List of international goals scored by Sohail Abbas explained

Sohail Abbas is a former professional field hockey player who has represented Pakistan national field hockey team since his debut on 28 February 1998 against India in a bilateral Test match match. He scored his first international goal in the second match of the series off a penalty corner with the goal being the winner in the 2–1 win. He is the current all–time top goalscorer for Pakistan and in international men's field hockey with 348 goals in 311 appearances in post–war era.

On 10 December 1998, Abbas scored his first international hat–trick against Hong Kong at the 1998 Asian Games. He has scored 23 international hat–tricks a world record and on one occasion he scored seven goals in a single match which puts him among the only six Pakistani players to have scored a double hat–trick in international matches. He finished the calendar year 1999 with 60 goals breaking the 58 goals world record of Paul Litjens of Netherlands. On 18 September 2000 Abbas became the quickest to complete 100 international goals when he scored a hat–trick against the Great Britain at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He did so in a record period of two years, six months and 18 days in 83 appearances.[1]

On 24 January 2002 Abbas scored a goal in the 2–2 draw against Australia in a six nations invitational tournament in Kuala Lumpur taking his tally to 151 goals, thus becoming his country's all–time top scorer, surpassing the record of 150 goals set by Hassan Sardar.[2] He scored twice in a thrilling 5–6 win against Argentina on 17 August at the 2003 Hockey Champions Trophy completing his 200 international goals becoming the first and as of now the only Pakistani player to do so.[3] On 8 October 2004 Abbas scored his 268th international goal against India at Amritsar in a bilateral test series match becoming the highest goalscorer in international hockey surpassing Paul Litjens's 267 goals for Netherlands, a record which he currently holds.[4] Abbas has participated in the two most prestigious tournaments in international field hockey seven times: FIH Hockey World Cups in 1998, 2002 2006 and 2010 and three Olympics in 2000, 2004 and 2012, scoring in all of them while being the top scorer at the 2002 World Cup and 2004 Olympics with 10 and 11 goals respectively. He has also appeared in the former Hockey Champions Trophy organized by FIH eight times from 1998 to 2011 being the top scorer for Pakistan in the competition with 41 goals.[5] He has scored 54 goals against India, most goals against a single opponent. He has scored 74 international goals at the Malaysia National Hockey Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, his most at a single venue.

