England: Harry Kane equals Wayne Rooney's all-time goals record

England: Harry Kane equals Wayne Rooney's all-time goals record
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Harry Kane has equalled the England scoring record, moving alongside Wayne Rooney with his 53rd goal in the World Cup quarter-final against France.

Kane joined Rooney after converting a second-half penalty in Qatar.

The Tottenham Hotspur striker scored his first England goal 79 seconds into his debut in 2015 - the year before Rooney netted his last.

Kane, 29, has achieved his tally at a remarkable rate, with his latest coming on just his 80th cap.

He coolly drilled into the bottom corner from 12 yards against France to make it 1-1.

Kane has been in stellar form for England since March 2021, scoring 21 times in 29 games, including seven in the space of four days in World Cup qualifiers against Albania and San Marino in November last year.

He now jointly leads a group of six Englishmen to have scored more than 40 goals for the Three Lions.

PlayerGoalsGamesHarry Kane (2015-present)5380Wayne Rooney (2003-2018)53120Bobby Charlton (1958-1970)49106Gary Lineker (1984-1992)4880Jimmy Greaves (1959-1967)4457Michael Owen (1998-2008)4089

With 49 to his name, Sir Bobby Charlton held the record for 45 years until he was surpassed by Rooney in 2015.

Kane had just three England goals when Rooney broke Charlton's record, but has scored at a phenomenal rate since.

Of the six players to notch 40 or more goals for England, only Jimmy Greaves has done so at a faster rate - one every 1.3 games compared with Kane's 1.5.

His record haul includes six at the World Cup in Russia in 2018, making him only the third Englishman to win a Golden Boot at a major tournament, along with Gary Lineker at the 1986 World Cup and Alan Shearer at the European Championship in 1996.

He has also broken a number of other England records, including scoring an unparalleled 16 goals for his country in a calendar year in 2021.

Kane still has some way to go if he is to challenge the global record for international goals, which is held by Cristiano Ronaldo, who has scored 118 goals in 196 Portugal appearances.

His international achievement comes in the middle of what is shaping up to be another prolific club season, with his 13 goals in 22 games in 2022-23 taking his tally of Spurs goals to 261 in 408 matches.

His 195 league goals means he is third in the list of Premier League all-time scorers, 65 behind record-holder Shearer.

Kane is still in his prime at 29, so he could yet go on to set scoring records domestically and for the national team that would take some beating.

Rooney, for example, was an England regular until he was 31 years old, and earned the last of his 120 caps at the age of 33.

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