Harry Kane: I can score 100 goals for England

Three Lions' record goalscorer, 29, has found the back of the net 55 times in 82 games for his country

Harry Kane after receiving a trophy for becoming England's record goalscorer ahead of the Euro 2024 win over Ukraine at Wembley Stadium, on March 26, 2023. AFP

England's record-goalscorer Harry Kane believes he can break the 100-goal barrier before calling time on his international career.

Kane overtook Wayne Rooney's tally of 53 goals when he fired home from the spot in England's win away to Italy last week.

And the Tottenham Hotspur striker was on target again days later as England defeated Ukraine 2-0 at Wembley Stadium to make it two wins out of two Euro 2024 qualifying games.

Kane now has 55 goals in 82 England games and the 29-year-old is confident that there will be plenty more to come.

“Getting 100 will be tough for sure, but I never count out anything,” he told the PA news agency.

“I am still young, I am 29, I am still fit and strong. I want to play for England for as long as I can.

“Every game there is I will be putting myself forward to try to play. We will take it step by step. The next step will be trying to get into the 60s.

“A hundred is not out of the question, it will be extremely tough but we will have to see how the next few years go.”

The scoring achievements are now stacking up for Kane after winning a World Cup Golden Boot, three Premier League Golden Boots and becoming Tottenham's all-time scorer when he overtook Jimmy Greaves' tally of 266 goals for the North London club earlier this year.

And Kane sits second in this season's Premier League scoring charts with 21 goals, second only to Manchester City's Erling Haaland, who has 28.

England 2 Ukraine 0: Player ratings

ENGLAND RATINGS: Jordan Pickford 5 – The Everton stopper had little to do, but acted as a sweeper to help switch the play with England in possession. Kept the 25th clean sheet of his England career. Getty

Kyle Walker 6 – Staying deep as part of a back three, he had a very quiet but steady game. His pace was put to the test by Chelsea winger Mudryk. AP

John Stones 7 – Looked solid throughout and read the game well. In one instance, though, he was guilty of stopping and appealing for an offside flag. While it was eventually raised, he may need to play to the whistle in future. Ccould have been costly. AP

Harry Maguire 7 – Did his job well, and his diagonal passes got England moving forward. Had two free headers late on; the first was almost converted by Gallagher, the second finished inches over the post. AP

Ben Chilwell 6 – Did well to overlap when possible and, on one occasion, supplied a good cross that Saka couldn’t quite convert. Reuters

Declan Rice 5 – Found it difficult to get into the game and had few opportunities to get on the ball. Made a few interceptions, but was largely anonymous. AFP

Jordan Henderson 6 - Back in the starting line-up, his first major contribution was a cross to Kane that the Spurs striker should have converted. Quiet game. Reuters

Jude Bellingham 7 – Looked leggy early on, but grew into the match. Was given very little time and space on the ball but carried the ball forward when he could. Was applauded early in the second half for some fancy footwork and a cheeky nutmeg. PA

Bukayo Saka 8 – The Arsenal striker was a constant menace. First, he provided an inch-perfect cross for Kane to score, and then he scored himself with a delicious curled effort from 25 yards. That’s now four goals in six games. AP

Harry Kane 8 - Fresh from breaking England’s goalscoring record on Thursday, Kane made it 55 goals – his 22nd at Wembley – when he started and finished a move involving an inch-perfect cross from Saka. Earlier, he came close twice, first when he mis-hit from a Henderson cross, and then when he guided a Maddison ball over the bar. AFP

James Maddison 6 - Making his first start aged 26, the Leicester man was starved of space but provided one cross that Kane almost converted. In the second half, he created a shooting opportunity with a neat turn, but his effort went over the bar. AFP

SUBS: Ivan Toney (Kane, 81) N/A – The Brentford man won a header with his first touch, but had few opportunities to showcase his strengths. EPA

