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Kenny Dalglish is a Scottish retired football player, who represented the Scotland national football team from 1971 to 1986. During that time he scored 30 international goals in 102 appearances. This made him the all-time top goalscorer for Scotland, a status he has jointly held with Denis Law since scoring his 30th goal in 1984.

Dalglish is the only Scottish male player to have made at least 100 international appearances. He finished second in the Ballon d'Or voting in 1983. Dalglish was selected for Scotland squads in the 1974, 1978 and 1982 World Cups.

List of goals scored

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.

Goal	Cap	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	4	15 November 1972	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Denmark	1–0	2–0	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	7	16 May 1973	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Northern Ireland	1–2	1–2	1972–73 British Home Championship
3	14	27 March 1974	Waldstadion, Frankfurt	West Germany	1–2	1–2	Friendly
4	16	14 May 1974	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Wales	1–0	2–0	1973–74 British Home Championship
5	19	6 June 1974	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo	Norway	1–1	2–1	Friendly
6	23	30 October 1974	Hampden Park, Glasgow	East Germany	3–0	3–0	Friendly
7	29	20 May 1975	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Northern Ireland	2–0	3–0	1974–75 British Home Championship
8	33	29 October 1975	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Denmark	1–1	3–1	UEFA Euro 1976 qualification
9	36	8 May 1976	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Northern Ireland	3–0	3–0	1975–76 British Home Championship
10	37	15 May 1976	Hampden Park, Glasgow	England	2–1	2–1	1975–76 British Home Championship
11	38	8 September 1976	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Finland	3–0	6–0	Friendly
12	41	27 April 1977	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Sweden	2–1	3–1	Friendly
13	43	1 June 1977	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Northern Ireland	1–0	3–0	1976–77 British Home Championship
14					3–0
15	44	4 June 1977	Wembley Stadium, London	England	2–0	2–1	1976–77 British Home Championship
16	45	15 June 1977	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago	Chile	1–0	4–2	Friendly
17	49	21 September 1977	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Czechoslovakia	3–0	3–1	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
18	50	12 October 1977	Anfield, Liverpool	Wales	2–0	2–0	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
19	57	11 June 1978	Estadio San Martin, Mendoza	Netherlands	1–1	3–2	1978 FIFA World Cup
20	59	25 October 1978	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Norway	1–1	3–2	UEFA Euro 1980 qualification
21					2–2
22	65	7 June 1979	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo	Norway	2–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 1980 qualification
23	70	26 March 1980	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Portugal	1–0	4–1	UEFA Euro 1980 qualification
24	78	25 February 1981	National Stadium, Ramat Gan	Israel	1–0	1–0	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
25	83	23 March 1982	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Netherlands	2–0	2–1	Friendly
26	87	15 June 1982	Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga	New Zealand	1–0	5–2	1982 FIFA World Cup
27	89	15 December 1982	Stade Heysel, Brussels	Belgium	1–0	2–3	UEFA Euro 1984 qualification
28					2–1
29	94	12 September 1984	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Yugoslavia	3–1	6–1	Friendly
30	96	14 November 1984	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Spain	3–1	3–1	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification

Statistics

Caps and goals by year Year Apps Goals 1971 2 0 1972 2 1 1973 9 1 1974 11 4 1975 10 2 1976 6 3 1977 10 7 1978 10 3 1979 9 1 1980 8 1 1981 4 1 1982 8 4 1983 4 0 1984 3 2 1985 3 0 1986 3 0 Total 102 30

Caps and goals by competition Competition Caps Goals Friendlies 30 8 British Home Championship 26 8 UEFA Euro qualifying 21 7 FIFA World Cup qualification 17 5 FIFA World Cup Finals 8 2 Total 102 30

Caps and goals by opponent Opponent Caps Goals  Argentina 2 0  Australia 1 0  Austria 2 0  Belgium 6 2  Brazil 4 0  Bulgaria 2 0  Chile 1 1  Czechoslovakia 4 1  Denmark 4 2  East Germany 4 1  England 10 2  Finland 1 1  Hungary 1 0  Iceland 1 0  Iran 1 0  Israel 1 1  Luxembourg 1 0  Netherlands 3 2  New Zealand 1 1  Northern Ireland 10 5  Norway 3 4  Peru 2 0  Poland 1 0  Portugal 5 1  Romania 3 0  Spain 4 1  Sweden 4 1   Switzerland 3 0  Uruguay 1 0  Wales 11 2  West Germany 2 1  Yugoslavia 2 1  Zaire 1 0 Total 102 30

See also

• List of international goals scored by Denis Law
• Scotland national football team records and statistics

References

1. Kenny Dalglish at the Scottish Football Association
2. ^ Mamrud, Roberto (26 May 2001). "Kenneth Mathieson "Kenny" Dalglish - Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
3. Mamrud, Roberto (21 August 2019). "Goalscoring for Scotland National Team". RSSS. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
4. Mamrud, Roberto; Stokkermans, Karel (5 September 2019). "Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
5. Di Maggio, Roberto; Moore, Rob; Stokkermans, Karel (6 December 2018). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
6. ^ Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (23 May 2019). "Scotland - International Matches 1971-1975". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
7. ^ Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (23 May 2019). "Scotland - International Matches 1976-1980". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
8. ^ Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (19 September 2019). "Scotland - International Matches 1981-1985". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 October 2019.

• Lists of association football international goals by player
• Scotland national football team records and statistics