Baichung Bhutia - International Appearances


The outstanding Indian player scored 29 goals in 88 international matches with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Born:	15-12-1976
Country: India
Caps:    88	(W36-D19-L33 - GF120-GA135 - %51.70)
Goals:	 29	(% 0.33 per match)
Age First Cap:	 18 yr  85 d	10- 3-1995 vs. Thailand 0-5
Age Last Cap:	 34 yr  34 d	18- 1-2011 vs. South Korea 1-4
National Team Career: 15 yr 314 d


Cap  Goals    Date	Venue		Opponent       Score	Competition

  1           10- 3-95	Calcutta 	Thailand	0-5	Nehru Cup	 
  2           12- 3-95	Calcutta 	Iraq    	1-1	Nehru Cup	 
  3   2   2   29- 3-95	Colombo 	Sri Lanka	2-2	SAFF Cup
  4       2   31- 3-95	Colombo 	Bangladesh  	0-0 [1] SAFF Cup	 
  5       2    2- 4-95	Colombo 	Sri Lanka	0-1	SAFF Cup
  6   1   3   11-10-95	Peshawar 	Pakistan	2-1 	Olympic Games Q.
  7   1   4   18-10-95	Muscat  	Oman    	2-3     Olympic Games Q.
  8       4   22-10-95	Margao   	Pakistan	3-1     Olympic Games Q.
  9       4   29-10-95	Margao   	Oman    	1-2     Olympic Games Q.  
 10       4   23-12-95	Madras   	Sri Lanka	1-0	SAF Games	 
 11       4   25-12-95	Madras   	Nepal   	3-0	SAF Games	 
 12       4    4- 3-96	Kuala Lumpur 	Indonesia	1-7	Asian Nations Cup 
 13   1   5    6- 3-96	Kuala Lumpur 	Malaysia	2-5	Asian Nations Cup
 14       5   21- 9-96	Doha     	Philippines	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 15       5   24- 9-96	Doha     	Sri Lanka	1-1	World Cup Qualifier 
 16       5   27- 9-96	Doha     	Qatar   	0-6	World Cup Qualifier
 17       5    1- 4-97	Cochin   	China B		0-0 [!] Nehru Cup	 
 18       5    6- 4-97	Cochin   	Iraq    	0-1	Nehru Cup	 
 19       5   10- 4-97	Cochin   	Iraq      	1-1 [2] Nehru Cup	 
 20   1   6   11- 4-97	Cochin   	China B		1-2 [!] Nehru Cup
 21   1   7    7- 9-97	Kathmandu 	Bangladesh	3-0	SAFF Cup
 22   1   8    9- 9-97	Kathmandu 	Maldives	2-2	SAFF Cup
 23       8   11- 9-97	Kathmandu 	Pakistan	2-0	SAFF Cup	 
 24   1   9   13- 9-97	Kathmandu 	Maldives	5-1	SAFF Cup
 25       9   16-11-98	New Delhi 	Uzbekistan	0-0		 
 26       9   19-11-98	Calcutta 	Uzbekistan	0-4		 
 27       9    2-12-98	Trang    	Japan   	0-1	Asian Games
 28       9    4-12-98	Trang    	Nepal   	1-0	Asian Games	 
 29       9    6-12-98	Bangkok  	Turkmenistan	2-3	Asian Games	 
 30       9    9-12-98	Bangkok  	Uzbekistan	0-2	Asian Games	 
 31       9   11-12-98	Bangkok  	North Korea	0-2	Asian Games	 
 32       9   22- 4-99	Margao   	Bangladesh	0-0	SAFF Cup	 
 33   2  11   26- 4-99	Margao   	Pakistan	2-0	SAFF Cup
 34   1  12   29- 4-99	Margao   	Maldives	2-1	SAFF Cup
 35   1  13    1- 5-99	Margao   	Bangladesh	2-0	SAFF Cup
 36      13   29- 7-00	Leicester 	Bangladesh	1-0		 
 37      13    8- 4-01	Bangalore 	UA Emirates	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 38   1  14   15- 4-01	Bangalore 	Yemen   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 39      14   26- 4-01	Al-Ain   	UA Emirates	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 40      14   12- 5-01	B. Seri Begawan Brunei  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 41   1  15   20- 5-01	Bangalore 	Brunei  	5-0	World Cup Qualifier
 42      15   29- 8-02	Watford  	Jamaica 	0-3		 
 43      15    1- 9-02	Wolverhampton 	Jamaica 	0-0
 44      15   16-10-03	Bangkok  	Thailand	0-2		 
 45      15   18- 2-04	Margao   	Singapore	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 46      15   31- 3-04	Cochin   	Oman    	1-5	World Cup Qualifier
 47      15    3- 6-04	Jakarta  	Indonesia	1-1		 
 48      15    9- 6-04	Saitama  	Japan   	0-7	World Cup Qualifier
 49      15   24- 8-04	TP Ho Chi Minh 	Vietnam 	1-2	LG Cup	 
 50      15    8-12-05	Karachi 	Nepal   	2-1	SAFF Cup	 
 51   1  16   10-12-05	Karachi 	Bhutan  	3-0	SAFF Cup
 52      16   12-12-05	Karachi 	Bangladesh	1-1	SAFF Cup	 
 53      16   14-12-05	Karachi 	Maldives	1-0	SAFF Cup	 
 54   1  17   17-12-05	Karachi 	Bangladesh	2-0	SAFF Cup
 55   1  18   18- 2-06	Hongkong	Hongkong	2-2	
 56      18   22- 2-06	Yokohama 	Japan   	0-6	Asian Cup Qualifier
 57      18    1- 3-06	New Delhi 	Yemen   	0-3	Asian Cup Qualifier
 58      18   16- 8-06	Calcutta 	Saudi Arabia	0-3	Asian Cup Qualifier
 59      18    6- 9-06	Jeddah   	Saudi Arabia	1-7	Asian Cup Qualifier
 60      18   11-10-06	Bangalore 	Japan   	0-3	Asian Cup Qualifier
 61      18   15-11-06	Sana'a  	Yemen   	1-2	Asian Cup Qualifier
 62   1  19   17- 8-07	New Delhi 	Cambodia	6-0	Nehru Cup
 63   1  20   20- 8-07	New Delhi 	Bangladesh	1-0	Nehru Cup
 64      20   23- 8-07	New Delhi 	Syria   	2-3	Nehru Cup	 
 65   1  21   26- 8-07	New Delhi 	Kyrgyzstan	3-0	Nehru Cup
 66      21   29- 8-07	New Delhi 	Syria   	1-0	Nehru Cup	 
 67      21    8-10-07	Saida   	Lebanon 	1-4	World Cup Qualifier
 68      21   30-10-07	Margao   	Lebanon 	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
 69      21   24- 5-08	Margao   	Taiwan  	3-0		 
 70      21   27- 5-08	Madras   	Taiwan  	2-2		 
 71   1  22    3- 6-08	Malé     	Nepal   	4-0	SAFF Cup
 72      22    5- 6-08	Malé     	Pakistan	2-1	SAFF Cup	 
 73      22   11- 6-08	Malé     	Bhutan  	2-1	SAFF Cup	 
 74      22   14- 6-08	Colombo 	Maldives	0-1	SAFF Cup	 
 75   1  23   22- 7-08	Hyderabad 	Malaysia	1-1	
 76      23   30- 7-08	Hyderabad 	Afghanistan	1-0	AFC Cup	 
 77      23    1- 8-08	Hyderabad 	Tajikistan	1-1	AFC Cup	 
 78   2  25    3- 8-08	Hyderabad 	Turkmenistan	2-1	AFC Cup
 79      25    7- 8-08	Hyderabad 	Myanmar		1-0	AFC Cup	 
 80   1  26   13- 8-08	New Delhi 	Tajikistan	4-1	AFC Cup
 81   1  27   14- 1-09	Hongkong	Hongkong	1-2	
 82      27   19- 8-09	New Delhi 	Lebanon 	0-1	Nehru Cup	 
 83   1  28   23- 8-09	New Delhi 	Kyrgyzstan	2-1	Nehru Cup
 84   1  29   26- 8-09	New Delhi 	Sri Lanka	3-1	Nehru Cup
 85	 29   31- 8-09	New Delhi 	Syria     	1-1 [3] Nehru Cup	 
 86	 29    8- 9-10	New Delhi 	Thailand	1-2		 
 87	 29   15- 9-10	New Delhi 	Namibia 	2-0		 
 88	 29   18- 1-11	Doha     	South Korea	1-4	Asian Nations Cup	 

