List of international goals scored by Fernando Torres

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Fernando Torres with the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Boot award

Fernando Torres is a retired Spanish international footballer who represented his country 110 times and scored 38 goals between his international debut in 2003 and his final match in 2014. As of 2019, he is the third top scorer in the history of the national team, with only David Villa (59) and Raúl (44) having scored more goals for the country. Spain never lost a match in which he scored. [1]

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Having represented Spain at various youth levels, Torres made his senior debut on 6 September 2003 against Portugal and scored his first goal in a friendly match against Italy on 28 April 2004. [2] [3] During qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Torres scored seven goals in 11 appearances to help Spain qualify for the tournament. [4] At the tournament proper he scored three goals, including a brace against Tunisia, as Spain were eliminated by France in the Round of 16. [5] Two years later, at UEFA Euro 2008, Torres scored the winning goal in the 33rd minute of the final against Germany, ending Spain's run of 44 years without a trophy. [6]

Spain's success at Euro 2008 saw the nation qualify as European champions for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, the curtain-raiser for the 2010 FIFA World Cup to be held in South Africa. Torres scored three goals at the tournament, a hat-trick in Spain's 5–0 win over New Zealand on 14 June. [7] His treble, which was scored within 11 minutes from kick-off, is the fastest hat-trick scored in the competition's history. He failed to score at the World Cup a year later but was part of the Spain squad which won the tournament, featuring as a late substitute in the final. [8]

In 2012, Torres was selected for Spain's UEFA Euro 2012 squad and won the Golden Boot award for his three goals scored at the tournament. He netted a brace against the Republic of Ireland before scoring the third goal in a 4–0 win over Italy in the final. Torres' goal against the Italians was his second in the final of a European Championship. [9] The following year, Torres scored five goals at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. His tally, which included a four-goal haul against Tahiti, earned him another Golden Boot award. [10] [11] He was then included in Spain's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and scored against Australia in a 3–0 group-stage victory. It was a dead rubber match for Spain, however, as their elimination from the competition had already been confirmed. [12]

Of Torres' 38 international goals scored, 10 were scored in friendlies, 8 at Confederations Cup Finals, 7 during World Cup Qualifiers, 5 at the European Championship Finals and 4 in both the European Championship Qualifiers and the World Cup Finals. [13]

List of international goals

As of match played 23 June 2014. Spain score listed first, score column indicates score after each Torres goal. [14]
List of international goals scored by Fernando Torres
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef
128 April 2004 Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy5Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 1–01–1 Friendly [3]
29 February 2005 Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos, Almería, Spain15Flag of San Marino (1862-2011).svg  San Marino 2–05–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [15]
326 March 2005 Helmántico Stadium, Salamanca, Spain16Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1–03–0Friendly [16]
48 October 2005 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium23Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1–02–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification [17]
52–0
612 October 2005 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino24Flag of San Marino (1862-2011).svg  San Marino 2–06–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification [18]
75–0
86–0
912 November 2005 Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid, Spain25Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 3–15–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification [19]
107 June 2006 Stade de Genève, Carouge, Switzerland30Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2–12–1 Friendly [20]
1114 June 2006 Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany31Flag of Ukraine (1992-2006).svg  Ukraine 4–04–0 2006 FIFA World Cup [21]
1219 June 2006 Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Germany32Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 2–13–12006 FIFA World Cup [5]
133–1
142 September 2006 Estadio Nuevo Vivero, Badajoz, Spain36Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1–04–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification [22]
1512 September 2007 Estadio Carlos Tartiere, Oviedo, Spain45Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2–02–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification [23]
1614 June 2008 Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria51Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1–02–1 UEFA Euro 2008 [24]
1729 June 2008 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria54Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2008 [6]
1819 November 2008 El Madrigal, Villarreal, Spain58Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 2–03–0Friendly [25]
199 June 2009 Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan62Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 6–06–0Friendly [26]
2014 June 2009 Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa63Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1–05–0 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup [7]
212–0
223–0
2312 August 2009 Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia68Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 1–23–2Friendly [27]
248 June 2010 Estadio Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain73Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 5–06–0Friendly [28]
253 September 2010 Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein81Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1–04–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification [29]
263–0
274 June 2011 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States85Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4–04–0Friendly [30]
2830 May 2012 Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland92Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1–04–1Friendly [31]
2914 June 2012 Arena Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland95Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 1–04–0 UEFA Euro 2012 [9]
303–0
311 July 2012 Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine98Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2012 [9]
3220 June 2013 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil103Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 1–010–0 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup [11]
333–0
346–0
359–0
3623 June 2013 Castelão, Fortaleza, Brazil104Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 2–03–02013 FIFA Confederations Cup [32]
3730 May 2014 Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville, Spain107Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 1–02–0Friendly [33]
3821 June 2014 Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães, Curitiba, Brazil110Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2–03–0 2014 FIFA World Cup [12]

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