Cristiano Ronaldo has become the all-time leading appearance maker in men’s international football – and marked the occasion by scoring twice on Thursday to extend his goals record.
The Portugal forward, dropped from his national team’s starting XI at the 2022 World Cup, returned to the line-up in his side’s opening Euro 2024 qualifier against Liechtenstein in Lisbon.
The match lifted Ronaldo to 197 caps for Portugal, surpassing Kuwait’s Bader Al Mutawa for the most international appearances in the men’s game.
The Al Nassr captain, who equalled the record when he came off the bench in the World Cup quarter-final defeat to Morocco in December, then extended his unprecedented goal tally, scoring twice in his side’s 4-0 win.
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