Claudio Bravo makes history. The national goalkeeper continues to expand his legend in Chilean and South American football. In the debut of the Chilean National Team in the Copa América against Peruthe native of Viluco became the national with the most appearances in different continental competitions.
The captain of the Red He already has seven participations in the Conmebol national team tournament. The goalkeeper played in the editions of Peru 2004, Venezuela 2007, Argentina 2011, Chile 2015, 2016 in the United States (Centenario), Brazil 2021 and 2024 again in the North American country.
In this way, Bravo also surpassed another historic footballer from the Everybody’s Team: Sergio Livingstone. Sapito was present in six different editions of the Copa América, previously called the South American Championship (1941, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1949 and 1953).
The former goalkeeper, who died in 2012, also suffered the loss of another mark in the current competition. In the opening duel of the continental tournament, Lionel Messi broke the record for most games played. In the victory against Canada, the Argentine star scored his 35th match, surpassing the Chilean by one.
Bravo, for your part, He could have added one more competition to his history as a player for the Chilean National Team. In detail, this could have been his eighth participation, since he was not in the 2019 edition.
The goalkeeper was left off Reinaldo Rueda’s payroll after suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon of his left leg in a Manchester City practice, on August 20, 2018.
“Coming from rehabilitation and surgery, I talked to him and told him that we had to find the right moment for him to return and be Chile’s number one again,” the coach explained at the time. “All the respect that he deserves for his career,” ensuring that he was able to talk to Bravo about “his disposition and his expectations,” but that he considered that “it was not fair to have him called up and that he was not a starter.” , he added.
Against Peru, Bravo also broke another record. At 41 years and 69 days old, the national became the oldest player to play in a match in any edition of the Copa América, since its creation in 1916.
The Chilean surpassed the record of another goalkeeper: Carlos Truco, who had the mark since 1977. The Bolivian played in the final of said competition at the age of 39 years and 322 days, in a tournament that left the highlands as runners-up after losing the defining duel against Brazil.
