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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^[update], 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]

As of March 2023^[update], 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]

Key
‡	Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick

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