Most international football (soccer) goals scored by a defender (male)
- Who
- Sergio Ramos
- What
- 23 total number
- Where
- Not Applicable
- When
- 06 September 2020
The most international football (soccer) goals scored by a defender (male) is 23, achieved by Sergio Ramos (Spain) between 12 October 2005 and 6 September 2020.
Ramos scored twice against the Ukraine during a 2020 UEFA Nations League tie to overtake Argentina’s Daniel Passarella, who had scored 22 international goals. Fernando Hierro scored 29 goals for Spain, but the majority of these came when he was playing in midfield. In 2018-19, Ramos scored 8 goals in 9 games for his country.