List of national soccer players

This article deals with the female record national players, for the male see list of the record national football players .

The list of record national soccer players shows the record national players of the individual countries, as far as known, separated by continent . Very few national associations publish statistics of their national players on the Internet. FIFA last published a list of players with at least 100 international matches on December 20, 2011, which is no longer available. Only a list from January 7, 2011 is still available. The latest figures published by FIFA can be found in the squad lists for the women's Olympic football tournament. These figures have been updated for this list whenever the list of international matches was published on the Internet.

Africa ( CAF )

National team	Player	Games	Period	position	predecessor
Equatorial Guinea	Genoveva Añonma **	41	2002–	attack	?
Ghana	Memunatu Sulemana	40	0000-2010	goal	?
Ivory Coast	Rita Akaffou	36	2005–	midfield	?
Cameroon	Michèle Mani	78+	2005–	attack	Françoise Bella (59)
Nigeria	Maureen Mmadu *	101	1993-2008	midfield	?
South Africa	Janine van Wyk	169	2005–	Defense	Portia Modise (124)
Continental record

Asia ( AFC )

National team	Player	Games	Period	position	predecessor
Australia	Cheryl Salisbury	151	1994-2009	Defense	?
China	Pu Wei	217	0000–2013	Defense	?
Japan	Homare Sawa **	205	1995-2015	midfield	?
North Korea	Ri Kum-suk	123	1999-2009	attack	?
South Korea	Cho So-hyun	126	2007–0000	midfield	Kim Jeong-mi (113)
Thailand	Waraporn boonsing	142	2009–0000	goal	?
Continental record

Europe ( UEFA )

Birgit Prinz (left) and Therese Sjögran (right), Europe's record national players

National team	Player	Games	Period	position	predecessor
Belgium	Aline Zeler	111	2005-2019	Defense / attack	Femke Maes (84)
Germany	Birgit Prinz **	214	1994-2011	attack	Bettina Wiegmann (154)
Denmark	Katrine Pedersen	210	1994-2013	midfield	Lene Terp (105)
England	Fara Williams	171	1997–	midfield	Rachel Yankey (129)
Estonia	Katrin Loo	111	2007–	Midfield / attack	Kaire Palmaru (107)
Faroe Islands	Rannvá B. Andreasen	55	1997-2018	attack	Malena Josephsen (41)
Finland	Laura Österberg Kalmari **	130	1996-2011	attack	Sanna Valkonen (120)
France	Sandrine Soubeyrand	198	1997-2013	midfield	Corinne Diacre (121)
Greece	Natalia Chatzigiannidou	139	1997–	Defense	Maria Lazarou (111)
Ireland	Emma Byrne	134	2001–	goal	Ciara Grant (105)
Iceland	Katrín Jónsdóttir	133	1999-2013	Defense	Ásthildur Helgadóttir (69)
Israel	Maya Berqui	47	2002-2016	Defense	Sarit Shenar (39)
Italy	Patrizia Panico **	200	1996-2014	attack	Carolina Morace (150)
Croatia	Sandra Žigić	89	2004–	Defense	Renata Pirša (37)
Netherlands	Sherida Spitse	178	2006–	midfield	Annemieke Kiesel (155)
Northern Ireland	Julie Nelson	109	2004–	Defense	unknown
Norway	Hege Riise *	188	1990-2004	midfield	Linda Medals (152)
Austria	Nina Burger	109	2005-2019	attack	Sonja Player (64)
Poland	Maria Makowska	111	1986-2008	Defense	unknown
Portugal	Carla Couto	145	1993-2012	attack	Be (78)
Scotland	Gemma Fay	203	1997-2017	goal	Pauline Hamill (141)
Sweden	Therese Sjögran	214	1995-2015	midfield	Victoria Sandell Svensson (166)
Switzerland	Lara Dickenmann	135	2002-2018	midfield	Martina Moser (129)
Slovakia	Alexandra Bíróová	93	000? -	Defense	unknown
Soviet Union	Svetlana Petko	144	1985-2005	goal	unknown
Spain	Marta Torrejon	90	2007–	Defense	Arantza del Puerto (72)
Czech Republic	Lucie Martínková	95	2003–	attack	Eva Šmeralová (71)
Ukraine	Ljudmyla Pekur	105+	1999-2016	midfield	unknown
Hungary	Anita Pádár **	123	1995-2015	attack	Aranka Paraoanu (83)
Wales	Jessica Fishlock	116	2006–	midfield	Michelle Green (95)
Continental record , world record for female goalkeepers

North, Central America and the Caribbean ( CONCACAF )

