Portugal national team striker Cristiano Ronaldo continues to rewrite football history. In the group stage match of the World Cup 2026 against DR Congo, the legendary forward set a new tournament record.

The Portuguese was at the starting point of his team for 41 years and 132 days, becoming the oldest field player in the history of the World Championships, who started the match from the first Hwilni.

For Ronaldo, this World Cup also became the sixth in his career. In this way, he continued his unique achievement, and even another football player did not take part in six world championships.

The captain of the Portuguese national team made his debut in the world back in 2006 and was inevitably lost before applying for the next tournament. In the last century of football, Ronaldo is no longer an important figure in the national team's ranks.

Today, the record for the oldest football player ever to take the field in a World Cup match, which previously belongs to Egypt's national team goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary, who played in the 2018 World Cup.