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