List of international goals scored by Alexis Sánchez

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Alexis Sánchez is a Chilean professional footballer who represents the Chile national team as a striker. Nicknamed El Niño Maravilla ("The Boy Wonder"), he made his debut for his country in a 1–0 victory over New Zealand in April 2006. 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. As of March 2024, Sánchez is his country's top scorer and also has the most caps, with 51 goals in 162 appearances. He passed the previous record of 37 goals, held by Marcelo Salas, when he scored the opener against Germany in the group stage of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in June 2017. Sánchez's most recent goal came against Paraguay in a 3–2 friendly win. 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. Sánchez made his most recent and 162nd appearance for Chile in a 3–2 friendly loss against France in March 2024.

Alexis Sánchez with Chile in 2013

As of March 2024, Sánchez has not scored an international hat-trick, but has scored twice in a match on ten occasions. 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. 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.

Goals

As of 27 March 2023
Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.
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
2 11 4 June 2008 Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile   Guatemala 1–0 2–0
3 2–0
4 19 11 February 2009 Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa   South Africa 2–0 2–0
5 20 28 March 2009 Estadio Monumental "U", Lima, Peru   Peru 1–0 3–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 23 10 June 2009 Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile   Bolivia 3–0 4–0
7 4–0
8 24 12 August 2009 Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby, Denmark   Denmark 2–1 2–1 Friendly
9 28 26 May 2010 Estadio Municipal de Calama, Calama, Chile   Zambia 1–0 3–0
10 2–0
11 29 30 May 2010 Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción, Chile   Israel 2–0 3–0
12 34 17 November 2010 Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile   Uruguay 1–0 2–0
13 37 19 June 2011   Estonia 4–0 4–0
14 39 8 July 2011 Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina   Uruguay 1–1 1–1 2011 Copa América
15 57 11 June 2013 Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile   Bolivia 2–0 3–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
16 58 14 August 2013 Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby, Denmark   Iraq 2–0 6–0 Friendly
17 3–0
18 61 11 October 2013 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia   Colombia 2–0 3–3 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
19 3–0
20 62 15 October 2013 Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile   Ecuador 1–0 2–1
21 63 15 November 2013 Wembley Stadium, London, England   England 1–0 2–0 Friendly
22 2–0
23 68 13 June 2014 Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá, Brazil   Australia 1–0 3–1 2014 FIFA World Cup
24 71 28 June 2014 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil   Brazil 1–1 1–1 2014 FIFA World Cup
25 76 14 November 2014 Estadio CAP, Talcahuano, Chile   Venezuela 1–0 5–0 Friendly
26 77 18 November 2014 Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile   Uruguay 1–0 1–2
27 83 20 June 2015 Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile   Bolivia 2–0 5–0 2015 Copa América
28 87 5 September 2015   Paraguay 3–2 3–2 Friendly
29 88 8 October 2015   Brazil 2–0 2–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
30 89 13 October 2015 Estadio Nacional de Lima, Lima, Peru   Peru 1–0 4–3
31 3–2
32 98 14 June 2016 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, United States   Panama 3–1 4–2 Copa América Centenario
33 4–2
34 99 18 June 2016 Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, United States   Mexico 3–0 7–0
35 106 15 November 2016 Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile   Uruguay 2–1 3–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
36 3–1
37 108 28 March 2017 Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile   Venezuela 1–0 3–1
38 112 22 June 2017 Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia   Germany 1–0 1–1 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
39 118 5 October 2017 Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile   Ecuador 2–1 2–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
40 123 16 November 2018 Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile   Costa Rica 2–3 2–3 Friendly
41 124 20 November 2018 Estadio Germán Becker, Temuco, Chile   Honduras 3–1 4–1
42 125 17 June 2019 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil   Japan 3–0 4–0 2019 Copa América
43 126 21 June 2019 Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil   Ecuador 2–1 2–1
44 133 8 October 2020 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay   Uruguay 1–1 1–2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
45 134 13 October 2020 Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile   Colombia 2–1 2–2
46 137 3 June 2021 Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero, Argentina   Argentina 1–1 1–1
47 143 11 November 2021 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay   Paraguay 1–0 1–0
48 146 1 February 2022 Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia   Bolivia 1–0 3–2
49 3–1
50 150 27 September 2022 Franz Horr Stadium, Vienna, Austria   Qatar 1–0 2–2 Friendly
51 153 27 March 2023 Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile   Paraguay 2–2 3–2

Statistics

Goals by competition
Competition Goals
Friendlies 21
FIFA World Cup qualifiers 20
Copa América 7
FIFA World Cup finals 2
FIFA Confederations Cup 1
Total 51
Goals by opponent
Opponent Goals
  Bolivia 6
  Uruguay 6
  Colombia 3
  Ecuador 3
  Paraguay 3
  Peru 3
  Brazil 2
  England 2
  Guatemala 2
  Iraq 2
  Panama 2
  Venezuela 2
  Zambia 2
  Argentina 1
  Australia 1
  Costa Rica 1
  Denmark 1
  Estonia 1
  Germany 1
  Honduras 1
  Israel 1
  Japan 1
  Mexico 1
  Qatar 1
  South Africa 1
   Switzerland 1

See also

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