List of Everton F.C. international players

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Everton Football Club, an association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, was founded in 1878 and competes in the top flight of English football the Premier League. Everton have a storied history winning nine League titles, five FA Cups and the European Cup Winners' Cup.

Players of the club can be called up to represent their national team and to date 234 players have played at senior international level whilst registered with the club.^[1] Everton's first international was Job Wilding who appeared for Wales against England on 14 March 1885. The most recent newly capped player is Ben Godfrey for England against Austria on 2 June 2021.

Countries (in blue) in which Everton players have been capped at international level.

Robert Warzycha became the first player from outside of the British Isles to represent his country, Poland in 1991 (Although some players born outside of the British Isles had played internationally for the club for Home Nation sides such as Pat Van Den Hauwe born in Belgium but representing Wales). Daniel Amokachi was the first non-European representative for Nigeria in 1993. ^[2]

Since 2016, Tim Howard holds the record for most caps won with 93 for United States of America, previously Neville Southall had held the record with 91 caps for Wales since the early 1990s.^[3]

Dixie Dean held the record for most international goals with 18 for England held from the 1930s, Tim Cahill matched this in 2012 for Australia.

34 individual Everton players have represented their countries at the World Cup. Alex Parker the first in 1958 for Scotland.^[4] At the most recent 2018 World Cup 3 Everton players represented 3 countries. Tim Cahill, representing Australia, is the only player to appear at more than one tournament.

Over 2600 caps for 39 countries have been earned by players while contracted to Everton.

The most Everton players to play in a single fixture was between Republic of Ireland and England on 7 June 2016 when five players (three for Ireland, two for England) appeared.

List of internationals[]

The following list includes only caps earned while contracted to Everton.

Three Everton players (Eglington, Farrell and Stevenson) were dual internationals for Ireland. Their caps are listed separately below but included only once in the total player count of 234.

The following list includes only caps earned while playing for Everton. This includes players on loan to Everton but not players out on loan to other sides. For example: Neville Southall earned 92 Wales caps while contracted to Everton, one of these was while on loan to Port Vale and thus is not included.

