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Denis Law playing for Scotland

Denis Law

Squad: A Squad
DOB: 24/02/1940

Statistics

Caps 55
Goals 30

Biography

Denis Law was born in Aberdeen on 24 February, 1940.
The most prolific goalscorer Scotland has ever known, Denis Law scored an astonishing 30 goals in 55 internationals, and his early promise made him Scotland’s youngest debutant in modern times. He spent all of his club career outside Scotland, joining Huddersfield Town straight from school in 1955, and by the time he signed for Manchester City in March 1960, just after his 20th birthday, it was already evident he was a special

Caps: All Levels

Match Appearances

A Squad Matches
Goals
Cards

All

14/06/1974
zaire 0 - 2 scotland
11/05/1974
scotland 0 - 1 northern ireland
27/03/1974
germany (west) 2 - 1 scotland
14/11/1973
scotland 1 - 1 germany (west)
17/10/1973
czechoslovakia 1 - 0 scotland
26/09/1973
scotland 2 - 1 czechoslovakia
05/07/1972
brazil 1 - 0 scotland
02/07/1972
czechoslovakia 0 - 0 scotland
29/06/1972
yugoslavia 2 - 2 scotland
27/05/1972
scotland 0 - 1 england
24/05/1972
scotland 1 - 0 wales
20/05/1972
scotland 2 - 0 northern ireland
'86
26/04/1972
scotland 2 - 0 peru
'65
06/05/1969
scotland 1 - 1 northern ireland
16/04/1969
scotland 1 - 1 germany (west)
06/11/1968
scotland 2 - 1 austria
'7
21/10/1967
northern ireland 1 - 0 scotland
10/05/1967
scotland 0 - 2 ussr
15/04/1967
england 2 - 3 scotland
'27
22/10/1966
wales 1 - 1 scotland
'87
02/04/1966
scotland 3 - 4 england
'41
13/10/1965
scotland 1 - 2 poland
02/10/1965
northern ireland 3 - 2 scotland
27/05/1965
finland 1 - 2 scotland
23/05/1965
poland 1 - 1 scotland
'76
08/05/1965
scotland 0 - 0 spain
10/04/1965
england 2 - 2 scotland
'40
25/11/1964
scotland 3 - 2 northern ireland
21/10/1964
scotland 3 - 1 finland
'2
03/10/1964
wales 3 - 2 scotland
12/05/1964
germany (west) 2 - 2 scotland
11/04/1964
scotland 1 - 0 england
20/11/1963
scotland 2 - 1 wales
'48
07/11/1963
scotland 6 - 1 norway
'83 '19 '43 '60
13/06/1963
spain 2 - 6 scotland
'15
09/06/1963
republic of ireland 1 - 0 scotland
04/06/1963
norway 4 - 3 scotland
'22 '76 '14
08/05/1963
scotland 4 - 1 austria
'71 '28
06/04/1963
england 1 - 2 scotland
07/11/1962
scotland 5 - 1 northern ireland
'40 '60 '73 '86
20/10/1962
wales 2 - 3 scotland
'62
14/04/1962
scotland 2 - 0 england
29/11/1961
czechoslovakia 2 - 2 scotland
26/09/1961
scotland 3 - 2 czechoslovakia
'62 '83
15/04/1961
england 9 - 3 scotland
09/11/1960
scotland 5 - 2 northern ireland
'8
29/05/1960
austria 4 - 1 scotland
04/05/1960
scotland 2 - 3 poland
'23
09/04/1960
scotland 1 - 1 england
04/11/1959
scotland 1 - 1 wales
03/10/1959
northern ireland 0 - 4 scotland
03/06/1959
portugal 1 - 0 scotland
27/05/1959
netherlands 1 - 2 scotland
05/11/1958
scotland 2 - 2 northern ireland
18/10/1958
wales 0 - 3 scotland
'65

Debut Match

wales 0 - 3 scotland
18/10/1958

Last Match

zaire 0 - 2 scotland
14/06/1974

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