List of national soccer players
This list of record national football players shows the respective record national players of the individual countries, as far as known, separated by continent .
In some cases (Bozsik, Michajlow, Streich), FIFA does not count games at the Olympic Games (see notes). At Onopko, the number (113 or 109) depends on whether games for the CIS are included. FIFA sometimes counts national team matches against FIFA all-start teams. On the other hand, matches against non-FIFA members are not counted by FIFA, even if they were played at continental championships. The FIFA figures are not always up-to-date (see web links for the status). For players with fewer than 100 games, in most cases (player did not take part in the last World Cup) no figures are available. In these cases, only the RSSSF statistics or, for European players, eu-football.info are available as a source in addition to the national associations (see sources).
Players in bold are still active in their national teams. However , players in italics have not been used for at least 6 months when international matches were played.
* The player was at times world record holder.
** The player is also his country's record scorer.
Africa ( CAF )
Asia ( AFC )
Mohammad ad-Daʿayyaʿ , AFC's record international player by FIFA census
| National team | player | Games | Period | position | predecessor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia
|
Mark Schwarzer | 109 | 1993-2013 | goal | Alex Tobin (87) |
 Bahrain
|
Salman Isa | 156 (149) | 2001–2012 | midfield | ? |
 People's Republic of China
|
Li Weifeng | 112 | 1998-2011 | Defense | Hao Haidong ** (109) |
 Hong Kong
|
Yapp Hung-fai | 76 | 2010– | goal | Lee Chi-ho (73) |
 Guam
|
Jason Cunliffe ** | 53 | 2006– | attack | |
 India
|
Sunil Chhetri ** | 115 | 2006– | attack | Baichung Bhutia (104 / <100) |
 Indonesia
|
Bambang Pamungkas ** | 87 | 1999–2012, 2018 | attack | Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto (59) |
 Iraq
|
Yunis Mahmud | 148 (142) | 2002-2016 | attack | Hussain Said * / ** (126) |
 Iran
|
Javad Nekounam | 151 (148) | 2000-2015 | midfield | Ali Daei ** (149/148) |
 Japan
|
Yasuhito Endo | 152 | 2002– | midfield | Masami Ihara (122) |
 Jordan
|
Amer Sabbah | 173 (159) | 2002– | goal | Amer Deeb (125) |
 Qatar
|
Hassan Al-Haydos | 131 (127) | 2008– | attack | Sebastian Soria (119) |
 Kyrgyzstan
|
Vadim Kharchenko | 53 | 1997-2015 | midfield | Ruslan Sydykow (41) |
 Kuwait
|
Bader al-Mutawa | 178 (175) | 2003– | attack | Bashar Abdullah ** (133) |
 Lebanon
|
Abbas Ahmed Atwi Hassan Maatouk ** |
84 | 2002–2016 2006– |
Midfield attack |
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 Malaysia
|
Mokhtar Dahari | 131 | 1972-1985 | attack | ? |
 Maldives
|
Imran Mohamed | 109 | 2000-2016 | goal | Mohamed Ibrahim and Adam Abdul Latheef (20) |
 North Korea
|
Ri Myong-guk | 118 | 2007– | goal | Pak Nam-chol (75) |
 Oman
|
Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijri | 179 (175) | 2003– | midfield | Fawzi Doorbeen (143) |
 Palestine
|
Abdul Al-Bahdari | 74 | 2007– | Defense | Khader Yousef Abu Hammad (68) |
 Philippines
|
Phil Younghus Band ** | 108 | 2006– | attack | ? |
 Saudi Arabia
|
Mohammad ad-Daʿayyaʿ * | 173 (178) | 1990-2006 | goal | Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi (163) |
 Singapore
|
Daniel Bennett | 145 | 2003-2017 | Defense | Shahril Ishak (137/138) |
 South Korea
|
Hong Myung-bo | 136 | 1990-2002 | Defense | Cha Bum-kun * (121) |
 Syria
|
Maher Al-Sayed | 108 | 1998-2013 | midfield | ? |
 Thailand
|
Kiatisak Senamuang ** | 134 (131) | 1993-2007 | attack | ? |
 Uzbekistan
|
Server Jeparov | 128 (127) | 2002– | midfield | Timur Kapadze (118/117) |
 UA Emirates
|
Adnan at-Talyani * / ** | 161 | 1984-1997 | attack | ? |
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Europe ( UEFA )
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*** The player was at times the European record holder.
