List of players who have appeared in multiple FIFA World Cups
In the FIFA World Cup, the following male 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] | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mexico | Antonio Carbajal | 5 | 5 | 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966 | [fp 1] |
Germany | Lothar Matthäus | 5 | 5 | 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 | [fp 2] |
Mexico | Rafael Márquez | 5 | 5 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 | [fp 3][fl 1] |
Italy | Gianluigi Buffon | 5 | 4 | (1998), 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 | [fp 4][fs 1] |
Saudi Arabia | Sami Al-Jaber | 4 | 4 | 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 | [fp 5] |
United States | DaMarcus Beasley | 4 | 4 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 | [fp 6] |
Switzerland | Valon Behrami | 4 | 4 | 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 | [fp 7][fl 2] |
Italy | Giuseppe Bergomi | 4 | 4 | 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998 | [fp 8] |
Brazil | Cafu | 4 | 4 | 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 | [fp 9] |
Australia | Tim Cahill | 4 | 4 | 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 | [fp 10][fl 3] |
Paraguay | Denis Caniza | 4 | 4 | 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 | [fp 11] |
Italy | Fabio Cannavaro | 4 | 4 | 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 | [fp 12] |
Spain | Iker Casillas | 4 | 4 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 | [fp 13] |
Cameroon | Samuel Eto'o | 4 | 4 | 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014 | [fp 14] |
Mexico | Andrés Guardado | 4 | 4 | 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 | [fp 15][fl 4] |
France | Thierry Henry | 4 | 4 | 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 | [fp 16] |
Spain | Xavi | 4 | 4 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 | [fp 17] |
South Korea | Hong Myung-bo | 4 | 4 | 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 | [fp 18] |
Spain | Andrés Iniesta | 4 | 4 | 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 | [fp 19][fs 2] |
Germany | Miroslav Klose | 4 | 4 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 | [fp 20] |
Italy | Paolo Maldini | 4 | 4 | 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 | [fp 21] |
Argentina | Diego Maradona | 4 | 4 | 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 | [fp 22] |
Argentina | Javier Mascherano | 4 | 4 | 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 | [fp 23][fl 5] |
Argentina | Lionel Messi | 4 | 4 | 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 | [fp 24][fl 5] |
Brazil | Pelé | 4 | 4 | 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970 | [fp 25] |
Spain | Sergio Ramos | 4 | 4 | 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 | [fp 26][fs 2] |
Italy | Gianni Rivera | 4 | 4 | 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974 | [fp 27] |
Uruguay | Pedro Rocha | 4 | 4 | 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974 | [fp 28] |
Portugal | Cristiano Ronaldo | 4 | 4 | 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 | [fp 29][fs 2] |
Brazil | Djalma Santos | 4 | 4 | 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966 | [fp 30] |
Germany | Karl-Heinz Schnellinger | 4 | 4 | 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970 | [fp 31] |
Belgium | Enzo Scifo | 4 | 4 | 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 | [fp 32] |
Germany | Uwe Seeler | 4 | 4 | 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970 | [fp 33] |
Cameroon | Rigobert Song | 4 | 4 | 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010 | [fp 34] |
Belgium | Franky Van Der Elst | 4 | 4 | 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 | [fp 35] |
Poland | Władysław Żmuda | 4 | 4 | 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986 | [fp 36] |
Spain | Andoni Zubizarreta | 4 | 4 | 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 | [fp 37] |
Saudi Arabia | Mohamed Al-Deayea | 4 | 3 | 1994, 1998, 2002, (2006) | [fp 38][fs 3] |
England | Bobby Charlton | 4 | 3 | (1958), 1962, 1966, 1970 | [fp 39][fs 4] |
Spain | Fernando Hierro | 4 | 3 | (1990), 1994, 1998, 2002 | [fp 40][fs 5] |
South Korea | Hwang Sun-hong | 4 | 3 | 1990, 1994, (1998), 2002 | [fp 41][fs 6] |
South Korea | Lee Woon-jae | 4 | 3 | 1994, 2002, 2006, (2010) | [fp 42][fs 7] |
Scotland | Jim Leighton | 4 | 3 | (1982), 1986, 1990, 1998 | [fp 43][fs 8] |
Germany | Sepp Maier | 4 | 3 | (1966), 1970, 1974, 1978 | [fp 44][fs 9] |
United States | Claudio Reyna | 4 | 3 | (1994), 1998, 2002, 2006 | [fp 45][fs 10] |
Brazil | Ronaldo | 4 | 3 | (1994), 1998, 2002, 2006 | [fp 46][fs 11] |
Brazil | Nílton Santos | 4 | 3 | (1950), 1954, 1958, 1962 | [fp 47][fs 12] |
