Cristiano Ronaldo continues making history!He will become the most-capped men’s international footballer if he plays in Portugal’s Euro 2024 qualifying opener against Liechtenstein on Thursday night.Ronaldo, 38, is currently levelled with Kuwait forward Bader Al-Mutawa on 196 caps, and he is now part of new Portugal manager Roberto Martinez’s first squad.🚨BREAKING :Cristiano Ronaldo plays football today.🇵🇹🐐 pic.twitter.com/Pxkue3bbqX— TCR. (@TeamCRonaldo) March 23, 2023 Cristiano – now playing in Saudi Arabia for Al Nassr – has scored a men’s record 118 international goals.Martinez has said Ronaldo, who made his international debut in 2003, “is very important for the team” and that he doesn’t “look at the age”.• Cristiano Ronaldo is one game away from being the most capped international player in history• Cristiano Ronaldo also is two goals away from 100 competitive international goals.𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 🇵🇹 pic.twitter.com/Q0nDtHU1d6— Janty (@CFC_Janty) March 23, 2023 ##NAJAVA_MECA_7117979##”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’s latest record will further cement his status as one of the greatest footballers of all time.Cristiano named in Roberto Martinez’s first Portugal squadHe 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 finalsAppeared 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 footballEURO 2024 – QualifiersThursday 18.00: (4.40) Kazakhstan (3.35) Slovenia (1.90)22.45: (1.60) Slovakia (3.80) Luxembourg (6.00)22.45: (1.37) Macedonia (4.70) Malta (9.00)22.45: (1.80) B&H (3.45) Iceland (4.80)22.45: (2.90) Italy (3.05) England (2.65)22.45: (1.35) Denmark (4.60) Finland (10.5)22.45: (40.0) San Marino (15.0) N.Ireland (1.05)22.45: (1.01) Portugal (25.0) Liechtenstein (55.0)Friday 20.00: (2.70) Bulgaria (2.95) Montenegro (2.90)22.45: (1.10) Serbia (10.0) Lithuania (23.0)22.45: (3.35) Sweden (3.25) Belgium (2.25)22.45: (2.50) Czech R. (3.15) Poland (3.00)22.45: (1.90) France (3.45) Netherlands (4.20)22.45: (30.0) Gibraltar (12.0) Greece (1.07)22.45: (2.50) Moldova (3.00) Faroe I. (3.15)22.45: (1.25) Austria (5.80) Azerbaijan (12.0)Saturday 17.00: (1.28) Scotland (5.50) Cyprus (11.0)20.00: (8.00) Armenia (4.50) Turkey (1.42)20.00: (12.0) Belarus (5.80) Switzerland (1.25)20.00: (1.95) Israel (3.40) Kosovo* (4.10)22.45: (1.37) Spain (4.70) Norway (9.00)22.45: (1.60) Croatia (3.70) Wales (6.25)22.45: (15.0) Andorra (6.50) Romania (1.20)*** odds are subject to change ***
