List of international goals scored by Pauleta

Pauleta had scored 47 goals in 88 appearances for the Portugal national football team between 1997 and 2006.^[1]

Pauleta in 2011

On 12 October 2005, he scored twice in a 3–0 win over Latvia at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification phase. This took him to 42 goals for Portugal in 77 games, making him the nation's all-time top scorer, surpassing Eusébio, who netted 41 in 64 games between 1961 and 1973.^[2] However, he was overtaken by Cristiano Ronaldo in 2014.^[3]

Pauleta scored three international hat-tricks against Poland at the 2002 FIFA World Cup,^[4] a four-goal haul against Kuwait in 2003 and three goals against Cape Verde in 2006.^[5]

Goals

Pauleta: International goals^[1]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	26 March 1999	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal	Azerbaijan	6–0	7–0	Euro 2000 qualifying
2	26 March 1999	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal	Azerbaijan	7–0	7–0	Euro 2000 qualifying
3	18 August 1999	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal	Andorra	4–0	4–0	Friendly
4	16 August 2000	Estádio do Fontelo, Viseu, Portugal	Lithuania	5–1	5–1	Friendly
5	11 October 2000	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands	0–2	0–2	2002 World Cup qualification
6	28 January 2001	Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal, Portugal	Andorra	2–0	3–0	2002 World Cup qualification
7	28 March 2001	Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal	Netherlands	1–2	2–2	2002 World Cup qualification
8	6 June 2001	Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, Portugal	Cyprus	1–0	6–0	2002 World Cup qualification
9	6 June 2001	Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, Portugal	Cyprus	4–0	6–0	2002 World Cup qualification
10	1 September 2001	Camp d'Esports, Lleida, Spain	Andorra	0–2	1–7	2002 World Cup qualification
11	5 September 2001	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Cyprus	1–2	1–3	2002 World Cup qualification
12	6 October 2001	Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal	Estonia	3–0	5–0	2002 World Cup qualification
13	25 May 2002	Estádio Campo Desportivo, Taipa, Macau	China	0–2	0–2	Friendly
14	10 June 2002	Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju, South Korea	Poland	1–0	4–0	2002 FIFA World Cup
15	10 June 2002	Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju, South Korea	Poland	2–0	4–0	2002 FIFA World Cup
16	10 June 2002	Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju, South Korea	Poland	3–0	4–0	2002 FIFA World Cup
17	12 October 2002	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal	Tunisia	1–0	1–1	Friendly
18	20 November 2002	Estádio Primeiro de Maio, Braga, Portugal	Scotland	1–0	2–0	Friendly
19	20 November 2002	Estádio Primeiro de Maio, Braga, Portugal	Scotland	2–0	2–0	Friendly
20	29 March 2003	Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal	Brazil	1–0	2–1	Friendly
21	10 September 2003	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Norway	0–1	0–1	Friendly
22	11 October 2003	Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal	Albania	4–2	5–3	Friendly
23	15 November 2003	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal	Greece	1–1	1–1	Friendly
24	19 November 2003	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal	Kuwait	1–0	8–0	Friendly
25	19 November 2003	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal	Kuwait	2–0	8–0	Friendly
26	19 November 2003	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal	Kuwait	4–0	8–0	Friendly
27	19 November 2003	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal	Kuwait	5–0	8–0	Friendly
28	18 February 2004	Estádio do Algarve, Faro, Portugal	England	1–1	1–1	Friendly
29	28 April 2004	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal	Sweden	1–1	2–2	Friendly
30	5 June 2004	Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal, Portugal	Lithuania	2–0	4–1	Friendly
31	4 September 2004	Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia	Latvia	0–2	0–2	2006 World Cup qualification
32	8 September 2004	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal	Estonia	3–0	4–0	2006 World Cup qualification
33	9 October 2004	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	0–1	2–2	2006 World Cup qualification
34	13 October 2004	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal	Russia	1–0	7–1	2006 World Cup qualification
35	17 November 2004	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg (city), Luxembourg	Luxembourg	0–4	0–5	2006 World Cup qualification
36	17 November 2004	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg (city), Luxembourg	Luxembourg	0–5	0–5	2006 World Cup qualification
37	26 March 2005	Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos, Portugal	Canada	2–0	4–1	Friendly
38	3 September 2005	Estádio do Algarve, Faro, Portugal	Luxembourg	3–0	6–0	2006 World Cup qualification
39	3 September 2005	Estádio do Algarve, Faro, Portugal	Luxembourg	4–0	6–0	2006 World Cup qualification
40	8 October 2005	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal	Liechtenstein	1–1	2–1	2006 World Cup qualification
41	12 October 2005	Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal	Latvia	1–0	3–0	2006 World Cup qualification
42	12 October 2005	Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal	Latvia	2–0	3–0	2006 World Cup qualification
43	12 November 2005	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal	Croatia	2–0	2–0	Friendly
44	27 May 2006	Complexo Desportivo de Évora, Évora, Portugal	Cape Verde	1–0	4–1	Friendly
45	27 May 2006	Complexo Desportivo de Évora, Évora, Portugal	Cape Verde	2–1	4–1	Friendly
46	27 May 2006	Complexo Desportivo de Évora, Évora, Portugal	Cape Verde	4–1	4–1	Friendly
47	11 June 2006	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany	Angola	1–0	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup

See also

• List of FIFA World Cup hat-tricks

References

1. "Pedro Miguel Correia Resende "Pauleta" – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
2. "Pauleta beats Eusebio's Portugal goal record". ESPN. Reuters. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
3. "Records come naturally to me, says Ronaldo". ESPN. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
4. Portugal back on track; BBC Sport, 10 June 2002
5. ""Poker" Pauleta" (in Portuguese). Record. 20 November 2003. Retrieved 7 June 2015.