List of international goals scored by Radamel Falcao

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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

As of 19 November 2022
Colombia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Falcao goal.[1]
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International goals by cap, date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
# Cap[1] Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 23 June 2007Matsumoto Stadium, Matsumoto, Japan Montenegro1–01–02007 Kirin Cup[7]
2 58 September 2007Estadio Monumental, Lima, Peru Peru1–12–2Friendly[8]
3 1319 November 2008Estadio Deportivo Cali, Cali, Colombia Nigeria1–01–0Friendly[9]
4 1810 June 2009Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín, Colombia Peru1–01–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification[10]
5 1912 August 2009Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States Venezuela1–11–2Friendly[11]
6 258 October 2010Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States Ecuador1–01–0Friendly[12]
7 2726 March 2011Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain Ecuador2–02–0Friendly[13]
8 3110 July 2011Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe, Argentina Bolivia1–02–02011 Copa América[14]
9 2–0‡
10 3411 October 2011Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia Bolivia2–12–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification[15]
11 3529 February 2012Sun Life Stadium,[Note 1] Miami Gardens, United States Mexico1–02–0Friendly[16]
12 387 September 2012Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia Uruguay1–04–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification[17]
13 3911 September 2012Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile Chile2–13–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification[18]
14 4012 October 2012Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia Paraguay1–02–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification[19]
15 2–0
16 4222 March 2013Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia Bolivia4–05–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification[20]
17 4511 June 2013Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia Peru1–0‡2–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification[21]
18 4811 October 2013Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia Chile2–3‡3–32014 FIFA World Cup qualification[22]
19 3–3‡
20 4914 November 2013King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Belgium1–02–0Friendly[23]
21 5210 October 2014Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States El Salvador1–03–0Friendly[24]
22 5426 March 2015Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain Bahrain2–06–0Friendly[25]
23 3–0
24 5530 March 2015Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Kuwait3–1‡3–1Friendly[26]
25 566 June 2015Estadio Diego Armando Maradona, Buenos Aires, Argentina Costa Rica1–01–0Friendly[27]
26 657 June 2017Estadio Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain Spain2–12–2Friendly[28]
27 685 September 2017Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia Brazil1–11–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification[29]
28 695 October 2017Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia Paraguay1–01–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification[30]
29 7123 March 2018Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France France2–23–2Friendly[31]
30 7524 June 2018Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia Poland2–03–02018 FIFA World Cup[5]
31 787 September 2018Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, United States Venezuela1–02–1Friendly[32]
32 8011 October 2018Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, United States United States3–24–2Friendly[33]
33 8222 March 2019Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan Japan1–0‡1–02019 Kirin Challenge Cup[34]
34 843 June 2019Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia Panama3–0‡3–0Friendly[35]
35 9113 October 2020Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile Chile2–22–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification[36]
36 10219 November 2022DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, United States Paraguay2–02–0Friendly[6]
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    The Sun Life Stadium was renamed Hard Rock Stadium in 2016.

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