Radamel Falcao is a Colombian professional footballer who represented 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. With 36 international goals in 104 games, Falcao is his country's all-time top scorer. 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.

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. His first FIFA World Cup finals appearance came four years later in 2018, with his 74th cap, against Japan in a group stage match in June. His first goal in the tournament came in his following game, a 3–0 group stage victory over Poland.

Falcao did not score an international hat-trick, but did score twice in a single international match on four occasions, against Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile and Bahrain. He 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 scored more goals against Bolivia and Chile (four each) than any other opponents. Nine of his goals were scored at the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, three at other venues in Colombia, with the remainder being scored abroad. Falcao's final goal came in a 2–0 friendly win against Paraguay in Fort Lauderdale on 19 November 2022.

Goals Colombia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Falcao goal. + Key Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick

+ International goals by cap, date, venue, opponent, score, result and competitionNo.CapDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition 1 2 3 June 2007 Matsumoto Stadium, Matsumoto, Japan 1–0 1–0 2007 Kirin Cup 2 5 8 September 2007 Estadio Monumental, Lima, Peru 1–1 2–2 Friendly 3 13 19 November 2008 Estadio Deportivo Cali, Cali, Colombia 1–0 1–0 Friendly 4 18 10 June 2009 Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín, Colombia 1–0 1–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 5 19 12 August 2009 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States 1–1 1–2 Friendly 6 25 8 October 2010 Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States 1–0 1–0 Friendly 7 27 26 March 2011 Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain 2–0 2–0 Friendly 8 31 10 July 2011 Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe, Argentina 1–0 2–0 2011 Copa América 9 2–0 10 34 11 October 2011 Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia 2–1 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 11 35 29 February 2012 Sun Life Stadium,The Sun Life Stadium was renamed Hard Rock Stadium in 2016. Miami Gardens, United States 1–0 2–0 Friendly 12 38 7 September 2012 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia 1–0 4–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 13 39 11 September 2012 Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile 2–1 3–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 14 40 12 October 2012 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia 1–0 2–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 15 2–0 16 42 22 March 2013 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia 4–0 5–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 17 45 11 June 2013 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia 1–0 2–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 18 48 11 October 2013 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia 2–3 3–3 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 19 3–3 20 49 14 November 2013 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium 1–0 2–0 Friendly 21 52 10 October 2014 Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States 1–0 3–0 Friendly 22 54 26 March 2015 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain 2–0 6–0 Friendly 23 3–0 24 55 30 March 2015 Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 3–1 3–1 Friendly 25 56 6 June 2015 Estadio Diego Armando Maradona, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1–0 1–0 Friendly 26 65 7 June 2017 Estadio Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain 2–1 2–2 Friendly 27 68 5 September 2017 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia 1–1 1–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 28 69 5 October 2017 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia 1–0 1–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 29 71 23 March 2018 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France 2–2 3–2 Friendly 30 75 24 June 2018 Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia 2–0 3–0 2018 FIFA World Cup 31 78 7 September 2018 Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, United States 1–0 2–1 Friendly 32 80 11 October 2018 Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, United States 3–2 4–2 Friendly 33 82 22 March 2019 Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan 1–0 1–0 2019 Kirin Challenge Cup 34 84 3 June 2019 Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia 3–0 3–0 Friendly 35 91 13 October 2020 Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile 2–2 2–2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 36 102 19 November 2022 DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, United States 2–0 2–0 Friendly

Statistics

+ Appearances and goals by yearYearAppsGoals2007822008512009922010412011842012752013952014312015942016202017632018114201982202021202160202251202320Total10436

+ Goals by competition Competition Goals Friendlies 18 FIFA World Cup qualifiers 13 Copa América 2 Kirin Cup 2 FIFA World Cup finals 1 Total 36

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