List of international goals scored by Memphis Depay explained

Memphis Depay is a Dutch professional footballer who has represented the Netherlands national team as a forward since 2013. As of July 2024, he has scored 46 goals, ten of which were via penalty kicks, in 98 international appearances. He is the second all-time top scorer of his country, with only former teammate Robin van Persie (50) having recorded more goals for the Netherlands.

Depay made his senior debut for his country in October 2013, coming on as a substitute for Jeremain Lens in a FIFA World Cup qualifier against Turkey. On 18 June 2014, he scored his first international goal against Australia at the World Cup finals in Brazil, becoming the Netherlands' youngest ever goalscorer at the tournament at the age of 20.[1] He then got his second goal in the competition five days later, in a 2–0 win against Chile.

Depay scored his first brace for the Netherlands in a 3–1 World Cup qualifying win over Luxembourg in November 2016. Despite only recording three goals in his first 26 caps, Depay would go on to score sixteen goals in his following 25 appearances, including eleven goals in eighteen matches under the management of Ronald Koeman in 2018 and 2019. After the Netherlands missed out on qualification for both UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup, Depay scored six goals during Euro 2020 qualifying to help his side reach a first major tournament for six years. In the finals tournament, Depay got on the scoresheet against both Austria and North Macedonia during the group stage.

Depay recorded his first international hat-trick in a 6–1 World Cup qualifying win over Turkey on 7 September 2021, surpassing Wesley Sneijder and equalling Johan Cruyff and Abe Lenstra in the Netherlands' top ten all-time scorers list.[2] He then scored a further nine goals in the 2022 World Cup qualification tournament, finishing joint-top scorer of the UEFA section alongside England's Harry Kane. Depay would finish the year of 2021 with seventeen international goals in sixteen matches, breaking Patrick Kluivert's national record of twelve for most scored in a single calendar year;[3] only five players from any UEFA country had ever surpassed this tally.[4] Depay scored his third World Cup goal at the 2022 tournament, coming against the United States in the round of 16. This strike saw him surpass former teammate Klaas-Jan Huntelaar as the Netherlands' second all-time top goalscorer, now trailing only Robin van Persie.[5]

In total, Depay has scored three goals at the FIFA World Cup, fifteen during World Cup qualification, three at the UEFA European Championship, seven during European Championship qualification, and seven in the UEFA Nations League. The remainder of his goals, eleven, have come in friendlies. He has scored five goals against Gibraltar, more than against any other opponent.

International goals

Scores and results list Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Depay goal.

Key
scope=row style="text-align:center" Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick
Memphis Depay's international goals by cap, date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
No.CapDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
17 18 June 2014 Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil 3–2 3–2 [6]
28 23 June 2014 Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil 2–0 2–0 [7]
316 5 June 2015 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 3–1 3–4 [8]
427 13 November 2016 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg 2–1 3–1 [9]
53–1
632 7 October 2017 Borisov Arena, Borisov, Belarus 3–1 3–1 [10]
733 9 November 2017 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen, Scotland 1–0 1–0 Friendly [11]
834 14 November 2017 Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania 1–0 3–0 [12]
936 26 March 2018 Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland 1–0 3–0 [13]
1039 6 September 2018 Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1–1 2–1 [14]
112–1
1241 13 October 2018 Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2–0 3–0 [15]
1343 16 November 2018 De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2–0 2–0 [16]
1445 21 March 2019 De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands 1–0 4–0 [17]
153–0
1646 24 March 2019 Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2–2 2–3 [18]
1750 9 September 2019 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia 3–0 4–0 [19]
1851 10 October 2019 De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands 1–1 3–1 [20]
193–1
2058 15 November 2020 Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 3–0 3–1 [21]
2159 18 November 2020 Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland 1–1 2–1 [22]
2262 30 March 2021 Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar 3–0 7–0 [23]
237–0
2463 2 June 2021 Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal 1–1 2–2 Friendly [24]
252–2
2664 6 June 2021 De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands 1–0 3–0 [25]
2766 17 June 2021 Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1–0 2–0 [26]
2867 21 June 2021 Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1–0 3–0 [27]
2970 4 September 2021 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands 1–0 4–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [28]
302–0
3171 7 September 2021 Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2–0 6–1 [29]
323–0
334–0
3473 11 October 2021 De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2–0 6–0 [30]
353–0
3674 13 November 2021 City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro 1–0 2–2 [31]
372–0
3875 16 November 2021 De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2–0 2–0 [32]
3976 26 March 2022 Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 3–1 4–2 Friendly [33]
4078 3 June 2022 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium 2–0 4–1 [34]
414–0
4280 14 June 2022 De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands 3–2 3–2 [35]
4385 3 December 2022 Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar 1–0 3–1 [36]
4488 27 March 2023 De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands 1–0 3–0 [37]
4591 6 June 2024 De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands 1–0 4–0 Friendly [38]
4695 25 June 2024 Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany 2–2 2–3

Hat-tricks

See also: List of Netherlands national football team hat-tricks.

No. Date Venue Opponent Goals Result Competition Ref.
17 September 2021 Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 3 (16', 38' pen., 54') 6–1

Statistics

Appearances and goals by year
Year Goals
20133 0
201410 2
20158 1
20166 2
20177 3
201810 5
20198 6
20207 2
202116 17
202211 5
20232 1
202410 2
Total 98 46
Appearances and goals by competition
Competition Goals
FIFA World Cup finals9 3
FIFA World Cup qualification15 15
UEFA European Championship finals10 3
UEFA European Championship qualifying16 7
UEFA Nations League15 7
Friendlies33 11
Total 98 46
Goals by opponent
Opponent Goals
5
4
3
2
1
Total 46
Appearances and goals by manager
Manager Goals
29 17
29 14
14 9
4 3
10 2
7 1
3 0
2 0
Total 98 46
Appearances and goals by club
Club Goals
Lyon41 23
Barcelona18 15
PSV Eindhoven17 3
Atlético Madrid12 3
Manchester United10 2
Total 98 46

See also

Notes and References

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