World Cup 2018: 9 Players Playing in their Fourth World Cup and One Playing his Fifth

#9 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

Can Cristiano Ronaldo lead Portugal to another international trophy?

Cristiano Ronaldo is still going strong at 33, ageing like fine. It's hard to imagine that his senior debut came 15 years ago.

While he was making it large at Manchester United and Real Madrid, his travails at international tournaments have seen a different range of emotions. From tears in Euros to the wink in the World Cup when he got club teammate Wayne Rooney sent off, we've seen it all.

In 2006, he was still a scrawny youngster. By 2010, he had become a man and had been given the captain's armband. But a goalscoring drought had set in at the time and it took him more than a year to get going. Despite that, he put in a man of the match performances in all group games before they were knocked out by Spain in the Round of 16.

2014 saw him coming into the FIFA World Cup carrying an injury. He wasn't 100% fit with a career-threatening tendinitis and thigh injury forcing him to skip training sessions - something a player of his stature hated.

Sadly, he couldn't prevent Portugal from being eliminated as they crashed out in the group stages. Having won Euro 2016, there is pressure on Portugal to deliver in the World Cup even though they are not among the favourites.