Famous Football Players
Who invented football asks, who do you think were, or are the best footballers ever? - Well,that is difficult for anyone to answer. All we can go off are facts and figures so we have decided to go off the most capped players of all time to settle this argument.
Did you know the most capped player of all time is Mohamed Al-Deayea of Saudi Arabia! with 181 FIFA Official caps to his name?. He was born August 2, 1972 and is a Saudi Arabian goalkeeper. He played in four World Cups for the Saudi Arabia national team, and as of November 2008, he is the world record holder for most international appearances by a male footballer, with 181 caps for Saudi Arabia, an amazing accomplishment.
Here are the top 25 most capped players of all time:
Top 25
The asterisk (*) indicates that the FIFA official caps stated differ from some national statistics.
| Pos |
Name |
Country |
Comp |
Caps |
1st Cap |
Last |
1 |
Mohamed Al-Deayea |
Saudi Arabia |
AFC |
181 |
24/09/1990 |
11/05/2006 |
2 |
Claudio Suárez |
Mexico |
CONCACAF |
177* |
25/07/1992 |
01/06/2006 |
3 |
Hossam Hassan |
Egypt |
CAF |
169 |
10/09/1985 |
07/02/2006 |
4 |
Adnan Al-Talyani |
United Arab Emirates |
AFC |
164 |
10/03/1984 |
17/12/1997 |
| Cobi Jones |
United States |
CONCACAF |
164 |
03/09/1992 |
09/10/2004 |
6 |
Sami Al-Jaber |
Saudi Arabia |
AFC |
163 |
15/10/1992 |
23/06/2006 |
7 |
Martin Reim |
Estonia |
UEFA |
156 |
03/06/1992 |
17/11/2007 |
8 |
Iván Hurtado |
Ecuador |
CONMEBOL |
155 |
24/05/1992 |
16/10/2008 |
9 |
Vitalijs Astafjevs |
Latvia |
UEFA |
150 |
26/08/1992 |
12/11/2008 |
| Lothar Matthäus |
West Germany
Germany |
UEFA |
150 |
14/06/1980 |
20/06/2000 |
11 |
Ali Daei |
Iran |
AFC |
149 |
06/06/1993 |
21/06/2006 |
12 |
Ahmed Hassan |
Egypt |
CAF |
145 |
29/12/1995 |
12/10/2008 |
13 |
Pável Pardo |
Mexico |
CONCACAF |
144* |
31/08/1996 |
19/11/2008 |
14 |
Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi |
Saudi Arabia |
AFC |
143 |
24/09/1990 |
05/10/2001 |
| Marko Kristal |
Estonia |
UEFA |
143 |
03/06/1992 |
20/04/2005 |
| Thomas Ravelli |
Sweden |
UEFA |
143 |
15/02/1981 |
11/10/1997 |
17 |
Cafu |
Brazil |
CONMEBOL |
142 |
12/09/1990 |
01/07/2006 |
| Lilian Thuram |
France |
UEFA |
142 |
17/08/1994 |
13/06/2008 |
19 |
Majed Abdullah |
Saudi Arabia |
AFC |
139 |
04/05/1978 |
29/06/1994 |
20 |
Hong Myung-Bo |
Korea Republic |
AFC |
136 |
04/02/1990 |
20/11/2002 |
21 |
Bashar Abdullah |
Kuwait |
AFC |
134 |
16/03/1996 |
12/06/2007 |
| Jeff Agoos |
United States |
CONCACAF |
134 |
10/01/1988 |
26/05/2003 |
| Dorinel Munteanu |
Romania |
UEFA |
134 |
23/05/1991 |
12/09/2007 |
24 |
Javier Zanetti |
Argentina |
CONMEBOL |
131 |
16/11/1994 |
19/11/2008 |
25 |
Edwin van der Sar |
Netherlands |
UEFA |
130 |
07/06/1995 |
15/10/2008 |
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