Canada captain Christine Sinclair looking to beat Cristiano Ronaldo and Marta to World Cup record and complete legendary career with triumph
Christine Sinclair heads into her sixth World Cup already boasting the record for the most international goals scored by any player, male or female.
As if her 190 goals were not impressive enough, Sinclair also became only the second player to score in each of her five World Cups in 2019, joining Brazilian legend Marta with Cristiano Ronaldo later equalling the duo.
But amazingly, even with 323 caps for Canada, Sinclair is still not the most-capped international player of all time.
To win that accolade, she will have to make 33 more appearances and surpass the current record of 354 caps, held by the USA’s Kristine Lilly.
And at 40 years old, the forward appears to be going strong.
Domestically, she is midway through her 11th season for Portland Thorns, who are the defending champions and who currently sit 2nd in the National Women’s Soccer League table.
Sinclair must now turn her attention to setting a new record — Canada’s have never won a medal at a Women’s World Cup.
This World Cup will be Sinclair’s sixth, and she is set to captain Canada as they try to emulate their gold medal success in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, where they swept aside teams including Brazil, the United States and Sweden.
A leader both on and off the field, Sinclair has also been at the forefront of the Canadian women’s national team’s fight for equal pay.
Canada’s women’s team announced a strike in February, stating they would not accept a lower level of financial support than their counterpart men’s team.
Speaking to The Canadian Press in February after the strike began, Sinclair said: “Until things move forward, I don’t know what’s going to happen. But we’re not playing.”
But the strike was short-lived.
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