ScotlandCounted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.
Denis Law was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward. His career as a football player began at Second Division Huddersfield Town in 1956. After four years at Huddersfield, he was signed by Manchester City for an estimated transfer fee of £55,000, which set a new British record. Law spent one year there before Torino bought him for £110,000, this time setting a new record fee for a transfer involving a British player. Although he played well in Italy, he found it difficult to settle there and signed for Manchester United in 1962, setting another British record transfer fee of £115,000. — Wikipedia
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In the line-ups
7 appearances in recorded line-ups · 1959–1974The archive holds 7 team sheets naming Denis Law in Scotland's starting line-up, from 1959-05-27 to 1974-06-14.
7 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
A different player of the same name scored for Scotland (1 goal, 1972) — Law · Scotland
International goals in our archive
7 goals across 6 scoring matches · 2 tournaments · 1961–1968| Date | Opponent | Result | Minutes | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968-11-06 |  Austria | W2–1(h) | 8' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Glasgow |
| 1967-04-15 |  England | W3–2(a) | 27' | British Home Championship | London |
| 1966-10-22 |  Wales | D1–1(a) | 86' | British Home Championship | Cardiff |
| 1965-05-23 |  Poland | D1–1(a) | 76' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Chorzów |
| 1964-10-21 |  Finland | W3–1(h) | 2' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Glasgow |
| 1961-09-29 | Czechoslovakia | W3–2(h) | 62' 83' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Glasgow |
Honours
12 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours12 | ||||
| European Cup | ×1 | 1967–68 | Manchester United | |
| British Home Championship | ×6 | 1959–60, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1971–72 | Scotland | |
| FA Charity Shield | ×2 | 1965, 1967 | Manchester United | |
| Football League First Division | ×2 | 1964–65, 1966–67 | Manchester United | |
| FA Cup | ×1 | 1962–63 | Manchester United | |
| Individual honours12 | ||||
| Scoring titles · 1 | ||||
| European Cup top scorer | 1968–69 | |||
| Player of the year · 1 | ||||
| Ballon d'Or | 1964 | |||
| Teams of the season · 1 | ||||
| World Soccer World XI | 1964 | |||
| More honours · 9 | ||||
| Football League 100 Legends | 1998 | |||
| Freedom of Aberdeen | 2017 | |||
| FWA Tribute Award | 1994 | |||
| Inaugural Inductee of the English Football Hall of Fame | 2002 | |||
| PFA Merit Award | 1975 | |||
| PFA Team of the Century (1907–1976) | 2007 | |||
| Scotland's Golden Player | 2003 | |||
| Scottish FA International Roll of Honour (players with 50+ caps) | 1988 | |||
| Scottish Football Hall of Fame | 2004 | |||
| Orders & distinctions1 | ||||
| Commander of the Order of the British Empire | ||||