Goals

As of last match played on 9 August 2012

NoCapDateOpponentResultVenueCompetitionRef
121 March 19982–1Army Hockey Stadium, Rawalpindi, PakistanTest match[6]
235 March 19983–4National Hockey Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
3
41116 May 19983–6KHC Dragons Stadium,Antwerp, BelgiumTest match[7]
5
61321 May 19982–7Stadion Galgenwaard,Utrecht, Netherlands1998 FIH Hockey World Cup[8]
71525 May 19981–2[9]
8211 November 19982–2National Hockey Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan1998 Hockey Champions Trophy[10]
9223 November 19984–4[11]
10234 November 19985–3[12]
11246 November 19983–1[13]
12268 December 19988–0Queen Siritkit Sport Complex, Bangkok, Thailand1998 Asian Games
132710 December 19985–0
14
15
162914 December 19981–1[14]
173017 December 19983–2
18
193119 December 19983–0
20
21323 February 19993–4Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi, IndiaTest match[15]
22
23335 February 19991–4Aishbagh Stadium,Bhopal, India[16]
24
25348 February 19992–5Begumpeth Hockey Stadium,Hyderabad, India
263616 February 19994–2National Hockey Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
27
283820 February 19991–2Lala Ayub Stadium,Peshawar, Pakistan
293922 February 19993–3Army Hockey Stadium,Rawalpindi, Pakistan
304024 February 19992–3National Hockey Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
31412 April 19996–3Malaysia National Hockey Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia1999 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup[17]
32
33424 April 19992–6[18]
34
35435 April 19995–2[19]
36
37
38447 April 19991–5[20]
39
40458 April 19994–2[21]
41
424610 April 19993–1[22]
434913 June 19992–2Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane, Australia1999 Hockey Champions Trophy[23]
445118 June 19992–1[24]
455220 June 19994–3[25]
46
475311 August 19994–4Wagener Stadium,Amstelveen, NetherlandsFour Nations Tournament[26]
48
495412 August 19993–6[27]
50
515514 August 19994–6[28]
52
535615 August 19994–2[29]
54
555717 August 19993–6Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano, SwitzerlandTest match[30]
56
57
585920 August 19998–2Hockey Club Rotweiss Wettingen, Wettingen, SwitzerlandTri Nation Series[31]
59
606021 August 19994–8[32]
61
62
63
64
656219 November 199915–0Malaysia National Hockey Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia1999 Hockey Asia Cup[33]
66
67
68
69
70
71
726321 November 199910–1[34]
73
74
75
766423 November 19996–0[35]
77
78
796524 November 19991–0[36]
806626 November 19993–2[37]
816810 March 20007–3Nagai Sports Ground,Osaka, Japan2000 Olympic Qualifiers[38]
82
836911 March 20004–4[39]
84
85
86
877013 March 20006–0[40]
88
89
907216 March 20003–4[41]
917318 March 20001–3[42]
927420 March 20002–3[43]
93
94758 August 20004–2Commonwealth Hockey Stadium, Perth, AustraliaTest match[44]
95
967611 August 20001–2[45]
977931 August 20000–1North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Albany, New ZealandTest match[46]
98813 September 20001–5Lloyd Elsmore Hockey Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand[47]
998216 September 20002–2Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Center, Sydney, Australia2000 Summer Olympics[48]
1008318 September 20001–8[49]
101
102
1038421 September 20001–1[50]
1048523 September 20002–2[51]
1058626 September 20000–2[52]
1068830 September 20003–6[53]
1078911 March 20013–1Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium, Dhaka, BangladeshGold Cup Tournament Dhaka[54]
108
1099115 March 20011–6[55]
110
1119318 March 20015–3[56]
112
113
1149515 June 20012–6Estadi de Hockey Josep Marquès, Terrassa, SpainTest match[57]
115
1169617 June 20013–3Real Club de Polo de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
1179720 June 20014–2MSV Duisburg 02 Hockey,Duisburg, GermanyTest match
1189822 June 20011–1UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg, Germany2001 Hamburg Masters[58]
1199923 June 20013–2[59]
12010024 June 20018–6
121
122
12310126 June 20012–1KHC Dragons Stadium,Antwerp, BelgiumTest match
12410330 June 20010–3De Klapperboom, Utrecht, NetherlandsTest match[60]
1251041 July 20012–2De Roggewoning, The Hague, Netherlands[61]
1261052 August 20015–3Malaysia National Hockey Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia2001 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup[62]
1271063 August 20012–2[63]
1281075 August 20014–3[64]
1291086 August 20013–4[65]
130
1311098 August 20013–4[66]
132
133
1341109 August 20013–5[67]
13511112 August 20014–3[68]
1361123 November 20011–1Hazelaarweg Stadion,Rotterdam, Netherlands2001 Hockey Champions Trophy[69]
1371146 November 20013–1[70]
1381157 November 20014–5[71]
139
140
14111610 November 20013–6[72]
142
14311711 November 20012–5[73]
14411816 January 20023–3Malaysia National Hockey Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaTest match[74]
145
14611918 January 20023–0Six Nations Kuala Lumpur[75]
14712020 January 20021–4[76]
14812121 January 20029–1[77]
149
15012223 January 20023–1[78]
15112324 January 20022–2[79]
15212426 January 20024–3[80]
15312524 February 20025–02002 FIH Hockey World Cup[81]
154
15512625 February 20023–2[82]
156
15712828 February 20022–1[83]
1581315 March 20022–3[84]
159
1601327 March 20021–2[85]
1611338 March 20023–5[86]
162
16313516 July 20022–4Campo de Hockey Bidebieta, San Sebastian, SpainTest match[87]
164
16513618 July 20022–3Complejo De Deportes La Alberica, Santander, Spain[88]
166
16713720 July 20023–5Club de Campo, Madrid, Spain
168
16913827 July 20020–3Belle Vue Hockey Centre,Manchester, England2002 Commonwealth Games[89]
170
171
17214030 July 20022–0[90]
1731424 August 200210–2[91]
174
175
176
177
1781441 September 20021–4Kölner Stadtwald, Cologne, Germany2002 Hockey Champions Trophy[92]
1791464 September 20023–2[93]
1801476 September 20022–0[94]
18114930 September 20028–3Gangseo Hockey Stadium,Busan, South Korea2002 Asian Games[95]
182
1831504 October 20020–9[96]
184
18515210 October 20023–4[97]
186
18715312 October 20021p–1[98]
