List of international goals scored by Luis Suárez

Luis Suárez is a Uruguayan professional footballer who represents the Uruguay national football team as a striker. He made his debut for his country in a 3–1 friendly victory over Colombia in Cúcuta in January 2007.[1] His first goal came in his third appearance for Uruguay, scoring the opening goal in a 5–0 victory in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Bolivia in October 2007. Suárez became his country's top scorer at the age of 26 when he scored twice against Tahiti in a 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup group match in June 2013.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] His goal in the 1–0 victory over Saudi Arabia in the group stage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup made Suárez the only Uruguayan to score in three World Cup final tournaments (a feat matched later on by teammate Edinson Cavani).[5]

Suárez lining up for Uruguay in 2014

As of November 2020, Suárez has scored three or more goals (a hat-trick) 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 victory in a 2014 World Cup qualification game against Chile in November 2011. Suarez has scored 25 goals in FIFA World Cup qualifiers, making him all-time top scorer of the qualification in CONMEBOL.[6] Suárez has scored seven times in World Cup finals, six times in the Copa América and three times in the FIFA Confederations Cup. He also holds the record for most goals scored by a South American footballer in competitive international matches.[7]

He has scored more times (six) against Chile than any other opponent. 21 of his goals have been scored at the Estadio Centenario, the remainder coming at overseas venues. Suárez's most recent goal came on 13 November 2020, when he scored a penalty in a 3–0 World Cup qualifying win against Colombia. He has scored 63 international goals in 116 appearances.[1]

International goals

As of 13 November 2020.

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

Goal	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		[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		[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	2013 Kirin Challenge Cup	[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]

_{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.[56][57] Other notable sources also credit the goal to Coates.[58] Suárez himself also insisted that Coates scored the goal,[1] therefore it is not listed in his tally above.}

Statistics

As of 13 November 2020.

Goals by year Uruguay Year Apps Goals 2007 6 2 2008 10 4 2009 12 3 2010 11 7 2011 13 10 2012 8 4 2013 16 9 2014 6 5 2015 0 0 2016 8 3 2017 5 2 2018 11 6 2019 7 4 2020 3 4 Total 116 63

Goals by competition Competition Goals Friendlies 22 FIFA World Cup qualification 25 FIFA World Cup 7 Copa América 6 FIFA Confederations Cup 3 Total 63

Suárez celebrating his goal for Uruguay against the Netherlands in 2011

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