979			2–0	5–0	OGQ
67				4–0	5–0
68	19 April 1980			1–0	2–0	Zimbabwe Independence Tournament
69	1 June 1980			2–0	4–0	WCQR1
70				3–0
71	29 June 1980			2–0	5–0	Friendly
72				3–0
73				5–0
74	22 July 1980	Lenin Stadium, Moscow		1–1	1–3	1980 Olympics
75	24 July 1980	Kirov Stadium, St. Petersburg		1–0	1–2
76	30 August 1980			?	1–1	Friendly
77	2 November 1980			1–1	1–1
78	7 December 1980			1–0	1–1	Jamhuri Cup
79	12 December 1980			1–1	2–1

Statistics

Goals by year

scope=col	Year	scope=col	Goals
1968	12
1969	3
1970	1
1971	9
1972	2
1973	4
1974	1
1977	11
1978	17
1979	7
1980	12
Total	79

Goals by competition

scope=col	Competition	scope=col	Goals
Friendlies	30
FIFA World Cup qualification	10
Africa Cup of Nations tournaments	1
Africa Cup of Nations qualification	10
CECAFA	16
Independence Tournaments	2
Jamhuri Cup	4
Peter Stuyvesant Trophy	2
OGQ	2
1980 Olympics	2
Total	79

Notes and References

1. Muchimba, Jerry. "Godfrey 'Ucar' Chitalu". Matador, 2015.
2. Web site: Godfrey Chitalu – Century of International Appearances. RSSSF. 24 December 2014.