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Position Playing positions are listed according to the player's primary position while playing for the national team. [23]Caps and goals Caps and goals comprise those in the qualifying and final tournaments of the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship, as well as the Summer Olympics (pre-World War II), FIFA Confederations Cup, UEFA Nations League and international friendly matches.
The most players to be sent off in a single Germany match is three, against Uruguay on 3 June 1928: the German players Hans Kalb and Richard Hofmann were dismissed, in addition to the Uruguayan José Nasazzi. Two German players have been sent off after being brought on as a substitute: Ulf Kirsten and Bastian Schweinsteiger.
In association football, a cap is traditionally awarded in international football to a player making an official appearance for their national team. This article lists all men's football players who have played in 100 or more official international matches for a national football team according to association football's world governing body FIFA.
Position Playing positions are listed according to the player's primary position while playing for the national team. [4]Caps and goals Caps and goals comprise those in the qualifying and final tournaments of the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship, as well as the Summer Olympics (pre-World War II), FIFA Confederations Cup, UEFA Nations League and international friendly matches.
Most goals scored in a German championship match: Ernst Kalwitzki – 5 (18 June 1939, final) Internationals. First international cap as a Schalke 04 player: Ernst Kuzorra – 20 November 1927; Most international caps as a Schalke 04 player: Fritz Szepan – 34 (1929–1939) Most international goals as a Schalke 04 player: Adolf Urban – 11 ...
Matthäus is the most capped German player of all time, retiring with a total of 150 appearances (83 for West Germany) in 20 years, and 23 goals. Matthäus is a member of the FIFA 100 list of the greatest living football players chosen by Pelé . [ 2 ]
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.
Most capped German player: Andreas Möller, 85 Most caps gained while at Eintracht: Jürgen Grabowski , 44 First capped player: Fritz Becker (at Eintracht predecessor FC Frankfurter Kickers ) (for Germany v Switzerland , 3–5, 5 April 1908)