List of players who have appeared in multiple FIFA Women's World Cups

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In the FIFA Women's World Cup, the following female players have been named in the national team squad in at least four finals tournaments.

Tournaments[]

Team Player[n 1] In squad[n 2] Played[n 3] Tournaments[n 4]
 Brazil Formiga[1] 7 7 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 Japan Homare Sawa[2] 6 6 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 United States Kristine Lilly[3] 5 5 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
 Germany Birgit Prinz[3] 5 5 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011
 United States Christie Rampone[4] 5 5 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Brazil Cristiane 5 5 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 Brazil Marta 5 5 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 Canada Christine Sinclair 5 5 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 Nigeria Onome Ebi 5 5 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 Norway Bente Nordby[3] 5 4 (1991), 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
 Germany Nadine Angerer[5] 5 3 (1999), (2003), 2007, 2011, 2015
 Canada Karina LeBlanc[6] 5 2 (1999), 2003, (2007), 2011, (2015)
 China PR Sun Wen 4 4 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 Germany Bettina Wiegmann 4 4 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 Nigeria Florence Omagbemi 4 4 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 Nigeria Nkiru Okosieme 4 4 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 Norway Hege Riise 4 4 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 United States Joy Fawcett 4 4 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 United States Julie Foudy 4 4 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 United States Mia Hamm 4 4 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 Brazil Pretinha 4 4 1991, 1995, 1999, 2007
 Australia Cheryl Salisbury 4 4 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
 Brazil Tânia 4 4 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
 Canada Andrea Neil 4 4 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
 Germany Sandra Minnert 4 4 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
 Germany Sandra Smisek 4 4 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
 United States Briana Scurry 4 4 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
 Germany Ariane Hingst 4 4 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011
 Nigeria Stella Mbachu 4 4 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011
 Norway Solveig Gulbrandsen 4 4 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015
 Japan Kozue Ando 4 4 1999, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Australia Melissa Barbieri 4 4 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Brazil Rosana 4 4 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Canada Diana Matheson 4 4 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Canada Rhian Wilkinson 4 4 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Japan Aya Miyama 4 4 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Nigeria Precious Dede 4 4 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Nigeria Perpetua Nkwocha 4 4 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Norway Trine Rønning 4 4 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Sweden Therese Sjögran 4 4 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 United States Shannon Boxx[4] 4 4 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 United States Abby Wambach[4] 4 4 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Australia Lisa De Vanna 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 Canada Sophie Schmidt 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 England Karen Carney 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 England Jill Scott 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 New Zealand Katie Duncan[7] 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 New Zealand Abby Erceg[7] 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 New Zealand Annalie Longo[7] 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 New Zealand Ria Percival[7] 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 New Zealand Ali Riley[7] 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 Norway Isabell Herlovsen 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 Sweden Nilla Fischer 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 Sweden Hedvig Lindahl 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 Sweden Caroline Seger 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 United States Carli Lloyd 4 4 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 Brazil Kátia 4 3 (1995), 1999, 2003, 2007
 Nigeria Maureen Mmadu 4 3 1995, (1999), 2003, 2007
 Brazil Andréia 4 3 (1999), 2003, 2007, 2011
 Canada Erin McLeod 4 3 (2003), 2007, 2011, 2015
 Nigeria Faith Michael 4 3 (2003), 2007, 2011, 2019
 Australia Clare Polkinghorne 4 3 2007, 2011, (2015), 2019
 Australia Lydia Williams 4 3 (2007), 2011, 2015, 2019
 Japan Rumi Utsugi 4 3 2007, 2011, 2015, (2019)
 Japan Nozomi Yamago 4 2 1999, 2003, (2007), (2011)
 Japan Mizuho Sakaguchi 4 2 (2007), 2011, 2015, (2019)
 Brazil Bárbara 4 1 (2007), (2011), (2015), 2019
  1. ^ Name in bold indicates a player still active at club level.
  2. ^ Number of finals tournaments in which the player was part of the squad.
  3. ^ Number of finals tournaments in which the player played in at least one match.
  4. ^ Tournaments in round brackets: e.g., (1991): Part of the squad for the tournament, but did not play

Matches[]

The following players earned caps in at least 18 matches, which requires appearances at a minimum of three World Cup tournaments.[8]

Team Player[o 1] Matches[o 2] Tournaments
 United States Kristine Lilly 30 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
 Brazil Formiga 27 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 United States Abby Wambach 25 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 United States Carli Lloyd 25 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 United States Julie Foudy 24 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 Japan Homare Sawa 24 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Germany Birgit Prinz 24 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011
 United States Joy Fawcett 23 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 United States Mia Hamm 23 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 Norway Bente Nordby 22 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
 Norway Hege Riise 22 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 Germany Bettina Wiegmann 22 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 Brazil Cristiane 21 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 Canada Christine Sinclair 21 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 England Jill Scott 21 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 China PR Sun Wen 20 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003
 Brazil Marta 20 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 Sweden Hedvig Lindahl 20 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
 United States Briana Scurry 19 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007
 United States Christie Rampone 19 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 Norway Solveig Gulbrandsen 19 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015
 United States Carla Overbeck 18 1991, 1995, 1999
 United States Tiffeny Milbrett 18 1995, 1999, 2003
 Sweden Therese Sjögran 18 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
 United States Alex Morgan 18 2011, 2015, 2019
  1. ^ Name in bold indicates a player still active in international football.
  2. ^ Number of finals matches the player entered the field, not counting those as an unused substitute.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Brazil star Formiga sets seven-up World Cup record". 9 June 2019.
  2. ^ Kassouf, Jeff. "Sawa makes Japan roster for record 6th World Cup – Equalizer Soccer".
  3. ^ a b c http://www.soccerwire.com/news/nt/international-women/u-s-wnt-wraps-up-world-cup-send-off-series-tonight-vs-korea-republic/
  4. ^ a b c "Ellis Names U.S. Roster for 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Team". www.ussoccer.com.
  5. ^ Goldberg, Jamie (24 May 2015). "Portland Thorns goalkeeper Nadine Angerer officially named to Germany's World Cup roster". oregonlive.com.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 August 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ a b c d e "Teenagers turned veterans: Five Football Ferns set to play at their fourth World Cu". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Women World Cup: All-time appearances". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
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