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Friday, August 31, 2012

FALCAO'S HAT TRICK IN THE FIRST HALF: Supercopa de Europa entre Chelsea y Atlético de Madrid: CHELSEA 0 - ATLETICO 2 - Falcao marca dos goles parcialmente

39' Falcao, 3rd gol.

Recomendación Xperto Iquique vs. U. Católica en el Partido Unico de Xperto de este sábado, porque con Xperto... ¡Juegue!

20'
Gol Gol
Gol de Atlético de Madrid. Radamel Falcao define de gran manera desde el vértice derecho del área grande, dejando sin opción a Cech. Golazo.
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Centro de Felipe Luis que Arda Turán cabecea desviado.
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Encara Adrián López, pero Cech sale a cortar y el remate del hispano rebota en el portero. Dominan los españoles.
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Remate de Lampard que rebota en un defensa. Chelsea se ve desacomodado.
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Gol Gol
Gol de Atlético de Madrid. Radamel Falcao define con tranquilidad ante la salida de Cech, y marca el 1-0 para los españoles.
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Se salva Chelsea. Radamel Falcao conecta un centro pero la pelota da en el horizontal.
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Primer Primer Tiempo
Mueve el Chelsea y comienza el partido.
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Los jugadores se saludan en el campo de juego. El partido está por comenzar.
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El capitán del Chelsea, Frank Lampard, sale a la cancha con la "orejona", y su par de los españoles, Gaby, lo hace con la copa de la Europa League.
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¡Atlético de Madrid y Chelsea salen juntos a la cancha!
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Los equipos se preparan en el túnel para salir a la cancha.
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En estos momentos se despliega en el centro de la cancha un lienzo con la imagen de la copa que hoy se disputa.
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Cabe recordar que este compromiso se juega en Mónaco, cancha neutral donde han llegado muchos hinchas de Chelsea y Atlético de Madrid.
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Chelsea es el actual campeón de la Champions League, mientras que Atlético de Madrid es el monarca de la Europa League.
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Buenas tardes. Bienvenidos a la transmisión de la gran final de la Supercopa de Europa entre Chelsea y Atlético de Madrid.

Radamel Falcao García

Radamel Bögen Falcao
Falcao Presentación Atletico (cropped).JPG
Personal information
Full nameRadamel Falcao García Zárate
Date of birth(1986-02-10) 10 February 1986 (age 26)
Place of birthSanta Marta, Colombia
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current clubAtlético Madrid
Number9
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2005–2009River Plate110(49)
2009–2011Porto85(72)
2011-Atlético Madrid52(39)
National team‡
2007–Colombia37(11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 August 2012.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 August 2012
This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is García and the second or maternal family name is Zárate.
Radamel Falcao García Zárate (born 10 February 1986 in Santa Marta, Colombia), commonly known simply as Falcao, is a Colombian football striker who currently plays for La Liga side Atlético Madrid and the Colombia national football team. Falcao is sometimes nicknamed El Tigre, and called the King of the Europa League.[1][2][3][4][5]
Falcao is widely considered to be one of the best strikers in the world, having surpassed Jürgen Klinsmann's record of 15 goals (17) in a single annual international club football European competition UEFA Champions League/UEFA Europa League campaign. He also played a key role in guiding Porto to a second UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League title, as well as finishing undefeated in the 2010–11 Primeira Liga season. In July 2011, Falcao was regarded as the fifth best player in Europe during the 2010–11 season through balloting by 53 sportswriters of the UEFA member associations. Falcao was considered the second best goal scorer by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics for 2011 superseded only by Argentine Lionel Messi who was first.[6] Falcao had also received the Portuguese Golden Ball award for 2011 becoming the first Colombian to do so.[7]
So far in only three seasons counting both spells at Porto and currently at Atlético Madrid, Falcao has managed to score more than 100 goals since arriving in Europe.[8] Falcao had played another key role in leading Atlético Madrid into a 12 match winning streak in a single Europa League season, becoming the first team to do so.[9] At the same time, Falcao became the first player in history to win two consecutive European titles with two different teams while at the same time becoming the top goal scorer for those two teams.[10]
Radamel prefers to be called by his second name. Falcao is a second generation footballer: his father, Radamel García, played professionally as a defender in Colombia. Falcao is named after the 1980s Brazilian, Sport Club Internacional and A.S. Roma legend Falcão. He is a devout Christian and leader of the Church youth groups "Locos por Jesús" and "Campeones para Cristo."[11]
Falcao's talents has increased his reputation over recent years during his time in Europe. His talents have been recognized as one of the best and one of the most talented players in the world.[12][13][14][15] A natural goal scorer, he is known for having a good burst of pace and a powerful header. Falcao is also known for his ability to shoot with both feet.
 

