…He also received a ‘special gift’ from Al-Nassr FC.
The 38-year-old surpassed Kuwait’s Bader Al-Mutawa’s tally of 196 international appearances when Portugal faced Liechtenstein in their opening match of the Euro 2024 qualifying campaign. To mark the feat, Al Nassr arranged a special cake in honour of Ronaldo.
Portugal began their qualifying campaign with a bang scoring 10 goals in two matches against Liechtenstein and Luxembourg respectively. Ronaldo netted a brace in each of the matches. to move him onto 122 international goals in 198 games. As for his career so far in Saudi Arabia, Ronaldo has scored nine goals in 10 matches since joining Al-Nassr.
The former Manchester United forward will next be seen in action on April 5, when Al-Nassr take on Al-Adalah in a Saudi Pro League clash.
“Thank you to AlNassr FC and my team mates for celebrating with me this achievement of becoming the most capped men’s international player. Wishing a happy birthday also to Abdulrahman Ghareeb” – Cristiano Ronaldo
