Sergio Ramos will play match 168 with the Spanish national team

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The captain of the Spanish team Sergio Ramos, lined up this Saturday for the qualifying match for the 2020 Eurocup against Norway, will play his 168th game with the Red, becoming the player with the most internationalities exceeding 167 matches of the emblematic goalkeeper Iker Casillas.

Ramos, current captain of the Red, entered the starting eleven in the game played in Oslo (18:45 GMT) to win the record, after last September 8 he equaled Casillas in the match against Faroe Islands.

"Congratulations on those 167 friend matches! I hope there are many more. Great moments we have lived with the Spanish team," Casillas then wrote on his social networks to congratulate his former teammate and encourage him to continue breaking marks.

European Champion in 2008 and 2012 and World Champion in 2010, Ramos debuted with the Red on March 26, 2005 in a friendly match against China, played in Salamanca, which Spain won 3-0.

Ramos is eight games away from the European international record held by the legendary Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon (176) and 16 from the absolute mark held by former Egyptian offensive midfielder Ahmed Hassan with 184.

And Ramos has no intention of stopping: "The statistics are to overcome them," said the captain of the Spanish team last September 8, stating that "if I thought I had fulfilled all my dreams I would have retired."

Spain team against Norway:

Kepa - Jesús Navas, Albiol, Sergio Ramos, Bernat - Saúl, Busquets, Ceballos - Fabián Ruiz, Oyarzábal, Rodrigo Moreno. Coach: Robert Moreno (ESP)

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