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Players who made international appearances only have the highest level at which they played listed. A player's senior international team is sourced to National Football Teams [8] whilst appearances at age group level are sourced to the Association of Football Statisticians. [9] Players not covered by the above are sourced as needed in the "Refs ...
A total of 471 players have been in the winning team in the World Cup. Brazil's Pelé is the only one to have won three times, while another 20 have won twice. Only players from Brazil and Italy, and one player from Argentina, have won the World Cup more than once. No player has won two World Cups both as captain.
Reading's heaviest loss was an 18–0 defeat against Preston North End in the FA Cup 1st round on 27 January 1894. [1] The player with the most league appearances is Martin Hicks with a total of 500 from 1978 to 1991. [1] The most capped player is Kevin Doyle, who earned 26 for Ireland while at the club.
The highest transfer fee received for a Reading player is the £6.6 million 1899 Hoffenheim paid for Gylfi Sigurðsson on 31 August 2010. [117] [130] Gylfi Sigurðsson and Samúel Friðjónsson became the first players from the Reading academy to feature in a World Cup squad by being named by Iceland for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 95 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
Pages in category "Reading F.C. players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,057 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Supporters at a Reading match at Elm Park in 1913. In 1913, Reading toured Italy and beat Genoa 4–2 and AC Milan 5–0, narrowly lost 2–1 to Casale, before beating Italian champions Pro Vercelli 6–0 and the full Italy national team 2–0, prompting the leading sports newspaper Corriere della Sera to write "without doubt, Reading FC are the finest foreign team seen in Italy."
Reading Performance from 1920 until 2023. This is a list of seasons played by Reading F.C. in the English Football League. The team, established in 1871, competes in the Championship, the second football league in England. Established in 1871, the club first entered the FA Cup in 1878–79 but did not play league football until the 1920–21 ...