Copa América Centenario statistics
Open-knowledge reference entry
The following article outlines statistics for Copa América Centenario, which took place in the United States from June 3–26, 2016.
Player statistics
Goalscorers
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Frank Fabra (against Costa Rica)
Je-Vaughn Watson (against Uruguay)
Álvaro Pereira (against Mexico)
Source: CONMEBOL WorldFootball.net
Assists
4 assists
3 assists
2 assists
1 assist
Source: CONMEBOL WorldFootball.net
Clean sheets
4 clean sheets
3 clean sheets
2 clean sheets
1 clean sheet
Scoring
Overview
Total number of goals scored: 91
Average goals per match: 2.84
Total number of braces: 7 Gonzalo Higuaín (2), Renato Augusto, Edson Puch, Alexis Sánchez, Eduardo Vargas, Blas Pérez
Total number of hat-tricks: 3 Lionel Messi, Philippe Coutinho, Eduardo Vargas
Total number of penalty kicks awarded: 4
Total number of penalty kicks scored: 3 Arturo Vidal, James Rodríguez, Clint Dempsey
Total number of penalty kicks missed or saved: 1 Luis Manuel Seijas
Penalty kick success rate: 75%
Own goals scored: 3 Frank Fabra, Je-Vaughn Watson, Álvaro Pereira
Timing
First goal of the tournament: Cristián Zapata for Colombia against United States
First brace of the tournament: Blas Pérez for Panama against Bolivia
First hat-trick of the tournament: Philippe Coutinho for Brazil against Haiti
Fastest goal in a match from kickoff: 2nd minute Johan Venegas for Costa Rica against Colombia
Fastest goal in a match after coming on as a substitute: 4 minutes Oribe Peralta for Mexico against Jamaica (introduced in the 77th minute), Jhasmani Campos for Bolivia against Chile (introduced in the 57th minute)
Latest goal in a match without extra time: 90+10th minute Arturo Vidal for Chile against Bolivia
Latest winning goal in a match without extra time: 90+10th minute Arturo Vidal for Chile against Bolivia
Shortest time difference between two goals scored by the same team in a match: 2 minutes Erik Lamela and Ezequiel Lavezzi for Argentina against Bolivia
Teams
Most goals scored by a team: 18 Argentina
Fewest goals scored by a team: 0 Jamaica
Most goals conceded by a team: 12 Haiti
Fewest goals conceded by a team: 2 Argentina, Brazil, Peru
Best goal difference: +16 Argentina
Worst goal difference: –11 Haiti
Most goals scored in a match by both teams: 8 Brazil (7–1) Haiti
Most goals scored in a match by one team: 7 Brazil against Haiti, Chile against Mexico
Most goals scored in a match by the losing team: 2 Colombia against Costa Rica, Panama against Chile
Biggest margin of victory: 7 goals Chile (7–0) Mexico
Most clean sheets achieved by a team: 4 Argentina
Fewest clean sheets achieved by a team: 0 Bolivia, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama
Most clean sheets given by an opposing team: 3 Jamaica
Most consecutive clean sheets achieved by a team: 3 Chile
Most consecutive clean sheets given by an opposing team: 3 Jamaica
Individual
Most goals scored by an individual: 6 Eduardo Vargas
Most assists provided by an individual: 4 Lionel Messi
Most goals and assists produced by an individual: 9 Lionel Messi (5 goals, 4 assists)
Most clean sheets achieved by a goalkeeper: 4 Sergio Romero
Fewest clean sheets achieved by a goalkeeper: 0 Carlos Lampe, Johny Placide, Andre Blake, Jaime Penedo
Most consecutive clean sheets achieved by a goalkeeper: 3 Claudio Bravo
Most goals scored by one player in a match: 4 Eduardo Vargas for Chile against Mexico
Oldest goal scorer: 37 years and 113 days Rafael Márquez for Mexico against Uruguay
Youngest goal scorer: 19 years and 283 days Gabriel Barbosa for Brazil against Haiti
Attendance
Overall attendance: 1,401,829
Average attendance per match: 46,370
Highest attendance: 83,263 – Mexico vs Jamaica
Lowest attendance: 11,937 – Ecuador vs Peru
Wins and losses
Most wins: 5 – Argentina
Fewest wins: 0 – Bolivia, Haiti, Jamaica
Most losses: 3 – Bolivia, Haiti, Jamaica, United States
Fewest losses: 0 – Argentina, Peru
Most draws: 2 – Ecuador, Peru
Fewest draws: 0 – Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, United States, Uruguay
Most points in the group stage: 9 – Argentina
Fewest points in the group stage: 0 – Bolivia, Haiti, Jamaica
Discipline
Summary
Total number of yellow cards: 150
Average yellow cards per match: 4.69
Total number of red cards: 15
Average red cards per match: 0.47
First yellow card of the tournament:Alejandro Bedoya for United States against Colombia
First red card of the tournament:Kendall Waston for Costa Rica against Paraguay
Fastest yellow card from kick off: 1st minute Yeltsin Tejeda for Costa Rica against Paraguay
Fastest yellow card after coming on as a substitute: 3 minutes Edson Puch for Chile against Colombia (introduced in the 75th minute)
Latest yellow card in a match without extra time: 90+9th minute Luis Alberto Gutiérrez for Bolivia against Chile, Wálter Veizaga for Bolivia against Chile
Latest yellow card in a match with extra time: 94th minute Matías Kranevitter for Argentina against Chile
Fastest dismissal from kick off: 24th minute Rodolph Austin for Jamaica against Venezuela
Latest dismissal in a match without extra time: 90+4th minute Kendall Waston for Costa Rica against Paraguay, Santiago Arias for Colombia against United States
Shortest time difference between two yellow cards given to the same player: 1 minute DeAndre Yedlin for United States against Paraguay (booked in the 46th minute and again in the 47th minute)
Most yellow cards (team): 17 Chile
Most red cards (team): 3 United States
Fewest yellow cards (team): 5 Haiti, Jamaica, Uruguay
Most yellow cards (player): 3 Jean Beausejour, Arturo Vidal, Andrés Guardado, Arquímedes Figuera
Most red cards (player): 1 Marcos Rojo, Marcelo Díaz, Santiago Arias, Carlos Sánchez, Kendall Waston, Gabriel Achilier, Antonio Valencia, Rodolph Austin, Andrés Guardado, Aníbal Godoy, Óscar Romero, Jermaine Jones, Michael Orozco, DeAndre Yedlin, Matías Vecino
Most yellow cards (match): 9 Argentina vs Panama, United States vs Paraguay, Colombia vs Chile
Most red cards (match): 2 Mexico vs Uruguay, United States vs Ecuador, United States vs Colombia, Argentina vs Chile
Fewest yellow cards (match): 1 United States vs Colombia, Mexico vs Jamaica, United States vs Argentina
Most cards in one match: 10 Mexico vs Uruguay (8 yellow cards, 2 red cards), Argentina vs Panama, United States vs Paraguay, Colombia vs Chile (9 yellow cards, 1 red card), Argentina vs Chile (8 yellow cards, 2 red cards)
Sanctions
By match
By referee
By team
By individual
Overall statistics
Updated to games played on June 26, 2016. Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s). The competition's winning team is rendered in bold.(1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)(2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)(3) – As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
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