North, Central America and the Caribbean ( CONCACAF )
Claudio Suárez , CONCACAF record international player
| National team | player | Games | Period | position | predecessor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Belize
|
Elroy Smith | 58 | 2004– | Defense | Victor Morales (27) |
 Costa Rica
|
Walter Centeno | 137 (135) | 1995-2009 | midfield | Luis Marín (124) |
 El Salvador
|
Alfredo Pacheco | 85 (84) | 2002-2013 | Defense | Dennis Alas (83) |
 Guadeloupe |
Jean-Luc Lambourde | 65 | 2002-2017 | Defense | ? |
 Guatemala
|
Carlos Ruiz ** | 133 (132) | 1998-2016 | attack | Gustavo Adolfo Cabrera (104) |
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Maynor Figueroa | 162 (156) | 2004– | midfield | Amado Guevara (138) |
 Jamaica
|
Ian Goodison | 128 (125) | 1996-2009 | Defense | Linval Dixon (127) |
 Canada
|
Julian de Guzman | 89 | 2002-2016 | midfield | Paul Stalteri (84) |
 Cuba
|
Yenier Marquez |
126 (112) |
2000-2015 | midfield | Odelin Molina (122) |
 Mexico
|
Claudio Suárez * | 177 | 1992-2006 | Defense | Gustavo Peña (82) |
 Nicaragua
|
Josué Quijano | 64 (63) | 1999– | Defense | David Solórzanoo (49) |
 Panama
|
Gabriel Gomez | 148 (144) | 2003-2018 | midfield | Ricardo Phillips (83) |
 St. Vincent and Grenadines
|
Shandel Samuel ** Kendall Velox |
63 (59) 63 (61) |
2001– 1992–2008 |
attack | Melvin Andrews (58) |
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
Angus Eve | 117 (113) | 1994-2005 | attack | Marvin Faustin (42) |
 Turks and Caicos Islands
|
Philip Shearer | 14th | 2000– | attack | Duane Glinton (9) |
 United States
|
Cobi Jones | 164 | 1992-2004 | midfield | Marcelo Balboa (128) |
| Record mark | |||||
South America ( CONMEBOL )
| National team | player | Games | Period | position | predecessor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina
|
Javier Mascherano | 147 | 2003-2018 | Defense | Javier Zanetti (143) |
 Brazil
|
Cafu | 142 | 1990-2006 | Defense | Cláudio Taffarel (101) |
 Bolivia
|
Ronald Raldes | 102 | 2001-2018 | Defense |
Luis Cristaldo , Marco Sandy (93 each) |
 Chile
|
Alexis Sanchez ** | 132 | 2006– | attack | Claudio Bravo (119) |
 Ecuador
|
Iván Hurtado | 168 | 1992-2014 | Defense | Álex Aguinaga (104) |
 Colombia
|
Carlos Valderrama | 111 | 1985-1998 | midfield | Leonel Álvarez (99) |
 Paraguay
|
Paulo da Silva | 148 | 2000-2017 | Defense | Carlos Gamarra (110) |
 Peru
|
Roberto Palacios | 128 | 1992-2012 | midfield | Hector Chumpitaz (105) |
 Uruguay
|
Diego Godin | 135 | 2005– | Defense | Maxi Pereira (125) |
 Venezuela
|
Juan Arango ** | 129 (128) | 1999-2015 | midfield |
José Manuel Rey (116) |
| Record mark | |||||
Oceania ( OFC )
| National team | player | Games | Period | position | predecessor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New Caledonia
|
Pierre Wajoka | 35 (?) | 2004-2011 | midfield | ? |
 New Zealand
|
Ivan Vicelich | 88 (?) | 1995-2013 | midfield | Vaughan Coveny (64) |
| Record mark | |||||
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Games counted by FIFA in brackets (if different and known), e.g. B. Matches against non-FIFA members are not included.
- ↑ In the national football team statistics 40 games are mentioned.
- ↑ On. October 11th, 2012 the Ivorian association honored him for 135 international matches ( Kolo et Zokora, ces Eléphants "centenaires"! ). In the RSSSF list of his games from January 30, 2014, he is listed with 118 games, by October 11, 2012 he had only played 105 games according to the list.
- ↑ Incl. of the game against South Africa on June 15, 2019, in which more than 6 players were substituted.
- ↑ FIFA does not list him in their latest 100 list Joseph Kamwendo as listed there with 104 games.
- ↑ In its 100 list of August 10, 2017, FIFA named Kennedy Mweene as the record national player with 110 games for the first time
- ↑ FIFA does not count 4 games against Zanzibar.
- ↑ Schwarzer played some of his games when Australia was still a member of the OFC.
- ↑ Tobin played all his games when Australia a member of the OFC was
- ↑ In earlier lists, Hao Haidong was listed with 115 games, from June 10, 2011 only 109
- ↑ The player is not included in the FIFA 100 list.
- ^ Including 9 games at the Olympic Games in 1980, 1984 and 1988, 21 qualifying games and 2 games against the Danish league team.
- ↑ As of August 31, 2009, FIFA had 181 games
- ↑ EU football counts one more game on February 13, 2002 for Lala [1]
- ↑ The game against Paraguay on January 6, 1997 is also listed by eu-football.info .
- ↑ FIFA does not consider 8 appearances in qualifying games for the 1988 Olympic Games and leads Dennis Rommedahl with more games (127), of which the DBU only counts 126 as A international games.
- ↑ Streich also played four games at the 1972 Olympic Games, including the DFB.
- ↑ FIFA does not count the friendly game against Gibraltar on March 1, 2014
- ↑ Gibraltar has been a member of UEFA since 2013 and a FIFA member since 2016
- ↑ currently 42 games
- ↑ FIFA does not count 2 European Championship qualifiers against Gibraltar and one game against Hungary on June 4, 2012.
