Portugal’s record national player Cristiano Ronaldo played his 196th international match at the World Cup in Qatar, tying him with the previous world record holder Badr al-Mutawa from Kuwait.
Portugal’s record national player Cristiano Ronaldo played his 196th international match at the World Cup in Qatar, tying him with the previous world record holder Badr al-Mutawa from Kuwait.
Ronaldo came on as a 51st-minute substitute in Portugal’s World Cup quarterfinals against Morocco. This brings him to the record of 196 appearances for the national team of the 2016 European champion.
Five-time world footballer Ronaldo could become the sole international world record holder with a possible 197th appearance for Portugal. However, 37-year-old al-Mutawa is still active. In Europe, Ronaldo has long been at the top in this statistic, followed at a great distance by Spain’s Sergio Ramos (180) and Italy’s Gianluigi Buffon (176). Germany’s record national player Lothar Matthäus has 150 appearances.
With a total of 118 goals, Ronaldo is also Portugal’s all-time leading goalscorer and, as of this tournament, the only player to have scored in five different World Cups.
Source: Stern
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