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One year later, Wales played a match outside the United Kingdom for the first time when they travelled to Paris to play France national football team in a match drawn 1–1. After World War II , Wales, along with the other three home nations, rejoined FIFA in 1946 and took part in the qualifying rounds for the 1950 World Cup , the 1949–50 ...
This page details Wales national football team records; the most capped players, ... Player Wales career Caps Goals Average 1 Gareth Bale 2006–2022
The Wales national football team has represented Wales in international association football since 1876, making it the third oldest international football team. They played their first official match on 25 March 1876, [1] four years after England and Scotland played the first ever international football match.
Gareth Frank Bale (born 16 July 1989) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a right winger, most notably for Tottenham Hotspur, Real Madrid, and the Wales national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation and the greatest Welsh player of all time.
This category contains past and present players of the senior Wales national football team (but not players who have only been capped at Olympic, Under-21 or other junior levels). Players in this category should also be left in category:Welsh men's footballers. Wales portal
When the Football League added further restrictions on releasing players ahead of the following tournament to avoid fixture clashes, Wales were forced to call-up a mixture of non-league and lower division players which led to the side being dubbed by media outlets as "Keenor and the ten unknowns", in reference to team captain Fred Keenor and ...
Harry Wilson (born 22 March 1997) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Premier League club Fulham and the Wales national team. In October 2013, Wilson became the youngest player to play for Wales, at the age of 16 years and 207 days, beating a record previously held by Gareth Bale. [4]
The Wales national side had reached the quarter-finals of the 1976 European Championships but suffered a controversial defeat to Yugoslavia and failed to reach the finals. [a] [2] The team's competitiveness had raised optimism amongst supporters ahead of qualifying for the 1978 FIFA World Cup, but this was eroded quickly as they suffered a 1–0 defeat against Scotland in their first ...