Club career

Early years

Radamel Falcao was born in Santa Marta, Magdalena in the Caribbean Region of Colombia to former football player Radamel García King and Carmenza Zárate. He was christened with the middle name Falcao after Brazilian footballer Paulo Roberto Falcão, a player greatly admired by his father, who featured as a tenacious defender for clubs such as Unión Magdalena and Independiente Santa Fe. Ironically, Radamel Falcao (who moved to Bogotá at an early age) was an avid supporter of Millonarios, Santa Fe's classic rivals, and began flourishing as a striker with a great eye for goal-scoring and a remarkably high vertical leap.[16]

River Plate

Exciting start and injury

Falcao came to River Plate's attention while playing for the Colombian U-17 side and was recruited to join the Argentine side's legendary youth academy and reserve system. Before signing his first professional contract with River Plate, Falcao had begun studies in journalism at the University of Palermo in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
At 19, Falcao debuted as a starter under Reinaldo Merlo, scoring two goals in his first start. He quickly built a reputation, scoring seven goals in his first seven starts. He would score seven goals in his 11 appearances in 2005 (four as a sub under Leo Astrada). He injured ligaments in his right knee while scoring a goal in a match against San Lorenzo. Falcao exacerbated the knee injury when he tore the anterior cruciate ligaments of the same knee during a pre-season practice in January 2006. The ACL injury subsequently caused him to miss a lot of games. Recovering from the long period of inactivity that followed, Falcao struggled to regain fitness throughout 2006 and the spring of 2007, as nagging injuries continually derailed comeback attempts. The recovery period would be the most difficult of Falcao's career, as he would score only three goals in 25 appearances in aggregate over the fall and spring of 2006–07 — 10 of these appearances being late game substitutions.

Return from injury

In the autumn of 2007, Falcao returned to River's starting line up, and began to deliver on his early promise scoring a series of crucial game-winning goals for his side. On 27 September 2007, Falcao scored a hat-trick for River Plate against Botafogo of Brazil, with the last goal coming in injury time, to guarantee River Plate a place in the quarter-finals of the 2007 Copa Sudamericana — his goals helped overturn a two-goal deficit that River faced with only nine men on the pitch. Falcao subsequently scored a long range goal against Defensor Sporting to qualify River Plate to the semi-finals of the same tournament. He also scored his first goal in the famed Superclásico derby between River Plate and Boca Juniors on 7 October 2007. Concurrently, Falcao became a fixture on the Colombian national team, competing for qualification to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, earning call-ups to all of Colombia's fixtures.
Based on his performances in 2007, Falcao was voted a meadadmber of the prestigious "XI of America" in the annual survey of South American sports journalists conducted by El Pais de Montevideo.[17] Falcao came in fifth in overall voting for South American player of the year in the same survey. In the winter transfer market, River Plate would reject a reported €8 million offer from Deportivo La Coruña of Spain for the player.[18]

Porto

2009–10

Falcao finally made it to Europe when he joined the Portuguese giants FC Porto on 15 July 2009, for €3.93 million,[19] after Porto sold Lisandro López to Olympique Lyonnais.[20] In the transaction, Porto also sold Mario Bolatti to a third party owner, Natland Financier B.V., in exchange for residual rights of Falcao, which worth €1.5 million.[21] (However the club later resold 5% economic rights back to Natland[21][22]) Curiously, Falcao was about to sign for SL Benfica days before, but the reluctance of its leaders to pay an additional 700,000 euros requested by Falcao dictated the end of negotiations; days later, Falcao joined FC Porto.[23] He made his debut against Paços de Ferreira on the opening day of the season, and scored an important goal to earn the team a draw.[24] He went on to score three goals in as many games, making him one of the very few to score four goals in the first four matchdays in the Portuguese league.
On 15 September, he made his UEFA Champions League debut in a 1–0 away defeat against Chelsea.[25] Falcao would later score a brilliant header to defeat rivals Sporting Clube de Portugal on the sixth matchday, giving his team a 1–0 home victory.[26] Four days later, on 30 September, he scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a group stage win over Atlético Madrid.[27] On 2 February 2010, Falcao scored twice in a Portuguese Cup quarter-finals victory against rivals Sporting CP.[28] In the same month, he scored the victory goal against Arsenal in a UEFA Champions League round of 16 match,[29] being his fourth goal in the tournament. On 3 April, Falcao scored a brace against Marítimo, and turned into the highest goalscorer of the Portuguese League with 20 goals,[30] but he would finish the season as the second-highest league scorer with 25 goals, behind only Benfica's Óscar Cardozo, who had 26. He scored another goal in his last game of the season, the Portuguese Cup final, where Porto won 2–1 against Grupo Desportivo Chaves.[31] He wrapped up the campaign with a career-high 34 goals in all competitions.

