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Gareth Bale is Wales' top goalscorer of all-time with 41 goals and record cap holder. Chris Gunter was the first player to attain 100 caps for Wales. Gary Speed gained 85 caps for Wales and managed the side between 2010 and 2011. John Toshack gained 40 caps for Wales and managed the side for a single match in 1994 and between 2004 and 2010.
The Wales national men’s football team (Welsh: Tîm pêl-droed cenedlaethol Cymru) represents Wales in men's international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Wales (FAW), the governing body for football in Wales. They have been a member of FIFA since 1946 and a member of UEFA since 1954.
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 ...
The history of the Wales national football team spans the period from 1876, when the side played its first international fixture, to the present time. For detail on individual periods of the team's history, see one of the following articles: History of the Wales national football team (1876–1976)
Wales career Caps Goals 1 Gareth Bale: Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, Real Madrid, Los Angeles FC: 2006–2022 111 41 2 Chris Gunter: Cardiff City, Tottenham Hotspur, Nottingham Forest, Reading, Charlton Athletic: 2007–2022 109 0 = Wayne Hennessey: Wolverhampton Wanderers, Crystal Palace, Burnley, Nottingham Forest: 2007– 109 0 4 Neville ...
It includes Welsh footballers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. 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).
As of June 2020, the result remains Wales' worst defeat in international football. [12] In 1879, Wales and England met for the first time in international football at a snow-covered Kennington Oval in South London. The poor weather conditions resulted in the match being shortened to 60 minutes and the relatively unknown status of the Welsh side ...
History of the Wales national football team (3 P) M. Wales national football team managers (1 C, 18 P) Wales national football team matches (3 P) N.