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Xavi (middle) with Barcelona teammates Carles Puyol (left) and Lionel Messi (right) in December 2011. On 2 January 2011, in a league match against Levante, Xavi made his 549th appearance for the club in all competitions, matching the record held by Migueli. Xavi later became the player with the most appearances for Barcelona of all time. [44]
Goalkeeper Peter Shilton holds the record for the most competitive appearances. In association football, 52 players have played at least 1,000 official matches at all age levels. Regarding B teams and reserve teams, appearances for such teams are only included if made in the primary football pyramid and not in reserve divisions.
He is also the second-highest appearance maker (behind Xavi) with 35. Xavi is the highest appearance maker in the history of the Barcelonian Derby with a total of 36 matches played. Raúl Tamudo , the originator of the famous Tamudazo
The first player to hit the landmark was Raúl, who did so in February 2006, [2] while the most recent members of the "100 club" are Antoine Griezmann and Koke, who played their 100th match on 26 November 2024. [1] Cristiano Ronaldo has made the most appearances in the Champions League, playing 183 matches. [3]
Lionel Messi has the most ever appearances in the FIFPRO World 11 with 17 overall, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo with 15. [2] [3] In 2014, FIFPRO launched a women's football committee. [4] In February 2016, the FIFPRO Women's World 11 was launched. [5]
Lionel Messi is the player with the most games played at the FIFA World Cup, and one of only six along with German Lothar Matthäus, Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and Mexicans Antonio Carbajal, Andrés Guardado, and Rafael Márquez to have entered the field in five different tournaments.
In total, 626 men's footballers from 114 nationalities have officially played in 100 or more international matches. The record for the most official men's international appearances is currently held by Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal with 217 caps, surpassing Bader Al-Mutawa of Kuwait's previous record total of 196 caps in March 2023. [1] [2] [3]
Peter Shilton has made the most appearances, and is the only player to have played in over one thousand games. Chris O'Grady made appearances for 17 different clubs, while 49 players made their appearances for only one team. Frank Womack is the only outfield player who failed to score a goal in his appearances, while Arthur Rowley scored 434.