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Appearances made in youth football are not deemed to be official. War-time results are also excluded if they were later regarded as unofficial by the relevant Football Association(s); if they were included, Billy Meredith would be the first ever player to have played in 1,000 official matches, [1] and Stanley Matthews would also make the list. [2]
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. In total, 628 men's footballers from 114 nationalities have officially played in 100 or more international matches.
Taking into account competitions of all levels, 79 players have reached the milestone, according to research by the RSSSF, [3] an organisation described by German newspaper Der Spiegel as a "Wikipedia of football statistics". [4] Hungarian Imre Schlosser was the first to reach the 500-goal mark, doing so in 1927 shortly before his retirement. [5]
#5. Jamaica - Active players: 3 - Total players (past and present): 42. Jamaica has frequently been represented on NFL rosters. The Caribbean country is the birthplace of three active players ...
Players in bold are still active at international level. Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation. Rank is a count of the 211 FIFA nations. Fourteen nations (Azerbaijan, Bermuda, Brunei, Bulgaria, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Faroe Islands, Puerto Rico, Romania, Scotland, South Sudan, United States and U.S. Virgin Islands) have a pair of players tied ...
Competition with most clubs participated in total: +20,000 – Copa Perú [199] [note 54] Football League with less clubs: 2 – Isles of Scilly Football League [201] [202] [note 55] Football League with most clubs: +100 – Cape Verdean Football Championship [note 56] Shortest National Championship: 7 days – Greenlandic Football Championship ...
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the ... An extended study held in Italy between 1975 and 2003 on a total of 5.389 players, ...
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has the highest number of footballers who scored at least 50 international goals, with 35 players. [3] Egypt is the only African team with more than one player who has scored at least 50 international goals, after Mohamed Salah achieved the feat on 24 March 2023. [4] [5]