Real Madrid icon Cristiano Ronaldo has on Sunday secured for himself a place in the history books of international football.This comes after Portugal officially booked their spot at next summer’s

Cristiano Ronaldo, 40, had never been sent off in a senior national team match before, but he picked up his 14th career red card vs. Ireland.

Ronaldo has featured at all of those so far except the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea. He has made 22 appearances for Portugal at World Cups, putting him fifth on the all-time list behind, Italy’s Paulo Maldini (23), Germany’s Miroslav Klose (24), Lothar Matthaus (25) and Messi (26).

The 40-year-old was forced to miss out on his country’s final World Cup qualifier against Armenia after he was sent off in Portugal’s shock 2–0 defeat to the Republic of Ireland last time out. Ronaldo caught Dara O’Shea with a trailing elbow and saw red for the first time in his 22-year international career.

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Ronaldo lost his cool as Portugal tried to mount a comeback against Ireland on Thursday. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner let frustration get the better of him and elbowed a defender in the back, earning a red card that forced Portugal to play the final 30 minutes of the match with 10 men.

Former Real Madrid midfielder Rafael van der Vaart has jokingly suggested that Cristiano Ronaldo would have eaten himself if he were made of chocolate.