List of international goals scored by Didier Drogba

Didier Drogba is a former professional association footballer who represented the Ivory Coast national team from 2002 to 2014. He made his debut for the Ivory Coast in a 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification match against South Africa in September 2002.^[1] He scored his first international goal on his next appearance for the Ivory Coast, in a 3–0 win against Cameroon in a friendly in Châteauroux, France.^[2] On 8 August 2014, Drogba announced his retirement from international football with a record of 65 goals in 105 appearances, ending his international career as his country's all-time top scorer,^[3] remaining so as of November 2018^[update], and with the third-most appearances, behind Didier Zokora (123) and Kolo Touré (120).^[4]

Drogba playing against Austria in 2012, against whom he scored

Drogba scored one hat-trick during his international career, scoring the opening three goals in a 6–1 victory for the Ivory Coast against Burundi in a 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification match. He has also scored a goal twice in a match on twelve occasions, including one against Senegal in October 2012; the game was abandoned shortly after Drogba's second goal as fans rioted, throwing food and drinks onto the pitch, although the Confederation of African Football declared the 2–0 victory would stand.^[5] He has scored more goals against Benin (seven) than any other country. Nineteen of his goals were scored in his hometown stadium of Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan. Fourteen of Drogba's goals were scored from the penalty spot.

Drogba scored more international goals in friendlies than in any other format, with 23 in 42 matches. He scored eighteen goals in FIFA World Cup qualifiers at almost one goal per game (nineteen matches), and two goals at the World Cup finals. In the Africa Cup of Nations, he scored eleven goals in twelve qualifying matches, and eleven goals in twenty-four matches at the tournaments. As of September 2020, he is the 22nd highest men's international goal scorer of all time, and third highest scorer for an African nation, behind Godfrey Chitalu and Kinnah Phiri.

Goals

Ivory Coast listed first, score column indicates score after each Drogba goal.^[1]

Table key

‡	Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick
	Indicates Ivory Coast won the match
	Indicates the match ended in a draw
	Indicates Ivory Coast lost the match

No.	Cap	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	2	11 February 2003	Stade Gaston-Petit, Châteauroux, France	Cameroon	2–0	3–0	Friendly	[6]
2	5	8 June 2003	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Burundi	1–0	6–1	2004 African Cup of Nations qualification	[7]
3					2–0
4					3–0
5	9	31 March 2004	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia	Tunisia	1–0	2–0	Friendly	[8]
6					2–0
7	10	28 April 2004	Stade Jacques-Forestier, Aix-les-Bains, France	Guinea	1–0	4–2		[9]
8	11	6 June 2004	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Libya	2–0‡	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	[10]
9	12	20 June 2004	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt	Egypt	2–1	2–1		[11]
10	15	5 September 2004	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Sudan	1–0‡	5–0		[12]
11	16	27 March 2005		Benin	2–0	3–0		[13]
12					3–0
13	18	19 June 2005		Egypt	1–0	2–0		[14]
14					2–0
15	20	4 September 2005		Cameroon	1–1	2–3		[15]
16					2–2
17	23	16 November 2005	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	Italy	1–0	1–1	Friendly	[16]
18	24	17 January 2006	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Jordan	1–0	2–0		[17]
19	25	21 January 2006	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Morocco	1–0‡	1–0	2006 Africa Cup of Nations	[18]
20	26	24 January 2006		Libya	1–0	2–1		[19]
21	28	7 February 2006	Haras El Hodoud Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt	Nigeria	1–0	1–0		[20]
22	33	4 June 2006	Stade Robert Bobin, Évry, France	Slovenia	1–0	3–0	Friendly	[21]
23					2–0
24	34	10 June 2006	AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany	Argentina	1–2	1–2	2006 FIFA World Cup	[22]
25	38	15 November 2006	Stade Léon-Bollée, Le Mans, France	Sweden	1–0	1–0	Friendly	[23]
26	39	6 February 2007	Stade Robert Diochon, Rouen, France	Guinea	1–0	1–0		[17]
27	42	3 June 2007	Stade Bouaké, Bouaké, Ivory Coast	Madagascar	5–0	5–0	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[24]
28	44	17 October 2007	Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria	Austria	1–1	2–3	Friendly	[25]
29					2–3‡
30	47	12 January 2008	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Kuwait	2–0	2–0		[26]
31	49	25 January 2008	Sekondi-Takoradi Stadium, Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana	Benin	1–0	4–1	2008 Africa Cup of Nations	[27]
32	50	29 January 2008	Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra, Ghana	Mali	1–0	3–0		[28]
33	51	3 February 2008	Sekondi-Takoradi Stadium, Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana	Guinea	2–0	5–0		[29]
34	55	11 February 2009	İzmir Atatürk Stadium, İzmir, Turkey	Turkey	1–1	1–1	Friendly	[30]
35	56	28 March 2009	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Malawi	2–0‡	5–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	[31]
36					3–0
37	58	20 June 2009	Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	3–2	3–2		[32]
38	59	5 September 2009	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Burkina Faso	2–0	5–0		[33]
39					4–0
40	60	10 October 2009	Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi	Malawi	1–1	1–1		[34]
41	61	4 January 2010	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Tanzania	1–0	1–0	Friendly	[35]
42	64	15 January 2010	Estádio Nacional do Chiazi, Cabinda, Angola	Ghana	3–0	3–1	2010 Africa Cup of Nations	[36]
43	67	30 May 2010	Stade Joseph-Moynat, Thonon-les-Bains, France	Paraguay	1–0	2–2	Friendly	[37]
44	70	20 June 2010	Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa	Brazil	1–3	1–3	2010 FIFA World Cup	[38]
45	73	27 March 2011	Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra, Ghana	Benin	1–1	2–1	2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[39]
46					2–1
47	74	5 June 2011	Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin	Benin	2–0‡	6–2		[40]
48					4–2‡
49	75	10 August 2011	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	Israel	4–2‡	4–3	Friendly	[41]
50	77	13 January 2012	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Tunisia	2–0‡	2–0		[42]
51	79	22 January 2012	Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	Sudan	1–0	1–0	2012 Africa Cup of Nations	[43]
52	82	4 February 2012		Equatorial Guinea	1–0	3–0	2012 Africa Cup of Nations	[44]
53					2–0
54	85	2 June 2012	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Tanzania	2–0	2–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[45]
55	88	8 September 2012	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Senegal	3–2‡	4–2	2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[46]
56	89	13 October 2012	Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal	Senegal	1–0	2–0		[47]
57					2–0‡
58	90	14 November 2012	Linzer Stadion, Linz, Austria	Austria	2–0	3–0	Friendly	[48]
59	94	30 January 2013	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa	Algeria	1–2	2–2	2013 Africa Cup of Nations	[49]
60	96	14 August 2013	MetLife Stadium, New Jersey, United States	Mexico	1–3‡	1–4	Friendly	[50]
61	97	7 September 2013	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Morocco	1–1‡	1–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[51]
62	98	12 October 2013		Senegal	1–0‡	3–1		[52]
63	100	5 March 2014	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	1–2	2–2	Friendly	[53]
64	101	30 May 2014	The Dome at America's Center, St. Louis, United States	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–2	1–2		[54]
65	102	4 June 2014	Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas, United States	El Salvador	2–0	2–1		[55]

