List of international goals scored by Alexis Sánchez

Alexis Sánchez is a Chilean professional footballer who represents the Chile national football team as a striker. Nicknamed El Niño Maravilla ("The Boy Wonder"),[1] he made his debut for his country in a 1–0 victory over New Zealand in April 2006.[2] His first international goal came on his eighth appearance for Chile when he scored Chile's only goal in a 1–2 defeat to Switzerland in a friendly tournament in Vienna.[2] As of November 2020, Sánchez is his country's top scorer and has the most caps, with 45 goals in 136 appearances.[2] He passed the previous record of 37, held by Marcelo Salas,[3] when he scored the opening goal against Germany in the group stage of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in June 2017.[4] He scored most recently against Colombia in a 2–2 draw during 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.[2] Despite Sánchez scoring seven goals, making him second-equal top scorer in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying (along with Lionel Messi, Gabriel Jesus and Felipe Caicedo), Chile failed to qualify for the finals.[5][6] Sánchez made his most recent and 136th appearance for Chile in a 1–2 World Cup qualifying defeat against Venezuela in November 2020.[2]

Alexis Sánchez with Chile in 2013

As of November 2020, Sánchez has not scored an international hat-trick, but has scored twice in a match on nine occasions.[2] Sánchez has scored more goals in friendlies than in any other format, with nineteen. He has scored sixteen goals in qualifying for the FIFA World Cup, two in FIFA World Cup finals, seven in the Copa América and one in the Confederations Cup.[2] He has scored more goals against Uruguay (six) and Bolivia (four) than any other nation, and more times at the Estadio Nacional de Chile (ten) than any other stadium.[2]

Goals
As of 13 October 2020
Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.[2]
International goals by cap, date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
Goal Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 87 September 2007Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria  Switzerland1–11–2Friendly[7]
2 114 June 2008Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile Guatemala1–02–0[2]
3 2–0
4 1911 February 2009Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa South Africa2–02–0[8]
5 2028 March 2009Estadio Monumental "U", Lima, Peru Peru1–03–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification[9]
6 2310 June 2009Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile Bolivia3–04–0[10]
7 4–0
8 2412 August 2009Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby, Denmark Denmark2–12–1Friendly[11]
9 2826 May 2010Estadio Municipal de Calama, Calama, Chile Zambia1–03–0[12]
10 2–0
11 2930 May 2010Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción, Chile Israel2–03–0[13]
12 3417 November 2010Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile Uruguay1–02–0[14]
13 3719 June 2011 Estonia4–04–0[15]
14 398 July 2011Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina Uruguay1–11–12011 Copa América[10]
15 5711 June 2013Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile Bolivia2–03–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification[16]
16 5814 August 2013Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby, Denmark Iraq2–06–0Friendly[17]
17 3–0
18 6111 October 2013Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia Colombia2–03–32014 FIFA World Cup qualification[18]
19 3–0
20 6215 October 2013Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile Ecuador1–02–1[10]
21 6315 November 2013Wembley Stadium, London, England England1–02–0Friendly[10]
22 2–0
23 6813 June 2014Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá, Brazil Australia1–03–12014 FIFA World Cup[19]
24 7128 June 2014Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Brazil1–11–12014 FIFA World Cup[20]
25 7614 November 2014Estadio CAP, Talcahuano, Chile Venezuela1–05–0Friendly[21]
26 7718 November 2014Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile Uruguay1–01–2[22]
27 8320 June 2015Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile Bolivia2–05–02015 Copa América[23]
28 875 September 2015 Paraguay3–23–2Friendly[24]
29 888 October 2015 Brazil2–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification[25]
30 8913 October 2015Estadio Nacional de Lima, Lima, Peru Peru1–04–3[26]
31 3–2
32 9814 June 2016Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, United States Panama3–14–2Copa América Centenario[27]
33 4–2
34 9918 June 2016Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, United States Mexico3–07–0[28]
35 10615 November 2016Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile Uruguay2–13–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification[29]
36 3–1
37 10828 March 2017Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile Venezuela1–03–1[30]
38 11222 June 2017Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia Germany1–01–12017 FIFA Confederations Cup[31]
39 1185 October 2017Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile Ecuador2–12–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification[32]
40 12316 November 2018Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile Costa Rica2–32–3Friendly[33]
41 12420 November 2018Estadio Germán Becker, Temuco, Chile Honduras3–14–1[34]
42 12517 June 2019Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil Japan3–04–02019 Copa América[35]
43 12621 June 2019Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil Ecuador2–12–1[36]
44 1338 October 2020Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay1–11–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification[37]
45 13413 October 2020Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile Colombia2–12–2[38]

Statistics

References
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