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Falcao
Personal information
Full name Radamel Falcao García Zárate
Date of birth (1986-02-10) 10 February 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Santa Marta, Colombia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Atletico de Madrid
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 River Plate 90 (34)
2009–2011 Porto 51 (41)
2011– Atlético Madrid 49 (42)
International career‡
2007– Colombia 41 (15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:53, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 04:12, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Template:Spanish name Radamel Falcao García Zárate (born 10 February 1986 in Santa Marta Colombia, commonly known simply as Falcao, a name given to him by his father as a tribute to the Brazilian coach Paulo Roberto Falcão, is a Colombian football striker, who currently plays for Atlético Madrid in La Liga and represents the Colombia national football team. Falcao is sometimes nicknamed El Tigre and King of the Europa League. [1][2][3][4][5]

He is considered by many experts to be one of the best strikers in the world, [6][7][8][9] having surpassed Jürgen Klinsmann's record of 15 goals (17) in a single annual international club football European competition UEFA Champions League/UEFA Europa League campaign. He also played a key role in guiding Porto to a second UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League title, as well as finishing undefeated in the 2010–11 Primeira Liga season. In July 2011, Falcao was regarded as the fifth best player in Europe during the 2010–11 season through balloting by 53 sportswriters of the UEFA member associations. Falcao had also received the Portuguese Golden Ball award in 2011, becoming the first Colombian to do so.[10] Falcao had won the GQ Spain award for sportsman of the year 2012.[11] In 2012, Falcao was listed 6th in The 100 best footballers in the world by The Guardian.[12]

In his last three seasons at Atletico and Porto, Falcao has scored over 100 goals.[13] Falcao had played a key role in Atlético Madrid's 12 match winning streak in a single Europa League season, becoming the first team to do so.[14] At the same time, Falcao became the first player in history to win two consecutive European titles with two different teams while at the same time becoming the top goal scorer for those two teams.[15] Falcao had another historical achievement winning his first UEFA Super Cup in 2012, while becoming the first player in history to score a hat trick in the contest, since its reform in 1998.[16] Falcao's most noticeable trait aside from his ability to play well with both feet and a strong header despite his size, would be his impressive goal ratio and goal by minute ratio that even exceeds world top players Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.[17][18] On 9 December 2012, Falcao became one of the few players in La Liga history to score 5 goals in one game after accomplishing this in a 6–0 home victory against Deportivo de La Coruña.[19][20]

Falcao is a second generation footballer, with his father Radamel García having played professionally as a defender in Colombia. His name derives from the 1980s Brazil, Sport Club Internacional and A.S. Roma legend Falcão. Despite being named Radamel, he prefers to use his middle name in interviews. He is a devout Christian and leader of various religious youth groups, including "Locos por Jesús" and "Campeones para Cristo."[21]

Club career

Early career

Lanceros

Falcao made his debut for Lanceros Boyacá in the Colombian Categoría Primera B (second tier) on 28 August 1999 at the age of 13 years and 199 days, thus becoming the youngest debutant at that level of Colombian professional football.[22] In 2000, Lanceros' technical director, Hernán Pacheco, began to consider the 14-year-old more seriously; Falcao played seven matches that year.[23] On 25 July, at the Estadio Olímpico del Sol at Sogamoso, he scored his first and only goal for the club, to seal a 2–0 win against Club El Cóndor that took Lanceros off the bottom of the table.[24] In his two years with the club, he played eight matches and scored once.[23]

River Plate

After training with Millonarios, who did not take up their option to purchase the player,[25] Falcao was sold to River Plate of Argentina in February 2001 for a $500,000 fee (which fell to $175,000 when the Argentine currency was devalued).[23][26] He began his River career in the youth team, playing in the eighth division of Argentine football.[26] River coach Leonardo Astrada gave Falcao his professional debut in the 2005 Torneo Clausura in a game that the club lost 2–1 to Gimnasia.[27]

Falcao became a regular in the first team during the 2005 Torneo Apertura. He scored twice in a match for the first time in Argentina, on 2 October in a game against Independiente that finished as a 3–1 win for River.[28] He repeated the feat twice more during the Apertura: against Lanús, his brace contributed to a 4–1 home win,[29] and against San Lorenzo, River won 5–1.[30] This brought his total for the competition to seven from as many games[31] under the management of Reinaldo Merlo, who gave Falcao the trust he needed to establish himself in the team.