[1] India won 4-2 on penalty kicks.
[2] India lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.
[3] India won 5-4 on penalty kicks.

[!] these two matches are considered full internationals by the Indian FA

NB: the following 16 matches, in which Baichung Bhutia played and scored 11 goals,
    are no longer considered full internationals by the Indian FA:

for India against non-full international sides
  -   1   -   14- 3-95	Calcutta 	Uzbekistan U-19	1-0 [!] Nehru Cup
  -       -   16- 3-95	Calcutta 	Russia U-20	1-3 [!] Nehru Cup	
  -       -    4- 4-97	Cochin   	Uzbekistan U-19	2-2 [!] Nehru Cup	
  -   1   -    8- 4-97	Cochin   	Ghana B		2-2 [!] Nehru Cup
  -       -   22-10-03	Hyderabad 	Rwanda  	3-1	Afro Asian Games
  -       -   24-10-03	Hyderabad 	Malaysia	2-0	Afro Asian Games
  -   2   -   29-10-03	Hyderabad 	Zimbabwe	5-3	Afro Asian Games
  -       -   31-10-03	Hyderabad 	Uzbekistan	0-1	Afro Asian Games

for India U-23	 
  -       -    2- 8-02	TP Ho Chi Minh 	Singapore U-23	2-2 [!] LG Cup
  -   1   -    6- 8-02	TP Ho Chi Minh 	Vietnam U-23	3-1 [!] LG Cup
  -   2   -   10- 8-02	TP Ho Chi Minh 	Vietnam 	3-2 [!] LG Cup
  -   2   -   27- 9-02	Ulsan    	Bangladesh	3-0	Asian Games
  -   2   -   30- 9-02	Yangsan 	Turkmenistan	3-1	Asian Games
  -       -    3-10-02	Yangsan 	China   	0-2	Asian Games	 
  -       -   29-11-06	Doha     	Hongkong	1-1	Asian Games	 
  -       -    3-12-06	Doha     	Maldives	2-1	Asian Games	 


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    88   36   19   33	120- 135      91      51.70


Types of           Matches   Goals

SAFF Cup		20	12
Nehru Cup		15	 6
Friendlies		14	 3
World Cup Qualifier	13	 2
Asian Cup Qualifier	 6	 0
AFC Cup			 5	 3
Asian Games	 	 5	 0
Olympic Games Qualifier	 4       2
Asian Nations Cup	 3	 1
SAF Games   		 2       0
Other Tournaments        1       0
	
Total		        88	29


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