- ↑ FIFA does not count three games in qualifying for the 1988 Olympic Games and one game against the English B-team, which the Icelandic Association counts ( all international games Rúnar Kristinsson )
- ↑ Milošević played 71 games for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Savezna Republika Jugoslavija), 30 games for Serbia and Montenegro after the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was converted into the Confederation of Serbia and Montenegro (Srbija i Crna Gora) on February 4, 2003 and also 1 game for Serbia after Montenegro broke away from Serbia [2] , Dejan Stanković played 103 games for the three teams, 39 for the FR of Yugoslavia, 22 for Serbia and Montenegro and 42 for Serbia and is counted as a record player by the Serbian Association.
- ^ In addition, 9 games for the Yugoslav national football team
- ^ Also 2 games for Albania.
- ↑ Also 20 games for Albania.
- ↑ together with Srna and previously also with Josip Šimunić (100)
- ↑ FIFA does not count a game against the Omani U-23 team and a game against Angola because too many players were substituted.
- ↑ FIFA does not count the game against Gibraltar on March 23, 2016, as Gibraltar was only accepted into FIFA on May 13, 2016.
- ↑ FIFA does not count a game against Gibraltar before it joined FIFA and the games against the Czech Republic on May 27, 2016 and Ukraine on June 6, 2017 , as more than 6 players per team were substituted.
- ↑ Incl. of the abandoned game on March 27, 2015 against Russia
- ^ At times together with Lewandowski.
- ^ In addition, 4 games for the CIS team
- ↑ The FIFA games against one Danish league selection on 31 January 2000 , South Africa 22 January 2011 , Qatar U-23 23 January 2012 and Finland on 26 January 2013 not with, but called in an article for the record takeover ago 144 caps in his last four games.
- ↑ His predecessor as the Swedish record holder Björn Nordqvist was also world record holder at times.
- ↑ Ivanović also played a game for Serbia-Montenegro, which is counted by the Serbian Association ( profile Branislav Ivanović ).
- ↑ Also a game for Serbia & Montenegro
- ↑ FIFA does not count a game against Malta on May 27, 2016 , as more than 6 players per team were substituted.
- ↑ Turkey's record international player. In: tff.org. Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu , accessed September 11, 2013 .
- ↑ In contrast to the Hungarian association, FIFA does not count the game against Bulgaria at Király, which was canceled after 45 minutes on February 12, 2003 due to bad weather conditions.
- ↑ Bozsik also played five games at the 1952 Olympic Games.
- ↑ In the statistics of the Cypriot Association ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. the games against the Norwegian U-23 team on February 7, 1998, the Estonian league team on March 31, 1998 and the Hungarian league team on May 1, 2002 are also counted.
- ↑ FIFA does not take into account the games against Martinique in the Gold Cup on January 18, 2002 and against Guadeloupe in the Gold Cup on June 11, 2007.
- ↑ At the time when Centeno was the record player, FIFA listed only 122 games for Luis Marin, and he now has 128 international matches
- ↑ A game against Martinique is not counted by FIFA.
- ↑ FIFA does not take into account the matches against Guadeloupe on June 17, 2007 at the CONCACAF Cup and against French Guyana on March 26 and 30, 2015.
- ↑ He is not mentioned in the FIFA statistics.
- ↑ FIFA does not take into account matches against Guadeloupe, Martinique and Saint-Martin, even if they were played at continental championships. [3]
- ↑ Both of them were previously record-breaking national players with 107 international matches.
- ↑ In the rsssf.com statistics, 178 games were listed before April 11, 2013, from then on only 177. [4] . The Mexican federation counts 180 games ( report on the 100th international match of Rafael Márquez (Rafael Márquez, 100 Partidos con la Selección Mayor) ( Memento of the original from October 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. )
- ↑ A game against Martinique is not counted by FIFA.
- ↑ FIFA counts the games on July 5, 2009 in the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009 and on June 7, 2011 in the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011 against Guadeloupe as well as the games on July 11, 2013 in the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2013 and July 15, 2017 in the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2017 against Martinique not with.
- ↑ Three games against Guadeloupe and one game against Martinique are not counted by FIFA.
- ↑ One game each against Guadeloupe and French Guiana are not counted by FIFA.
- ↑ FIFA does not count three games against Martinique and one game against Guadeloupe.
- ↑ together with Sánchez, currently 123
- ↑ In an article on his departure , FIFA mentions 133 games.
- ↑ FIFA counts the games against Denmark on January 27, 1999, Mexico's U-23 on March 22, 2000, Cameroon's U-21 on January 13, 2002, Morocco's U-23 on March 3, 2002 and South Africa's U-21 on March 23 May 2004 not with. The Danish Association declared the game as an inofficial game on January 27, 1999. Danmark - Venezuela 1 - 1
See also
- 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
- Women:
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- FACT Sheet FIFA Century Club (as of December 4, 2019)
- International Caps (English, number of games: March 1, 2020, last updated April 22, 2020)
- eu-football.info: List of European national players