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Longest career as national team coach with one national team: 43 years – Mircea Lucescu for Romania, 1981–2024 [157] Oldest manager: 93 years – Ivor Powell [158] Oldest manager coaching a national team: 80 years, 35 days – Roque Máspoli, Uruguay v Ecuador, 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, 16 November 1997 [159]
In association football, a cap is traditionally awarded in international football to a player making an official appearance for their national team. This article lists all men's football players who have played in 100 or more official international matches for a national football team according to association football's world governing body FIFA.
Appearances made in youth football are not deemed to be official. War-time results are also excluded if they were later regarded as unofficial by the relevant Football Association(s); if they were included, Billy Meredith would be the first ever player to have played in 1,000 official matches, [1] and Stanley Matthews would also make the list. [2]
Media outlets around the world such as Sky Sports, ESPN, and Globo Esporte argue that, for Brazilian forward Pelé and players of his era, friendly matches were highly important fixtures and held more resonance, and the tallies accumulated should be included, [25] [26] [27] while journalist Hugh McIlvanney once described them as mere "profit ...
IFFHS World's Best Playmaker of All Time: 2006–2022 [82] World Soccer Young Player of the Year: 2006, 2007, 2008 [83] Dongqiudi Player of the Year: 2019, [84] 2021, [85] 2022 [86] Best Player of All Time by Voetbal International: 2017 [87] [88] Best Player of All Time by 90min: 2023 [89] Best Player of All Time by Radio Times: 2023 [90]
In 2010, the FIFA World Player of the Year award combined with the Ballon d'Or to create the FIFA Ballon d'Or in a six-year partnership. [3] FIFA presided over the FIFA Ballon d'Or after agreeing to pay £13million for the merge of the two major player awards with France Football.
A map showing all nations that have hosted a FIFA World Cup tournament and how many times they have done so. This article lists the performances of each of the national teams which have made at least one appearance in the FIFA World Cup. As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the final tournaments. [1] Brazil is the ...
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has the highest number of footballers who scored at least 50 international goals, with 35 players. [3] Egypt is the only African team with more than one player who has scored at least 50 international goals, after Mohamed Salah achieved the feat on 24 March 2023. [4] [5]