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It's interesting because we were talking about CR7's records over the weekend. This chart from visualcapitalist is interesting but incomplete. To start with, CR7 holds the record for most records! CR7 has the most records 🤠
Adding some interesting facts and other records of CR7:
• Spain and (West) Germany have won the most EUROs (three each) • Only Spain (in 2012) have successfully defended the title • Cristiano Ronaldo is the EURO finals' top scorer • Ronaldo is the only players to have featured at six EUROs

Most appearances

27: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 21: Pepe (Portugal) 19: João Moutinho (Portugal) 18: Leonardo Bonucci (Italy) 18: Manuel Neuer (Germany) 18: Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany) 17: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)  17: Giorgio Chiellini (Italy) 17: Toni Kroos (Germany)

Most appearances (including qualifying)

71: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 61: Luka Modrić (Croatia) 58: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)

Most goals

14: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 9: Michel Platini (France)  7: Antoine Griezmann (France), Alan Shearer (England), Álvaro Morata (Spain)

Most goals (including qualifying)

55: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 28: Harry Kane (England) 27: Robert Lewandowski (Poland), Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)

Top scorer by tournament

2012: 3 Fernando Torres (Spain)*, Alan Dzagoev (Russia), Mario Gomez (Germany), Mario Mandžukić (Croatia), Mario Balotelli (Italy), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 2020: 5 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
I must be getting old. I didn't realize Ronaldo has been around long enough to be at the top of all these lists. Time flies I guess.
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Time is undefeated, and we all grow older, some at a faster pace than others.
CR7 began his journey with the Portuguese national team quite early. It was on August 20, 2003, that CR7 made his debut. It was a friendly match against Kazakhstan. Ronaldo was already a player for Manchester United (England) at the time, after spending 6 years at Sporting CP (Portugal). He's a player who rarely gets injured; I can't recall him ever suffering a serious injury. A money-making machine, on and off the field.
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