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Radamel Falcao García Zárate (born 10 February 1986) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Categoría Primera A club Millonarios.Nicknamed "El Tigre" (The Tiger), [5] he is considered one of the greatest Colombian and South American footballers of all time. [6]
Falcao scored nine goals during Colombia's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, but an injury sustained while playing for his club team Monaco in January 2014 ruled him out of the finals. [3] His first FIFA World Cup finals appearance came four years later in the 2018 FIFA World Cup , with his 74th cap , against Japan in a group stage ...
Falcao married his first wife, attorney Rosane Leal Damazio, in 1993, with whom he had a son Paulo Roberto Falcão Filho, born on July 21, 1993. He also worked for many years as a football commentator for Rede Globo and for its sports oriented branch SporTV .
Transfermarkt is a German-based [1] website owned by Axel Springer SE that has footballing information, such as scores, results, statistics, transfer news, and fixtures. [2] According to the IVW , it is in the top 25 most visited German websites, and one of the largest sport websites after kicker.de .
On 31 January United beat Leicester City 3–1 at Old Trafford with goals from Van Persie and Falcao, thus gaining a measure of revenge for their early-season mauling at the King Power Stadium. United had to claw back a 1–1 draw at Upton Park against West Ham on February 8 thanks to an equaliser in stoppage time from Daley Blind .
Radamel Falcao (21) All: Radamel Falcao (30) Highest home attendance: 17,135 vs Borussia Dortmund (Champions League, 19 April 2017) Lowest home attendance: 2,000 vs Ajaccio (Coupe de France, 6 January 2017) Average home league attendance: 9,315: Biggest win: 7–0 vs Metz (Ligue 1, 1 October 2016) 7–0 vs Rennes (Coupe de la Ligue, 14 December ...
Falcão was born in Feira de Santana, Bahia, but played for clubs in the São Paulo state as a youth before joining the under-23 side of Avaí in 2018. Promoted to the first team for the 2019 season, he made his senior debut on 31 January of that year, starting in a 1–0 Campeonato Catarinense away loss to Marcílio Dias.
In a pre-tournament friendly on 9 June he scored his first international goal at the end of a 3–0 win away to Peru, having replaced Radamel Falcao at half time. [41] He then scored in the first two group games in Brazil, against Argentina (2–0) and Qatar (1–0). [42]