Belgium | Marc Wilmots | 4 | 3 | (1990), 1994, 1998, 2002 | [fp 48][fs 13] |
Soviet Union | Lev Yashin | 4 | 3 | 1958, 1962, 1966, (1970) | [fp 49][fs 14] |
Bulgaria | Dobromir Zhechev | 4 | 3 | 1962, 1966, 1970, (1974) | [fp 50][fs 15] |
Italy | Dino Zoff | 4 | 3 | (1970), 1974, 1978, 1982 | [fp 51][fs 16] |
Italy | Enrico Albertosi | 4 | 2 | (1962), 1966, 1970, (1974) | [fp 52][fs 17][fs 18] |
Germany | Oliver Kahn | 4 | 2 | (1994), (1998), 2002, 2006 | [fp 53][fs 19][fs 20] |
Japan | Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | 4 | 2 | 1998, (2002), 2006, (2010) | [fp 54][fs 21][fs 22] |
United States | Kasey Keller | 4 | 2 | (1990), 1998, (2002), 2006 | [fp 55][fs 23][fs 24] |
Brazil | Émerson Leão | 4 | 2 | (1970), 1974, 1978, (1986) | [fp 56][fs 25][fs 26] |
Australia | Mark Milligan | 4 | 2 | (2006), (2010), 2014, 2018 | [fp 57] |
Mexico | Guillermo Ochoa | 4 | 2 | (2006), (2010), 2014, 2018 | [fp 58] |
Cameroon | Jacques Songo'o | 4 | 2 | (1990), 1994, 1998, (2002) | [fp 59][fs 27][fs 28] |
Brazil | Carlos José Castilho | 4 | 1 | (1950), 1954, (1958), (1962) | [fp 60][fs 12][fs 29][fs 30] |
Japan | Seigo Narazaki | 4 | 1 | (1998), 2002, (2006), (2010) | [fp 61][fs 31][fs 32][fs 22] |
Spain | Pepe Reina | 4 | 1 | (2006), (2010), 2014, (2018) | [fp 62] |
- ^ Name in bold indicates a player still active at international level.
- ^ Number of finals tournaments in which the player was part of the squad.
- ^ Number of finals tournaments in which the player played in at least one match.
- ^ Years in brackets indicate that the player was part of the squad but did not play in any matches.
Matches[]
The following players had caps in at least 15 matches, which requires a minimum of three World Cup appearances.[fr 1]
Team | Player[o 1] | Matches[o 2] | Tournaments |
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Germany | Lothar Matthäus | 25 | 1982, 86, 90, 94, 98 |
Germany | Miroslav Klose | 24 | 2002, 06, 10, 14 |
Italy | Paolo Maldini | 23 | 1990, 94, 98, 02 |
Argentina | Diego Maradona | 21 | 1982, 86, 90, 94 |
Germany | Uwe Seeler | 21 | 1958, 62, 66, 70 |
Poland | Władysław Żmuda | 21 | 1974, 78, 82, 86 |
Brazil | Cafu | 20 | 1994, 98, 02, 06 |
Germany | Philipp Lahm | 20 | 2006, 10, 14 |
Poland | Grzegorz Lato | 20 | 1974, 78, 82 |
Argentina | Javier Mascherano | 20 | 2006, 10, 14, 18 |
Germany | Bastian Schweinsteiger | 20 | 2006, 10, 14 |
Mexico | Rafael Márquez | 19 | 2002, 06, 10, 14, 18 |
Germany | Per Mertesacker | 19 | 2006, 10, 14 |
Argentina | Lionel Messi | 19 | 2006, 10, 14, 18 |
Germany | Wolfgang Overath | 19 | 1966, 70, 74 |
Brazil | Ronaldo | 19 | 1998, 02, 06 |
Germany | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | 19 | 1978, 82, 86 |
Germany | Berti Vogts | 19 | 1970, 74, 78 |
Germany | Franz Beckenbauer | 18 | 1966, 70, 74 |
Germany | Thomas Berthold | 18 | 1986, 90, 94 |
Italy | Antonio Cabrini | 18 | 1978, 82, 86 |
Italy | Fabio Cannavaro | 18 | 1998, 02, 06, 10 |
Brazil | Dunga | 18 | 1990, 94, 98 |
Argentina | Mario Kempes | 18 | 1974, 78, 82 |
Germany | Pierre Littbarski | 18 | 1982, 86, 90 |
Germany | Sepp Maier | 18 | 1970, 74, 78 |
Italy | Gaetano Scirea | 18 | 1978, 82, 86 |
Brazil | Cláudio Taffarel | 18 | 1990, 94, 98 |
France | Fabien Barthez | 17 | 1998, 02, 06 |
Spain | Iker Casillas | 17 | 2002, 06, 10, 14 |
France | Thierry Henry | 17 | 1998, 02, 06, 10 |
Germany | Jürgen Klinsmann | 17 | 1990, 94, 98 |
Brazil | Lúcio | 17 | 2002, 06, 10 |
Spain | Sergio Ramos | 17 | 2006, 10, 14, 18 |
Brazil | Roberto Carlos | 17 | 1998, 02, 06 |
Portugal | Cristiano Ronaldo | 17 | 2006, 10, 14, 18 |
Germany | Karl-Heinz Schnellinger | 17 | 1958, 62, 66, 70 |
Belgium | Enzo Scifo | 17 | 1986, 90, 94, 98 |
England | Peter Shilton | 17 | 1982, 86, 90 |
Netherlands | Wesley Sneijder | 17 | 2006, 10, 14 |
Netherlands | Robin van Persie | 17 | 2006, 10, 14 |
Italy | Dino Zoff | 17 | 1974, 78, 82 |
Italy | Roberto Baggio | 16 | 1990, 94, 98 |
Italy | Giuseppe Bergomi | 16 | 1982, 86, 90, 98 |
Poland | Zbigniew Boniek | 16 | 1978, 82, 86 |
Germany | Andreas Brehme | 16 | 1986, 90, 94 |
Belgium | Jan Ceulemans | 16 | 1982, 86, 90 |
Brazil | Jairzinho | 16 | 1966, 70, 74 |
Germany | Mesut Özil | 16 | 2010, 14, 18 |
Germany | Thomas Müller | 16 | 2010, 14, 18 |
Uruguay | Fernando Muslera | 16 | 2010, 14, 18 |
Germany | Manuel Neuer | 16 | 2010, 14, 18 |
Argentina | Oscar Ruggeri | 16 | 1986, 90, 94 |
Brazil | Gilberto Silva | 16 | 2002, 06, 10 |
France | Lilian Thuram | 16 | 1998, 02, 06 |
Spain | Andoni Zubizarreta | 16 | 1986, 90, 94, 98 |
Belgium | Franky Van der Elst | 16 | 1986, 90, 94, 98 |
South Korea | Hong Myung-Bo | 16 | 1990, 94, 98, 02 |
Brazil | Bebeto | 15 | 1990, 94, 98 |
France | Maxime Bossis | 15 | 1978, 82, 86 |
Brazil | Didi | 15 | 1954, 58, 62 |