In the match against San Lorenzo in November, Falcao injured the ligaments of his right knee and missed the remainder of the Apertura; then, during pre-season training in January 2006, he sustained more serious damage to the same knee, which required surgery and was expected to keep him out for at least six months.[32][33] He returned to the field in September, soon after the start of the 2006 Torneo Apertura, in which he made 12 appearances, mainly as a substitute; he scored just once, to seal a 2–0 win against Rosario Central that took River clear at the top of the table.[31][34] A few days earlier he made his debut in CONMEBOL competition, in the last eight of the 2006 Copa Sudamericana against Atlético Paranaense of Brazil. He was replaced at half-time, and the match finished 2–2, so River were eliminated on aggregate, having lost the home leg 1–0.[35]

He was sent off in his only outing in the 2007 Copa Libertadores, against Colo-Colo in February 2007.[31] Domestically, he made little impression on the 2007 Torneo Clausura. He scored in only one of the eight games he played: River's first two goals as they beat Racing Club 4–2 away from home.[31][36] Falcao scored his first professional hat-trick on 28 September 2007, as River made a historic comeback against Botafogo to progress in the 2007 Sudamericana.[31] The following week, he scored his first goal in a Superclásico, the first of River's goals as they beat Boca Juniors 2–0.[37]

River was reported to have rejected a $15 million offer from AC Milan for Falcao in early 2008, as well as bids from clubs including Aston Villa and Fluminense. He was a key player as Diego Simeone led River to the 2008 Torneo Clausura championship, his first domestic title, and his performances meant he was linked with moves to a variety of clubs.[38] Nevertheless, he remained with River as they suffered the worst campaign in their history, finishing bottom of the 2008 Torneo Apertura.[39]

In 2009, River Plate had a difficult start: they were eliminated in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores 2009 and won few games at the beginning of the 2009 Torneo Clausura. Radamel retained his eye for goal, and was instrumental in Nestor Gorosito's plans, having matured as a striker over the previous two years, scoring more than 30 goals in domestic competition and more than 10 in CONMEBOL tournaments.[citation needed]

Porto

2009–10 season

Falcao finally made it to Europe when he joined the Portuguese giants FC Porto on 15 July 2009, for €3.93 million,[40] after Porto sold Lisandro López to Olympique Lyonnais.[41] In the transaction, Porto also sold Mario Bolatti to a third party owner, Natland Financier B.V., in exchange for residual rights of Falcao, which worth €1.5 million.[42] (However the club later resold 5% economic rights back to Natland[42][43]) Curiously, Falcao was about to sign for SL Benfica days before, but the reluctance of its leaders to pay an additional 700,000 euros requested by Falcao dictated the end of negotiations; days later, Falcao joined FC Porto.[44] He made his debut against Paços de Ferreira on the opening day of the season, and scored an important goal to earn the team a draw.[45] He went on to score three goals in as many games, making him one of the very few to score four goals in the first four matchdays in the Portuguese league.

Falcao playing for Porto in the second leg of the Europa League knockout phase match on 14 April 2011 against Spartak Moscow.

On 15 September, he made his UEFA Champions League debut in a 1–0 away defeat against Chelsea.[46] Falcao would later score a brilliant header to defeat rivals Sporting Clube de Portugal on the sixth matchday, giving his team a 1–0 home victory.[47] Four days later, on 30 September, he scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a group stage win over Atlético Madrid.[48] On 2 February 2010, Falcao scored twice in a Portuguese Cup quarter-finals victory against rivals Sporting CP.[49] In the same month, he scored the victory goal against Arsenal in a UEFA Champions League round of 16 match,[50] being his fourth goal in the tournament. On 3 April, Falcao scored a brace against Marítimo, and turned into the highest goalscorer of the Portuguese League with 20 goals,[51] but he would finish the season as the second-highest league scorer with 25 goals, behind only Benfica's Óscar Cardozo, who had 26. He scored another goal in his last game of the season, the Portuguese Cup final, where Porto won 2–1 against Grupo Desportivo Chaves.[52] He wrapped up the campaign with a career-high 34 goals in all competitions.

