the 8th minute in Belgium's 8–1 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification win over Estonia at the King Baudouin Stadium to register his first ever senior international goal. On 31 August 2017, Meunier recorded his first career senior international hat-trick in Belgium's 9–0 defeat of Gibraltar, a match in which he also recorded four assists. On 7 October 2017, he scored the opening goal of Belgium's 4–3 defeat of Bosnia and Herzegovina to end the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign with five goals and seven assists from eight matches. Meunier was selected in Belgium's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He was Belgium's first-choice right midfielder and played his first World Cup match, in a 3–0 win over Panama in their opening group game at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. In a next match against Tunisia on 23 June 2018, Meunier set up Romelu Lukaku's second goal of the game, in a 5–2 win to qualify for the Round of 16. He also set up Nacer Chadli to score in injury time in a 3–2 victory over Japan in the round of 16 of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. However, after a 2–1 win over Brazil on 6 July 2018, he received another booking, which caused him to miss the semi–finals. On 14 July 2018, Meunier returned from suspension, scoring the opening goal of the match for Belgium in a 2–0 victory against England in their third-place play-off, his nation's best-ever World Cup finish. On 12 June 2021, Meunier came on as a substitute for the injured Timothy Castagne after just 27 minutes and scored Belgium's second goal in the 34th minute during a 3–0 win in their first Euro 2020 group stage match against Russia. In doing so, Meunier became the first ever player to score a first half goal after coming on as a substitute in the UEFA European Championship. Personal life Growing up, Meunier idolised Brazil World Cup winner Ronaldo, saying: "He evolves, like me, at the center forward position. I liked his style of play and his dribbling". He was quoted in an interview saying that he supported Anderlecht growing up, but this turned out to be incorrect. He revealed that he didn't have an easy childhood: his parents divorced when he was a teenager and started a new life with his mother and sister. While at Virton, Meunier worked part time at a