Cristiano Ronaldo made a new record at the age of 38, playing the most international matches

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Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo, the great footballer for Portugal, has amassed the most international football matches played. In this case, he prevailed over Bader Al-Mutawa of Kuwait. In his career, Bader participated in 196 games.

On Thursday, March 23, Cristiano Ronaldo played in the 197th match of his career against Liechtenstein. In this Euro Cup 2024 qualifier, Ronaldo showed strong play. He scored twice throughout this game. Portugal defeated Liechtenstein in this game 4-0.

Ronaldo Scored two goals against Liechtenstein

In this game, Portugal’s team outplayed everyone else. Joe Conselo’s goal in the eighth minute gave Portugal the lead. In the 47th minute, Bernardo Silva doubled this advantage. Following this, Ronaldo caused havoc. In the 51st and 63rd minutes, he scored twice, the first from the penalty spot and the second from a beautiful free kick.

Cristiano Ronaldo

In addition to scoring in this game, Ronaldo, 38, also set a significant new record. He became the first player to score in 100 games in football. Let us inform you that Cristiano Ronaldo also holds the record for the most goals scored on the international stage. These two goals have improved his record even more. In total, Ronaldo has 120 goals to his name so far in his career.

The first footballer to reach 800 goals in a career was Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi recently joined a second footballer in this category. Cristiano Ronaldo is the only football player to score goals in five different World Cups in addition to this.

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