Arnoldo Alberto Iguarán - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Colombian player scored 25 international goals in 68 matches for his National Team, which is the former record number of goals scored by an individual player for Colombia. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born:   18- 1-1957
Country:  Colombia
Caps:   68      (W29-D21-L18 - GF80-GA59 - %58.09)
Goals:  25 (0.37 per match)
Age First Cap:   22 yr 162 d    29- 6-1979 vs. Spain     1-1
Age Last Cap:    36 yr 123 d    21- 5-1993 vs. Venezuela 1-1
National Team Career:   13 yr 326 d

Cap  Goals  Date      Venue               Opponent       Score  Competition
 1          29/06/79  Bogotá, Col         Spain          1-1
 2          08/07/79  Caracas, Ven        Venezuela      0-0
 3          18/07/79  Lima, Per           Peru           1-0
 4          25/07/79  Bogotá, Col         Peru           1-2
 5          01/08/79  San Cristóbal, Ven  Venezuela      0-0    Copa America
 6          15/08/79  Bogotá, Col         Chile          1-0    Copa America
 7    1  1  22/08/79  Bogotá, Col         Venezuela      4-0    Copa America
 8       1  05/09/79  Santiago, Chi       Chile          0-2    Copa America
 9       1  14/02/83  Bogotá, Col         Poland         1-0
10       1  14/08/83  La Paz, Bol         Bolivia        1-0    Copa America
11       1  17/08/83  Lima, Per           Peru           0-1    Copa America
12       1  28/08/83  Bogotá, Col         Peru           2-2    Copa America
13       1  31/08/83  Bogotá, Col         Bolivia        2-2    Copa America
14       1  01/02/85  Bogotá, Col         Switzerland    2-2
15       1  10/02/85  Bogotá, Col         Poland         1-2
16       1  14/02/85  Bogotá, Col         Poland         1-0
17       1  21/02/85  Santiago, Chi       Chile          1-1
18       1  24/02/85  Montevideo, Uru     Uruguay        0-3
19    1  2  28/02/85  Asunción, Par       Paraguay       3-0
20       2  17/04/85  Pereira, Col        Paraguay       1-0
21    1  3  19/04/85  Bogotá, Col         Paraguay       2-2
22       3  25/04/85  Belo Horizonte, Bra Brazil         1-2
23    1  4  28/04/85  Bogotá, Col         Uruguay        2-1
24       4  26/05/85  Bogotá, Col         Peru           1-0    World Cup Qualifier
25       4  02/06/85  Bogotá, Col         Argentina      1-3    World Cup Qualifier
26       4  09/06/85  Lima, Per           Peru           0-0    World Cup Qualifier
27       4  16/06/85  Buenos Aires, Arg   Argentina      0-1    World Cup Qualifier
28       4  11/06/87  Medellín, Col       Ecuador        1-0
29       4  14/06/87  Guayaquil, Ecu      Ecuador        0-3
30    1  5  01/07/87  Rosario, Arg        Bolivia        2-0    Copa America
31    3  8  05/07/87  Rosario, Arg        Paraguay       3-0    Copa America
32       8  08/07/87  Córdoba, Arg        Chile          1-2    Copa America
33       8  30/03/88  Armenia, Col        Canada         3-0
34    2 10  14/05/88  Miami, USA          United States  2-0 [*]
35      10  17/05/88  Glasgow, Sco        Scotland       0-0    Stanley Rous Cup
36    1 11  19/05/88  Helsinki, Fin       Finland        3-1
37      11  24/05/88  London, Eng         England        1-1    Stanley Rous Cup
38    1 12  07/08/88  Bogotá, Col         Uruguay        2-1    Gonzalo Jimenez Cup
39    1 13  09/03/89  Barranquilla, Col   Argentina      1-0
40      13  24/06/89  Miami, USA          United States  1-0
41    1 14  27/06/89  Miami, USA          Haiti          4-0
42    2 16  03/07/89  Salvador, Bra       Venezuela      4-2    Copa America
43      16  05/07/89  Salvador, Bra       Paraguay       0-1    Copa America
44      16  07/07/89  Salvador, Bra       Brazil         0-0    Copa America
45    1 17  09/07/89  Recife, Bra         Peru           1-1    Copa America
46    2 19  20/08/89  Barranquilla, Col   Ecuador        2-0    World Cup Qualifier
47    1 20  27/08/89  Asunción, Par       Paraguay       1-2    World Cup Qualifier
48      20  03/09/89  Guayaquil, Ecu      Ecuador        0-0    World Cup Qualifier
49    1 21  17/09/89  Barranquilla, Col   Paraguay       2-1    World Cup Qualifier
50      21  15/10/89  Barranquilla, Col   Israel         1-0    World Cup Qualifier
51      21  30/10/89  Tel Aviv, Isr       Israel         0-0    World Cup Qualifier
52      21  02/02/90  Miami, USA          Uruguay        0-2    Orange Bowl Cup
53      21  04/02/90  Miami, USA          United States  1-1    Orange Bowl Cup  [1]
54      21  20/02/90  Los Angeles, USA    Soviet Union   0-0                     [2]
55      21  17/04/90  Los Angeles, USA    Mexico         0-2
56      21  22/04/90  Miami, USA          United States  1-0
57    1 22  04/05/90  Chicago, USA        Poland         2-1
58      22  02/06/90  Budapest, Hun       Hungary        1-3
59      22  09/06/90  Bologna, Ita        UAE            2-0    World Cup
60      22  14/06/90  Bologna, Ita        Yugoslavia     0-1    World Cup
61      22  23/06/90  Napoli, Ita         Cameroon       1-2    World Cup
62    1 23  05/06/91  Stockholm, Swe      Sweden         2-2
63      23  25/06/91  San José, Crc       Costa Rica     1-0
64      23  11/07/91  Viña del Mar, Chi   Bolivia        0-0    Copa America
65    1 24  13/07/91  Viña del Mar, Chi   Brazil         2-0    Copa America
66      24  15/07/91  Viña del Mar, Chi   Uruguay        0-1    Copa America
67    1 25  17/07/91  Santiago, Chi       Chile          1-1    Copa America
68      25  21/05/93  Bogotá, Col         Venezuela      1-1

Notes:

[1] Colombia won 9-8 on penalty kicks.
[2] Colombia won 4-2 on penalty kicks.

[*] the first goal in this match is sometimes credited to Alexis García (who
    deflected the shot) instead of Iguarán; however, the match report and the
    FA of Colombia both credit the goal to Iguarán

Total Record

Matches  Won  Draw  Lost For Against  Points  Percentage
  68      29   21    18   80- 59        79      58.09

25 goals in 68 matches (0.37 per match)

Types of Matches:
Friendlies             31
World Cup Qualifiers   10
World Cup               3
Copa América           19
Other Tournaments       5
                       
Total                  68

Types of Goals:
Friendlies             11
World Cup Qualifiers    4
World Cup               0
Copa América           10
Other Tournaments       0
                       
Total                  25


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Author: Frank Ballesteros (fballesteros@colombia.com)
Last updated: 16 Dec 2020

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