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This list summarizes women's
association football
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players with 100 or more international
appearances.
As of 15 November 2022, a total of 394 women have played 100 or more international matches for their respective nations. The all-time leader in senior
caps
Caps are flat headgear.
Caps or CAPS may also refer to:
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Kristine Lilly
Kristine Marie Lilly Heavey (; born July 22, 1971) is an American retired soccer player. She was a member of the United States women's national team for 23 years and is the most-capped football player in the history of the sport (men's or wome ...
of the
United States
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, had 354 caps and retired from international football on 6 January 2011.
The currently active most-capped women's international football player is
Christine Sinclair of
Canada
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, with 319 caps.
Three American players, Kristine Lilly,
Carli Lloyd and
Christie Pearce
Christie Patricia Pearce (formerly Rampone; born June 24, 1975) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defender. She is the former captain of the United States national team. Pearce is a three-time Olympic gold medali ...
, and one from
Canada
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, Christine Sinclair, have 300 or more caps. In total, 26 players — twelve of them American; three from
Canada
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; two each from
China, and
Sweden; and one each from
Brazil
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Germany
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Italy
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Japan,
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Scotland
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— have 200 or more caps.
FIFA criteria
FIFA recognises only matches played within the
FIFA World Cup
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(including qualifying competitions), continental competitions (including qualifiers),
friendly matches
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between senior national teams and Olympic final and qualifying matches played up to and including 1960 (with certain exceptions) as
international "A" matches. This affects some players who were formerly included in FIFA's 'Century Club'. Therefore, the records established by the associations with regard to these players may differ from the FIFA Century Club.
As FIFA recognises the
Great Britain women's Olympic football team
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, these appearances are included. FIFA does not recognise the
Catalonia women's national football team, and so these appearances are not included.
Caps
The names of currently active players are in bold.
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Most women with 100 or more caps by country
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Most women with 100 or more caps by Confederations
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See also
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List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals
In total, 76 male footballers to date have scored at least 50 goals with their national team at senior level, according to FIFA documents and RSSSF statistics. Since October 2021, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been also publish ...
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List of men's footballers with the most official appearances
This is a list of footballers who have played at least 1,000 official football matches at all age levels: regarding junior levels, only the matches with national teams are counted, because such data for club levels cannot be found for the majo ...
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List of footballers with 500 or more goals
In top-level football competitions, 23 players have scored 500 or more goals over the course of their career in both club and international football, according to research by the , first published in 2007. Taking into account competitions of ...
References
External links
FIFA Century Club (women)updated 9 February 2011
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