Who is the most capped international footballer

Only a select few, however, can claim to have performed on the worldwide stage more than times. The number of players in the appearance charts is even lower. According to FIFA official documents, a total of players have participated in or more "A" international matches for their respective nation s as of 3 June With caps, Egypt's Ahmed Hassan owns the men's all-time appearance record.

In , England's Billy Wright became the first player to appear in international matches. In total, he played times for England, 90 of them as captain. With caps, Bader Al-Mutawa of Kuwait is currently the active player with the most international appearances. Here are the top ten, but be warned: this list does not include any world-famous footballers, but they have all earned their places on it.

Ahmed Hassan - caps Egypt. Ahmed Hassan is a former Egyptian footballer who played as a right-winger or attacking midfielder. With appearances for Egypt, he is the most capped international male footballer in history. Hassan has represented Egypt in eight Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, winning four times in , , , and He was selected captain in the tournament and scored four goals in six games, the tournament's second-highest individual goal total. After winning his second title and Egypt's fifth, he was awarded best player of the tournament, a distinction he repeated at the age of 34 in Hassan led Egypt to their sixth Africa Cup of Nations win in Bader Al-Mutawa - caps Kuwait.

Al-Mutawa is a Kuwaiti professional footballer who now represents Qadsia and the Kuwait national team as a second striker. With caps, he is presently the most-capped active international player, and if he continues to play, he would surpass Ahmed Hassan's record.

He has a total of 56 goals for his country and continues to do so. Ahmed Mubarak - caps Oman. Formiga, whose nickname means "ant," was born Miraildes Maciel Mota in the northeastern city of Salvador in At the time, it was still illegal for women in Brazil to play football, a sport deemed "incompatible with their nature" under a law that was repealed in The indefatigable midfielder is the only footballer in either the men's or women's game to play in seven World Cups , , , , , and Formiga also holds the records for the oldest World Cup player 41 years, in and oldest goal-scorer in the tournament 37 years, in The Middle East rules the world in terms of footballers with a ludicrous number of caps.

In at 13 is Egypt's veteran right-back Ahmed Fathy. His caps make him the country's fourth most-capped player in history, still quite a way behind Ahmed Hassan's world record. Sheffield United and Hull City fans may recall his brief stints at their clubs. Easily one of the best players to feature here.

A true journeyman currently turning out for his 15th club, Baihakki Khaizan has been a stalwart at the back for Singapore for the last 17 years. Another centre-back who debuted for his nation aged 19, he retired from international football in March , but came back later that year to take part in the World Cup qualifiers.

For the love of the game. One of the younger inclusions at just 32, Lionel Messi is arguably the greatest player ever to play the game, and he's so far played it times for the country he has already backtracked on retirement from twice.

Some say his international career is what lets him down. It may not be quite as mindblowing as Cristiano Ronaldo's, but you cannot be let down by having scored 70 goals from caps. A sporting legend in one of the world's smallest countries, Mifsud is a bit like Messi bear with in that he has also retired from international football and then returned a number of times.

By no means the best player that the United States has produced, and he would admit that himself, Bradley has mastered the simple but oh so effective facets of being a central midfielder, and he has more than caps for his nation to show for that.

He scored under the management of his father at the World Cup, and he is still going strong on the international scene a decade later. An infinity of words — and doing everything for the Spanish fans. Save for a brief spell with Finland's KooTeePee, the Flora Tallinn stalwart spent his entire club career in his homeland.

Later he was Estonia coach from — I guess that's all you need to know.