Kuwait striker Bader Al-Mutawa became the footballer who has played the most games for his national team on Friday (185), breaking the record of 184 games that he shared so far with Egyptian Ahmed Hassan. It is a brand that Cristiano Ronaldo also aspires to, who at 36 years old against Belgium this Sunday in the eighth of Euro 2020 will play his 179th match with Portugal.
Al-Mutawa, 36, who plays for his country's Qadsia, played his 185th game for Kuwait in an Arab Cup qualifying match against Bahrain. Another brand that amazes football. He was first selected for the Kuwait team in September 2003 at the age of 18 years and 237 days. Since then this center forward has played as a Kuwaiti international against 84 different teams and has scored 54 goals.
Against France last Wednesday, on the final day of the first phase, Cristiano Ronaldo equaled the record of goals (109) in international matches of Iranian Ali Daei. The Spanish Sergio Ramos, 35, played 180 games for his national team but was not called up by Luis Enrique for the European Championship.
The Arab Cup will take place from November 30 to December 18 in Doha as a prologue to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.