List of international goals scored by Kenny Dalglish explained

Kenny Dalglish is a Scottish retired football player, who represented the Scotland national football team from 1971 to 1986. During that time he scored 30 international goals in 102 appearances.^[1] This made him the all-time top goalscorer for Scotland, a status he has jointly held with Denis Law since scoring his 30th goal in 1984.^[2]

Dalglish is the only Scottish male player to have made at least 100 international appearances.^[3] He finished second in the Ballon d'Or voting in 1983.^[4] Dalglish was selected for Scotland squads in the 1974, 1978 and 1982 World Cups.

List of goals scored

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.

scope=col	Goal	scope=col	Cap	scope=col	Date	scope=col	Venue	scope=col	Opponent	scope=col	Score	scope=col	Result	scope=col	Competition	scope=col class=unsortable	Ref.
1	4				align=center	1–0	align=center	2–0		^[5]
2	7				align=center	1–2	align=center	1–2
3	14				align=center	1–2	align=center	1–2
4	16				align=center	1–0	align=center	2–0
5	19				align=center	1–1	align=center	2–1
6	23				align=center	3–0	align=center	3–0
7	29				align=center	2–0	align=center	3–0
8	33				align=center	1–1	align=center	3–1
9	36				align=center	3–0	align=center	3–0		^[6]
10	37				align=center	2–1	align=center	2–1
11	38				align=center	3–0	align=center	6–0
12	41				align=center	2–1	align=center	3–1
13	43				align=center	1–0	align=center rowspan="2"	3–0
14					3–0
15	44				align=center	2–0	align=center	2–1
16	45				align=center	1–0	align=center	4–2
17	49				align=center	3–0	align=center	3–1
18	50				align=center	2–0	align=center	2–0
19	57				align=center	1–1	align=center	3–2
20	59				align=center	1–1	align=center rowspan="2"	3–2
21					2–2
22	65				align=center	2–0	align=center	4–0
23	70				align=center	1–0	align=center	4–1
24	78				align=center	1–0	align=center	1–0		^[7]
25	83				align=center	2–0	align=center	2–1
26	87				align=center	1–0	align=center	5–2
27	89				align=center	1–0	align=center rowspan="2"	2–3
28					2–1
29	94				align=center	3–1	align=center	6–1
30	96				align=center	3–1	align=center	3–1

Statistics

+Caps and goals by year
Year	Apps	Goals
1971	2	0
1972	2	1
1973	9	1
1974	11	4
1975	10	2
1976	6	3
1977	10	7
1978	10	3
1979	9	1
1980	8	1
1981	4	1
1982	8	4
1983	4	0
1984	3	2
1985	3	0
1986	3	0
Total	102	30

Caps and goals by competition

Competition	Caps	Goals
Friendlies	30	8
British Home Championship	26	8
UEFA Euro qualifying	21	7
FIFA World Cup qualification	17	5
FIFA World Cup Finals	8	2
Total	102	30

Caps and goals by opponent

Opponent	Caps	Goals
	2	0
	1	0
	2	0
	6	2
	4	0
	2	0
	1	1
	4	1
	4	2
	4	1
	10	2
	1	1
	1	0
	1	0
	1	0
	1	1
	1	0
	3	2
	1	1
	10	5
	3	4
	2	0
	1	0
	5	1
	3	0
	4	1
	4	1
	3	0
	1	0
	11	2
	2	1
	2	1
	1	0
Total	102	30

See also

• List of international goals scored by Denis Law
• Scotland national football team records and statistics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kenneth Mathieson "Kenny" Dalglish - Century of International Appearances . RSSSF . 26 May 2001 . 14 October 2019 . Roberto . Mamrud.
2. Web site: Goalscoring for Scotland National Team . Roberto . Mamrud . RSSS . 21 August 2019 . 9 October 2019.
3. Web site: Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals . RSSSF . 5 September 2019 . 14 October 2019 . Roberto . Mamrud . Karel . Stokkermans.
4. Web site: European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") . RSSSF . Roberto . Di Maggio . Rob . Moore . Karel . Stokkermans . 6 December 2018 . 12 October 2019.
5. Web site: Scotland - International Matches 1971-1975 . Alan . Brown . Gabriele . Tossani . 23 May 2019 . 15 October 2019 . RSSSF.
6. Web site: Scotland - International Matches 1976-1980 . Alan . Brown . Gabriele . Tossani . 23 May 2019 . 15 October 2019 . RSSSF.
7. Web site: Scotland - International Matches 1981-1985 . Alan . Brown . Gabriele . Tossani . 19 September 2019 . 15 October 2019 . RSSSF.