List of international goals scored by Alexis Sánchez

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Alexis Sánchez with Chile in 2013

Alexis Sánchez is a Chilean professional footballer who represents the Chile national 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 March 2024, Sánchez is his country's top scorer and also has the most caps, with 51 goals in 162 appearances.[2] He passed the previous record of 37 goals, held by Marcelo Salas,[3] when he scored the opener against Germany in the group stage of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in June 2017.[4] Sánchez's most recent goal came against Paraguay in a 3–2 friendly win.[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 162nd appearance for Chile in a 3–2 friendly loss against France in March 2024.[2]

As of March 2024, Sánchez has not scored an international hat-trick, but has scored twice in a match on ten occasions.[2] Sánchez has scored more goals in friendlies than in any other format with 21, followed by FIFA World Cup qualifying matches with twenty. He has scored two goals in FIFA World Cup finals, seven in the Copa América and one in the Confederations Cup.[2] He has scored more goals against Uruguay and Bolivia (six each) than any other nation, and more times at the Estadio Nacional de Chile (ten) than any other stadium.[2]

Goals[edit]

As of 27 March 2023
Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.[2]
International goals by cap, date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 8 7 September 2007 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria   Switzerland 1–1 1–2 Friendly [7]
2 11 4 June 2008 Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile  Guatemala 1–0 2–0 [2]
3 2–0
4 19 11 February 2009 Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa  South Africa 2–0 2–0 [8]
5 20 28 March 2009 Estadio Monumental "U", Lima, Peru  Peru 1–0 3–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [9]
6 23 10 June 2009 Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile  Bolivia 3–0 4–0 [10]
7 4–0
8 24 12 August 2009 Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby, Denmark  Denmark 2–1 2–1 Friendly [11]
9 28 26 May 2010 Estadio Municipal de Calama, Calama, Chile  Zambia 1–0 3–0 [12]
10 2–0
11 29 30 May 2010 Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción, Chile  Israel 2–0 3–0 [13]
12 34 17 November 2010 Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile  Uruguay 1–0 2–0 [14]
13 37 19 June 2011  Estonia 4–0 4–0 [15]
14 39 8 July 2011 Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina  Uruguay 1–1 1–1 2011 Copa América [10]
15 57 11 June 2013 Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile  Bolivia 2–0 3–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [16]
16 58 14 August 2013 Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby, Denmark  Iraq 2–0 6–0 Friendly [17]
17 3–0
18 61 11 October 2013 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia  Colombia 2–0 3–3 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [18]
19 3–0
20 62 15 October 2013 Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile  Ecuador 1–0 2–1 [10]
21 63 15 November 2013 Wembley Stadium, London, England  England 1–0 2–0 Friendly [10]
22 2–0
23 68 13 June 2014 Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá, Brazil  Australia 1–0 3–1 2014 FIFA World Cup [19]
24 71 28 June 2014 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil  Brazil 1–1 1–1 2014 FIFA World Cup [20]
25 76 14 November 2014 Estadio CAP, Talcahuano, Chile  Venezuela 1–0 5–0 Friendly [21]
26 77 18 November 2014 Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile  Uruguay 1–0 1–2 [22]
27 83 20 June 2015 Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile  Bolivia 2–0 5–0 2015 Copa América [23]
28 87 5 September 2015  Paraguay 3–2 3–2 Friendly [24]
29 88 8 October 2015  Brazil 2–0 2–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [25]
30 89 13 October 2015 Estadio Nacional de Lima, Lima, Peru  Peru 1–0 4–3 [26]
31 3–2
32 98 14 June 2016 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, United States  Panama 3–1 4–2 Copa América Centenario [27]
33 4–2
34 99 18 June 2016 Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, United States  Mexico 3–0 7–0 [28]
35 106 15 November 2016 Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile  Uruguay 2–1 3–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [29]
36 3–1
37 108 28 March 2017 Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile  Venezuela 1–0 3–1 [30]
38 112 22 June 2017 Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia  Germany 1–0 1–1 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup [31]
39 118 5 October 2017 Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile  Ecuador 2–1 2–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [32]
40 123 16 November 2018 Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile  Costa Rica 2–3 2–3 Friendly [33]
41 124 20 November 2018 Estadio Germán Becker, Temuco, Chile  Honduras 3–1 4–1 [34]
42 125 17 June 2019 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil  Japan 3–0 4–0 2019 Copa América [35]
43 126 21 June 2019 Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil  Ecuador 2–1 2–1 [36]
44 133 8 October 2020 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Uruguay 1–1 1–2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [37]
45 134 13 October 2020 Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile  Colombia 2–1 2–2 [38]
46 137 3 June 2021 Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero, Argentina  Argentina 1–1 1–1 [39]
47 143 11 November 2021 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay  Paraguay 1–0 1–0 [40]
48 146 1 February 2022 Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia  Bolivia 1–0 3–2 [41]
49 3–1
50 150 27 September 2022 Franz Horr Stadium, Vienna, Austria  Qatar 1–0 2–2 Friendly [42]
51 153 27 March 2023 Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile  Paraguay 2–2 3–2 [43]

Statistics[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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