IFFHS NEWS - NEW RECORD FOR CRISTIANO RONALDO
Picture : a new goal and a new record for CR7 yesterday !
Cristiano Ronaldo is the new European record holder on appearances for national team!
In the friendly game Portugal – Qatar (3-0) on 9 October, Cristiano Ronaldo has set a new record on the most appearances for European national teams.
CR7 entered the starting lineup and was replaced at half-time. This game was his 181st in the national team, so he surpassed the previous European record holder Sergio Ramos (180). In the world ranking, Cristiano Ronaldo takes the 4th position.
In the game vs Qatar, he scored another goal for Portugal having increased his world record on national team goals to 112. He made 41 assists throughout his international career.
Qatar has become the 46th national team to concede goals from CR7. No footballer in the history has scored against so many national teams.
In the ranking below, the active players are marked bold (even if they aren’t national team members currently).
| PLAYERS WITH MOST | GAMES FOR | ||||
| EUROPEAN NATIONAL | TEAMS | ||||
| Player | National team | Games | First game | Last game | |
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 181 | 20/08/2003 | 09/10/2021 |
| 2 | Sergio Ramos | Spain | 180 | 26/03/2005 | 31/03/2021 |
| 3 | Gianluigi Buffon | Italy | 176 | 29/10/1997 | 23/03/2018 |
| 4 | Vitālijs Astafjevs | Latvia | 167 | 26/08/1992 | 17/11/2010 |
| Iker Casillas | Spain | 167 | 03/06/2000 | 01/06/2016 | |
| 6 | Martin Reim | Estonia | 157 | 03/06/1992 | 06/06/2009 |
| 7 | Lothar Matthäus | Germany | 150 | 14/06/1980 | 20/06/2000 |
| 8 | Anders Svensson | Sweden | 148 | 27/11/1999 | 19/11/2013 |
| 9 | Robbie Keane | Republic of Ireland | 146 | 25/03/1998 | 31/08/2016 |
| 10 | Anatoliy Tymoshchuk | Ukraine | 144 | 26/04/2000 | 21/06/2016 |
| 11 | Michael Mifsud | Malta | 143 | 10/02/2000 | 11/11/2020 |
| Luka Modrić | Croatia | 143 | 01/03/2006 | 08/10/2021 | |
| Marko Kristal | Estonia | 143 | 03/06/1992 | 20/04/2005 | |
| Thomas Ravelli | Sweden | 143 | 01/03/1981 | 11/10/1997 | |
| 15 | Lilian Thuram | France | 142 | 17/08/1994 | 13/06/2008 |
| 16 | Giorgos Karagounis | Greece | 139 | 20/08/1999 | 29/06/2014 |
| João Moutinho | Portugal | 139 | 17/08/2005 | 09/10/2021 | |
| 18 | Miroslav Klose | Germany | 137 | 24/03/2001 | 13/07/2014 |
| Jari Litmanen | Finland | 137 | 22/10/1989 | 17/11/2010 | |
| 20 | Fabio Cannavaro | Italy | 136 | 22/01/1997 | 24/06/2010 |
| 21 | Konstantin Vassiljev | Estonia | 135 | 31/05/2006 | 08/10/2021 |
| 22 | Andres Oper | Estonia | 134 | 19/05/1995 | 26/05/2014 |
| Wesley Sneijder | Netherlands | 134 | 30/04/2003 | 06/09/2018 | |
| Darijo Srna | Croatia | 134 | 20/11/2002 | 25/06/2016 | |
| Dorinel Munteanu | Romania | 134 | 23/05/1991 | 12/09/2007 | |
| Shay Given | Republic of Ireland | 134 | 27/03/1996 | 31/05/2016 | |
| 27 | Marek Hamšík | Slovakia | 133 | 07/02/2007 | 08/10/2021 |
| Xavi | Spain | 133 | 15/11/2000 | 13/06/2014 | |
| Ildefons Lima | Andorra | 133 | 22/06/1997 | 09/10/2021 | |
| Sebastian Larsson | Sweden | 133 | 06/02/2008 | 29/06/2021 | |
| Jan Vertonghen | Belgium | 133 | 02/06/2007 | 07/10/2021 | |
| Andreas Isaksson | Sweden | 133 | 27/03/2002 | 22/06/2016 | |
| Hugo Lloris | France | 133 | 19/11/2008 | 07/10/2021 | |
| 34 | Sargis Hovsepyan | Armenia | 132 | 14/10/1992 | 14/11/2012 |
| Peter Jehle | Liechtenstein | 132 | 14/10/1998 | 25/03/2018 | |
| 36 | Kim Källström | Sweden | 131 | 01/02/2001 | 22/06/2016 |
| Andrés Iniesta | Spain | 131 | 27/05/2006 | 01/07/2018 | |
| 38 | Lukas Podolski | Germany | 130 | 06/06/2004 | 22/03/2017 |
| Sergio Busquets | Spain | 130 | 01/04/2009 | 06/10/2021 | |
| Edwin van der Sar | Netherlands | 130 | 07/06/1995 | 15/10/2008 |