Fernando Ruiz Hierro - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Spanish player scored 29 international goals in 89 matches for his National Team, which is the former record number of goals scored by an individual player for Spain. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born:    23/03/1968
Country: Spain   
Caps:    89     (W52 –D28 – L9 – GF197 – GA64 - %74.16)
Goals:   29     (% 0.33 per match)
Age First Cap:  21 yr 181 d     20/09/1989 vs. Poland        1-0
Age Last Cap:   34 yr  91 d     22/06/2002 vs. South Korea   0-0
National Team Career: 12 yr 275 d

   
Caps  Goals    Date      Venue           Opponent       Score   Competition
 
   1           20.09.89  La Coruña       Poland           1-0
   2           11.10.89  Budapest        Hungary          2-2     World Cup Qualifier
   3   1  1    19.12.90  Sevilla         Albania          9-0     European Champ. Qualif.
   4      1    16.01.91  Castellón       Portugal         1-1
   5      1    25.09.91  Reykjavik       Iceland          0-2     European Champ. Qualif.
   6      1    12.10.91  Sevilla         France           1-2     European Champ. Qualif.
   7      1    13.11.91  Sevilla         Czechoslovakia   2-1     European Champ. Qualif.
   8      1    15.01.92  Torres Novas    Portugal         0-0
   9   1  2    19.02.92  Valencia        CIS              1-1
  10   1  3    11.03.92  Valladolid      United States    2-0
  11   1  4    22.04.92  Sevilla         Albania          3-0     World Cup Qualifier
  12      4    14.10.92  Belfast         Northern Ireland 0-0     World Cup Qualifier
  13      4    18.11.92  Sevilla         Eire             0-0     World Cup Qualifier
  14   1  5    28.04.93  Sevilla         Northern Ireland 3-1     World Cup Qualifier
  15      5    02.06.93  Vilnius         Lithuania        2-0     World Cup Qualifier
  16      5    08.09.93  Alicante        Chile            2-0
  17      5    22.09.93  Tiranë          Albania          5-1     World Cup Qualifier
  18      5    13.10.93  Dublin          Eire             3-1     World Cup Qualifier
  19   1  6    17.11.93  Sevilla         Denmark          1-0     World Cup Qualifier
  20      6    20.01.94  Vigo            Portugal         2-2
  21      6    09.02.94  Tenerife        Poland           1-1
  22      6    23.03.94  Valencia        Croatia          0-2
  23      6    02.06.94  Tampere         Finland          2-1
  24      6    17.06.94  Dallas          South Korea      2-2     World Cup
  25      6    21.06.94  Chicago         Germany          1-1     World Cup
  26      6    27.06.94  Chicago         Bolivia          3-1     World Cup
  27   1  7    02.07.94  Washington DC   Switzerland      3-0     World Cup
  28      7    09.07.94  Boston          Italy            1-2     World Cup
  29      7    07.09.94  Limassol        Cyprus           2-1     European Champ. Qualif.
  30      7    12.10.94  Skopje          Macedonia        2-0     European Champ. Qualif.
  31      7    30.11.94  Málaga          Finland          2-0
  32   1  8    17.12.94  Brussel         Belgium          4-1     European Champ. Qualif.
  33      8    18.01.95  La Coruña       Uruguay          2-2
  34      8    22.02.95  Jérez           Germany          0-0
  35      8    29.03.95  Sevilla         Belgium          1-1     European Champ. Qualif.
  36   1  9    07.06.95  Sevilla         Armenia          1-0     European Champ. Qualif.
  37   1 10    06.09.95  Granada         Cyprus           6-0     European Champ. Qualif.
  38     10    20.09.95  Madrid          Argentina        2-1
  39   1 11    11.10.95  København       Denmark          1-1     European Champ. Qualif.
  40     11    07.02.96  Las Palmas      Norway           1-0
  41     11    24.04.96  Oslo            Norway           0-0
  42     11    09.06.96  Leeds           Bulgaria         1-1     European Championship
  43     11    15.06.96  Leeds           France           1-1     European Championship
  44     11    18.06.96  Leeds           Romania          2-1     European Championship
