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Harry Kane's top 10 England moments as he prepares for caps record

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November 12, 2026 • 06:25 AM
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BBC Sport looks at 10 of Harry Kane's most iconic England moments as he prepares to break his country's caps record.

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"Amazing" Kane targets 100 international goals

Harry Kane will become England's most capped player against Croatia at Wembley on Thursday.

The 33-year-old Ballon d'Or winner has scored a record 91 goals in 125, soon to be 126, matches for his country.

We look at 10 of his most iconic moments in an England jersey - not counting the moment he almost lost his voice in a BBC interview after the summer's World Cup quarter-final win over Mexico.

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Harry Kane scored with just his third touch in international football

Kane started his England career with a goal after just 79 seconds and three touches - in a 4-0 Euro 2016 qualifying win over Lithuania in March 2015.

Then 21 and in his first season as a Tottenham regular, he came on in the 70th minute before heading in Raheem Sterling's cross at Wembley.

The BBC match report called him "the man with the Midas touch in front of goal this season".

Harry Kane was England captain at his second major tournament, the 2018 World Cup

Kane has scored 21 major tournament goals for England, which is a record.

His first two - having failed to bag at Euro 2016 - came against Tunisia at the 2018 World Cup as captain.

He netted the opener after John Stones' header was saved and nodded in a stoppage-time winner to give England a 2-1 win in Volgograd, Russia.

Harry Kane has scored four goals against Panama at World Cups

Kane's first England hat-trick came in their next game, a 6-1 win over Panama in the World Cup in Nizhny Novgorod.

He scored two penalties and then deflected in Ruben Loftus-Cheek's shot for probably one of his easiest career hat-tricks.

Harry Kane finished two goals ahead of anyone else at the 2018 World Cup

That summer Kane became the second Englishman to win a World Cup Golden Boot, after Gary Lineker, with six goals.

The sixth was his penalty to give England a 1-0 lead over Colombia in the last 16.

Colombia equalised but Kane also scored in the shootout to help the Three Lions through.

Harry Kane made England's win over Germany safe at the Covid-delayed Euro 2020

Kane was again involved in the goals as England beat Germany in a knockout game for the first time in 55 years, to reach the Euro 2020 quarter-finals in 2021.

The striker nodded in from Jack Grealish's cross with four minutes remaining to seal a 2-0 win at Wembley.

Harry Kane was denied by former Leicester team-mate Kasper Schmeichel but netted the rebound at Euro 2020

One of the biggest goals of Kane's career was the extra-time winner over Denmark to take them into the Euro 2020 final.

His penalty was saved by Denmark's Kasper Schmeichel but the rebound came back to him to score in a 2-1 Wembley win.

That was England's first men's major tournament final since the 1966 World Cup.

Harry Kane overtook Wayne Rooney's England scoring record at the age of 29

Kane became England's all-time record goalscorer with his 54th goal in March 2023, taking him past Wayne Rooney, with their first away win against Italy since 1964.

He scored a first-half penalty as the Three Lions started their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign with a 2-1 win in Naples.

The striker has since extended that record by another 37 goals.

Harry Kane was the joint top scorer at Euro 2024 with three goals

England fell behind early on in their Euro 2024 semi-final match against the Netherlands in Dortmund.

But then Kane equalised from the spot in the first half - before Ollie Watkins' last-minute winner to take them to the final.

It was his second European Championship semi-final goal in two attempts

Harry Kane was awarded a golden cap before his 100th cap

Kane was awarded a golden cap and wore golden boots to mark his 100th England appearance in a Nations League match against Finland in 2024.

And he marked the occasion with both goals in a 2-0 win at Wembley, smashing an effort in off the underside of the bar and then curling in a second.

Kane scores late winner as England overcome DR Congo to reach last 16

England's 2026 World Cup campaign almost ended with a last-32 embarrassment against DR Congo.

But Kane stepped up to save them with two goals in the final 15 minutes.

He headed in the equaliser before smashing in a brilliant winner on the turn with four minutes remaining.

In the next round he netted against Mexico and made headlines with a squeaky-voiced post-match interview in the Azteca altitude...

'I'm speechless' - Kane reacts to England's victory over Mexico

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