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Harry Kane equaled England's all-time goal-scoring record with his ninth international goal in a match against Italy. Despite his individual success, including leading England to recent tournament finals, Kane expressed a strong desire for collective team victory over personal accolades. He mentioned the possibility of surpassing Peter Shilton’s records and even competing with Cristiano Ronaldo’s goals tally, while stressing that his focus remains on helping the national team achieve its ultimate goal of winning a trophy.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-06,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Kane’s cross forced Vladimir Coufal’s own goal before he extended his England scoring record to 91 goals as the striker continues to reach new heights.
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striker → force → heights
But he would swap it all to end the wait to join Sir Alf Ramsey’s 1966 heroes in immortality, having captained the team to back-to-back European Championship finals and World Cup bronze in the summer.
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he → swap → summer
“Yeah, for sure,” Kane said when asked about collective success.
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Kane → say → success
“I think I made it clear from early in my England career, to win a trophy with England would be the biggest honour of my career and any of our careers.
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win → think → careers
“It has been too long since we’ve won it and, yeah, I think the fact that we’ve been extremely close over this recent period has made it even more of a target and made us want to taste it even more, so for sure I’d swap all of that to win something with England.”
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I → win → England
Kane will move clear of Shilton in next month’s match against Croatia, when he could also line up as England’s first Ballon d’Or winner since Michael Owen in 2001.
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he → move → 2001
“I’m very comfortable with my name being there – I think it’s a consequence of doing a lot of good things,” the Bayern Munich star said, having scoring 73 goals for club and country last season.
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star → ’m → club
“I’m proud of the records I achieve, I’m proud to be up for awards like the Ballon d’Or, without a doubt.
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I → ’m → doubt
“I think any athlete or any footballer, I guess, wants to be the best version themselves and I’m doing that right now.
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I → think → that
“All these records and I guess the individual stuff as well is just representation of not just what you guys see and what I do on the pitch, but also what I do off the pitch.
“It takes a lot of dedication and a lot of time and that’s the most pleasing thing when you get to acknowledge some of those rewards.”
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you → guess → rewards
Kane has no intention of stopping any time soon, with the striker saying “maybe in 10 years or so we’ll see where that ceiling is at”.
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ceiling → have → where
That goes for goalscoring as well, with the England skipper pushing towards a century of international goals and perhaps going on to challenge Cristiano Ronaldo’s tally of 146 for Portugal.
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skipper → go → Portugal
“I try not to think about it too much,” Kane said of reaching 100 goals.
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Kane → try → goals
“It’s like I guess being a cricketer in the nineties.
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I → ’ → nineties
I think the more you think about 100, you don’t always get there.”
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you → think → 100
When asked about Ronaldo’s haul, he said with a smile: “Again, that’s maybe the season we’re talking about.
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we → ask → smile
We’ll see how far we can get.
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we → see → ?
“What’s that?
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that → ’ → ?
You know, it’s an awful long way away right now but who knows?
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who → know → ?
“I’m in great shape.
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I → ’m → shape
I’ve said before about some of the players who have played well into their late 30s and still at the highest level, and even 40s now.
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who → say → level
“It’s season by season with me.
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It → ’ → me
As long as I feel like I can help the team and be valuable for the team I’ll be around.
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I → feel → team
“The moment I feel like I can’t help the team, I won’t and that’s just the way I am.
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I → feel → team
“We’ll have to see if we can get to 100 first and then we’ll go from there.”
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we → have → 100
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