List of international goals scored by Alexis Sánchez

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Alexis Sánchez with Chile in 2013

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[update], Sánchez has not scored an international

Estadio Nacional de Chile (ten) than any other stadium.[2]

Goals

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
, 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
, 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

See also

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