Falcao started off the season with a goal in Monaco 's first league match , Monaco 's second in a 3 – 2 win at home to Toulouse . Two weeks later , he scored the first hat-trick of the Ligue 1 season against Dijon . He then scored a double – including a penalty – against Marseille , raising his tally to seven goals in four matches . Falcao 's form led him to being nominated for 2017 Ballon d'Or . Upon scoring for Monaco against former club FC Porto in a Champions League game in December 2017 , Falcao refused to celebrate out of respect to his former club . He was applauded by Porto fans for the gesture
2017 Ballon d'Or
2017 Ballon d'Or
Radamel Falcao