The Qatar World Cup is about to open, and Spain recently announced its 26-day squad for the World Cup, and Spanish star Sergio Ramos, who plays for Paris Saint-Germain, was not selected and did not participate in his fifth World Cup.
Ramos missed the World Cup in Qatar
The World Cup is held every four years and five World Cups over sixteen years, which means at least nearly twenty years of career, which is almost impossible for the vast majority of players. Only five players have played in five World Cups so far: Italian goalkeeper Buffon (1998-2004), German Mateus (1982-1998), goalkeeper Carvajal (1950-1966) and veteran captain Marquez (2002-2018) from Mexico. We can see two goalkeepers with a slightly longer career life and two veteran captains who are all-rounders on the pitch.
Mateus
Marquez
Mexican goalkeeper Carvajal
In this World Cup, the "five-time World Cup club" is about to welcome new members, who are the "peerless double pride" who have monopolized world football for nearly two decades: Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
C. Rowe 5 Ballon d'Or awards, 3 World Footballer of the Year; Messi has seven Ballon d'Or awards, six World Footballer of the Year, and we don't have much praise for two players, even those who don't follow football will know their names.
Looking back, in the past 4 World Cups in which Ronaldo has participated, he has scored a total of 7 goals. In the 2018 World Cup, Ronaldo became the fourth player in history to score in four World Cups, equalling the previous record set by Schiller, Pele and Klose. After scoring at Euro 2020, Ronaldo became the first player in history to score in nine consecutive international competitions. In the Qatar World Cup, Ronaldo will hit the record of scoring goals in 5 World Cups and scoring in 10 consecutive international competitions.
Ronaldo
Messi has scored six goals in his previous four World Cups, captained the team to runners-up at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, and will become the youngest player to participate in the fifth World Cup at the age of 35.
Messi
This will be the last World Cup of C. Ronaldo and Messi, the two twin stars who have influenced us for two decades, and let us look forward to the two players performing well at the World Cup in Qatar with admiration, respect and farewell.