Jack Grealish (Maddison, 85) N/A – Linked well with Gallagher immediately to create a goalscoring opportunity for the Chelsea man. Gallagher then repaid the favour, and Grealish came close with an effort at the death that was well saved by Trubin. EPA

Conor Gallagher (Bellingham, 86) N/A – His first major touch was a shot at goal that Trubin pushed around his post for a corner. PA

UKRAINE RATINGS: Anatoliy Trubin 6 – Had a tough first half. Could do little about either goal, and got a knock from Maddison for his troubles. Looked a little bit shaky with the ball at his feet in his own box. Made a couple of good saves in the second half, particularly late on. Reuters

Oleksandr Karavaev 5 – Poor defending enabled Kane to put England ahead. In his defence, the Dynamo Kyiv man was being played out of position, and received little support from those around him. Reuters

Mykola Matviyenko 6 – Seemed to have the better of his opponents in the opening exchanges but was then turned inside out by Saka for England’s second goal. Looked very comfortable in possession. AFP

Oleksandr Svatok 6 – Making his debut, he looked tense early on but then grew confident with every touch. Overall, a solid first outing, though he can consider himself lucky not to have been carded having made four or five fouls. AFP

Vitalii Mykolenko 5 – Was left isolated on the left hand side and struggled to deal with Saka as a consequence. Later substituted. Getty

Ruslan Malinovskyi 6 – Recovered well from a head injury early on and had one of few shots on goal for the visitors. Unfortunately, he found Mudryk in his way. Solid performance. PA

Taras Stepanenko 6 – Overall, he did well to limit England’s central trio throughout. Getty

Oleksandr Zinchenko 6 – Played deep in an effort to link defence and midfield, but England’s press meant he had very little room to maneuvre. Was guilty of leaving Mykolenko isolated on several occasions. AFP

Heorhiy Sudakov 6 – The 20-year-old forward showed some nice touches and the ability to find pockets of space. That said, he offered very little threat. EPA

Roman Yaremchuk 4 – Has been out of form while at Brugge, and he fared little better here. Lead the line, but had very little to feed on. Getty

Mykhailo Mudryk 5 – The Chelsea forward displayed some nice touches and had an effort from distance that finished wide of Pickford’s goal. His pace gave Walker a good run for his money, but overall he was poor. Let Saka come back on to his left foot for the opening goal. EPA

SUBS: Vitaliy Buyalskyi (Karavaev, 61) 5 – Played behind Yaremchuk as a second centre forward as Ukraine moved to more of a 4-4-2 formation. Getty

Viktor Tsygankov (Mudryk, 61) 7 – Looked lively when he came on, and proved to his manager that maybe he should have started. AFP

Eduard Sobol (Mykolenko, 61) 5 – A like-for-like replacement on the left, but like his predecessor found opportunities limited. AFP

Artem Dovbyk (Yaremchuk, 74) N/A – Few opportunities on the ball. Yevhen Konoplyanka (Stepanenko, 90) N/A. AFP

But standing alone as England's greatest goalscorer is an achievement he never even thought possible when starting out.

“This one is right at the top. I am extremely passionate about my country, I love playing for England,” he said.

“Even when I was younger, England was everything to me, watching them growing up.

“To be in that company now. To think of all the English legends and strikers that have played the game and to be No 1 now is just beyond my dreams.

“Playing for England is special and to have this record is special.

“I don't think I dreamt this far. I dreamt of playing for England and scoring for England – to be record goalscorer was not even in my dreams.

“I have had so many great moments and hopefully there are more to come.”

After Kane's recent strikes against Italy and Ukraine, England manger Gareth Southgate insisted it was his captain's “aggression with his play” that most impressed him.

“I know the goals are of course important, but I liked his all-round performances,” Southgate said.

“He was strong with both pairs of centre-backs that he had to play against and I thought that was a really good message for the team.

“He was backing into players, he was aggressive with his play and I think that’s important for him. He’s got to continue to do that.

“The individual accolades are well deserved and are amazing but he wants to be part of a team that’s successful. That’s the drive with England for us to achieve that.”