List of international goals scored by Luis Suárez

Luis Suárez is a Uruguayan professional footballer who represents 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] Since then, he has recorded 68 international goals in 138 appearances, making him the nation's all-time top scorer.[1]

Luis Suárez lining up for Uruguay in 2014
Suárez lining up for Uruguay in 2014

Suárez's first goal came in his third appearance for Uruguay, scoring the opener in a 5–0 2010 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 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]

As of November 2023, 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. Suárez has scored 29 goals in FIFA World Cup qualifiers, making him the second highest all-time top scorer of qualification in CONMEBOL behind only former teammate Lionel Messi.[6] Suárez has scored seven times in World Cup finals, seven times in the Copa América and three times in the FIFA Confederations Cup.

Suárez has scored more times (eight) against Chile than any other opponent. 21 of his goals have been scored at the Estadio Centenario, with the remainder coming at overseas venues. His most recent goal came on 29 March 2022, when he scored the opener of Uruguay's 2–0 World Cup qualifying win against Chile.

International goals

As of match played 29 March 2022.
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.CapDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
1313 October 2007Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Bolivia
1–0
5–0
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification[7]
2518 November 2007  Chile
1–0
2–2
[8]
376 February 2008  Colombia
2–2
2–2
Friendly[9]
4825 May 2008Ruhrstadion, Bochum, Germany  Turkey
1–0
3–2[10]
5
2–2
6928 May 2008Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Norway
1–1
2–2
[11]
72110 June 2009Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela  Venezuela
1–1
2–2
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification[12]
8249 September 2009Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Colombia
1–0
3–1
[13]
92510 October 2009Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador  Ecuador
1–1
2–1
[14]
10293 March 2010AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland   Switzerland
2–1
3–1
Friendly[15]
113322 June 2010Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa  Mexico
1–0
1–0
2010 FIFA World Cup[16]
123426 June 2010Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa  South Korea
1–0
2–1[17]
13
2–1
14378 October 2010Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia  Indonesia
2–1
7–1Friendly[18]
15
3–1
16
5–1
17418 June 2011Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Netherlands
1–0
1–1
[19]
18434 July 2011Estadio del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina  Peru
1–1
1–1
2011 Copa América[20]
194719 July 2011Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina  Peru
1–0
2–0[21]
20
2–0
214824 July 2011Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Paraguay
1–0
3–0
2011 Copa América Final[22]
22507 October 2011Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Bolivia
1–0
4–2
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification[23]
235211 November 2011  Chile
1–0
4–0[24]
24
2–0
25
3–0
26
4–0
275425 May 2012Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia  Russia
1–0
1–1
Friendly[25]
285610 June 2012Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Peru
1–0
4–2
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification[26]
295916 October 2012Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia  Bolivia
1–4
1–4
[27]
306014 November 2012PGE Arena Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland  Poland
3–1
3–1
Friendly[28]
316222 March 2013Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Paraguay
1–0
1–1
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification[29]
32645 June 2013  France
1–0
1–0
Friendly[30]
336516 June 2013Arena Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil  Spain
1–2
1–2
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup[31]
346723 June 2013  Tahiti
7–0
8–0[32]
35
8–0
367014 August 2013Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan  Japan
3–0
4–2
Friendly[33]
37716 September 2013Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru  Peru
1–0‡
2–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification[34]
38
2–0
397415 October 2013Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Argentina
2–1
3–2
[35]
407819 June 2014Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil  England
1–0
2–12014 FIFA World Cup[36]
41
2–1
428113 October 2014Al-Buraimi Stadium, Al-Buraimi, Oman  Oman
1–0
3–0Friendly[37]
43
2–0
448213 November 2014Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Costa Rica
1–1
3–3
[38]
458325 March 2016Arena Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil  Brazil
2–2
2–2
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification[39]
46866 September 2016Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Paraguay
3–0
4–0
[40]
478811 October 2016Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Colombia
2–1
2–2
[41]
489510 October 2017Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Bolivia
3–1
4–2[42]
49
4–1
509623 March 2018Guangxi Sports Center, Nanning, China  Czech Republic
1–0
2–0
2018 China Cup[43]
51987 June 2018Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Uzbekistan
2–0‡
3–0
Friendly[44]
5210020 June 2018Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don, Russia  Saudi Arabia
1–0
1–0
2018 FIFA World Cup[45]
5310125 June 2018Cosmos Arena, Samara, Russia  Russia
1–0
3–0
[46]
541047 September 2018NRG Stadium, Houston, United States  Mexico
2–1
4–1Friendly[47]
55
3–1‡
561077 June 2019Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Panama
2–0
3–0
[48]
5710816 June 2019Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil  Ecuador3–04–02019 Copa América[49]
5810920 June 2019Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre, Brazil  Japan1–12–2[50]
5911318 November 2019Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel  Argentina2–12–2Friendly[51]
601148 October 2020Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Chile1–0‡2–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification[52]
6111513 October 2020Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito, Ecuador  Ecuador1–4‡2–4[53]
62
2–4‡
6311613 November 2020Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Colombia2–0‡3–0[54]
6412021 June 2021Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá, Brazil  Chile1–11–12021 Copa América[55]
6512614 October 2021Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil  Brazil1–31–42022 FIFA World Cup qualification[56]
6612927 January 2022Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción, Paraguay  Paraguay1–01–0[57]
671301 February 2022Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Venezuela
4–0‡
4–1[58]
6813229 March 2022Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago, Chile  Chile
1–0
2–0[59]

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.[60][61] Other notable sources also credit the goal to Coates.[62] Suárez himself also insisted that Coates scored the goal,[1] therefore it is not listed in his tally above.

Statistics

As of match played 21 November 2023
Goals by competition
CompetitionGoals
Friendlies22
FIFA World Cup qualification29
FIFA World Cup7
Copa América7
FIFA Confederations Cup3
Total68
Suárez celebrating his goal for Uruguay against the Netherlands in 2011

References