Updated as of fixtures played 4 September 2021

Name Country Caps Goals Years Walter Abbott  England 1 - 1902 Niclas Alexandersson  Sweden 23 2 2000–2003 Allan  Brazil 1 - 2020 Daniel Amokachi  Nigeria 6 2 1994–1995 Victor Anichebe  Nigeria 10 1 2008–2011 Smart Arridge  Wales 3 - 1894–1986 Christian Atsu  Ghana 13 3 2014–2015 Yakubu Ayegbeni  Nigeria 24 7 2008–2010 Leighton Baines  England 30 1 2010–2015 Ibrahima Bakayoko  Ivory Coast 4 1 1999 Alan Ball  England 39 6 1966–1971 Michael Ball  England 1 - 2001 William Balmer  England 1 - 1905 Ross Barkley  England 22 2 2013–2016 Nick Barmby  England 5 - 2000 John Bell  Scotland 3 1 1896–1898 Muhamed Besic  Bosnia and Herzegovina 21 - 2014–2020 Slaven Bilic  Croatia 14 2 1997–1999 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov  Russia 17 4 2009–2011 Billy Bingham  Northern Ireland 12 2 1960–1964 Jesper Blomqvist  Sweden 1 - 2002 Yannick Bolasie  DR Congo 8 1 2016–2020 Tom Booth  England 1 - 1903 Wally Boyes  England 2 - 1938 Paul Bracewell  England 3 - 1985 Dod Brewster  Scotland 1 - 1921 Cliff Britton  England 9 1 1934–1938 Tim Cahill  Australia 53 18 2004–2012 Dominic Calvert-Lewin  England 10 3 2020–2021 Lee Carsley  Republic of Ireland 21 - 2002–2008 Segundo Castillo  Ecuador 7 - 2008–2009 Edgar Chadwick  England 7 3 1891–1897 Sam Chedgzoy  England 8 - 1920–1924 Dave Clements  Northern Ireland 12 - 1973–1975 Tommy Clinton  Republic of Ireland 3 - 1951–1954 Seamus Coleman  Republic of Ireland 61 1 2011–2021 Bobby Collins  Scotland 6 3 1958–1959 John Collins  Scotland 6 1 1998–1999 John Connolly  Scotland 1 - 1973 Billy Cook  Ireland 12 - 1935–1939 Peter Corr  Republic of Ireland 4 - 1949 Tony Cottee  England 4 - 1988–1989 Jackie Coulter  Ireland 5 1 1934–1937 Warney Cresswell  England 1 - 1929 Jimmy Cunliffe  England 1 - 1936 Dai Davies  Wales 16 - 1975–1977 Joe Davies  Wales 2 - 1889 Llewellyn Davies  Wales 2 - 1889 Simon Davies  Wales 12 1 2005–2006 Stan Davies  Wales 3 1 1921 William "Dixie" Dean  England 16 18 1927–1932 Lucas Digne  France 21 - 2018–2021 Martin Dobson  England 1 - 1974 Don Donovan  Republic of Ireland 5 - 1954–1957 Landon Donovan  United States 1 - 2010 Dicky Downs  England 1 - 1920 Shane Duffy  Republic of Ireland 1 - 2014 Jimmy Dunn  Scotland 1 1 1928 Richard Dunne  Republic of Ireland 6 2 2000 Tommy Eglington *  Ireland 6 - 1946–1948 Tommy Eglington *  Republic of Ireland 22 2 1946–1955 Peter Farrell *  Ireland 7 - 1946–1949 Peter Farrell *  Republic of Ireland 26 3 1946–1957 Gareth Farrelly  Republic of Ireland 2 - 1998 Marouane Fellaini  Belgium 33 6 2008–2013 Duncan Ferguson  Scotland 3 - 1994–1997 Bert Freeman  England 2 1 1909 Ramio Funes Mori  Argentina 18 1 2015–2017 Jimmy Gabriel  Scotland 2 - 1960–1963 Fred Geary  England 2 3 1890–1891 Cecil Gee  England 3 - 1931, 1936 Albert Geldard  England 4 - 1933–1937 Scott Gemmill  Scotland 13 1 1999–2003 Darron Gibson  Republic of Ireland 10 - 2012–2016 Torry Gillick  Scotland 5 3 1937–1938 Ben Godfrey  England 2 - 2021 Thomas Gravesen  Denmark 44 5 2000–2004 Andy Gray  Scotland 1 - 1985 Phil Griffiths  Wales 1 - 1931 Thomas Griffiths  Wales 8 1 1927–1931 Idrissa Gueye Senegal 32 4 2016–2019 Brian Hamilton  Northern Ireland 11 - 1976–1977 Harold Hardman  England 4 1 1905–1908 Val Harris  Ireland 14 - 1909–1914 George Harrison  England 2 - 1921 Asa Hartford  Scotland 8 1 1979, 1981 Colin Harvey  England 1 - 1971 Johnny Heitinga  Netherlands 40 1 2009–2013 Jimmy Hill  Northern Ireland 3 - 1963 Andy Hinchcliffe  England 4 - 1996–1997 Barry Horne  Wales 23 - 1992–1996 Johnny Holt  England 9 - 1890–1895 Marc Hottiger   Switzerland 7 - 1996 Johnny Houston  Ireland 3 - 1913–1914 Ben Howard Baker  England 1 - 1921 Tim Howard  United States 93 - 2007–2016 Bob Howarth  England 1 - 1894 Teddy Hughes  Wales 2 - 1899 Jack Humphreys  Wales 1 - 1947 Don Hutchison  Scotland 10 5 1999–2000 Bobby Irvine  Ireland 11 3 1922–1928 Alex Iwobi  Nigeria 12 3 2019–2021 Tommy Jackson  Northern Ireland 6 - 1968–1969 Lars Jacobsen  Denmark 6 - 2008–2009 Phil Jagielka  England 40 3 2008–2016 Frank Jefferis  England 2 - 1912 Nikica Jelavic  Croatia 13 3 2012–2013 Pat Jennings  Northern Ireland 1 - 1986 Andy Johnson  England 6 - 2006–2007 Tommy Johnson  England 3 2 1931–1932 T. G. Jones  Wales 17 - 1938–1949 Robert Jones  Wales 1 - 1894 Andrei Kanchelskis  Russia 16 3 1995–1996 Tony Kay  England 1 1 1963 Moise Kean  Italy 2 - 2020 Michael Keane  England 10 1 2017–2020 Joe Kendrick  Republic