Hat-tricks

No.	Opponent	Goals	Score	Venue	Competition	Date
1	Burundi	3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0')	6–1	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	2004 African Cup of Nations qualification	8 June 2003

Statistics

Appearances and goals by year and competition Year Competitive Friendly Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 2002 1[a] 0 — 1 0 2003 3[b] 3 4 1 7 4 2004 4[c] 3 3 3 7 6 2005 5[d] 6 3 1 8 7 2006 8[e] 4 7 4 15 8 2007 2[f] 1 6 3 8 4 2008 6[g] 3 2 1 8 4 2009 5[h] 6 1 1 6 7 2010 6[i] 2 5 2 11 4 2011 3[j] 4 2 1 5 5 2012 10[k] 7 4 2 14 9 2013 7[l] 3 2 1 9 4 2014 3[m] 0 3 3 6 3 Total 63 42 42 23 105 65 Goals by competition Competition Apps Goals Friendlies 42 23 FIFA World Cup qualification 19 18 Africa Cup of Nations 24 11 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 12 11 FIFA World Cup 8 2 Total 105 65 Goals by confederation Confederation Teams Goals CAF 19 47 UEFA 8 11 CONMEBOL 3 3 AFC 2 2 CONCACAF 2 2 Total 34 65

Goals by opponent Opponent Goals  Benin 7  Senegal 4  Austria 3  Burkina Faso 3  Burundi 3  Cameroon 3  Egypt 3  Guinea 3  Malawi 3  Tunisia 3  Equatorial Guinea 2  Libya 2  Morocco 2  Slovenia 2  Sudan 2  Tanzania 2  Algeria 1  Argentina 1  Belgium 1  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1  Brazil 1  El Salvador 1  Ghana 1  Israel 1  Italy 1  Jordan 1  Kuwait 1  Madagascar 1  Mali 1  Mexico 1  Nigeria 1  Paraguay 1  Sweden 1  Turkey 1 Total 65

1. Appearances in the 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification.
2. Three appearances and three goals in the 2004 African Cup of Nations qualification.
3. Four appearances and three goals in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.
4. Five appearances and six goals in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.
5. Five appearances and three goals in the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, two appearances and one goal in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, one appearance in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.
6. Tow appearances and one goal in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.
7. Six appearances and three goals in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations.
8. Five appearances and six goals in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.
9. Three appearances and one goal in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, three appearances and one goal in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
10. Three appearances and four goals in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.
11. Six appearances and three goals in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, tow appearances and one goal in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, tow appearances and three goals in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.
12. Four appearances and one goal in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, three appearances and tow goal in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.
13. Appearances in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

See also

• Association football portal

• List of top international men's football goalscorers by country
• List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals
• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps