Alexis Sánchez established himself as the footballer with the most appearances in La Roja’s history, but against Cuba Gary Medel surpassed him.
Alexis Sanchez He established himself as the footballer with the most appearances in the history of the Chilean national team. After starting as a starter in the first win of the Eduardo Berizzo era, 3-2 against Paraguay at the Monumental, Olympique de Marseille’s top scorer reached 153 games in defense of La Roja. Anyway, Gary Medel, in the 3-0 victory over Cuba in the Ester Roa Rebolledo, managed to surpass the Niño Maravilla, reaching 154 games played since his debut in 2007. And in the last preparatory obligation before the debut in the South American qualifiers, against Bolivia in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, the former Bologna reached the figure of 156 commitments after starting the big 5-0 victory over the Dominican Republic in Sausalito. Then, against Uruguay in the qualifying debut, he added one more, reaching 157. Claudio Bravo, absent on this FIFA date, completes the podium with 145 appearances.
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Arturo Vidal (141), Mauritius island (136) and Gonzalo Jara (115) follow them, while Charles Aranguiz He entered the list after surpassing Jorge Valdivia and surpassing the record of Iván Zamorano and Fabián Estay. In addition, Eduardo Vargas reaches 102 matches in defense of the Creole team against Ecuador in Quito, 103 in Asunción to surpass the milestone of the historic Leonel Sánchez, 104 against the Tri in San Carlos, 105 in the Zorros del Desierto against the champion of the Americas and 106 in Maracaná.
GARY MEDEL (2007 – present) 157
ALEXIS SÁNCHEZ (2006 – present) 155
CLAUDIO BRAVO (2004 – present) 145
ARTURO VIDAL (2007 – present) 141
MAURICIO ISLA (2007 – present) 136
GONZALO JARA (2006 – 2019) 115
JEAN BEAUSEJOUR (2004 – 2019) 109
EDUARDO VARGAS (2009 – present) 106
CHARLES ARÁNGUIZ (2009 – present) 98
LEONEL SÁNCHEZ (1955 – 1968) 85
JORGE VALDIVIA (2004 – 2017) 79
Source: Goal