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Goals at three World Cups and 50 for the Socceroos – Cahill´s international career in numbers

SoccerNews in General Soccer News 17 Jul 2018

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Tim Cahill announced his retirement from international football after an Australia career that will see him go down as arguably the greatest ever Socceroo.

Cahill, 38, retired after scoring a record 50 goals in 107 appearances for Australia.

We take a look at his international career with the help of Opta data.

 

3 – Cahill scored at three World Cups. Only Miroslav Klose, Cristiano Ronaldo, Uwe Seeler and Pele have scored at more (4).

5 – He netted five times against Japan, the most he struck against any nation.

38 – Cahill has scored five (38 per cent) of the Socceroos’ 13 World Cup goals.

9 – No player has featured in more World Cup games for the Socceroos (9 – level with Mark Bresciano).

50 – His 50 Socceroos goals put him clear of Damian Mori (29), Archie Thompson (28) and John Aloisi (27) for the most for Australia.

2 – Cahill scored two international hat-tricks – against Fiji in 2004 and Bangladesh in 2015.

28 – Cahill scored against 28 different nations during his international career.

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