List of international goals scored by Ali Ashfaq

Ali Ashfaq is the top goalscorer of all time for the Maldives national football team, with 57 goals in 90 appearances since his debut in 2003.[1]

Ali Ashfaq, the all time top scorer for Maldives.

On 3 December 2003, Ashfaq scored his debut goal, yet his first hat-trick for Maldives against Mongolia in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier. In September 2013, Ashfaq netted six times against Sri Lanka in 2013 SAFF Championship, thus becoming the only player ever for Maldives to score a double hat-trick. In the same tournament, he netted four goals against Bhutan and became the all-time top scorer of SAFF Championship with 23 goals, surpassing the record previously held by India's Bhaichung Bhutia.

Goals

Scores and results list Maldives' goal tally first.[1]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 3 December 2003 National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives  Mongolia 1–0 12–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 5–0
3 6–0
4 8–0
5 13 October 2004  Vietnam 2–0 3–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 3–0
7 7 December 2005 People's Football Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan  Afghanistan 3–0 9–1 2005 SAFF Gold Cup
8 9–1
9 9 December 2005  Sri Lanka 1–0 2–0
10 28 October 2007 National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives  Yemen 2–0 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 16 April 2009  Philippines 2–1 3–2 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
12 18 April 2009  Bhutan 1–0 5–0
13 2–0
14 7 December 2009 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh  Afghanistan 2–1 3–1 2009 SAFF Championship
15 3–1
16 11 December 2009  Sri Lanka 3–1 5–1
17 21 March 2011 National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives  Cambodia 2–0 4–0 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
18 3–0
19 4–0
20 22 November 2011  Seychelles 3–0 3–0 Friendly
21 2 December 2011 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, India    Nepal 1–0 1–1 2011 SAFF Championship
22 6 December 2011  Bangladesh 3–1 3–1
23 27 August 2012  Syria 1–0 2–1 2012 Nehru Cup
24 14 February 2013 National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives  Pakistan 2–0 3–0 Friendly
25 3–0
26 2 September 2013 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal  Sri Lanka 2–0 10–0 2013 SAFF Championship
27 3–0
28 4–0
29 5–0
30 6–0
31 10–0
32 4 September 2013  Bhutan 3–2 8–2
33 4–2
34 6–2
35 7–2
36 27 November 2013 Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles  Seychelles 1–1 1–3 Friendly
37 29 November 2013 1–1 1–2
38 13 May 2014 National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives  Laos 3–1 7–1
39 4–1
40 19 May 2014  Myanmar 2–3 2–3 2014 AFC Challenge Cup
41 21 May 2014  Kyrgyzstan 1–0 2–0
42 2–0
43 8 October 2015 Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan  Bhutan 2–0 4–3 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
44 3–0
45 4–0
46 24 December 2015 Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, India  Bangladesh 3–1 3–1 2015 SAFF Suzuki Cup
47 28 December 2015  Bangladesh 1–0 3–1
48 29 March 2016 National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives  Bhutan 2–2 4–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
49 4–2
50 6 September 2016  Laos 2–0 4–0 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
51 4–0
52 10 October 2019 Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates  Syria 1–2 1–2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
53 19 November 2019 National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives  Guam 3–1 3–1
54 7 October 2021 National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives  Bangladesh 2–0 2–0 2021 SAFF Championship
55 10 October 2021 National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives  Sri Lanka 1–0 1–0
56 13 October 2021 National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives  India 1–1 1–3
57 9 November 2021 Racecourse Ground, Colombo  Sri Lanka 4–0 4–4 2021 Four Nations Football Tournament

Statistics

As of match played 21 March 2023[1]
Year Apps Goals
2003 3 4
2004 8 2
2005 4 3
2006 0 0
2007 2 1
2008 7 0
2009 8 7
2010 1 0
2011 16 6
2012 6 1
2013 7 14
2014 6 5
2015 9 5
2016 3 4
2017 2 0
2018 0 0
2019 4 2
2020 0 0
2021 9 4
2022 2 0
2023 1 0
Total 98 58

References

  1. ^ a b c Mamrud, Roberto. "Ali Ashfaq – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 November 2016.