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Bobby Moore, who remains England's youngest men's captain and the only England captain to have lifted the World Cup, reached 90 captaincies in 1973, sharing the record with Wright. Steph Houghton has the record for captaincies of the women's team, and outright fourth-most caps as captain (72) behind Wright and Moore, and Kane. Seven male ...
The history of the England national football team, also known as the Three Lions, begins with the first representative international match in 1870 and the first officially-recognised match two years later. England primarily competed in the British Home Championship over the following decades. Although the FA had joined the international ...
England captain and similar terms normally refer to the head player in a sports team that represents England. Lists of England captains include: List of England cricket captains; List of England national football team captains; For captains in other sports, see the corresponding articles on those sports.
The first ODI match was played in 1973 when England Women were led by Rachael Heyhoe-Flint. England Women's first T20I was played in 2004 under the captaincy of Clare Connor. The England under-19 cricket team began playing Test matches in 1974 and ODI matches in 1976. Their first captains were Nigel Briers and Chris Cowdrey respectively.
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He finished his England career on 125 caps. [3] The goalscoring record is held by Harry Kane, with 69 goals from 103 matches between 2015 and 2024. [5] Kane passed Wayne Rooney's record of 53 goals, which had stood for 8 years, with his 54th goal on 23 March 2023, in a 2–1 away win over Italy in a European Championship qualifier. [6] [7]
Ted Dexter succeeded him as captain but England continued to suffer indifferent results. In 1961–62, they beat Pakistan, but also lost to India. [81] The following year saw England and Australia tie the 1962–63 Ashes series 1–1, meaning Australia retained the urn. [82]
List of England international footballers capped while playing for a lower division club; List of England international footballers with one cap; List of England national football team captains; List of England national football team hat-tricks; List of England national football team World Cup and European Championship squads