Last match included: India-Afghanistan, 15 Jun 2021
Name First/Last Caps Goals Sunil CHHETRI * 2005-2021 118 74 Baichung BHUTIA 1995-2011 82 27 Climax LAWRENCE 2003-2011 72 3 Gouramangi SINGH * 2006-2013 71 6 Inivalappil Mani VIJAYAN 1989-2004 70 29 Subrata PAL * 2007-2018 67 0 Mahesh GAWLI 1999-2011 68 1 Shabbir ALI 1974-1984 66 23 Syed Rahim NABI * 2004-2013 61 7 Renedy SINGH 1998-2011 59 4 Jeje LALPEKHLUA * 2011-2019 56 23 Irungbam Surkumar SINGH 2001-2011 52 2 Steven DIAS 2004-2011 51 7 NB: additional players are still being investigated
Name First/Last Goals Sunil CHHETRI * 2005-2021 74 Inivalappil Mani VIJAYAN 1989-2004 29 Baichung BHUTIA 1995-2011 27 Shabbir ALI 1974-1984 23 Jeje LALPEKHLUA * 2009-2019 23 Magan SINGH Rajvi 1969-1974 15 Pradip Kumar BANERJEE 1955-1966 15 Neville Stephen D'SOUZA 1953-1956 11 Tulsidas BALARAM 1956-1962 9 Subimal "Chuni" GOSWAMI 1958-1964 9 Pappachen PRADEEP 2005-2011 9 Inder SINGH 1964-1973 9 Ashoke CHATTERJEE 1965-1968 8 LUMSDEN 1938-1938 8 Krishanu DEY 1986-1992 7 Jo Paul ANCHERI 1994-2004 7 Steven DIAS 2004-2011 7 Mohammed HABIB 1969-1974 7 Sheoo MEWALAL 1951-1955 7 Syed Rahim NABI 2004-2013 7 Padavattam VENKATESH 1951-1953 7 Subhash BHOWMICK 1970-1974 5 Mohammed RAHMATULLAH 1958-1961 5 NB: additional players are still being investigated
The first player to score a hat-trick for India was striker Lumsden, in a friendly
match against Australia during Australia Tour of 1938.
After independence, the first player to do so was Sheoo Mewalal in a 4-0 victory over
Burma in the 1952 Colombo Quadrangular Tournament.
Neville D'Souza scored a hat-trick at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, the first Asian
to do so in the history of Olympics football.
K. Appalaraju and Sunil Chhetri are the only Indian footballers to have scored a
hat-trick more than once. Appalaraju scored twice in the 1964 Olympic Qualifiers.
Chhetri scored thrice, most recent during the 2018 Intercontinental Cup.
Only FIFA A international matches considered.
Nr Player Date Opponent Goals Score Venue Status 1 R. LUMSDEN 24- 9-1938 Australia 3 4-5 Sydney, Australia Friendly 2 Sheoo MEWALAL 16- 3-1952 Burma 3 4-0 Colombo, Ceylon Colombo Cup 3 Puran Bahadur THAPA 26-12-1954 Pakistan 3 3-1 Calcutta, India Intern. Tourn. 4 Neville D'SOUZA 1-12-1956 Australia 3 4-2 Melbourne, Australia Olympic Games 5 K. APPALARAJU 22-12-1963 Sri Lanka 3 5-3 Colombo, Sri Lanka Olympic Games Qualifier 6 K. APPALARAJU 29-12-1963 Sri Lanka 3 7-0 Bangalore, India Olympic Games Qualifier 7 Marto GRACIAS 16- 8-1967 Hongkong 3 4-0 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Merdeka Cup 8 Subhash BHOWMICK 16- 8-1971 Philippines 3 5-1 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Merdeka Cup 9 Magan SINGH Rajvi 23- 7-1974 Thailand 3 4-2 Ipoh, Malaysia Merdeka Cup 10 Shabbir ALI 16- 8-1976 Indonesia 3 3-1 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Merdeka Cup 11 I. M. VIJAYAN 26- 9-1999 Pakistan 3 5-2 Kathmandu, Nepal SAF Games 12 Sunil CHHETRI 13- 8-2008 Tajikistan 3 4-1 New Delhi, India AFC Challenge Cup 13 Sunil CHHETRI 8-10-2010 Vietnam 3 3-1 Mumbai, India Friendly 14 Sunil CHHETRI 1- 6-2018 Taiwan 3 5-0 Mumbai, India Nehru Cup
Thanks to Roberto Mamrud
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