List of international goals scored by Luis Suárez

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]
Key
‡ Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick
International goals by cap, date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 3 13 October 2007 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Bolivia
1–0
5–0
 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [8]
2 5 18 November 2007  Chile
1–0
2–2
 [9]
3 7 6 February 2008  Colombia
2–2
2–2
 Friendly [10]
4 8 25 May 2008 Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany  Turkey
1–0
 3–2 [11]
5
2–2
6 9 28 May 2008 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Norway
1–1
2–2
 [12]
7 21 10 June 2009 Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela  Venezuela
1–1
2–2
 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [13]
8 24 9 September 2009 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Colombia
1–0
3–1
 [14]
9 25 10 October 2009 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador  Ecuador
1–1
2–1
 [15]
10 29 3 March 2010 AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland   Switzerland
2–1
3–1
 Friendly [16]
11 33 22 June 2010 Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa  Mexico
1–0
1–0
 2010 FIFA World Cup [17]
12 34 26 June 2010 Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa  South Korea
1–0
 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup [18]
13
2–1
14 37 8 October 2010 Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia  Indonesia
2–1
 7–1 Friendly [19]
15
3–1
16
5–1
17 41 8 June 2011 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Netherlands
1–0
1–1
 [20]
18 43 4 July 2011 Estadio del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina  Peru
1–1
1–1
 2011 Copa América [21]
19 47 19 July 2011 Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina  Peru
1–0
 2–0 2011 Copa América [22]
20
2–0
21 48 24 July 2011 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Paraguay
1–0
3–0
 2011 Copa América final [23]
22 50 7 October 2011 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Bolivia
1–0
4–2
 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [24]
23 52 11 November 2011  Chile
1–0
 4–0 [25]
24
2–0
25
3–0
26
4–0
27 54 25 May 2012 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Russia
1–0
1–1
 Friendly [26]
28 56 10 June 2012 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Peru
1–0
4–2
 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [27]
29 59 16 October 2012 Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia  Bolivia
1–4
1–4
 [28]
30 60 14 November 2012 PGE Arena Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland  Poland
3–1
3–1
 Friendly [29]
31 62 22 March 2013 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Paraguay
1–0
1–1
 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [30]
32 64 5 June 2013  France
1–0
1–0
 Friendly [31]
33 65 16 June 2013 Arena Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil  Spain
1–2
1–2
 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup [32]
34 67 23 June 2013  Tahiti
7–0
 8–0 [33]
35
8–0
36 70 14 August 2013 Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan  Japan
3–0
4–2
 Friendly [34]
37 71 6 September 2013 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru  Peru
1–0‡
 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [35]
38
2–0
39 74 15 October 2013 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Argentina
2–1
3–2
 [36]
40 78 19 June 2014 Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil  England
1–0
 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup [37]
41
2–1
42 81 13 October 2014 Al-Buraimi Stadium, Al-Buraimi, Oman  Oman
1–0
 3–0 Friendly [38]
43
2–0
44 82 13 November 2014 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Costa Rica
1–1
3–3
 [39]
45 83 25 March 2016 Arena Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil  Brazil
2–2
2–2
 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [40]
46 86 6 September 2016 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Paraguay
3–0
4–0
 [41]
47 88 11 October 2016 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Colombia
2–1
2–2
 [42]
48 95 10 October 2017 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Bolivia
3–1
 4–2 [43]
49
4–1
50 96 23 March 2018 Guangxi Sports Center, Nanning, China  Czech Republic
1–0
2–0
 2018 China Cup [44]
51 98 7 June 2018 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Uzbekistan
2–0‡
3–0
 Friendly [45]
52 100 20 June 2018 Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don, Russia  Saudi Arabia
1–0
1–0
 2018 FIFA World Cup [46]
53 101 25 June 2018 Cosmos Arena, Samara, Russia  Russia
1–0
3–0
 [47]
54 104 7 September 2018 NRG Stadium, Houston, United States  Mexico
2–1
 4–1 Friendly [48]
55
3–1‡
56 107 7 June 2019 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Panama
2–0
3–0
 [49]
57 108 16 June 2019 Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil  Ecuador 3–0 4–0 2019 Copa América [50]
58 109 20 June 2019 Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre, Brazil  Japan 1–1 2–2 [51]
59 113 18 November 2019 Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel  Argentina 2–1 2–2 Friendly [52]
60 114 8 October 2020 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Chile 1–0‡ 2–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [53]
61 115 13 October 2020 Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito, Ecuador  Ecuador 1–4‡ 2–4 [54]
62
2–4‡
63 116 13 November 2020 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Colombia 2–0‡ 3–0 [55]
64 120 21 June 2021 Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá, Brazil  Chile 1–1 1–1 2021 Copa América [56]
65 126 14 October 2021 Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil  Brazil 1–3 1–4 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [57]
66 129 27 January 2022 Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción, Paraguay  Paraguay 1–0 1–0 [58]
67 130 1 February 2022 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Venezuela
4–0‡
 4–1 [59]
68 132 29 March 2022 Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago, Chile  Chile
1–0
 2–0 [60]
69 142 13 July 2024 Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, United States  Canada
2–2
 2–2 (4–3 p) 2024 Copa América [61]

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.

Statistics

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