Sergio Ramos has equaled tonight in the match against Countries
Low to Gianluigi Buffon as the European footballer with the most international appearances in history. Two and a half years have passed since the last match of the transalpine goalkeeper with the ‘azzurra’. During all this time, the transalpine goalkeeper has been the European who has defended the colors of his team the most times. The eternal goalkeeper of the Italian national team and the Juventus, where he has played 19 of his 26 seasons as a professional, played 176 games, the same as the Andalusian defender with La Roja today. The first was in 1997 against Russia and the last one against Argentina in 2018.
For his part, the player of the Real Madrid He made his senior debut in March 2005 when he was only 19 years old. Then he played as a right back against China in Mestalla (3-0) while still a soccer player Seville. So far he has 15 years uninterrupted in the calls of the Spanish National Team, with which he has won two European Cups and a World Cup.
Cristiano Ronaldo, with 167 caps for Portugal, is third in the ranking after beating Iker Casillas (166). Behind are footballers like Miroslav Klose (137, Germany), Wesley Sneijder (134, Netherlands), Roy Keane (134, Republic of Ireland), Xavi Hernández (133, Spain), Darijo Srna (133, Croatia), Fabio Cannavaro (132, Italy) , Peter Jehle (132, Liechtenstein), Anatoli Tymoschuk (132, Ukraine), Andreas Isaksson (132, Sweden) Y Andrés Iniesta (131, Spain).
After equaling Buffon, to Sergio Ramos He only has four players ahead of him, according to the latest list of the 'Club of 100' published by FIFA. Ahmed hassan leads the world rankings after playing with Egypt a total of 184 encounters between 1995 and 2012. Then there is the Omani Ahmed mubarak (179), the Saudi Mohamed Al-Deayea, the Kuwaiti Bader Al-Mutawa (178) and Claudio Suarez, who played with Mexico 177 games over 14 years (1992-2006).