of Ireland 1 - 1927 Martin Keown  England 9 1 1992 Kevin Kilbane  Republic of Ireland 24 1 2003–2006 Joshua King  Norway 3 - 2021 Davy Klaassen  Netherlands 2 - 2017 Bill Lacey  Ireland 10 1 1909–1912 Brian Labone  England 26 - 1962–1970 Bob Latchford  England 12 5 1977–1979 Shayne Lavery  Northern Ireland 1 - 2018 Tommy Lawton  England 8 6 1938–1939 Joleon Lescott  England 7 - 2007–2009 Tie Li  China PR 6 - 2003–2006 Anders Limpar  Sweden 11 1 1994–1996 Tobias Linderoth  Sweden 23 - 2002–2004 Gary Lineker  England 11 9 1985–1986 Romelu Lukaku  Belgium 31 15 2013–2017 Harry Makepeace  England 4 - 1906–1912 Cuco Martina  Curaçao 4 - 2017–2018 Neil McBain  Scotland 2 - 1923 Stuart McCall  Scotland 11 1 1990–1991 James McCarthy  Republic of Ireland 25 - 2013–2016 Alex McCartney  Ireland 2 - 1905 Jim McDonagh  Republic of Ireland 4 - 1981 James McFadden  Scotland 33 12 2003–2007 Aiden McGeady  Republic of Ireland 21 2 2014–2017 Mick Meagan  Republic of Ireland 4 - 1961–1964 Joe Mercer  England 5 - 1938–1939 Yerry Mina  Colombia 20 1 2019–2021 Kevin Mirallas  Belgium 30 5 2012–2017 Joe-Max Moore  United States 22 4 2010 Ján Mucha  Slovakia 16 - 2010–2012 Thomas Myhre  Norway 20 - 1998–2001 Steven Naismith  Scotland 26 4 2012–2015 Gary Naysmith  Scotland 32 1 2001–2007 Lucas Neil  Australia 3 - 2009 Phil Neville  England 7 - 2006–2007 Pat Nevin  Scotland 8 1 1989–1992 Keith Newton  England 8 - 1970 Oumar Niasse  Senegal 3 1 2016–2018 Alex Nyarko  Ghana 1 - 2000 Eamonn O'Keefe  Republic of Ireland 1 - 1981 Robin Olsen  Sweden 10 - 2020–2021 Jimmy O'Neill  Republic of Ireland 17 - 1952–1959 Henry Onyekuru  Nigeria 1 - 2019 Leon Osman  England 2 - 2012–2013 John Oster  Wales 3 - 1997–1998 Bryan Oviedo  Costa Rica 14 - 2012–2016 Alex Parker  Scotland 1 - 1958 Charlie Parry  Wales 6 - 1891–1895 Mark Pembridge  Wales 16 1 1999–2003 Gerry Peyton  Republic of Ireland 4 - 1992 Terry Phelan  Republic of Ireland 3 - 1997 Fred Pickering  England 3 5 1964 Jordan Pickford  England 38 - 2017–2021 Steven Pienaar  South Africa 36 - 2007–2012 Aubrey Powell  Wales 2 - 1948–1949 Tomasz Radzinski  Canada 9 6 2001–2004 Kevin Ratcliffe  Wales 58 - 1980–1991 Peter Reid  England 13 - 1985–1988 Richarlison  Brazil 32 10 2018–2021 Bruce Rioch  Scotland 6 - 1977 Antonee Robinson  United States 2 - 2018–2019 Jacky Robertson  Scotland 1 - 1898 Jack Rodwell  England 2 - 2011 James Rodriguez  Colombia 4 1 2020 Wayne Rooney  England 17 9 2003–2004 Dick Roose  Wales 2 - 1905 Joe Royle  England 2 1 1971–1972 Ted Sagar  England 4 - 1935–1936 Louis Saha  France 1 - 2010 Alex Scott  Scotland 5 - 1963–1966 Billy Scott  Ireland 16 - 1905–1912 Peter Scott  Northern Ireland 2 - 1975 Jimmy Settle  England 4 - 1935–1936 Graeme Sharp  Scotland 12 1 1985–1988 Jack Sharp  England 2 1 1903–1905 Kevin Sheedy  Republic of Ireland 42 7 1983–1992 James Sheridan  Ireland 5 2 1903–1904 Gylfi Sigurdsson  Iceland 28 10 2017–2020 David Smallman  Wales 4 - 1975 Neville Southall  Wales 91 - 1982–1997 Gary Speed  Wales 9 1 1996–1997 Maarten Stekelenburg  Netherlands 4 - 2016 Trevor Steven  England 25 3 1985–1989 Gary Stevens  England 26 - 1985–1988 Alex Stevenson *  Ireland 14 5 1934–1947 Alex Stevenson *  Republic of Ireland 6 - 1946–1948 John Stones  England 10 - 2014–2016 Idan Tal  Israel 11 3 2000–2003 Derek Temple  England 1 - 1965 Mickey Thomas  Wales 1 - 1981 Jock Thomson  Scotland 1 - 1932 Claus Thomsen  Denmark 4 - 1997 Cenk Tosun  Turkey 20 10 2018–2020 Alex Troup  Scotland 1 - 1926 Nuno Valente  Portugal 15 - 2005–2006 David Unsworth  England 1 - 1995 Enner Valencia  Ecuador 9 5 2016–2017 Pat Van Den Hauwe  Wales 13 - 1985–1989 Roy Vernon  Wales 13 1 1960–1963 Nikola Vlasic  Croatia 1 - 2017 Mickey Walsh  Republic of Ireland 1 - 1978 Mike Walsh  Republic of Ireland 4 - 1982 Robert Warzycha  Poland 17 1 1991–1993 Dave Watson  England 6 - 1986–1988 David Weir  Scotland 43 1 1999–2006 Gordon West  England 3 - 1968–1969 Tommy White  England 1 - 1933 Norman Whiteside  Northern Ireland 2 1 1989 Job Wilding  Wales 2 1 1886 Ashley Williams  Wales 15 - 2016–2019 Ben Williams  Wales 6 - 1931–1935  Scotland 1 - 1907 Ian Wilson  Scotland 3 - 1987 Ray Wilson  England 33 - 1965–1968 Sam Wolstenholme  England 1 - 1904 George Wood  Scotland 3 - 1987 Tommy Wright  England 11 - 1968–1970 Abel Xavier  Portugal 7 1 1999–2001 Joseph Yobo  Nigeria 55 6 2008–2011 Alex Young  Scotland 2 2 1961–1966 Alex 'Sandy' Young  Scotland 2 - 1905–1907 Kurt Zouma  France 1 - 2018