  45     11    22.06.96  London          England          0-0 [1] European Championship 
  46   1 12    04.09.96  Toftir          Faroe Islands    6-2     World Cup Qualifier
  47     12    09.10.96  Praha           Czech Republic   0-0     World Cup Qualifier
  48   1 13    13.11.96  Tenerife        Slovakia         4-1     World Cup Qualifier
  49     13    12.02.97  Alicante        Malta            4-0     World Cup Qualifier
  50   1 14    30.04.97  Beograd         Yugoslavia       1-1     World Cup Qualifier
  51   1 15    08.06.97  Valladolid      Czech Republic   1-0     World Cup Qualifier
  52     15    24.09.97  Bratislava      Slovakia         2-1     World Cup Qualifier
  53     15    11.10.97  Gijón           Faroe Islands    3-1     World Cup Qualifier
  54     15    19.11.97  Palma Mallorca  Romania          1-1
  55     15    25.03.98  Vigo            Sweden           4-0
  56   1 16    13.06.98  Nantes          Nigeria          2-3     World Cup
  57     16    19.06.98  Saint-Etienne   Paraguay         0-0     World Cup
  58   1 17    24.06.98  Lens            Bulgaria         6-1     World Cup
  59     17    05.09.98  Limassol        Cyprus           2-3     European Champ. Qualif.
  60     17    23.09.98  Granada         Russia           1-0
  61   1 18    14.10.98  Tel-Aviv        Israel           2-1     European Champ. Qualif.
  62   1 19    27.03.99  Valencia        Austria          9-0     European Champ. Qualif.
  63   1 20    05.05.99  Sevilla         Croatia          3-1
  64   1 21    05.06.99  Villarreal      San Marino       9-0     European Champ. Qualif.
  65   1 22    04.09.99  Wien            Austria          3-1     European Champ. Qualif.
  66   1 23    08.09.99  Badajoz         Cyprus           8-0     European Champ. Qualif.
  67     23    10.10.99  Albacete        Israel           3-0     European Champ. Qualif.
  68     23    26.01.00  Cártagena       Poland           3-0
  69     23    23.02.00  Split           Croatia          0-0
  70     23    03.06.00  Goeteborg       Sweden           1-1
  71     23    07.06.00  Luxembourg      Luxembourg       1-0
  72     23    13.06.00  Rotterdam       Norway           0-1     European Championship
  73     23    18.06.00  Amsterdam       Slovenia         2-1     European Championship
  74   1 24    07.10.00  Madrid          Israel           2-0     World Cup Qualifier
  75     24    11.10.00  Wien            Austria          1-1     World Cup Qualifier
  76   1 25    15.11.00  Sevilla         Netherlands      1-2
  77   1 26    24.03.01  Alicante        Liechtenstein    5-0     World Cup Qualifier
  78     26    28.03.01  Valencia        France           2-1 
  79   1 27    02.06.01  Oviedo          Bosnia           4-1     World Cup Qualifier
  80     27    06.06.01  Tel-Aviv        Israel           1-1     World Cup Qualifier
  81     27    01.09.01  Valencia        Austria          4-0     World Cup Qualifier
  82     27    05.09.01  Vaduz           Liechtentein     2-0     World Cup Qualifier
  83     27    14.11.01  Huelva          Mexico           1-0
  84     27    27.03.02  Rotterdam       Netherlands      0-1
  85     27    17.04.02  Belfast         Northern Ireland 5-0
  86   1 28    02.06.02  Gwangju         Slovenia         3-1     World Cup
  87   1 29    07.06.02  Jeonju          Paraguay         3-1     World Cup     
  88     29    16.06.02  Suwon           Ireland          1-1 [2] World Cup
  89     29    22.06.02  Gwangju         South Korea      0-0 [3] World Cup

[1] Spain lost 2-4 on penalties
[2] Spain won 3-2 on penalties  
[3] Spain lost 3-5 on penalties
 
Total Record
    GP    GW   GD   GL   GF   GA     Pts  Percentage
    89    52   28    9  197   64     132      74.16%
 
29 Goals in 89 Matches (0.33 per match)
 
 
Types of Goals
 
Friendlies                         4
European Championship Qualifier   10
European Championship              -      
World Cup Qualifier               10
World Cup                          5
 
Total                             29


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