Harry Kane wrote himself into the England record books when his penalty against Italy took him beyond Wayne Rooney to set a new national record of 54.
The 29-year-old Tottenham frontman, who moved into second place on 50 when he surpassed Sir Bobby Charlton’s total of 49 with his strike against Germany last June, was just the second Englishman to complete a half-century of senior international goals.
Here, the PA news agency takes a look at Kane’s exploits to date for his country.
Kane, left, is handed his senior England debut as a replacement for Rooney, right, in a Euro 2016 qualifier against Lithuania at Wembley (Nick Potts/PA)
Kane celebrates scoring his first senior England goal, the fourth in that 4-0 win, just seconds into his debut as a substitute (Nick Potts/PA)
Kane made his first England start in a friendly against Italy in Turin in March 2015 (Mike Egerton/PA)
Kane, centre, scores England’s first goal in a 3-2 comeback friendly victory over World Cup holders Germany in Berlin (Adam Davy/PA)
Captain Kane clutches the match ball after scoring his first senior international hat-trick in a 6-1 demolition of Panama at the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia (Adam Davy/PA)
Kane takes England’s first penalty in a 4-3 shoot-out victory over Colombia in the last 16 at the 2018 World Cup finals (Adam Davy/PA)
A dejected Kane after the final whistle signals World Cup semi-final defeat by Croatia (Aaron Chown/PA)
England manager Gareth Southgate, right, presents Kane, left, with the Golden Boot after his goalscoring feat in Russia (Mike Egerton/PA)
Kane, centre right, scores the first of three goals in a 4-0 Euro 2020 qualifier victory over Bulgaria at Wembley in September 2019 (Nick Potts/PA)
Kane on his way to another hat-trick, this time in a 7-0 Euro 2020 qualifying rout of Montenegro at Wembley (Mike Egerton/PA)
Kane wheels away after cementing a 2-0 victory over Germany to send England into the Euro 2020 quarter-finals (Mike Egerton/PA)
Kane scores England’s third in a 4-0 Euro 2020 quarter-final win over Ukraine (Nick Potts/PA)
Kane celebrates with Phil Foden after scoring the goal which took England into the final of Euro 2020 courtesy of a 2-1 win over Denmark (Mike Egerton/PA)
A devastated Kane receives his Euro 2020 runners-up medal from UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin (Mike Egerton/PA)
Three days after scoring a World Cup qualifying hat-trick against Albania, Kane went one better in San Marino in November last year (Nick Potts/PA)
Harry Kane scores from the spot against France in the World Cup quarter-final to equal Wayne Rooney’s record (Mike Egerton/PA)
A second penalty sailed over the bar, costing Kane the outright record and England the chance of extra time (Mike Egerton/PA)
Kane celebrates his milestone after netting from the spot against Italy (Adam Davy/PA)
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