[Fact-check] Top 10 most-capped players in men’s soccer

The following are the top 10 most-capped players in men’s soccer, after Cristiano Ronaldo set a record by making his 197th appearance for Portugal in a European Championship qualifier victory over Liechtenstein:

RANKPLAYERCOUNTRYAPPEARANCESDEBUT YEAR1Cristiano RonaldoPortugal19720032Bader Al-MutawaKuwait19620033Soh Chin AnnMalaysia19519694Ahmed HassanEgypt18419955Ahmed MubarakOman18320036Sergio RamosSpain18020057Andres GuardadoMexico17920058Mohamed Al-DeayeaSaudi Arabia17819939Claudio SuarezMexico177199210Gianluigi BuffonItaly1761997