Sergio Ramos could well be called Sergio Record , a way, most likely, of an absolute brand on the planet soccer: the player with the most international matches in history. At the moment, in case of being aligned by Robert Moreno , today in Gijón against Faroe Islands, he would match the 167 meetings of Iker Casillas, which happened, in turn, to another goalkeeper, Andoni Zubizarreta . A field player is not the same. Excuse me.

The player who has played the most with his team, the Egyptian Amed Hassan , was not. The midfielder added 184 games. If he participates in front of the Faroe Islands, the Madrid player, 33, would then subtract 18 meetings to achieve an absolute world record, since all those who precede him (six) are retired or no longer play with their selections, as is the case of Gianluigi Buffon . To achieve this, it should continue in the cycle that concludes at the World Cup in Qatar, in 2022, something unlikely, given its state of form, its hierarchy and its will. It would be his fifth World Cup, a figure that only the Mexican Antonio Carbajal and Rafa Márquez have reached, the German Lothar Matthaus and Buffon himself. Being in such a select club has an erotic that will hardly pass the camero. In 2022 he will be 36 years old.

It was also against Faroe Islands, before the summer, when Ramos already won in victories with the selection to Casillas, by adding the number 122. Now he has 124. In addition to his presences he joins his progression in the list of scorers with Spain, a very relevant fact, being a defense. In Bucharest, last Thursday, he scored his 21st goal, the same that Míchel achieved, tenth among the top filmmakers. Another defense, Hierro , is fifth, with 29.

Ramos' career as an absolute international began before he turned 20. On March 26, 2005 he made his debut against China, in a friendly in Elche. He replaced who for a time had as an alter ego, Carles Puyol . Four days later, Luis Aragonés aligned him in Belgrade against Serbia, in an official match. That same year, he scored his first goal, against San Marino.

The only survivor of the 2008-10-12 trilogy in the current national team, the team has staged the ripening of Ramos, visible both in its transition in the field, from the side to the center, as in its hairstyles, of the mane 'sioux 'to the beard' hipster '. They have changed their poise and their hierarchy, already as captain, but not their personality. Genius and figure before and after the records.

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