What a paradox! In times of drought of goals from the national team Uruguay, with four consecutive games without seeing the door, a review of the historical scorers of South America at the level of official conquests with their respective teams, places Luis Suarez as the top in history, surpassing so many cracks.
The tip of the Atlético de Madrid, accumulates 41 official goals with the celestial. There were six for Copa América, 25 for Qualifiers (in the South American top scorer in that area), another seven conquests in the final phase of the World Cup, in addition to another three more in the Confederations Cup.
He could have accumulated even more, but he missed the 2015 Copa América in Chile due to suspension by FIFA and the United States in 2016 due to muscle injury.
A bird's eye view, at the World Cup level, the two against England in Brazil 2014, and one spectacular with a perfect thread from the edge of the area against South Korea on a very rainy afternoon in Port Elizabeth in South Africa 2010, are indelible. Also, that of the final against Paraguay in the Copa América 2011, to open the can at 11 minutes. Or the four against Chile on the 11 of the 11 of the 11, by South American Qualifiers in the Centennial.
MESSI TO TWO GOALS
Lio messi it is two goals away in the South American historical table. Accumulate 39 conquests, 10 for America's Cup, 23 for Qualifying and another six for the final phase of the World Cup.
Paired with Messi, appears the “Fat” Ronaldo, also with 39. Ten for the America Cup, another ten for Qualifying, the historic 15 in the World Cup phase and four for the Confederations Cup.
Then the list is a succession of great South American scorers.
The Argentinian Gabriel Batistuta with 38 conquests, Romario with 33 goals, Diego Forlan with 28, the Chilean Alexis Sanchez and the charrúa Edinson cavani , 27; Pele , Neymar , the Argentinian Hernan Crespo and the peruvian Paolo Guerrero add up to 26.