18815417 March 20033–5Azlan Shah Stadium, Ipoh, MalaysiaTest match[99]
189
19015518 March 20031–4[100]
191
19215722 March 20036–12003 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup[101]
19315823 March 20034–3[102]
19415926 March 20033–1[103]
195
19616028 March 20030–1[104]
19716213 August 20035–2Wagener Stadium,Amstelveen, NetherlandsTest match[105]
19816316 August 20034–42003 Hockey Champions Trophy[106]
199
20016417 August 20035–6[107]
201
20216519 August 20032–2[108]
20316621 August 20035–2[109]
20416722 August 20037–4[110]
20516824 August 20034–3[111]
206
20716921 September 20038–0Malaysia National Hockey Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia2003 Hockey Asia Cup[112]
208
20917022 September 20037–1[113]
210
21117124 September 20034–2[114]
21217328 September 20034–2[115]
213
21417414 December 20034–1Hockey Club of Pakistan,Karachi, PakistanTest match[116]
215
2161769 January 20043–2Malaysia National Hockey Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia2004 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup[117]
217
218
21917812 January 20043–4[118]
220
221
22217914 January 20041–1[119]
22318015 January 20042–2[120]
22418118 January 20043–4[121]
225
2261822 March 20044–2Club de Campo, Madrid, Spain2004 Olympic Qualifiers[122]
227
2281846 March 20045–3[123]
229
230
231
2321869 March 20041–4[124]
233
23418813 March 20042–4[125]
2351896 June 20042–1Chase Park Cannock Hockey Club, Cannock, EnglandTri–Nation Series[126]
2361907 June 20043–2[127]
23719110 June 20043–2Highfields Hockey Centre,Nottingham, England[128]
238
23919313 June 20043–1Hockey Olympiastadion,Berlin, GermanyTest match[129]
24019414 June 20042–1Hockeystadion SC Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany[130]
24119518 June 20041–1Uhlenhorster Hockey Club,Hamburg, Germany2004 Hamburg Masters[131]
24219619 June 20046–3[132]
24319720 June 20043–2[133]
24419929 June 20046–1Wagener Stadium,Amstelveen, Netherlands2004 Hockey RaboTrophy[134]
245
2462013 July 20045–3[135]
247
24820231 July 20042–2Club de Hockey Alcalá,Alcalá la Real, SpainTri–Nation Series
2492031 August 20041–3[136]
250
25120517 August 20040–7Hellinikon Olympic Hockey Centre,Athens, Greece2004 Summer Olympics[137]
252
253
254
25520619 August 20043–0[138]
25620823 August 20048–2[139]
257
25820925 August 20043–0[140]
25921027 August 20042–4[141]
260
261
26221124 September 20042–1Hockey Club of Pakistan,Karachi, PakistanTest match[142]
26321329 September 20043–2Lala Ayub Stadium,Peshawar, Pakistan[143]
2642141 October 20044–4National Hockey Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan[144]
265
2662154 October 20041–3Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi, India[145]
267
2682178 October 20041–2Guru Nank Dev University Stadium, Amritsar, India[146]
2692194 December 20043–1National Hockey Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan2004 Hockey Champions Trophy[147]
2702205 December 20041–3[148]
271
2722217 December 20041–4[149]
2732228 December 20042–1[150]
27422412 December 20043–2[151]
27522522 July 20063–2Atlètic Terrassa Hockey Club, Terrassa, Spain2006 Hockey Champions Trophy[152]
276
27722623 July 20063–3[153]
278
27922827 July 20062–3[154]
28023029 July 20063–1[155]
28123125 August 20061–2Uhlenhorster HC, Hamburg, Germany2006 Hamburg Masters[156]
28223226 August 20066–4[157]
283
284
2852347 September 20064–0Warsteiner HockeyPark, Mönchengladbach, Germany2006 FIH Hockey World Cup[158]
286
28723610 September 20062–2[159]
28823915 September 20062–3[160]
28924010 May 20092–3Kuantan Hockey Stadium,Kuantan, Malaysia2009 Hockey Asia Cup[161]
29024331 October 20095–0Lille Hockey Club, Lille, France2009 World Cup Qualifiers[162]
291
2922441 November 20095–0[163]
2932453 November 20092–4[164]
294
2952465 November 20091–6[165]
296
2972488 November 20093–1[166]
298
2992496 December 20092–1Salta Hockey Association Park, Salta, Argentina2009 Hockey Champions Challenge[167]
300
3012508 December 20093–1[168]
30225110 December 20094–1[169]
3032526 December 20093–6[170]
304
30525313 December 20094–2[171]
30625721 January 20102–2Al Rayaan Stadium, Doha, QatarTest match[172]
30725828 February 20104–1Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi, India2010 Hockey World Cup[173]
3082628 March 20102–1[174]
30926417 November 201012–0Aoti Hockey Field,Guangzhou, China2010 Asian Games[175]
310
31126518 November 20102–8[176]
312
31326721 November 20102–8[177]
314
31526923 November 20102–0[178]
3162716 May 20114–2Azlan Shah Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia2011 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup[179]
3172728 May 20113–2[180]
3182739 May 20111–5[181]
31927411 May 20111–3[182]
32027514 May 20113–2[183]
32127615 May 20113–2[184]
32227822 June 20112–3UCD National Hockey Stadium, Dublin, Republic of IrelandUCD Four Nations Dublin[185]
32327924 June 20111–2[186]
32428025 June 20112–1[187]
325
32628129 June 20112–2Wagener Stadium,Amsterdam, Netherlands2011 Hockey RaboTrophy[188]
3272846 July 20114–1Test match[189]
32828715 July 20112–2Test match[190]
32928816 July 20112–1[191]
33029028 October 20113–3Busselton Hockey Stadium,Busselton, AustraliaTri–Nation Series[192]
331
33229130 October 20118–2Bunbury Hockey Stadium,Bunbury, Australia[193]
333
3342921 November 20111–1[194]
3352933 November 20113–4Perth Hockey Stadium,Perth, Australia[195]
3362955 December 20114–2North Harbor Hockey Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand2011 Hockey Champions Trophy[196]
33729624 May 20124–2Azlan Shah Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia2012 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup[197]
33830031 May 20122–1[198]
33930211 June 20126–1Sportcentrum Wilrijkse Plein, Antwerp, BelgiumTest match[199]
34030313 June 20123–4KTHC Stadion Rot–Weiss Köln, Cologne, GermanyTest match[200]
341
342
343
3443071 August 20122–0Riverbank Arena, London, England2012 Summer Olympics[201]
3453083 August 20124–1[202]
3463095 August 20125–4[203]
347Unofficialmatch12 August 20034–4Amstelveen, NetherlandsTest match[204]
348