National team	Player	Games	Period	position	predecessor
Costa Rica	Shirley Cruz	97	2002–	midfield	?
Canada	Christine Sinclair **	296	2000–	attack	Andrea Neil (132)
Mexico	Maribel Domínguez **	128	000? –2016	attack	Juana López Luz Saucedo (104 each)
United States	Kristine Lilly	354	1987-2010	midfield	Mia Hamm * (70-75)
World record

South America ( CONMEBOL )

National team	Player	Games	Period	position	predecessor
Brazil	Formiga	198	1995–2016, 2018–	midfield	?
Chile	Christiane Endler	76	2009–	goal	?
Ecuador	Nancy Aguilar	052	2003–	Defense	?
Colombia	Ingrid Vidal	062	2009–	attack	?
Continental record, all other South American countries have played fewer than 100 international matches each

Oceania ( OFC )

National team	Player	Games	Period	position	predecessor
New Zealand	Ria Percival	150	2007–	Defense	Abby Erceg (132) 2006–
Continental record, all other oceanic countries have played fewer than 100 internationals each

Remarks

Players in bold are still active in their national teams, but players in italics have not been used for at least 6 months when they have international matches.

* The player was a continental record holder at times.
** The player is also the top scorer in her country.

1. ↑ FIFA Women's Hundreds Club (as of January 7, 2011, PDF; 79 kB)
2. ↑ fifa.com: "Olympic Football Tournament for Women in London 2012 - Squad Lists" (PDF; 394 kB)
3. ↑ In the FIFA squad list for the 2011 World Cup (PDF; 488 kB) it was listed with 29 games. There were also 3 World Cup games and 5 games at the 2012 African Cup of Nations , one game in qualifying for the 2018 African Cup of Nations ( [1] ) and 3 games in the 2018 African Cup of Nations. Equatorial Guinea had only played 26 FIFA-recognized games before the World Cup .
4. ↑ In the FIFA squad list for the 2007 World Cup (PDF; 267 kB) it was listed with 34 games. There were also 3 World Cup games and 3 games at the 2010 African Cup of Nations . There are no lists available for the 2008 African Cup of Nations in which Ghana played three games.
5. ↑ FIFA profile for the 2015 World Cup
6. ↑ FIFA profile for the 2015 World Cup + game against Algeria on November 20, 2018
7. ↑ fifa.com: Portrait of the 2019 World Cup
8. ↑ Salisbury played most of their games when Australia was still a member of the Oceanic Football Association
9. ↑ Asian record for female goalkeepers
10. ↑ Now 116 games ( current South Korean squad )
11. ↑ The KBVB only names 84 games in its statistics , while FIFA names 110 games in the hundreds list of January 7, 2011 (PDF; 79 kB). Belgium made only 92 internationals during their playing days.
12. ↑ Williams has also played four games for the British women's national football team .
13. ↑ Yankey has also played five games for the British women's national football team .
14. ↑ temporarily together with Loo
15. ↑ According to FIFA statistics, the Greek team played only 122 games from 1997 to September 17, 2014, in the last publication of the FIFA Hundreds Club Statistics (currently no longer available) 107 games were named for Chatzigiannidou, followed by 29 games.
16. ↑ According to FIFA statistics, the Greek team played only 89 games during this time, the number of games was given in the FIFA Hundred Club Statistics
17. ↑ football.org.il: Appearances list ( memento of the original from March 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
18. ↑ hns-cff.hr: Sandra Žigić
19. ↑ For Petko, FIFA counts a total of 144 games for the USSR and Russia.
20. ^ Profile of Lucie Martínková
21. ↑ uefa.com: "First women receive 100-cap awards"
22. ↑ The number is based on the announcement of the Hungarian association for their 100th international match and the announcement for their departure . In the Hungarian Wikipedia there is a list of their games, some of which are not counted by FIFA.
23. ↑ ussoccer.com: Case of the Missing Caps
24. ↑ Profile for the 2015 World Cup + 3 games at the Pan American Games
25. ↑ Profile for the 2015 World Cup + 5 games at the Pan American Games + 3 OS games 2016
26. ↑ Erceg also played 2 games with the "NZ A Women" against Thailand, which are not counted as A internationals and currently has 141 internationals.

See also

• List of female soccer players with at least 100 international matches
• List of female soccer players with at least 50 international goals
• Men:
  • List of national soccer players
  • List of football players with at least 100 international matches
  • List of record goalscorers in international football matches
  • List of football players with at least 50 international goals

swell

• dfb.de: Record players ( Memento from September 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
• svenskfotboll.se: Damlandslagsspelare 1973 - 2012
• dbu.dk: Flest kampe
• thefa.com: team
• onsoranje.nl: spelers en staf: A elftal (some figures are not up to date)
• safa.net: Banyana Banyana Player Profiles