2010–11 season

Falcao made an impressive start to the 2010–11 season, scoring a goal in the 2010 Portuguese SuperCup 2–0 victory over Benfica.[53] He scored his first two league goals on the second matchday of the season against Beira-Mar on 22 August 2010.[54] On 7 November, he scored twice (one of them an impressive backheel goal) in a 5–0 victory against the defending champions Benfica,[55] and later, on 2 December, Falcao scored his first hat-trick for Porto against Rapid Wien during a UEFA Europa League clash, becoming the top goal scorer of the competition with seventeen goals. On 7 April 2011, Falcao scored another hat-trick in the quarter-final of the Europa League against Russian side Spartak Moscow, which was won by the Portuguese team by a score of 5–1, to bring his goal tally in the tournament to 10.

In the 2010–11 season, Porto won the league title in round 25 of the league against rivals and defending champions Benfica at the Estádio da Luz. He played a key role in that match, winning his team a penalty when the match was tied at 1–1; the penalty was scored by teammate Hulk. In the match against Spartak Moscow in the Europa League, Falcao scored a hat-trick and provided an assist in a 5–1 win. In the second leg, he scored another goal and provided another assist that took Porto to the tournament's semi-final stage. He further added to his position as top scorer in the competition by scoring four goals in the semi-final first leg against Villarreal, a game which finished 5–1 in favour of Porto.

In the UEFA Europa League final, Falcao scored the only goal of the game with a header after a cross from Fredy Guarín, giving the title to Porto.[56][57] He set a new goalscoring record of 17 goals in 14 games during the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, surpassing Jürgen Klinsmann's previous record of 15 goals.[58]

In July 2011 he extended his contract with a €45 million buy-out clause.[59] Porto paid a commission of €6,585,150 to extend the contract.[43]

Atlético Madrid

2011–12 season

On 18 August 2011, Porto announced they had agreed a fee with Atlético Madrid for the transfer of Falcao.[60] The transfer fee was €40 million with the fee potentially rising to 47 million based on performance-based clauses, making him the most expensive player in the club's history.[61] Falcao made his Atlético debut on 10 September away to Valencia, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 defeat. [62][63] On 3 November, Falcao netted a goal in Atlético's 4–0 triumph over Udinese, the goal meant that Falcao had scored 19 goals in his last 18 Europa League games.[64]

Falcao's second hat-trick in La Liga came on 21 January 2012, when he led his team to a 4–0 victory against Real Sociedad at the Anoeta Stadium.[65] On 16 February, Falcao scored twice and assisted a goal in an away game against Lazio to progress to the Round of 16 in the Europa League.[66] In the second leg of Atletico's Round of 16 clash against Turkish giants Beşiktaş Falcao scored one goal and provided another in a 3–0 victory, 6–1 on aggregate.[67] On 21 March, Falcao netted a second half double to propel his side to a 2–1 victory over Athletic Bilbao and keep Atletico in the race for European places.[68] Falcao scored another goal sealing a 3–0 victory over Getafe. In both legs of the Europa League quarter-final tie versus Hannover 96 Falcao managed to score a goal for each leg, helping Atletico seal a 4–2 aggregate victory and increasing his goal tally to eight in the competition.[69][70]

Falcao played his first derby madrileño against Real Madrid on 11 April 2012, he had missed the first match at the Bernabéu due to injury, and scored Atletico's only goal as his side fell 4–1, thanks to a Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick.[71] He scored his twenty second goal of the season against Rayo Vallecano, in a crucial 1–0 victory for Atlético Madrid. For the first leg of the 2011–12 Europa league semifinals against Valencia, Falcao scored a double in a 4–2 victory while making Atletico Madrid the first team to win 10 straight matches in a single Europa League season.[72] Falcao added to his Europa League tally in the final against fellow La Liga side Athletic Bilbao, netting Atlético's opening 2 goals in a 3–0 triumph at the Arena Națională in Bucharest on Wednesday 9 May 2012.[73] In doing so, Falcao not only became the top goal scorer in a Europa league season again but became the first player in history to win two consecutive Europa League/Uefa Cup titles with two different teams.[15][74] In all competitions, Falcao had scored a record of 36 goals for Atlético Madrid, the highest amount by any player in a first season playing for the club.[75]