2010–11

Falcao made an impressive start to the 2010–11 season, scoring a goal in the 2010 Portuguese SuperCup 2–0 victory over Benfica.[32] He scored his first two league goals on the second matchday of the season against Beira-Mar on 22 August 2010.[33] On 7 November, he scored twice (one of them an impressive backheel goal) in a 5–0 victory against the defending champions Benfica,[34] and later, on 2 December, Falcao scored his first hat-trick for Porto against Rapid Wien during a UEFA Europa League clash, becoming the top goal scorer of the competition with seventeen goals. On 7 April 2011, Falcao scored another hat-trick in the quarter-final of the Europa League against Russian side Spartak Moscow, which was won by the Portuguese team by a score of 5–1, to bring his goal tally in the tournament to 10.
In the 2010–11 season, Porto won the league title in round 25 of the league against rivals and defending champions Benfica at the Estádio da Luz. He played a key role in that match, winning his team a penalty when the match was tied at 1–1; the penalty was scored by teammate Hulk. In the match against Spartak Moscow in the Europa League, Falcao scored a hat-trick and provided an assist in a 5–1 win. In the second leg, he scored another goal and provided another assist that took Porto to the tournament's semi-final stage. He further added to his position as top scorer in the competition by scoring four goals in the semi-final first leg against Villarreal, a game which finished 5–1 in favour of Porto.
In the UEFA Europa League final, Falcao scored the only goal of the game with a header after a cross from Fredy Guarín, giving the title to Porto.[35][36] He set a new goalscoring record of 17 goals in 14 games during the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, surpassing Jürgen Klinsmann's previous record of 15 goals.[37]
In July 2011 he extended his contract with a €45 million buy-out clause.[38] Porto paid a commission of €6,585,150 to extend the contract.[22]

Atlético Madrid

2011–12

Falcao about to take a penalty kick for Atletico Madrid.
On 18 August 2011, Porto announced they had agreed a fee with Atlético Madrid for the transfer of Falcao. The transfer fee was €40 million with the fee potentially rising to 47 million based on performance-based clauses., making it the most expensive in the club's history.[39] Falcao made his Atlético debut on September 10 away to Valencia, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 defeat. His first goal came five days later, in a Europa League win against Celtic at the Vicente Calderón.[40] He then proceeded to score his first hat-trick for Atlético in the following league game against Racing Santander. Three days later, Falcao scored another brace in the 4–0 victory over Sporting Gijón, putting himself as the topscorer of the league with 5 goals, alongside Lionel Messi and Roberto Soldado.[41][42] On 3 November, Falcao netted a goal in Atlético's 4–0 triumph over Udinese, the goal meant that Falcao had scored 19 goals in his last 18 Europa League games.[43]
Falcao's second hat-trick in La Liga came on 21 January 2012, when he led his team to a 4–0 victory against Real Sociedad at the Anoeta Stadium.[44] On 16 February, Falcao scored twice and assisted a goal in an away game against Lazio to progress into the Round of 16 in the Europa League.[45] In the second leg of Atletico's Round of 16 clash against Turkish giants Beşiktaş Falcao scored one goal and provided another in a 3–0 victory, 6–1 on aggregate.[46] On 21 March, Falcao netted a second half double to propel his side to a 2–1 victory over Athletic Bilbao and keep Atletico in the race for European places.[47] Falcao scored another goal sealing a 3–0 victory over Getafe. In both legs of the Europa League versus Hannover 96 Falcao managed to score a goal for each leg rising his goal count to 8.
Falcao played his first derby madrileño against Real Madrid on 11 April 2012. He missed the first match in the Bernabeu due to injury. Falcao Scored the only goal in a 4–1 home loss for Atlético with a brilliant header, yet having Atlético not beat Real Madrid for another year. Falcao had also managed to score against fellow Spanish giants Barcelona despite a 2–1 loss as well. Falcao scored his 22nd goal against Rayo Vallecano in a crucial 1–0 victory for Atletico Madrid. For the first leg of the 2011–12 Europa league semifinals against Valencia, Falcao scored a double in a 4–2 victory while making Atletico Madrid the first team to win 10 straight matches in a single Europa League season. Falcao added to his Europa League tally in the final against fellow La Liga side Athletic Bilbao, netting Atletico's opening 2 goals in a 3–0 triumph at the Arena Națională in Bucharest on Wednesday 9 May 2012. In doing so, Falcao not only became the top goal scorer in a Europa league season again but became the first player in history to win two consecutive Europa League/Uefa Cup titles with two different teams.[10][48]
In all competitions, Falcao had scored a record of 36 goals for Atletico Madrid, the highest amount by any player in a first season playing for Atletico Madrid.[49]

2012–13

Falcao failed to score a goal in the first la liga 2012-13 season match against Levante in a 1-1 draw. In his second game, he scored his first goal against 2011-12 Europa League finalists Athletic Bilbao. He continued with 2 extra goals within just 60 minutes of play, with the 3rd by penalty making it not only his first hat trick for the season but the first hat trick done by any player in the 2012-13 season of La Liga. In the 2012 UEFA Super Cup final against Chelsea, he became the first player to score a hattrick in the history of the competiton. In only 44 minutes. BOSS!