Hat-tricks

DateVenueGoalsOpponentResultCompetition
110 December 1998Queen Siritkit Sport Complex, Bangkok, Thailanddata-sort-value="15" 3 data-sort-value="Northern Ireland" data-sort-value="2" 5-01998 Asian Games[205]
25 April 1999Malaysia National Hockey Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysiadata-sort-value="29" 3 data-sort-value="Sweden" data-sort-value="1" 5-21999 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup[206]
317 August 1999Cornaredo Stadium,Lugano, Switzerlanddata-sort-value="45" 3 data-sort-value="Andorra" data-sort-value="6" 3-6Test match[207]
421 August 1999Hockey Club Rotweiss Wettingen,Wettingen, Switzerlanddata-sort-value="62" 5 data-sort-value="Faroe Islands" data-sort-value="4" 4-8Tri-Nation Series[208]
519 November 1999Malaysia National Hockey Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysiadata-sort-value="84" 7 data-sort-value="Spain" data-sort-value="0" 15-01999 Hockey Asia Cup[209]
621 November 1999data-sort-value="65" 3 data-sort-value="Switzerland" data-sort-value="2" 10-1[210]
723 November 1999data-sort-value="58" 3 data-sort-value="Lithuania" data-sort-value="4" 6-0[211]
811 March 2000Nagai Sports Ground,Osaka, Japandata-sort-value="58" 4 data-sort-value="6" 4-42000 Olympic Qualifiers[212]
913 March 20003 6-0[213]
1018 September 2000Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Center,Sydney, Australia3 1-82000 Summer Olympics[214]
1118 March 2001Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium,Dhaka, Bangladesh3 5-3Gold Cup Tournament Dhaka[215]
1224 June 2001UHC Clubanlage,Hamburg, Germany3 8-62001 Hamburg Masters[216]
138 August 2001Azlan Shah Stadium,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia3 3-42001 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup[217]
147 November 2001Hazelaarweg Stadion,Rotterdam, Netherlands3 4-52001 Champions Trophy[218]
1527 July 2002Belle Vue Hockey Centre,Manchester, England3 0-32002 Commonwealth Games[219]
164 August 20025 10-2[220]
179 January 2004Malaysia National Hockey Stadium,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia3 3-22004 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup[221]
1812 January 20043 3-4[222]
196 March 2004Club de Campo,Madrid, Spain4 5-32004 Olympic Qualifiers[223]
2017 August 2004Hellinikon Olympic Hockey Centre,Athens, Greece4 0-72004 Summer Olympics[224]
2127 August 20043 2-4[225]
2226 August 2006Uhlenhorster HC,Hamburg, Germany3 6-42006 Hamburg Masters[226]
2313 June 2012KTHC Stadion Rot-Weiss Köln,Cologne, Germany4 3-4Test match[227]

Statistics

Caps and Goals by year!Year!Caps!Goals
19983120
19993660
20002126
20012937
20023644
20032130
20045059
20061614
20091517
20101410
20112621
20121610
Total311348
Goals by Competition!Competition!Goals
Test matches65
Invitational Tournaments63
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup45
Hockey Champions Trophy41
Hockey Asia Cup24
Asian Games23
Summer Olympics22
Olympic Qualifiers22
FIH Hockey World Cup18
World Cup Qualifiers9
Commonwealth Games9
Hockey Champions Challenge7
Total348
Goals by opponent!Opponent!Goals
54
30
28
26
24
24
17
16
14
12
11
10
10
9
9
8
8
7
6
4
4
3
5
5
2
1
1
Total348

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