Moataz Al Shami (Abu Dhabi)
Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, captain of the Portugal national team, is waiting to break a number of records in the European Nations Cup 2024:
Top scorer
With the opening whistle of Euro 2024, Portuguese star Ronaldo will reach the age of 39 years and 130 days, and if he scores any goal in the tournament, he will become the oldest player to score goals in the competition, breaking the record of Austrian Evinia Vastic, who holds the record for the oldest player to score goals, at the age of 38 years and 257 days. .
If the Portuguese national team reaches the final of the tournament, Ronaldo will be facing a new record in his international career with “Brazil Europe”. If Portugal qualifies for the Euro final and Ronaldo scores a goal, he will break the record recorded by Italian Leonardo Bonucci as the oldest scorer in the tournament final at the age of 34 years and 71 years. One day, Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo was not lucky enough to score in the 2004 final against Greece and the 2016 final against France.
The oldest captain to lift the cup
Cristiano Ronaldo is waiting for a unique record, if he reaches the final match with the Portuguese national team and wins the title, as he will become the oldest captain to lift the European Nations Cup at the age of 39 years and 130 days, breaking the Dutchman Arnold Mohren’s record at the age of 37 years and 23 days. Ronaldo had led Portugal to win the European Cup title. European Nations 2016, as a 31-year-old captain.
Two-time champion
If the Portuguese national team reaches the Euro 2024 final and wins the title, Don will become the second captain to hold the Euro Cup twice after Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas. Casillas lifted the Euro title with Spain as captain in the 2008 and 2012 editions, a record that Ronaldo may break as captain if he wins the Euro 2024 title. After obtaining the 2016 version.
The biggest players
Ronaldo’s arrival in the Euro 2024 final will make him the oldest player to participate in the final match of the competition at the age of 39 years and 130 days, and breaks the record recorded by German goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, who scored in the 2008 final, at the age of 38 years and 232 days, while German legend Lothar Matthäus holds the record. As the oldest player to participate in the Euro apart from goalkeepers, at the age of 39 years and 90 days.
With Portugal’s captain Ronaldo’s first participation in the European Nations Cup, he will break Matheus’s record, especially since the Don’s age will be 39 years and 130 days at this time, but his fellow veteran defender Pepe may deprive him of that if he appears in the tournament. Because he will be 41 years old.
numbers
6 records await Ronaldo in Euro 2024
The highest goalscorer in the Euro
Top scorers in the Euro final
The oldest captain to lift the European Nations Cup
Two-time Euro champion as captain
The oldest players to have played in the Euro final
The greatest player in the history of the Euro
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