List of international goals scored by Luis Suárez

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Luis Suárez is a Uruguayan professional footballer who formerly represented the Uruguay national team as a striker. He made his debut for his country in a 3–1 friendly victory over Colombia in Cúcuta on 7 February 2007.[1] His final international appearance was a 0–0 World Cup qualifying draw against Paraguay in Montevideo on 6 September 2024.[2] In total, Suárez recorded 69 international goals in 143 appearances, making him the nation's all-time top scorer.[1]

Suárez playing for Uruguay against Colombia in 2021 at the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Suárez's first goal came in his third appearance for Uruguay, scoring the opener in a 5–0 FIFA World Cup qualification win against Bolivia in October 2007. He became his country's top scorer at the age of 26, when he scored twice against Tahiti in a FIFA Confederations Cup group match in June 2013.[3] Suárez scored eleven goals during Uruguay's qualification campaign for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, making him joint top scorer with Robin van Persie during qualification.[4] Following an incident in which he was adjudged to have bitten Italy's Giorgio Chiellini during the finals, Suárez was banned for nine international games and did not feature for Uruguay in 2015.[5] His goal in the 1–0 victory over Saudi Arabia in the group stage of the 2018 World Cup made Suárez the only Uruguayan to score in three World Cup final tournaments (a feat matched later on by teammate Edinson Cavani).[6]

Suárez scored three or more goals (a hat-trick) for Uruguay on two occasions: he scored three times against Indonesia in a 7–1 friendly win in October 2010, and all four goals in a 4–0 World Cup qualification victory against Chile in November 2011. Suárez scored 29 goals in FIFA World Cup qualifiers, making him the second highest all-time top scorer of qualification in CONMEBOL, behind only club teammate Lionel Messi.[7] Suárez scored seven times in World Cup finals, eight times in the Copa América, and three times in the FIFA Confederations Cup. The remainder of his goals, 22, came in friendly matches.

Suárez scored more times (eight) against Chile than any other opponent. 21 of his goals were scored at the Estadio Centenario, with the remainder coming at overseas venues. His final international goal came on 13 July 2024, when he scored the late equaliser in Uruguay's 2–2 Copa América draw against Canada.

International goals

Uruguay score listed first, score column indicates score after each Suárez goal.[1]
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International goals by cap, date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 313 October 2007Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Bolivia
1–0
5–0
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification[8]
2 518 November 2007 Chile
1–0
2–2
[9]
3 76 February 2008 Colombia
2–2
2–2
Friendly[10]
4 825 May 2008Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany Turkey
1–0
3–2[11]
5
2–2
6 928 May 2008Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway Norway
1–1
2–2
[12]
7 2110 June 2009Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela Venezuela
1–1
2–2
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification[13]
8 249 September 2009Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Colombia
1–0
3–1
[14]
9 2510 October 2009Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador Ecuador
1–1
2–1
[15]
10 293 March 2010AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland  Switzerland
2–1
3–1
Friendly[16]
11 3322 June 2010Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa Mexico
1–0
1–0
2010 FIFA World Cup[17]
12 3426 June 2010Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa South Korea
1–0
2–12010 FIFA World Cup[18]
13
2–1
14 378 October 2010Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia
2–1
7–1Friendly[19]
15
3–1
16
5–1
17 418 June 2011Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Netherlands
1–0
1–1
[20]
18 434 July 2011Estadio del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina Peru
1–1
1–1
2011 Copa América[21]
19 4719 July 2011Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina Peru
1–0
2–02011 Copa América[22]
20
2–0
21 4824 July 2011Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina Paraguay
1–0
3–0
2011 Copa América final[23]
22 507 October 2011Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Bolivia
1–0
4–2
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification[24]
23 5211 November 2011 Chile
1–0
4–0[25]
24
2–0
25
3–0
26
4–0
27 5425 May 2012Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia Russia
1–0
1–1
Friendly[26]
28 5610 June 2012Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Peru
1–0
4–2
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification[27]
29 5916 October 2012Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia Bolivia
1–4
1–4
[28]
30 6014 November 2012PGE Arena Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland Poland
3–1
3–1
Friendly[29]
31 6222 March 2013Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Paraguay
1–0
1–1
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification[30]
32 645 June 2013 France
1–0
1–0
Friendly[31]
33 6516 June 2013Arena Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil Spain
1–2
1–2
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup[32]
34 6723 June 2013 Tahiti
7–0
8–0[33]
35
8–0
36 7014 August 2013Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan Japan
3–0
4–2
Friendly[34]
37 716 September 2013Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru Peru
1–0‡
2–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification[35]
38
2–0
39 7415 October 2013Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Argentina
2–1
3–2
[36]
40 7819 June 2014Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil England
1–0
2–12014 FIFA World Cup[37]
41
2–1
42 8113 October 2014Al-Buraimi Stadium, Al-Buraimi, Oman Oman
1–0
3–0Friendly[38]
43
2–0
44 8213 November 2014Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Costa Rica
1–1
3–3
[39]
45 8325 March 2016Arena Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil Brazil
2–2
2–2
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification[40]
46 866 September 2016Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Paraguay
3–0
4–0
[41]
47 8811 October 2016Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia Colombia
2–1
2–2
[42]
48 9510 October 2017Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Bolivia
3–1
4–2[43]
49
4–1
50 9623 March 2018Guangxi Sports Center, Nanning, China Czech Republic
1–0
2–0
2018 China Cup[44]
51 987 June 2018Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Uzbekistan
2–0‡
3–0
Friendly[45]
52 10020 June 2018Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don, Russia Saudi Arabia
1–0
1–0
2018 FIFA World Cup[46]
53 10125 June 2018Cosmos Arena, Samara, Russia Russia
1–0
3–0
[47]
54 1047 September 2018NRG Stadium, Houston, United States Mexico
2–1
4–1Friendly[48]
55
3–1‡
56 1077 June 2019Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Panama
2–0
3–0
[49]
57 10816 June 2019Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Ecuador3–04–02019 Copa América[50]
58 10920 June 2019Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre, Brazil Japan1–12–2[51]
59 11318 November 2019Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel Argentina2–12–2Friendly[52]
60 1148 October 2020Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Chile1–0‡2–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification[53]
61 11513 October 2020Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito, Ecuador Ecuador1–4‡2–4[54]
62
2–4‡
63 11613 November 2020Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia Colombia2–0‡3–0[55]
64 12021 June 2021Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá, Brazil Chile1–11–12021 Copa América[56]
65 12614 October 2021Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil Brazil1–31–42022 FIFA World Cup qualification[57]
66 12927 January 2022Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción, Paraguay Paraguay1–01–0[58]
67 1301 February 2022Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Venezuela
4–0‡
4–1[59]
68 13229 March 2022Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago, Chile Chile
1–0
2–0[60]
69 14213 July 2024Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, United States Canada
2–2
2–2 (4–3 p)2024 Copa América[61]
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Note: In a World Cup qualifier on 10 June 2012 where Uruguay defeated Peru 4–2, FIFA's match summary lists Suárez as the scorer of the opening goal. FIFA has also published reports where they credit the goal to Sebastián Coates.[62][63] Other notable sources also credit the goal to Coates.[64] Suárez himself also insisted that Coates scored the goal,[1] therefore it is not listed in his tally above.

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