The veteran Portuguese star is arming himself Cristiano Ronaldo The captain of his country, with many numbers, before opening a campaign Portugal national team In the European Nations Cup “Euro 2024”with a strong confrontation against the Czechs, in the match that brings together the two teams this Tuesday evening at the Red Bull Arena, in the first round of Group Six of the European Championship currently being held on German soil and continuing until July 14.
The Portuguese national team is considered one of the strongest candidates to win the European title, as Cristiano Ronaldo aspires to repeat the achievement of 2016, especially since it may be the last tournament for the Madeira missile.
Portugal and the Czech Republic will play in Group 6 of Euro 2024, along with Georgia and Turkey, who will meet at 7 p.m. today. Portugal lost once in 5 matches against the Czech Republic, compared to 4 victories.
Ronaldo’s records
Ronaldo holds numerous records in his career with the Portuguese national team from 2003 until now, as he is the best scorer in “Brazil Europe” of all time, and also the player who participated most in the history of his country’s national team in all tournaments.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the most national team player in history, appearing on his country’s national team roster during different editions, 6 times, shared with Iker Casillas, the former Spanish goalkeeper.
Ronaldo is unique in having the number of players participating in most matches in the history of the Euro competitions, with 25 matches, while he is waiting for a great opportunity to increase this number during the current edition, as he participated in the European Nations Cup, during the editions: 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020.
Ronaldo is the all-time top scorer in the European Nations Cup (Euro) with 14 goals, 5 goals behind French legend Michel Platini, and is also the player with the most victories with 12 wins, in addition to being the highest scorer in the qualifiers for the tournament as well, with 41 goals.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored 130 goals with the Portugal national team while participating in 207 matches in his international career over 21 years, in addition to 46 assists.
Ronaldo is ahead of Joao Moutinho, who is in second place, with 146 appearances, followed by Pepe in third with 132 matches.
On the list of all-time top scorers for the Portuguese national team, Ronaldo is at the top, far ahead of Pauleta, who is in second place with 47 goals.
Cristiano Ronaldo, the captain of the Portuguese national team and the Saudi Al-Nasr striker, tops the list of stars most participating in the European Nations Cup throughout history, days before the start of the 17th edition in Germany next Friday, with the participation of 24 teams divided into 6 groups.
Ronaldo, captain of the Brazil European national team, has 25 matches in his European Nations Cup career, and is the most participating in the continental championship.