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1986
He was born in Santa Marta, Magdalena - Colombia -
DEBUTED
in the First B Category of Colombia in the Lanceros Boyacá, a team that had moved from Tunja to Chia in that season. -
C.A. River Plate
Radamel was signed by River Plate of Argentina for the sum of 500,000 dollars. His professional debut in the First Division of Argentina took place in the Clausura Tournament in which he managed to score his first goal double. -
Injury
He suffered a major ligament injury during the preseason, had to stay away from the courts, and could not play the 2006 Clausura. -
Married
He married the Argentine Lorelei Tarón whom he met in an evangelical church that he attended in Buenos Aires. -
European football
His jump to Europe was immediate and went to F. C. Oporto, with whom he signed a contract for five seasons, scored eleven goals in nineteen games. -
Qualified
His team qualified for the UEFA Europa League final with his club Porto, in this game Falcao entered the history of the competition, becoming the highest scorer in a single season of the UEFA Europa League. -
Colombian soccer player for which more money was paid in history.
Atlético de Madrid signed Radamel Falcao García for a sum estimated at 40 million euros.69 With this signing, Falcao became the most expensive sale in the history of the First Division of Portugal. -
Hard hit
In a game that measured against Chasselay was injured in his left knee before the end of the first half after a hard entry of the player Soner Ertek. Subsequently, after the tests performed, it was confirmed that he would undergo surgery for a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament and would have a recovery period of six months, thus losing the rest of the season and the 2014 World Cup. -
He came back
On December 10 marks his first hat-trick after 4 years, he makes it in the rout 4 to 0 in his visit FC Girondins de Bordeaux where would be the figure of the game.207
He re-scores twice as the only leaders of the tournament, marking his third double in the current 2016-17 Ligue 1 campaign, also being listed as the most lethal striker in Europe with a spectacular average of scoring every 69.2 minutes per match. -
Summoned
On May 14, 2018 was included by coach Jose Pekerman in the preliminary list of 35 players to play the 2018 World Cup. -
Russia 2018
The team of José Pékerman visited President Juan Manuel Santos at Casa de Nariño this Thursday, where he was handed the captain the national symbol that together with the Colombian team will defend with honor in the next World Cup.
