Abedi "Pelé" Ayew - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Ghanaian player scored 19 international goals in 73 caps for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

See also Abédi Ayew PELÉ - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga.


Born: 5-11-1964
Country: Ghana
Caps:	73	(W42-D19-L12 – GF105-GA56 – %70.55)
Goals:	19	(% 0.26 per match)
Age First Cap:	 16 yr 270 d    2- 8-1981 vs. Zaire 2-1
Age Last Cap:    33 yr 103 d   16- 2-1998 vs. Congo-Kinshasa 0-1
National Team Career: 16 yr 198 d


Cap  Goals     Date     Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition

 1	      2- 8-81	Kinshasa	Zaire   	2-1	African Cup Qual.
 2	     13- 2-82	Cotonou 	Benin   	4-0	West Africa Cup
 3	     15- 2-82	Cotonou 	Ivory Coast	5-2	West Africa Cup
 4   1	 1   17- 2-82	Cotonou 	Niger   	2-2	West Africa Cup
 5	 1   19- 2-82	Cotonou 	Upper Volta	1-0	West Africa Cup
 6	 1   23- 2-82	Cotonou 	Togo    	2-1	West Africa Cup
 7	 1    5- 3-82	Tripoli 	Libya   	2-2	African Nations Cup
 8	 1    9- 3-82	Tripoli 	Cameroon	0-0	African Nations Cup
 9	 1   12- 3-82	Tripoli 	Tunisia 	1-0	African Nations Cup
10	 1   19- 3-82	Tripoli 	Libya    	1-1 [1]	African Nations Cup
11	 1    4- 5-82	Yaoundé 	Senegal 	0-0	International Tourn.
12	 1    5- 5-82	Yaoundé 	Cameroon	0-0	International Tourn.
13	 1    7- 5-82	Yaoundé 	Guinea  	0-0	International Tourn.
14   1	 2    7- 8-82	Kuala Lumpur	Singapore	3-0	Merdeka Cup
15	 2    9- 8-82	Kuala Lumpur	India   	1-0	Merdeka Cup
16	 2   11- 8-82	Kelatan 	Thailand	4-1	Merdeka Cup
17	 2   16- 8-82	Kuala Lumpur	South Korea	1-0	Merdeka Cup
18	 2   20- 8-82	Kuala Lumpur	Senegal 	2-2	Merdeka Cup
19   1	 3   28- 4-83	Addis Ababa	Libya   	1-0	International Tourn.
20	 3    1- 5-83	Addis Ababa	Nigeria 	1-0	International Tourn.
21	 3   27- 9-83	Abidjan 	Togo    	1-1	West Africa Cup
22	 3   28- 9-83	Abidjan 	Liberia 	1-0	West Africa Cup
23	 3   30- 9-83	Abidjan 	Ivory Coast	2-0	West Africa Cup
24	 3    2-10-83	Abidjan 	Togo    	3-1	West Africa Cup
25   1	 4   14- 4-85	Conakry 	Guinea  	4-1	African Cup Qual.
26	 4   21- 4-85	Kumasi  	Ivory Coast	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
27	 4   14- 7-85	Accra   	Libya   	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
28	 4   26- 7-85	Bin Ghashir	Libya   	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
29	 4   18- 8-85	Abidjan 	Ivory Coast	0-2	African Cup Qual.
30	 4    1- 9-85	Kumasi  	Ivory Coast	0-0	African Cup Qual.
31	 4   24- 2-86	Accra   	Niger   	2-0	West Africa Cup
32	 4   25- 2-86	Accra   	Togo    	2-2	West Africa Cup
33   1	 5   26- 2-86	Accra   	Liberia 	3-0	West Africa Cup
34	 5    1- 3-86	Accra   	Burkina Faso	2-0	West Africa Cup
35   1	 6    2- 3-86	Accra   	Togo    	1-0	West Africa Cup	
36	 6   11- 4-87	Freetown	Sierra Leone	0-0	African Cup Qual.
37	 6   19- 4-87	Accra   	Ivory Coast	1-1	African Games Q.
38	 6   21- 8-88	Monrovia	Liberia 	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
39	 6    1- 9-90	Kumasi  	Nigeria 	1-0	African Cup Qual.
40	 6   14-10-90	Kumasi  	Burkina Faso	2-0	African Cup Qual.
41   1	 7   15- 1-92	Ziguinchor	Zambia  	1-0	African Nations Cup
42	 7   17- 1-92	Ziguinchor	Egypt   	1-0	African Nations Cup
43   1	 8   20- 1-92	Dakar   	Congo-Brazzav.	2-1	African Nations Cup
44   1	 9   23- 1-92	Dakar   	Nigeria 	2-1	African Nations Cup
45	 9   30- 8-92	Accra   	Burkina Faso	3-0	African Cup Qual.
46	 9   20-12-92	Accra   	Algeria 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
47   1	10   31- 1-93	Kumasi  	Burundi 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
48	10   26- 2-93	Tlemcen 	Algeria 	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
49	11   14- 4-93	Bochum  	Germany 	1-6	
50   1	11   25- 7-93	Monrovia	Liberia 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
51	11   27- 3-94	Sousse  	Guinea  	1-0	African Nations Cup
52	11   31- 3-94	Sousse  	Senegal 	1-0	African Nations Cup
53	11    3- 4-94	Sousse  	Ivory Coast	1-2	African Nations Cup
54	11   26-11-94	Petroria	South Africa	1-2	Simba Cup
55	11   23- 4-95	Accra   	Niger   	1-0	African Cup Qual.
56   2	13   25- 5-95	Oslo    	Norway  	2-3	
57   1	14   12-11-95	Accra   	Sierra Leone	2-0	
58   1	15    5- 1-96	Jeddah  	Saudi Arabia	1-1	
59   1	16   14- 1-96	Port Elizabeth	Ivory Coast	2-0	African Nations Cup
60   1	17   19- 1-96 	Port Elizabeth	Tunisia 	2-1	African Nations Cup
61	17   25- 1-96	Bloemfontein	Mozambique	2-0	African Nations Cup
62	17   28- 1-96	Johannesburg	Zaire   	1-0	African Nations Cup
63   1	18   10-11-96	Libreville	Gabon   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
64	18    6- 1-97	Lomé    	Togo    	0-4	
65	18   12- 1-97	Kumasi  	Morocco 	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
66	18   26- 1-97	Harare  	Zimbabwe	0-0	African Cup Qual.
67	18    5- 4-97	Freetown	Sierra Leone	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
68	18   27- 4-97	Accra   	Gabon   	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
69	18    7- 6-97	Casablanca	Morocco 	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
70   1	19   13- 7-97	Accra   	Zimbabwe	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
71	19    9- 2-98	Ouagadougou	Tunisia 	2-0	African Nations Cup
72	19   12- 2-98	Ouagadougou	Togo    	1-2	African Nations Cup
73	19   16- 2-98	Ouagadougou	Congo-Kinshasa	0-1	African Nations Cup

[1] Ghana won 7-6 on penalty kicks.

NB: other matches are being investigated; for some matches records are incomplete.

Total Record  
 
Matches  Won Draw Lost  For-Against Points  Percentage  
    73    42   19   12  105-  56      103       70.55
  

Type of                  Matches and Goals 

African Nations Cup	    18	       5
West African Cup	    14 	       3
World Cup Qualifier	    14	       4
African Cup Qualifier	    10	       1
Friendlies		     5	       4
Other Tournaments	    12	       2

Total:                      73        19


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