2012–13 season

Falcao scored two hat-tricks at the start of the 2012–13 season; first in the La Liga game against 2012 Europa League finalists Athletic Bilbao,[76] and the second in the defeat of Chelsea, winning the 2012 UEFA Super Cup by a score of 4–1, on 31 August 2012.[77] At the same time, Falcao became the first player in history to score a hat trick in a UEFA Super Cup final in its current format; the original format was two legged before turning into a single legged final format in 1998. On 16 September, Falcao scored what turned out to be the decisive goal from the penalty spot in a 4–3 win over Rayo Vallecano, and did the same a week later against Real Valladolid, before going off at half-time in order to avoid a possible groin injury.[78] Falcao scored a double in a 4–2 away victory over Real Betis, converting a cross for the first and then converting a penalty, putting him to the top of the goal scoring charts in La Liga with seven goals.[79]

Falcao scored a wonderful header against Málaga and forced Málaga defender, Weligton, to score an own goal, pushing Altetico to victory in the final minute.[80] He scored once again in the away fixture to Real Sociedad after the international break, this time with a rare free-kick, his first professional free kick goal, in the 90th minute, winning the match 1–0.[81] In a game against Sevilla, Falcao scored a penalty and assisted another goal in a 4–0 victory; the strike marked his 50th goal for Atletico Madrid.[82] In the match against Deportivo on 9 December, Falcao scored an astonishing five goals, becoming the first player in La Liga in over a decade to net five goals in a game.[83][84] For his last goal of 2012, Falcao scored the opening goal against Spanish giants Barcelona in a crushing 4–1 loss at the Camp Nou.

International

Early years 2005–2010

Falcao's national career was 'late' in terms of chances in playing for the national team due to injuries around important events. He represented the U-17 national team and the U-20. His first major national tournament was of the 2005 U-20 World Cup.

In the senior national team, Falcao's first goal came against Montenegro during the Kirin Cup held in Japan during 2007 at only 21 years of age, winning the match for Colombia 1–0. His second occurred later that year in a friendly against Peru. Falcao didn't score his third goal till 2008 against Nigeria in a 1–0 win.

Falcao's first World Cup Qualifying goal occurred in 2009, against Peru, who were the first team he scored against for his national team. His last goal for 2009 was against Venezuela in a friendly that ended 2–1.

Falcao didn't score another goal for Colombia until the following year in 2011 during a friendly against Ecuador where his prime talents began to emerge during this era. Falcao scored against Ecuador again a few months later in another friendly where he scored the winning goal on both occasions.

Copa America 2011

Falcao's first Copa America (he missed the 2007 edition due to injuries) was upon him. Falcao became a huge threatening factor as his reputation in Europe at this time made him a feared striker. Failing to score against Costa Rica and the host nation Argentina, Falcao stepped up scoring a double against Bolivia causing Colombia to top their group, shocking and surprising the host country, Argentina, who were favorites to win the group.

In the next round, Falcao made a mistake when taking a penalty kick against Peru. Shooting wide, Falcao dashed Colombia's hopes of reaching the semi-finals, as Peru were able to score 2 goals in extra time due to various mistakes caused by Colombia. Falcao then vowed to perfect his penalty kicks after causing his nation the loss.

2014 World Cup Qualifiers

Falcao's first match in the 2014 world cup qualifiers started off with a goal against Bolivia in the last minute of added time, giving Colombia the win.

Under new management of the national team led by Jose Pekerman, Falcao scored a goal against Mexico in a friendly that ended 2–0.

Falcao's talents were shown once more against the 2011 Copa America winners, scoring in the 2nd minute to help Colombia beat Uruguay 4–0 in a crucial victory for the 2014 world cup qualifiers. In the same match, he assisted fellow country man Juan Camilo Zúñiga, sealing the 4–0 victory in the final minutes of extra time. Falcao scored again days later against Chile to help give Colombia a 3–1 away win which put them second in the table, one point behind Argentina.

Colombia defeated Paraguay 2–0 on 12 October 2012 to continue their great form, Falcao contributed greatly in this match by scoring both goals.

