List of women's footballers with 100 or more international goals explained

Association football at the professional level is a low scoring sport (see article Association football for more detail). This page lists the top all-time female goal scorers in official international football matches for their country.

List of players with 100 or more international goals

The first player to reach 100 international goals was Italian Elisabetta Vignotto. Abby Wambach scored 100 goals in 9 years, while Christine Sinclair reached the milestone in just under 10 years while Mia Hamm is the youngest player to score 100 international goals at the age of 26 years 185 days. Most played exclusively in the forward position, with Kristine Lilly and Michelle Akers having also played as midfielder. All players scored at a high average rate of more than one goal every three matches. International goals in this list should not include goals scored in penalty-shoot-out; see Penalty shootout (association football). Players who are currently active at international level are indicated in bold type background.

RankPlayerPositionNationConfederationGoalsCapsGoals
per
match		Career
span		Date of
100th goal
1 Christine SinclairForward / MidfielderCONCACAF1903282000–202320 February 2010[1]
2Abby WambachForwardCONCACAF18425520 July 2009[2]
3Mia HammForward / MidfielderCONCACAF1582761987–200418 September 1998[3]
4Maysa JbarahForwardAFC1371332005–unknown [4] [5]
5Carli LloydForward / MidfielderCONCACAF1343152005–20218 April 2018[6]
6Kristine LillyForward / MidfielderCONCACAF1303541987–20103 October 2004[7]
7Birgit PrinzForwardUEFA1282141994–201125 October 2006[8]
8Alex MorganForwardCONCACAF1232242010–4 April 2019[9]
9MartaForwardCONMEBOL1192002002–21 October 2017
10Julie FleetingForwardUEFA1161211996–201127 October 2007[10]
11Patrizia PanicoForwardUEFA1101961996–201410 March 2014[11]
12Elisabetta VignottoForwardUEFA1071101970–1989unknown
Michelle AkersForward/MidfielderCONCACAF1071551985–200027 January 1999[12]
14Sun WenForwardAFC1061631990–2006unknown
15Carolina MoraceForwardUEFA1051531978–1997unknown
16Portia ModiseForwardCAF1011242000–201518 October 2014[13]
Han DuanForwardAFC1011882000–2011unknown[14] [15] [16] [17]
18Tiffeny MilbrettForwardCONCACAF1002061991–200610 July 2005[18]

Number of players with 100 or more goals by country

FootballersCountryConfederation
style= text-align:center7 CONCACAF
style= text-align:center3 UEFA
style= text-align:center2 AFC
1 CONMEBOL
CONCACAF
UEFA
AFC
UEFA
CAF
18 9 Total

Number of players with 100 or more goals by confederation

FootballersCountriesConfederation
8 2 CONCACAF
5 3 UEFA
3 2 AFC
1 1 CAF
1 1 CONMEBOL
0 0 OFC
18 9 Total

