Edward Acquah - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Ghanaian player scored 45 international goals for his National Team and thereby entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with Two Score Goals for his national team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Cap  Goals     Date     Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition
Gold Coast (pre-independence)
 1   3	 3   16-12-56	Accra   	Sierra Leone	4-3	Akwei Cup 
 2	 3    ?-10-57	Freetown	Sierra Leone	3-2	Akwei Cup
 3	 3   27-10-57	Accra   	Nigeria 	3-3     Jalco Cup
Ghana
 4	 3   25-10-58	Lagos   	Nigeria 	2-3	Jalco Cup
 5	 3   10-10-59	Lagos   	Nigeria 	1-3	Olympic G. Qualifier
 6   2	 5   25-10-59	Lagos   	Nigeria 	4-1	Olympic G. Qualifier
 7	 5   13-11-59	Cairo   	Egypt   	1-2	Olympic G. Qualifier
 8	 5   21-11-59	Accra   	Nigeria 	5-2	Jalco Cup
 9   2	 7    6-12-59	Accra   	Egypt   	2-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
10   2	 9    7- 2-60	Accra   	Sierra Leone	6-2	Kwame Nkrumah C.
11   1  10    3- 7-60	Accra   	Egypt   	2-2	
12   1	11   28- 8-60	Accra   	Nigeria 	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
13   2	13   10- 9-60	Lagos   	Nigeria 	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
14   2	15    2-10-60	Ibadan  	Mali    	4-1	Kwame Nkrumah C.
15   2	17    9-10-60	Lagos   	Nigeria 	3-0	Kwame Nkrumah C.
16	17   29-10-60	Lagos   	Nigeria 	1-1	Independence Cup
17   1	18    5- 3-61	Accra   	Mali    	3-0	
18	18    2- 4-61	Accra   	Morocco 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
19	18    8- 4-61	Lagos   	Nigeria 	0-0	African Cup Qual.
20   1	19   30- 4-61	Accra   	Nigeria  	2-2 [1]	African Cup Qual.
21	19   28- 5-61	Casablanca	Morocco 	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
22   3	22   17-12-61	Accra   	Nigeria 	5-1	Azikiwe Cup
23   2	24   29- 9-62	Kampala 	Kenya   	6-3	Uganda Uhuru Cup
24   1	25   10-10-62	Kampala 	Uganda  	4-1	Uganda Uhuru Cup
25   3	28   12-10-62	Nairobi 	Kenya   	4-0	
26   4	32   15-10-62	Blantyre	Nyasaland      12-0	
27   1	33   18-10-62	Dar-es-Salaam	Tanganyika	6-2	
28	33   10-11-62	Lagos   	Nigeria 	0-0	Azikiwe Cup
29   1	34   24- 2-63	Kumasi  	Nigeria 	5-0	Kwame Nkrumah C.
30   3	37    3- 3-63	Accra   	Mali    	4-0	Kwame Nkrumah C.
31	37   24-11-63	Accra   	Tunisia 	1-1	African Nations Cup
32   2  39   26-11-63	Accra   	Ethiopia	2-0	African Nations Cup
33   2	41    1-12-63	Accra   	Sudan   	3-0	African Nations Cup
34   2	43   18- 1-64	Monrovia	Liberia 	5-4	Olympic G. Qualifier
35	43    2- 2-64	Accra   	Liberia 	1-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
36	43   16- 2-64	Lomé    	Togo    	0-1	
37	43   23- 2-64	Accra   	East Germany 	3-0	
38	43   31- 5-64	Accra   	Tunisia 	2-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
39	43   21- 6-64	Tunis   	Tunisia 	1-2	Olympic G. Qualifier
40   1	44   21- 6-64	Tunis   	Tunisia 	1-2	Olympic G. Qualifier
41   1	45   12-10-64	Yokohama	Argentina Ol.	1-1	Olympic Games

[1] Nigeria  won on lots.

NB: other matches are being investigated; for some matches records are incomplete;
    some sources credit Acquah with 44 caps.

Total Record  
 
Matches  Won Draw Lost  For-Against Points  Percentage  
    41    24   10    7  118-  49       58       70.73
  

Type of                  Matches and Goals 

Olympic Games Qualifier	     9	       7
Friendlies	             7        10
Kwame Nkrumah Gold Cup	     5	      10
Jalco Cup                    3	       0
World Cup Qualifier          4	       3
African Nations Cup          3	       4
African Cup Qualifier        2	       1
Azikiwe Cup                  2	       3
Uganda Uhuru Cup             2	       3
Akwei Cup                    2	       3
Olympic Games                1	       1
Other Tournaments            1	       0

Total:                      41        45


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