Luis Díaz has undoubtedly been the highest point of the Colombian National Team in the South American Qualifiers to the United States World Cup – Mexico – Canada of 2026. The Colombian end has contributed with seven goals to the national team, the most recent, in the last game against Argentina, which ended in 1-1 draw at the most monumental stadium in Buenos Aires.
Now in front, Bayern Munich’s attacker will have Bolivia for the penultimate day of the qualifiersan opponent who has already noted on two occasions. First in the past qualifiers in the 3-0 win at the Metropolitan Stadium and the second in a friendly before Copa América that had the same score. In both games, the player also contributed with an assistance.
Converting the implication not only match Faustino Asprilla in the scorers table in the entire history of the Colombian National Team, but also to be able to stay as the leader in the scorers of the South American tie, A milestone that no Colombian has achieved so far.
Luis Díaz, to match Tino Asprilla
With 19 goals, Luis Díaz is currently the fifth scorer throughout the history of the Colombian National Team. The player achieved his scores in 64 games so his first is 0.29 goals per game. To score against Bolivia, it would reach 20 goals matching Faustino Asprilla who occupies fourth place.
Of achieving it, It would be only five annotations from Arnoldo Iguarán that is thirdnine from James Rodríguez who is second and still valids 16 of Radamel Falcao García who is the top scorer throughout the history of the national team.
Colombia National Team scorers
- Radamel Falcao García – 36
- James Rodríguez – 29
- Arnoldo Iguarán – 25
- Faustino Asprilla – 20
- Luis Díaz – 19
Luis Díaz to stay as the qualifiers scorer
Luis Díaz is currently the scorer of the South American Qualifiers to the 2026 World Cup with 7 annotations (2 vs. Brazil, 1 vs Peru, 1 vs. Chile, 1 vs. Brazil, 1 vs. Paraguay and 1 vs. Argentina) and of staying thus would become the first Colombian to achieve it since it is played in the current format.
South American qualifying scorers
- France 1998: Iván Zamorano (Chile) with 12 goals.
- Korea – Japan 2002: Hernán Crespo (Argentina) and Agustín Delgado (Ecuador) with 9 goals.
- Germany 2006: Ronaldo (Brazil) with 10 goals.
- South Africa 2010: Humberto Suazo (Chile) with 10 goals.
- Brazil 2014: Luis Suárez (Uruguay) with 11 goals.
- Russia 2018: Edison Cavani (Uruguay) with 10 goals.
- Qatar 2022: Marcelo Martins (Bolivia) with 10 goals.
Second place currently share it Miguel Terceros de Bolivia and Lionel Messi of Argentina, both with six goals. While the top three is closed by four players: Dawin Núñez (Uruguay), Enner Valencia (Ecuador), Raphinha (Brazil) and Solomon Rondón (Venezuela), all with five goals.
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The match between the Colombian National Team and the Bolivia National Team, valid for the penultimate day of the South American Qualifiers to the United States World Cup – Mexico – Canada of 2026, It will be played this Thursday, September 4 at 6:30 pm (Colombian time) at the Roberto Meléndez Metropolitan Stadium from the city of Barranquilla.
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