Cristiano breaks a new record: the most appearances for the national team, 197

Cristiano Ronaldo broke a new record this Thursday in his career when he played the 197th game for the Portuguese national team, which makes him the player with the most appearances with absolute.

Cristiano, 38, is back this Thursday to represent his country in the Portugal-Liechtenstein clash in Lisbon, in which the Spaniards Roberto Martinez He put him in as a starter, and he beat the Kuwaiti Bader Al Mutawa.

Al Mutawa, also 38, is still active but has not been called up by Kuwait’s new coachPortuguese Rui Bento, who spent his playing days with young Cristiano at Sporting de Portugal.

In his pre-match press conference, Cristiano Ronaldo stated that achieving this feat would make him “pretty proud”.

«Write down? Let’s go get them, let’s go! I like breaking records (…) And that is special, to be the most international in history. I must admit that this is something that makes me quite proud – he declared.

In addition, “I would like to have many more matches with the national team in my career,” he guaranteed.

This mark extends a long list of records: he is the top scorer in history, with 828 goals; selection, with 118; and the Champions League with 140.

It is also the footballer with the most appearances in the Champions Leaguewith 183, ahead of the 177 of the Spaniard Iker Casillas or the 163 of the Argentine Leo Messi, among many other achievements.

After a difficult spell at Manchester United and a turbulent World Cup in Qatar, Cristiano seems to have regained his form at his current club, Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia, with whom he has already scored 9 goals in 10 games.