Portugal "lost painfully" to Uruguay, Ronaldo still equaled the world record

Cristiano Ronaldo's illustrious career at club level is something that few can reach, with 5 Champions League titles, 5 national championship titles in England and Spain as well as several other collective titles. In addition, the player born in 1985 also owns 5 FIFA Golden Balls thanks to outstanding achievements in personal records.

Ronaldo could not help Portugal advance to the 2018 World Cup.

However, today is a sad day for Ronaldo because his Portuguese team had to accept to stop playing at the 2018 World Cup against Uruguay. Even so, playing in this match also helped Ronaldo create a personal record for himself.

Specifically, this is the 38th appearance of the Real Madrid superstar in all the World Cup and Euro tournaments he has participated in, equal to the achievement of former German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, who no longer has the chance to improve this "unprecedented" record.

Ronaldo has played 17 World Cup matches and 21 European Championship appearances. And even if Portugal fail to progress to the World Cup this year, the individual player still has a chance to break Schweinsteiger's record.

However, he still owns an "unprecedented" record.

The reason for saying that is because, although Ronaldo is 33 years old, he has a physique that is no less than that of a 23-year-old, and even has some outstanding qualities. Ronaldo once declared that he could play at the top level until he is 40 years old in an interview before the Champions League final against Liverpool last May.