For the national team, he won 46 caps and participated in the 1930, 1934 and 1938 World Cups, being one of five players to have appeared in all three of the pre-war World Cups.
He was a member of the national team that played in all three of the pre-war World Cups: 1930, 1934, and 1938. He is one of five players to have achieved this feat.