Cristiano Ronaldo will become the most-capped men's international footballer if he plays in Portugal's Euro 2024 qualifying opener against Liechtenstein on Thursday.

Ronaldo, 38, moved level with Kuwait forward Bader Al-Mutawa on 196 caps when he faced Morocco at the World Cup.

And he is now part of new Portugal manager Roberto Martinez's first squad.

Ronaldo - now playing in Saudi Arabia for Al Nassr - has scored a men's record 118 international goals.

There were question marks about his international future after he left the pitch in tears following Portugal's elimination by Morocco at the quarter-final stage.

He has scored nine goals in 10 appearances for Saudi Arabia's Al Nassr after leaving Manchester United in November following a controversial interview in which he criticised the club.

Martinez has said Ronaldo, who made his international debut in 2003, "is very important for the team" and "I do not look at the age".

"Records are my motivation," Ronaldo said on Wednesday. "I want to become the most-capped player in history. That would make me proud.

"But it doesn't stop there. I still want to be called up very often."

Ronaldo continues to make history

Ronaldo's latest record will further cement his status as one of the greatest footballers of all time.

The Portuguese's glittering career has seen him win seven domestic top-flight titles, 11 other major domestic trophies, five Champions Leagues, four Club World Cups and one European Championship.

The former Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus forward has also won the Ballon d'Or five times and been named the Best Fifa Men's player twice.

He became the first player to score 800 top-level career goals in November and also holds a host of other men's individual records for both club and country including:

Most Champions League goals (140).

Most Champions League appearances (183).

Most Champions League wins (5)..

Only player to score in three Champions League finals.

Appeared in most European Championship finals (5).

Most goals in European Championship finals (14).

Most Euro and World Cup final goals combined (22).

Most international goals in world football (118).

The first player to score 10 hat-tricks in men's international football.

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Dominique.
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NIfpmod.

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Real Goat not one oke mkpi that keep robbing other players to get ballon d or

Long live the GOAT 🐐

I wonder what the Secret to Ronaldo's
longevity is.

From 2003 - 2023.

That's 20 years.

2 Decades of playing top flight football.

Paco Gento is the player with most champions league titles and Ronaldo is not the only play with 5 UCL titles.

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OJEEMAH:
Paco Gento is the player with most champions league titles and Ronaldo is not the only play with 5 UCL titles.

Please modify

Abeg help me enlighten the Op. BTW, Pendu fan girls can conjure records from no where jux to make him luk relevant. Abeg which kind of record is MOST EURO AND WORLD CUP FINAL GOALS COMBINED? Pendulums will sha kill person wit laff.😂😂

Numerouno94:


Abeg help me enlighten the Op. BTW, Pendu fan girls can conjure records from no where jux to make him luk relevant. Abeg which kind of record is MOST EURO AND WORLD CUP FINAL GOALS COMBINED? Pendulums will sha kill person wit laff.😂😂

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The OP is not a penaldian……I consider it a mistake

OJEEMAH:
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The OP is not a penaldian……I consider it a mistake

My bad. The Op is not a Pendu fan girl. It's an issue of copy and paste I guess.