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.
This brought his total for the competition to seven from as many games under the management of Reinaldo Merlo, who gave Falcao the trust he needed to establish himself in the team. He repeated the feat twice more during the Apertura: against Lanús, his brace contributed to a 4–1 home win, and against San Lorenzo, River won 5–1. 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. įalcao became a regular in the first team during the 2005 Torneo Apertura.
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River's coach, Leonardo Astrada, gave Falcao his professional debut in the 2005 Torneo Clausura, on 6 March 2005, in a game that finished in a 3–1 victory for his club against Instituto de Córdoba. He began his River career in the youth team, playing in the eighth division of Argentine football. River Plate Īfter training with Millonarios, who did not take up their option to purchase the player, Falcao was sold to River Plate of Argentina in February 2001, for a $500,000 fee.
In his two years with the club, he played eight matches and scored once. On 23 July, at the Estadio Olímpico del Sol in 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. In 2000, Lanceros' coach, Hernán Pacheco, began to consider the 14-year-old more seriously Falcao played seven matches that year. Club career Lanceros Boyacá įalcao made his debut for Lanceros Boyacá in the Colombian Categoría Primera B (second tier) on 28 August 1999, playing the last 40 minutes against Deportivo Pereira at the age of 13 years and 199 days, thus becoming the youngest debutant at that level of Colombian professional football. In November 2018, Falcao was honoured by the Atlético Madrid fans with a plaque outside the Metropolitano Stadium. He was named in the FIFA FIFPro World XI in 2012, finished in fifth place for the 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or, and was awarded the 2012 Globe Soccer Best Footballer. Falcao missed the 2014 FIFA World Cup through injury, but made his World Cup debut at the 2018 tournament in Russia.įalcao is Porto's all-time top goalscorer in international club competitions, set the record for most goals (17) in a European campaign in 2011, is the first player to win consecutive Europa League titles with two teams (Porto in 2011 and Atlético in 2012), and is Monaco's highest goalscorer this century (83). He represented his country at the 2011, 20 Copa América. Falcao joined Turkish club Galatasaray in 2019, before returning to La Liga in 2021 with Rayo Vallecano.įalcao made his senior debut for Colombia in 2007, and has since earned over 100 caps and scored 36 goals, making him their all-time top scorer since breaking the previous record of 25 goals in June 2017. Rejoining Monaco in the summer of 2016, he regained his best form and led them to their first Ligue 1 title in 17 years. In the second half of his debut season, an ACL injury ruled him out for six months he went on to spend the next two seasons on loan at Premier League clubs Manchester United and Chelsea. Widely regarded as one of the best strikers in the world, Falcao controversially signed for newly promoted Ligue 1 side Monaco in 2013 for a club record €60 million, despite interest from top European clubs. Falcao was also prolific in La Liga during his time with Atlético, being the third-highest goalscorer in 2011––13, both behind Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. He was integral in the club's 2012 Europa League and Super Cup victories.
In August 2011, Falcao moved to Spanish club Atlético Madrid for a club record €40 million. In 2009–10, he joined Porto, where he won several trophies, including the UEFA Europa League and Primeira Liga double in 2011. Nicknamed " El Tigre", he is considered one of the best strikers of his generation and one of the greatest Colombian footballers of all time.įalcao began his professional career in the Argentinian league in River Plate, where he played with their youth academy from 2001 until 2004 and later won the 2007–08 Clausura tournament. Radamel Falcao García Zárate (born 10 February 1986) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Rayo Vallecano and the Colombia national team. ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2023
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:01, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
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