- Who
- Mokhtar Dahari
- What
- 22;273 year(s):day(s)
- Where
- Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)
- When
The youngest player to score 50 international football (soccer) goals is Mokhtar Dahari (Malaysia, b. 13 November 1953), who was aged 22 years 273 days when he scored his 50th goal for his country, against India in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 12 August 1976.
In 2021, FIFA officially acknowledged Mokhtar Dahari as the third-highest scorer in men’s international history, with 89 goals. His 85th strike in 1980 saw him overtake Ferenc Puskás as the then-all-time highest scorer, an honour Dahari held for almost 24 years until Iran’s Ali Daei notched his 90th international goal in 2004.
