Comparing Salah and Mane’s international goalscoring records

Salah and Mane have been integral to their countries passage to the final in Cameroon. Salah scored the winning penalty against Ivory Coast and was sensational against Morocco, while Mane has battled concussion to inspire Senegal through the knockout rounds.

The pair are legendary figures for both club and country but which has performed better in their national colours?

We’ve crunched the numbers and compared Salah and Mane’s goalscoring records with their perspective countries.

Overall

Starts: 75

Sub appearances: 4

Goals: 45

Penalty goals: 3

Minutes per goal: 150.2

Minutes per non-penalty goal: 160.9

Friendlies

Goals: 10

Penalty goals: 0

Percentage of total goals: 22.2%

Minutes per goal: 161.2

Minutes per non-penalty goal: 161.2

African Cup of Nations qualifiers

Goals: 16

Penalty goals: 0

Percentage of total goals: 35.5%

Minutes per goal: 116.6

Minutes per non-penalty goal: 116.6

"Liverpool's Egyptian King reigns supreme, again!!."

Mo Salah wins the penalty shootout for Egypt pic.twitter.com/3wvh3iq0T6

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) January 26, 2022

African Cup of Nations

Goals: 6

Penalty goals: 0

Percentage of total goals: 13.3%

Minutes per goal: 256.6

Minutes per non-penalty goal: 256.6

World Cup qualifiers

Goals: 11

Penalty goals: 2

Percentage of total goals: 24.4%

Minutes per goal: 141.9

Minutes per non-penalty goal: 173.4

World Cup

Goals: 2

Penalty goals: 1

Percentage of total goals: 4.4%

Minutes per goal: 90

Minutes per non-penalty goal: 180

Overall

Starts: 74

Sub appearances: 10

Goals: 28

Penalty goals: 7

Minutes per goal: 243.5

Minutes per non-penalty goal: 324.6

Friendlies

Goals: 5

Penalty goals: 2

Percentage of total goals: 17.9%

Minutes per goal: 266.6

Minutes per