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
13 June 2007Saitama, Saitama City, Japan Montenegro0 – 10–1Friendly
28 September 2007Estadio Monumental, Lima, Peru Peru1 – 12–2Friendly
319 November 2008Estadio Deportivo Cali, Cali, Colombia Nigeria0 – 10–1Friendly
410 June 2009Atanasio Girardot, Medellín, Colombia Peru0 – 10–12010 WCQ
512 August 2009Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States Venezuela1 – 12–1Friendly
68 October 2010Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States Ecuador1 – 02–0Friendly
726 March 2011Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain Ecuador2 – 02–0Friendly
810 July 2011Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe, Argentina Bolivia1 – 02–02011 CA
910 July 2011Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe, Argentina Bolivia2 – 02–02011 CA
1011 October 2011Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia Bolivia1 – 21–22014 WCQ
1129 February 2012Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida, USA Mexico0 – 10–2Friendly

Career statistics

International

Colombia national team
YearAppsGoals
200782
200851
200992
201041
201184
201231
Total3711
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Honours

Club

River Plate
Porto
Atlético Madrid

National team

Colombia

Individual

1 Record of 17 goals in a European competition.

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External links

 
Clubs: CA River Plate, FC Porto, Club Atlético de Madrid
UEFA honours
UEFA Europa League: winner 2011, winner 2012
UEFA Europa League top scorer: 2010/11, 2011/12
• Left Colombia for Argentina at an early age and spent his formative years in River's youth academy; scored seven in his first seven games before sustaining serious ligament damage to his right knee that would begin a spiral of injury problems lasting for two years.
• Finally regained full fitness in 2007 and won the Argentinian Clausura title in spring 2008 under coach Diego Simeone; maintained his strong form despite River's decline in the 2008/09 season.
• Ended his career at the Buenos Aires club with 45 goals in 111 games in all competitions and figured regularly in Colombia's 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, making ten appearances (one goal).
• Joined Porto in July 2009 and scored in each of his first four league games; finished the campaign with 25 goals from 26 Liga starts − one shy of SL Benfica's Óscar Cardozo, the league's top scorer − and 34 in all competitions.
• Prolific again in 2010/11 as he broke Jürgen Klinsmann's record of 15 goals in a UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League season − registered hat-tricks against SK Rapid Wien (3-1) and FC Spartak Moskva (5-1), scored four times at home to Villarreal CF (5-1) in the semi-final first leg and headed the only goal of the showpiece versus SC Braga.
• Finished fifth in a summer 2011 poll, conducted among a jury of 53 sports journalists, to determine the winner of the inaugural UEFA Best Player in Europe Award − became Atlético's record signing when he moved to the Spanish club a few weeks later for a fee which could reportedly rise to €47m.
• Had no problem acclimatising to Spanish football, finishing as his club's leading scorer and returning the third-highest tally of Liga goals (23) after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. More significantly, his love affair with the UEFA Europa League continued as he became the first player in the competition to take back-to-back top-scorer honours, plundering 12 goals, including two in the final, to receive his second winners' medal.
• With 29 UEFA Europa League goals in as many games, Falcao is second on the competition's all-time scorers' list.

Match log

DateCompetitionPhaseMinsGAss.
The home team is listed first.Last updated: 29/08/2012 02:58 CET
19.08.2012Spanish LigaLevanteLevante1-1AtléticoAtlético9001
27.08.2012Spanish LigaAtléticoAtlético4-0AthleticAthletic8130
 

General info

  • Name: Falcao
  • Position: Forward
  • Date of birth (age): 10/02/1986 (26)
  • Country: Colombia
  • Squad number: 9
  • Club: Atlético (Spain ESP)

  • Height: 177cm
  • Weight: 73kg

  • Currently playing:
    • UEFA Super Cup 2012/12

  • UEFA competition debut:
  • Club: UEFA Champions League (Group stage)
    15/09/09: Chelsea 1-0 Porto

Career statistics

Club record in UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League
ClubPG
Porto84
Total84
UEFA Europa League
ClubPG
Porto1618
Atlético1512
Total3130
Last updated: 13/08/2012 17:11 CET
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