The Tottenham striker banished memories of his crucial penalty miss in England’s World Cup quarter-final defeat by France in December by smashing home a spot-kick just before half-time to give the visitors a 2-0 lead in Naples.
On his 81st international appearance, the England captain moves clear of Wayne Rooney’s tally of 53 goals for the Three Lions.
Kane also surpassed Jimmy Greaves<\/a>‘ previous record of 266 to become Tottenham’s top scorer in February.
The 29-year-old scored his first senior international goal just seconds into his debut as a Wembley substitute against Lithuania in March 2015.
He was named as Gareth Southgate<\/a>‘s skipper ahead of the 2018 World Cup and led his country to the semi-finals, bagging the Golden Boot with six goals in Russia.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFour more goals at Euro 2020 helped England reach a first major final since 1966.
Kane’s two goals at the 2022 World Cup saw him move ahead of Gary Lineker<\/a> as England’s top scorer at major tournaments with 12.
However, a career laden with personal milestones is still lacking collective glory.
Kane is yet to win a major trophy for club or country.
As well as the near-misses for England, he was on the losing side when Tottenham reached the Champions League final for the first time in their history in 2019, going down 2-0 to Liverpool in Madrid.
His future at club level is again a source of speculation with just over one year left to run on his contract amid interest from Manchester United<\/a> and Bayern Munich.
(With inputs from AFP) <\/span><\/div>\n