Watch: Cristiano Ronaldo honored by the Guinness Book of world record!

“I don’t follow records but the records follow me”, this quote by Cristiano Ronaldo continues to live and now he will find himself in the Guinness book of world record as well. Last night during the UEFA Euros qualifiers between Iceland and Portugal, CR7 played his 200th International match and also scored on his record breaking appearance.

The 37-year-old is the only footballer in the world to have appeared 200 times for his country. Even the likes of Maradona, Pele, Puskas among others could never achieve it. This certainly speaks volume about the longevity of Cristiano Ronaldo and the way he has maintained himself in terms of fitness.

"I'm so happy. For me it's an unbelievable achievement"

We spoke to Mr 200 @Cristiano Ronaldo… pic.twitter.com/LpaInwxHej

— UEFA EURO 2024 (@EURO2024) June 20, 2023

Although he doesn’t play European club football anymore but he still keeps on attracting eyeballs towards him. Its been 20 years since he has been representing Portugal at the highest level and it will be fair to say that he has been the poster boy of Portuguese football since 2008.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been the main character of football alongside Lionel Messi for the major parts of the last 2 decades. Though Messi has more Ballon D’ors and now also has a World cup to show, Ronaldo’s record are unique on their own.

Records certainly follow Cristiano Ronaldo

• He is the only European footballer to have the most Ballon D’or awards (5)
• Ronaldo has the most goals & assists in UEFA Champions League (142 and 42)
• Most Goals in UEFA European championships and qualifiers (14 and 36)
• Most goals in FIFA Club World Cups (7)
• Most goals in single UEFA Champions League season (17)
• Most goals in International football (123)
• Cristiano Ronaldo has 838 goals combined for Club and country
• He has appeared more than 1100 times in his professional career

Yesterday against Iceland it was Ronaldo who scored the winning goal. Indeed it must have felt very good to him as he found the back of the net in his marquee appearance. The goal was initially called off due but VAR later confirmed the goal as Portugal took another step forward towards UEFA Euros 2024 at Germany.