Country Players Caps Goals First Last  England 70 567 92 1890 2021  Wales 28 331 7 1886 2019  Republic of Ireland 25 318 18 1946 2021  Scotland 32 253 39 1896 2017  United States 4 118 4 1999 2019  Nigeria 6 108 19 1994 2021  Ireland 12 105 12 1903 1947  Belgium 3 94 26 2008 2017  Sweden 5 66 3 1994 2021  Australia 2 56 18 2004 2012  Denmark 3 54 5 1997 2004  Northern Ireland 9 50 3 1960 2018  Netherlands 3 46 1 2009 2017  South Africa 1 36 - 2007 2012  Senegal 2 35 5 2016 2019  Brazil 2 33 10 2018 2021  Russia 2 33 7 1995 2011  Croatia 3 28 5 1997 2007  Iceland 1 28 10 2017 2020  France 3 23 - 2010 2021  Norway 1 23 - 1998 2021  Portugal 2 22 1 1999 2006  Colombia 2 24 2 2019 2021  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 21 - 2014 2020  Turkey 1 20 10 2018 2020  Argentina 1 18 1 2015 2017  Poland 1 17 1 1991 1993  Ecuador 2 16 5 2008 2017  Slovakia 1 16 - 2010 2012  Ghana 2 14 3 2000 2014  Costa Rica 1 14 - 2012 2016  Israel 1 11 3 2000 2002  Canada 1 9 6 2001 2004  DR Congo 1 8 1 2016 2020   Switzerland 1 7 - 1996 1996  China PR 1 6 - 2003 2006  Ivory Coast 1 4 1 1999 1999  Curaçao 1 4 - 2017 2018  Italy 1 2 - 2020 2020 Total * (minus 3 Irish dual players) 237 2640 318 Tim Howard is Everton's most capped international making 93 appearances for USA. Tim Cahill holds the joint record with Dixie Dean for most international goals of 18 scored for Australia Neville Southall was Wales most capped international until 2018. He made 92 appearances, 91 while playing for Everton in the 1980s and 1990s. Fred Geary (along with Johnny Holt) was the first Everton player to represent England in 1890.

