Radamel Falcao – El Tigre-Atletico Madrid Goals

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 Atletico 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was considered the second best goal scorer by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics for 2011 superseded only by Argentine Lionel Messi who was first.[6] Falcao had also received the Portuguese Golden Ball award for 2011 becoming the first Colombian to do so.
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.Falcao had another historical achievement winning his first UEFA Super Cup in 2012 while becoming the first player in history to score a hat trick in an UEFA Supercup singles (when the original format changed from two legs into a single in 1998).
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.»
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 that even former FC Barcelona club manager Pep Guardiola has praised him to be sensational and one of the most talented players in the world.

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