Paulo Wanchope - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Costa Rican player, who scored 45 international goals in 73 matches, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with Two Score Goals for his national team; it is also the record number of goals scored by an individual player for Costa Rica. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Caps Goals   Date      Venue        Opponent         Score      Competition 

1.          2-10-1996  Barinas      Venezuela         0-2 
2.          9-10-1996  San José     Jamaica           0-0 
3.          7-11-1996  San Isidro   Panama            2-0 
4.         24-11-1996  Los Angeles  Guatemala         0-1     World Cup Qualifier 
5.  1  1    1-12-1996  San José     USA               2-1     World Cup Qualifier   
6.     1   14-12-1996  Palo Alto    USA               1-2     World Cup Qualifier   
7.  2  3   21-12-1996  Cartago      Trinidad/Tobago   2-1     World Cup Qualifier   
8.  3  6    9- 3-1997  San José     Cameroon          5-0         
9.     6   16- 3-1997  San José     Mexico            0-0     World Cup Qualifier   
10.    6   23- 3-1997  San José     USA               3-2     World Cup Qualifier 
11.    6    4- 5-1997  San Salvador El Salvador       1-2     World Cup Qualifier 
12. 2  8   11- 5-1997  San José     Jamaica           3-1     World Cup Qualifier   
13.    8    1- 6-1997  Edmonton     Canada            0-1     World Cup Qualifier 
14. 1  9    9-11-1997  Cd.de México Mexico            3-3     World Cup Qualifier 
15. 4 13    4- 2-1998  Oakland      Cuba              7-2     Gold Cup 
16.   13    7- 2-1998  Oakland      USA               1-2     Gold Cup     
17.   13   27- 1-1999  Alajuela     Ecuador           0-0   
18. 1 14   17- 3-1999  San José     Belize            7-0     Uncaf Nations Cup 
19.   14   21- 3-1999  San José     Honduras          0-1     Uncaf Nations Cup 
20. 1 15   28- 3-1999  San José     El Salvador       4-0     Uncaf Nations Cup 
21.   15   29- 5-1999  Concepción   Chile             0-3         
22.   15   13- 2-2000  San Diego    Canada            2-2     Gold Cup 
23. 1 16   17- 2-2000  Los Angeles  South Korea       2-2     Gold Cup 
24. 1 17   20- 2-2000  San Diego    Trinidad/Tobago   1-2     Gold Cup 
25.   17   21- 6-2000  Cd.del Este  Paraguay          0-1 
26. 1 18    1- 7-2000  Alajuela     Panama            5-1                     
27. 2 20    9- 7-2000  San José     St.Vincent/Gre    7-1   
28.   20   16- 7-2000  Bridgetown   Barbados          1-2     World Cup Qualifier 
29.   20   23- 7-2000  San José     USA               2-1     World Cup Qualifier   
30. 2 22   15- 8-2000  Alajuela     Guatemala         2-1     World Cup Qualifier 
31.   22    3- 9-2000  San José     Barbados          3-0     World Cup Qualifier 
32.   22   11-10-2000  Columbus     USA               0-0     World Cup Qualifier 
33.   22   15-11-2000  Mazatenango  Guatemala         1-2     World Cup Qualifier 
34. 1 23    6- 1-2001  Miami        Guatemala         5-2     World Cup Qualifier   
35. 2 25   28- 3-2001  Alajuela     Trinidad/Tobago   3-0     World Cup Qualifier 
36.   25   25- 4-2001  Kansas City  USA               0-1     World Cup Qualifier 
37.   25   16- 6-2001  Cd.de México Mexico            2-1     World Cup Qualifier 
38. 1 26   20- 6-2001  Alajuela     Jamaica           2-1     World Cup Qualifier 
39. 1 27    1- 7-2001  Tegucigalpa  Honduras          3-2     World Cup Qualifier 
40. 1 28   13- 7-2001  Medellín     Honduras          1-0     Copa America 
41. 1 29   16- 7-2001  Medellín     Uruguay           1-1     Copa America 
42. 2 31   19- 7-2001  Medellín     Bolivia           4-0     Copa America 
43. 1 32   22- 7-2001  Armenia      Uruguay           1-2     Copa America 
44.   32    5- 9-2001  San José     USA               2-0     World Cup Qualifier 
45.   32   26- 1-2002  Miami        Haiti             2-1     Gold Cup 
46. 2 34   30- 1-2002  Pasadena     South Korea       3-1     Gold Cup 
47.   34    2- 2-2002  Pasadena     USA               0-2     Gold Cup 
48.   34   26- 5-2002  Kumamoto     Belgium           0-1   
49.   34    4- 6-2002  Gwangju      China             2-0     World Cup   
50.   34    9- 6-2002  Incheon      Turkey            1-1     World Cup 
51. 1 35   13- 6-2002  Suwon        Brazil            2-5     World Cup     
52.   35   19-11-2003  Alajuela     Finland           2-1              
53.   35   18- 8-2004  Alajuela     Honduras          2-5     World Cup Qualifier
54.   35    5- 9-2004  Cd.Guatemala Guatemala         1-2     World Cup Qualifier  
55. 1 36    8- 9-2004  San José     Canada            1-0     World Cup Qualifier  
56. 3 39    9-10-2004  San José     Guatemala         5-0     World Cup Qualifier 
57. 1 40   13-10-2004  Vancouver    Canada            3-1     World Cup Qualifier    
58.   40   17-11-2004  S.Pedro Sula Honduras          0-0     World Cup Qualifier    
59. 1 41    9- 2-2005  San José     Mexico            1-2     World Cup Qualifier
60.   41   26- 3-2005  San José	    Panama	      2-1     World Cup Qualifier  
61.   41   30- 3-2005  Port o/Spain Trinidad/Tobago   0-0     World Cup Qualifier 
62.   41   24- 5-2005  Oslo         Norway 	      0-1	
63.   41    4- 6-2005  Salt Lake C. USA               0-3     World Cup Qualifier   
64. 1 42    8- 6-2005  San José     Guatemala  	      3-2     World Cup Qualifier
65.   42   17- 8-2005  Cd.de México Mexico            0-2     World Cup Qualifier 
66.   42    7- 9-2005  San José	    Trinidad/Tobago   2-0     World Cup Qualifier
67. 1 43    8-10-2005  San José     USA		      3-0     World Cup Qualifier
68.   43   28- 5-2006  Kyiv         Ukraine           0-4
69.   43   30- 5-2006  Jablonec     Czech Republic    0-1
70. 2 45    9- 6-2006  Munchen      Germany	      2-4     World Cup 		   
71.   45   15- 6-2006  Hamburg 	    Ecuador	      0-3     World Cup
72.   45   20- 6-2006  Hannover     Poland            1-2     World Cup  		
73.   45   13- 1-2008  San Jose     Sweden 	      0-1 [1]		 				    	     			 	   

[1] Wanchope´s Farewell Match 

Total Record 

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 

  73     33  11   29    129-95      77     52.74


Types of Goals 

World Cup Qualifier  21
Gold Cup              8 
Friendlies            6 
Copa America          5 
World Cup             3
Uncaf Nations Cup     2 


Total  Goals         45



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