World Cup players[]

The following were part of World Cup squads while playing for Everton.

Johnny Heitinga was runners-up for the Netherlands at the 2010 World Cup

Tournament	Players
World Cup 1958	Alex Parker, Roy Vernon
World Cup 1966	Ray Wilson
World Cup 1970	Alan Ball, Brian Labone, Keith Newton, Tommy Wright
World Cup 1986	Gary Lineker, Peter Reid, Graeme Sharp, Trevor Steven, Gary Stevens
World Cup 1990	Stuart McCall, Kevin Sheedy
World Cup 1994	Anders Limpar
World Cup 1998	Slaven Bilic
World Cup 2002	Niclas Alexandersson, Lee Carsley, Thomas Gravesen, Tobias Linderoth, Joe-Max Moore
World Cup 2006	Tim Cahill, Nuno Valente
World Cup 2010	Yakubu, Tim Cahill, Johnny Heitinga, Steven Pienaar, Joseph Yobo
World Cup 2014	Leighton Baines, Ross Barkley, Tim Howard, Phil Jagielka, Kevin Mirallas
World Cup 2018	Idrissa Gueye, Jordan Pickford, Gylfi Sigurdsson

AFC Asian Cup[]

The following were part of Asian Cup squads while playing for Everton.

Tournament	Players
2007 Asian Cup	Tim Cahill
2011 Asian Cup	Tim Cahill

CAF Africa Cup of Nations[]

The following were part of African Cup of Nations squads while playing for Everton.

Tournament	Players
2004 Africa Cup of Nations	Joseph Yobo
2006 Africa Cup of Nations	Joseph Yobo
2008 Africa Cup of Nations	Yakubu, Steven Pienaar, Joseph Yobo
2010 Africa Cup of Nations	Yakubu, Joseph Yobo
2015 Africa Cup of Nations	Christian Atsu
2017 Africa Cup of Nations	Idrissa Gueye
2019 Africa Cup of Nations	Idrissa Gueye, Henry Onyekuru

CONCACAF Gold Cup[]

The following were part of Gold Cup squads while playing for Everton.

Tournament	Players
2007 Gold Cup	Tim Howard
2011 Gold Cup	Tim Howard
2019 Gold Cup	Cuco Martina

CONEBOL Copa America[]

The following were part of Copa America squads while playing for Everton.

Tournament	Players
2016 Copa America	Ramiro Funes Mori, Tim Howard, Bryan Oviedo
2019 Copa America	Richarlison
2021 Copa America	Yerry Mina Richarlison

UEFA European Championship[]

The following were part of European Championship squads while playing for Everton.

Tournament	Players
UEFA Euro 1968	Alan Ball, Brian Labone, Ray Wilson, Tommy Wright
UEFA Euro 1988	Kevin Sheedy, Trevor Steven, Gary Stevens, Dave Watson
UEFA Euro 1992	Martin Keown, Pat Nevin
UEFA Euro 1996	Marc Hottiger, Andrei Kanchelskis
UEFA Euro 2000	Nick Barmby, Thomas Myhre, Abel Xavier
UEFA Euro 2004	Thomas Gravesen, Tobias Linderoth, Wayne Rooney
UEFA Euro 2012	Nikica Jelavic, Johnny Heitinga
UEFA Euro 2016	Seamus Coleman, Romelu Lukaku, James McCarthy, Aiden McGeady
UEFA Euro 2020	Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Lucas Digne, Robin Olsen, Jordan Pickford

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