Playing style and praise

Falcao has been described as one of the most 'natural in form, goal scorers' in the world today.[85][86][87] His abilities to adapt to any position and scoring goals with various parts of his body has resulted in goals than most would never expect. His footing and curves are highly noticeable through his games regardless of distance and/or positions. Falcao is well known for having a strong 'weak foot' (left) that is on equals with his right foot (preference) allowing him to be flexible with goal scoring even in the most awkward positions. Falcao controls a well balance pace keeping his stamina in check and allowing him to out run other players in the most critical moments in obtaining the ball. The strength of his shots are always well controlled for the perfect shot in terms of distance and angles as shown throughout his career.[88][89] [90][91]

Uniquely, while Falcao is fairly short (only 3 inches taller than Lionel Messi), his header technique has given him an edge winning generally all aerial battles for the balls. His most impressive goals tend to be headers, with the majority of his goals coming in the air.[92][93][94]

Falcao's talents have been recognized by many football players former and current, perhaps most notably by former FC Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola, who described him as "sensational" and as one of the most talented in the world.[95][96][97][98] Many figures such as Fabio Capello have considered him to be on the same level as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and acknowledged Falcao as the best striker in the world.[99][6][7][8][9] Some tout him as the best signing for the Spanish league in the 21st century. [100][101][102] Falcao has even been praised by current King of Spain Juan Carlos I himself for his remarkable talents.[103]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 December 2012.[104][105]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other1 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
River Plate
2005–06 11 7 — 0 0 — 11 7
2006–07 20 3 — 5 4 — 25 7
2007–08 27 11 — 12 8 — 39 19
2008–09 32 13 — 3 3 — 35 16
Total 90 34 — 20 15 — 110 49
Porto 2009–10 28 25 5 5 2 0 8 4 0 0 43 34
2010–11 22 16 3 3 0 0 16 18 1 1 42 38
2011–12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Total 51 41 8 8 2 0 24 22 2 1 87 72
Atlético Madrid 2011–12 34 24 1 0 — 15 12 — 50 36
2012–13 15 17 0 0 — 0 0 1 3 16 20
Total 49 42 1 0 — 15 12 1 3 66 56
Career Total 190 116 9 8 2 0 59 49 3 4 263 177
1Includes other competitive competitions, including Portuguese SuperCup and UEFA Super Cup.

International

As of match played 15 November 2012.

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# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 3 June 2007 Saitama, Saitama City, Japan  Montenegro 0 – 1 0–1 Friendly
2 8 September 2007 Estadio Monumental, Lima, Peru  Peru 1 – 1 2–2 Friendly
3 19 November 2008 Estadio Deportivo Cali, Cali, Colombia  Nigeria 0 – 1 0–1 Friendly
4 10 June 2009 Atanasio Girardot, Medellín, Colombia  Peru 0 – 1 0–1 2010 WCQ
5 12 August 2009 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States  Venezuela 1 – 1 2–1 Friendly
6 8 October 2010 Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States  Ecuador 1 – 0 2–0 Friendly
7 26 March 2011 Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain  Ecuador 2 – 0 2–0 Friendly
8 10 July 2011 Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe, Argentina  Bolivia 1 – 0 2–0 2011 CA
9 10 July 2011 Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe, Argentina  Bolivia 2 – 0 2–0 2011 CA
10 11 October 2011 Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia  Bolivia 1 – 2 1–2 2014 WCQ
11 29 February 2012 Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida, USA  Mexico 0 – 1 0–2 Friendly
12 7 September 2012 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Uruguay 1 – 0 4–0 2014 WCQ
13 11 September 2012 Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago de Chile, Chile  Chile 1 – 2 1–3 2014 WCQ
14 12 October 2012 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Paraguay 1 – 0 2–0 2014 WCQ
15 12 October 2012 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Paraguay 2 – 0 2–0 2014 WCQ

Career totals

Professional career totals
Teams Appearances Goals Goals per game
Clubs 0263 0177 0.67
National team 041 0015 0.37
Total 0304 0192 0.63

Honours

Club

River Plate
Porto
Atlético Madrid

National team

Colombia

Individual

1 Record of 17 goals in a European competition.

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