Al Nassr superstar Cristiano Ronaldo broke the men's international appearance record on Thursday by starting Portugal's Euro 2024 qualifier against Liechtenstein.
The 38-year-old, who was dropped from the Portuguese starting XI during the World Cup in Qatar last year, won a 197th cap for his country.
Ronaldo has now scored 451 Home goals in his career. Records are my motivation, he told reporters 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 made his international debut in 2003 and became the first man to score in five World Cups last year before Portugal lost to Morocco in the quarter-finals.
He is currently playing for Saudi club Al Nassr after an acrimonious end to his second spell at Manchester United.