Sunil Chhetri, is undoubtedly India’s best footballer and most prolific goal-scorer to have ever played the game, find out more about his impressive total goals record throughout his career, his international and clubs careers goal record and stats in ISL
Chhetri’s career spans over two decades, in which the centre-forward has won many individual and team achievements.
Sunil Chhetri total goals list in international football for India, ISL, club career stats
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The Secunderabad-born footballer, made his professional football debut while playing for Mohun Bagan back in 2002.
Throughout his career, he went on to play for MLS team Kansas City Wizards in 2010, as well as Sporting CP’s reserve team in the Portuguese football league back in 2012.
Sunil Chhetri achievements and awards
Throughout his career, Sunil Chhetri has won several awards and achievements, which include:
- AIFF Player of the Year (Seven times)
- Nehru Cup (2007, 2009, 2012)
- South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship (2011, 2015, 2021)
- 2008 AFC Challenge Cup
- I-League (2014 and 2016)
- Super Cup (2018)
- IISL (2019)
- Helped India qualify for the first AFC Asian Cup (2011) in 27 years
Sunil Chhetri international goals
Sunil Chhetri currently has 84 goals to his name in a span of 131 international appearances. The Indian legend is amazingly the current third highest goal-scorer among active players in international matches. He is only behind Portuguese legend Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentine Lionel Messi. Chhetri is also the joint-fifth highest goal-scorer in the overall list. He sits alongside Hungarian legend Ferenc Puskas.
Sunil Chhetri made his international debut representing India back in 2005. He scored his first goal for the senior India national football team while playing against Pakistan.
Chhetri most remarkable goal-scoring achievement came during the 9th SAFF Championship in New Delhi. During that tournament, Sunil Chhetri went past Indian legend IM Vijayan’s goal record of six goals in a single edition. He scored a record seven goals helping India in the title. Moreover, he also overtook IM Vijayan record of the highest goal-scorer in Indian football.
| Competition | Goals | Matches |
| SAFF Championship | 18 | 22 |
| FIFA World Cup qualifiers | 9 | 19 |
| Nehru Cup | 9 | 14 |
| AFC Asian Cup qualifiers | 8 | 12 |
| AFC Challenge Cup | 4 | 8 |
| Intercontinental Cup | 11 | 7 |
| AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers | 3 | 6 |
| AFC Asian Cup | 4 | 5 |
| King’s Cup | 1 | 1 |
| International friendlies | 17 | 37 |
At the club level, Sunil Chhetri has so far scored 87 goals in 214 appearances throughout his career. The veteran is currently the top Indian goalscorer in the ISL with 55 goals in 134 appearances. He scored them while playing for two ISL clubs Mumbai Indians and Bengaluru FC. Ahead of him, only Bartholomew Ogbeche has scored more goals than him in the competition.
Sunil Chhetri club career goals
Given below is Sunil Chhetri’s club career goals record:
| Club (Year) | Goals | Matches |
| Mohun Bagan (2002–2005) | 8 | 18 |
| JCT (2005–2008) | 21 | 48 |
| East Bengal (2008–2009) | 9 | 17 |
| Dempo (2009–2010) | 8 | 13 |
| Kansas City Wizards (2010) | 0 | 1 |
| Chirag United (2011) | 7 | 7 |
| Mohun Bagan (2011–2012) | 8 | 14 |
| Sporting CP B Team (2012–2013) | 0 | 3 |
| *Churchill Brothers (on loan) (2013) | 4 | 8 |
| Bengaluru FC (2013–2015) | 16 | 43 |
| Mumbai City (2015–2016) | 7 | 17 |
| *Bengaluru FC (On loan) (2016) | 5 | 14 |
| Bengaluru FC (2016–present) | 53 | 122 |
Sunil Chhetri total career goals tally
Tallying the above goals records, Sunil Chhetri has so far scored a total of 172 goals for club and country. He has scored those goals in just over 340 appearances. This means that he has scored at a rate of one goal in every two matches.
Just recently, FIFA acknowledged Sunil Chhetri’s achievements on the field. The organization released a documentary in 2022 titled ‘Captain Fantastic’, which highlighted the footballer’s goals-coring feats and his career.
| Goals | Matches |
| International | 84 |
| Club | 88 |
| Total | 172 |