List of international goals scored by Radamel Falcao

Radamel Falcao is a Colombian professional footballer who represents the Colombia national football team as a striker. He made his debut for his country in a 3–1 friendly defeat to Uruguay in February 2007. His first goal came in his second game for Colombia, the only score in a victory over Montenegro in the 2007 Kirin Cup.[1] As of March 2023, Falcao is his country's top scorer with 36 international goals in 104 games. He surpassed the previous record of 25 goals, held by Arnoldo Iguarán, when he scored in a 2–2 draw with Spain in a friendly in June 2017.[2] Falcao scored nine goals during Colombia's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, but an injury sustained while playing for his club team Monaco in January 2014 ruled him out of the finals.[3] His first FIFA World Cup finals appearance came four years later in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, with his 74th cap, against Japan in a group stage match in June 2018.[4] His first goal in the tournament came in his following game, a 3–0 group stage victory over Poland.[5]

Falcao in 2018
Falcao with Colombia in 2018

As of March 2023, Falcao has not scored an international hat-trick, but has scored twice in a single international match on four occasions, against Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile and Bahrain.[1] He has scored more goals in friendlies than in any other format, with seventeen, and thirteen goals in qualifying for the FIFA World Cup. Two of his goals came in the Copa América, one in the FIFA World Cup finals and two in the Kirin Cup. Falcao has scored more goals against Bolivia and Chile (four) than any other opponents.[1] Nine of his goals have been scored at the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, three at other venues in Colombia, with the remainder being scored abroad.[1] Falcao's most recent goal came in a 2–0 friendly win against Paraguay in Fort Lauderdale on 19 November 2022.[6]

Goals edit

As of 19 November 2022
Colombia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Falcao goal.[1]
Key
Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick
International goals by cap, date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
#Cap[1]DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
123 June 2007Matsumoto Stadium, Matsumoto, Japan  Montenegro1–01–02007 Kirin Cup[7]
258 September 2007Estadio Monumental, Lima, Peru  Peru1–12–2Friendly[8]
31319 November 2008Estadio Deportivo Cali, Cali, Colombia  Nigeria1–01–0Friendly[9]
41810 June 2009Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín, Colombia  Peru1–01–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification[10]
51912 August 2009Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States  Venezuela1–11–2Friendly[11]
6258 October 2010Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States  Ecuador1–01–0Friendly[12]
72726 March 2011Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain  Ecuador2–02–0Friendly[13]
83110 July 2011Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe, Argentina  Bolivia1–02–02011 Copa América[14]
92–0‡
103411 October 2011Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia  Bolivia2–12–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification[15]
113529 February 2012Sun Life Stadium,[Note 1] Miami Gardens, United States  Mexico1–02–0Friendly[16]
12387 September 2012Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Uruguay1–04–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification[17]
133911 September 2012Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile  Chile2–13–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification[18]
144012 October 2012Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Paraguay1–02–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification[19]
152–0
164222 March 2013Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Bolivia4–05–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification[20]
174511 June 2013Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Peru1–0‡2–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification[21]
184811 October 2013Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Chile2–3‡3–32014 FIFA World Cup qualification[22]
193–3‡
204914 November 2013King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Belgium1–02–0Friendly[23]
215210 October 2014Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States  El Salvador1–03–0Friendly[24]
225426 March 2015Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain  Bahrain2–06–0Friendly[25]
233–0
245530 March 2015Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  Kuwait3–1‡3–1Friendly[26]
25566 June 2015Estadio Diego Armando Maradona, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Costa Rica1–01–0Friendly[27]
26657 June 2017Estadio Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain  Spain2–12–2Friendly[28]
27685 September 2017Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Brazil1–11–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification[29]
28695 October 2017Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Paraguay1–01–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification[30]
297123 March 2018Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France  France2–23–2Friendly[31]
307524 June 2018Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia  Poland2–03–02018 FIFA World Cup[5]
31787 September 2018Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, United States  Venezuela1–02–1Friendly[32]
328011 October 2018Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, United States  United States3–24–2Friendly[33]
338222 March 2019Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan  Japan1–0‡1–02019 Kirin Challenge Cup[34]
34843 June 2019Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia  Panama3–0‡3–0Friendly[35]
359113 October 2020Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile  Chile2–22–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification[36]
3610219 November 2022DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, United States  Paraguay2–02–0Friendly[6]

Statistics edit

As of match played 28 March 2023

Notes edit

  1. ^ The Sun Life Stadium was renamed Hard Rock Stadium in 2016.

References edit

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