In men's

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, a

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is traditionally awarded in international football to a player making an official match appearance for their national team. In total, over 600 players have played in 100 or more international matches. The record is held jointly by Bader Al-Mutawa of

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and

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, who both made their 196th appearance in 2022. The record was previously held by

Soh Chin Ann Datuk Wira Soh Chin Ann (or Soh Chin Aun due to misspelling by Malaysian media; ; born 28 July 1950) is a Malaysian former footballer. He was affectionately known as ''Tauke'' or '' Towkay'' ( en, Boss) by his teammates and fans. RSSSF and I ...

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, with 195 of his 222 appearances being ratified as official. The discrepancy is due to FIFA, the international football governing body, not recognising matches such as those within the

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and those not categorised as 'A' matches. The first men's footballer to play in 100 international matches was Billy Wright of

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in 1959, finishing with 105 caps.

Caps

: Players that are still active with their national teams are highlighted in bold. : This list is sorted by FIFA's recognition of international caps, discounting appearances in the Olympic Games or friendlies that do not adhere to FIFA's definition of an international 'A' match. ;Notes : Australia joined the AFC from the OFC on 1 January 2006 when Mark Schwarzer had 36 caps and Tim Cahill had 14 caps. :

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, Marvin Andrews,

Bashar Bani Yaseen Bashar Mustafa Bani Yaseen ( ar, بشار مصطفى بني ياسين; born 1 June 1977) is a retired Jordanian footballer who played as a defender. International career Bashar began his career as a left back, but later played as a central d ...

Lakhdar Belloumi Lakhdar Belloumi ( ar, لخضر بلومي; born on 29 December 1958) is an Algerian former football player and manager. He is widely considered as the best Algerian player of all time and one of the best players in Africa. He is said to have inv ...

Oleg Blokhin Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin ( uk, Оле́г Володи́мирович Блохі́н, rus, Оле́г Влади́мирович Блохи́н; born 5 November 1952), is a former Ukrainian and Soviet footbal ...

, József Bozsik, Durrant Brown,

Choi Soon-ho Choi Soon-ho (Hangul: 최순호; Hanja: 崔淳鎬; born 10 January 1962) is a former South Korean football manager and player. International career Choi was named in the South Korean squad for the 1980 AFC Asian Cup. He scored seven goals ...

, Alex Chola, Hans-Jürgen Dörner, Rashid Al-Dosari,

Falah Hassan Falah Hassan ( ar, فلاح حسن, born 1 July 1951) is a former Iraqi international football player, and current president of Al-Zawraa Sport Club in Baghdad. Early life Falah Hassan was born in 1951 in the village of Mimouna, in a district of ...

, Ari Hjelm,

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, Emmanuel Kundé, Grzegorz Lato, Borislav Mihaylov,

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, Felix Nyirongo,

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, Piyapong Pue-on, Hosny Abd Rabo, Ahmed Radhi, Donovan Ricketts,

Hussein Saeed Hussein Saeed Mohammed ( ar, حسين سعيد محمد, born 21 January 1958) is an Iraqi former footballer who played as a forward for the Iraqi Premier League club Al-Talaba and the Iraqi national team and is a former president of the Iraq ...

, Abdulwahab Al-Safi, Joachim Streich, Jermaine Taylor, Andris Vaņins,

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, Andy Williams, Rabie Yassin and

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all appeared in over a hundred games for their countries however some of these appearances were not in official games therefore they do not reach the threshold of a hundred caps for FIFA and are not included in this table.

Players by nation

Players by confederation

;Notes : The most capped men's footballer from the OFC is Ivan Vicelich of

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with 88 caps.

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* Men's over 100 caps Career achievements of association football players

Caps

Players by nation

Players by confederation

See also

Notes

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