No OFC player has scored 100 goals in full internationals. The current record holder is New Zealand player Amber Hearn, with 54 goals in 125 matches between 2004 and 2018.[19] [20]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Canada vs Poland – 2010-02-20 . Canada Soccer . 25 December 2012 . 7 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140107042152/http://canadasoccer.com/?gid=947&t=game_summary_soccer_new . live .
  2. Web site: Abby Wambach Scores 100th Career Goal in Hometown As U.S. Women Defeats Canada 1–0 . U.S. Soccer . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140103225503/http://www.ussoccer.com/news/womens-national-team/2009/07/abby-wambach-scores-100th-career-goal-in-hometown-as-u-s-women-defeats-canada-1-0.aspx . 3 January 2014.
  3. Web site: soccer profile:Mia Hamm . soccertimes.com . 25 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170706133818/http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/roster/women/hamm.htm . 6 July 2017 . dead .
  4. Web site: Maysa Jbarah. 20 April 2021. Jordan Football Association. 20 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210420003712/https://www.jfa.jo/jfao/arsh_playerm.php?id=5&id1=394&title=Maysa-Jbarah&lang=en. live.
  5. Web site: Women's Senior National Team – Players. 20 April 2021. Jordan Football Association. 20 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210420003549/https://www.jfa.jo/jfao/arsh_players.php?id=5&title=Players&lang=en. live.
  6. Web site: Carli Lloyd Scores 100TH Goal In Wild 6–2 Win vs. Mexico . U.S. Soccer . 9 April 2018 . 9 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180409044302/https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2018/04/08/20/34/20180408-recap-wnt-carli-lloyd-100th-goal-in-6-2-win-vs-mexico-in-houston . live .
  7. Web site: Lilly Scores 100th Career Goal as U.S. Downs New Zealand 5–0 . U.S.Soccer . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131105195055/http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-National-Team/2004/10/Lilly-Scores-100Th-Career-Goal-As-U-S-Downs-New-Zealand-5-0.aspx . 5 November 2013.
  8. News: Germany Women 5–1 England Women . 25 October 2006 . BBC Sport . 25 December 2012 . 3 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200703101937/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/women/6080728.stm . live .
  9. Web site: Morgan notches 100th goal in International Play . ESPN . 4 April 2019 . 4 April 2019 . 8 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190408031308/http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/26443721/morgan-notches-100th-goal-international-play . live .
  10. Web site: JULIE FLEETING'S 100th INTERNATIONAL GOAL IN WIN AGAINST SLOVAKIA . Scottish Football Association . 25 December 2012 . 29 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193047/http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=1848&newsID=3117 . dead .
  11. Web site: Panico claims 100th Italy goal . uefa.com . 11 March 2014 . 11 March 2014 . 14 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140314134638/http://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/news/newsid=2070267.html . live .
  12. Web site: Akers Joins Century Club with 100th International Goal as U.S. Women's National Team Downs Portugal, 6–0 . U.S. Soccer . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130313202627/http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-National-Team/1999/01/Akers-Joins-Century-Club-With-100Th-International-Goal-As-U-S-Womens-National-Team-Downs-Portugal-6.aspx . 13 March 2013.
  13. Web site: Portia Modise: South Africa's centurion in numbers . https://web.archive.org/web/20141023090932/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/footballdevelopment/women/news/newsid=2458848/ . dead . 23 October 2014 . fifa.com . 23 October 2014 . 20 October 2014.
  14. News: China celebrates opening victory . 6 August 2008 . BBC Sport . 25 December 2012 . 23 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120323085429/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/football/7542757.stm . live .
  15. Web site: China beats New Zealand Olympic women's soccer warm-up . chinadaily.com.cn . 30 December 2012 . 25 July 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080725130249/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/2008-07/21/content_6863717.htm . live .
  16. Web site: Striker Ma may miss Olympics for injury . chinadaily.com.cn . 30 December 2012 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084425/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/2008-07/30/content_6890979.htm . live .
  17. Web site: China PR: Fixtures and Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20110714194638/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=chn/fixturesresults/gender=f/index.html . dead . 14 July 2011 . FIFA.
  18. Web site: U.S. Women's National Team Earns 7–0 Win Against Ukraine; Tiffeny Milbrett earned her 100th's career goal . U.S.Soccer . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120717014900/http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-National-Team/2005/07/U-S-Womens-National-Team-Earns-7-0-Win-Against-Ukraine.aspx . 17 July 2012.
  19. News: Football Ferns' leading goalscorer Amber Hearn slips quietly into retirement. Andrew. Voerman. Stuff.co.nz. 26 February 2020. 31 January 2021. Amber Hearn has played her last game for the national women's football team and won't add to her 125 caps or her 54 goals.. 3 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201203230319/https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/nz-teams/119816106/football-ferns-leading-goalscorer-amber-hearn-slips-quietly-into-retirement. live.
  20. Web site: Goalscorers. The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. 14 February 2021. 1 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150701063238/http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/FootballFerns/id37.htm. live.

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