The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) has officially announced the list of players with the most appearances in the 21st century (up to now).
According to the list published by IFFHS, Cristiano Ronaldo is the player with the most appearances in the 21st century (up to now).
The Portuguese superstar has played a total of 1,204 matches at both club and national team levels.
Specifically, Ronaldo played 685 matches in the National Championship, 98 matches in the National Cups, 216 matches in the Continental Cup and 205 matches in the Portuguese Team. On average, Ronaldo plays 52 matches per year and maintains this performance for 23 consecutive years.
With his current form, Cristiano Ronaldo can completely surpass legendary goalkeeper Rogerio Ceni (1,225 matches) to become the player with the most appearances in world football history.
Ronaldo’s impressive record of appearances is made even more impressive by the number of goals he has scored during his career.
According to statistics, Ronaldo is the greatest goalscorer in world football history with 873 goals since playing professionally.
Ronaldo’s 873 goals were scored for Real Madrid (450 goals), Manchester United (145 goals), Juventus (101 goals), Al Nassr (44 goals), Sporting CP (5 goals) and 128 goals for the Portuguese National Team. Portugal.
In 2023 alone, this star born in 1985 has scored 54 goals, 44 goals in the Al Nassr shirt and 10 goals for the Portuguese National Team.
Ronaldo’s impressive scoring achievement was also honored by IFFHS as the Best Goalscorer of the 2023 Calendar, 2 more than Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe. However, this organization removed him from the best squad to give positions to Kane, Haaland and Mbappe.
Ronaldo is also the greatest goalscorer in world football history with 873 goals.
Behind Ronaldo on the list is Fabio, a Brazilian goalkeeper playing for the Fluminense club. Fabio has appeared in a total of 1,156 matches over the past 20 years.
Dani Alves ranked 3rd with 1,056 matches while playing for Bahia, Sevilla, Barcelona, Juventus, PSG, Sao Paulo, UNAM Pumas and Brazil Team.
Meanwhile, Argentine star Lionel Messi is only ranked 4th on this list with 1,047 career appearances..
The 2022 World Cup champion played for Barcelona, Paris Saint Germain, Inter Miami and the Argentina Team. He played 584 matches in the National Championship, 104 matches in the National Cup, 179 matches in the Continental Cup and 180 matches in the Argentina team shirt.
In addition to the four names mentioned above, the top 10 players with the most appearances in the 21st century also include Luka Modric (Croatia, 1,010 matches), Joao Moutinho (Portugal, 997), Iker Casillas (Spain, 974), Sergio Ramos (Spain, 974), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden, 953) and Andres Iniesta (Spain, 949).
In addition to being honored for his number of appearances and goals, Cristiano Ronaldo was also recently honored by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) in the category of player who breaks the most records in 2023. .
According to IFFHS, Ronaldo is the person who has achieved the most records with 4 times (out of 23 records).
Specifically, in March 2023, Ronaldo surpassed Jari Litmanen and Robbie Keane to become the player to score in the most Euro tournaments with 6 tournaments (including qualifying rounds and finals). The Portuguese superstar has scored in every Euro tournament since 2004.
Also in March, Ronaldo surpassed Bader Al-Mutawa (Kuwait, 196 matches) to become the player who played the most matches for the National Team.
CR7 also broke the scoring record of legendary Ferenc Puskas in August 2023. Ronaldo has currently scored 531 goals in national championships, far surpassing Ferenc Puskas’ record of 526 goals.
Not only that, Cristiano Ronaldo also surpassed Sergio Ramos to become the player with the most wins in EURO qualifying (32 wins).