Netherlands | Dirk Kuyt | 15 | 2006, 10, 14 |
Brazil | Nílton Santos | 15 | 1954, 58, 62 |
Germany | Lukas Podolski | 15 | 2006, 10, 14 |
Netherlands | Arjen Robben | 15 | 2006, 10, 14 |
Brazil | Rivellino | 15 | 1970, 74, 78 |
Germany | Hans Schäfer | 15 | 1954, 58, 62 |
Germany | Rudi Völler | 15 | 1986, 90, 94 |
Spain | Xavi | 15 | 2002, 06, 10, 14 |
See also[]
References[]
FIFA website[]
- Player profiles
- ^ Antonio Carbajal – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Lothar Matthäus – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Rafael Márquez – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Gianluigi Buffon – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Sami Al-Jaber – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ DaMarcus Beasley – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Valon Behrami – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Giuseppe Bergomi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Cafu – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Tim Cahill – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Denis Caniza – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Fabio Cannavaro – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Iker Casillas – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Samuel Etoo – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Andrés Guardado – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Thierry Henry – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Xavi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Hong Myung-Bo – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Andrés Iniesta – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Miroslav Klose – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Paolo Maldini – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Diego Maradona – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Javier Mascherano – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Lionel Messi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Pelé – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Sergio Ramos – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Gianni Rivera – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Pedro Rocha – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Cristiano Ronaldo – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Djalma Santos – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Karl-Heinz Schnellinger – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Enzo Scifo – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Uwe Seeler – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Rigobert Song – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Franky Van Der Elst – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Władysław Żmuda – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Andoni Zubizarreta – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Mohamed Al-Deayea – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Bobby Charlton – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Fernando Hierro – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Hwang Sun-Hong – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Lee Woon-Jae – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Jim Leighton – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Sepp Maier – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Claudio Reyna – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Ronaldo – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Nílton Santos – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Marc Wilmots – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Lev Yashin – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Dobromir Zhechev – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Dino Zoff – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Enrico Albertosi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Oliver Kahn – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Kasey Keller – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Leão – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Mark Milligan – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Guillermo Ochoa – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ O Jacques Songo – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Castilho – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Seigo Narazaki – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Pepe Reina – FIFA competition record (archived)
- World Cup squad lists
- ^ "Italy 1998". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Portugal v Spain 2018". Archived from the original on June 12, 2018.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia 2006". Archived from the original on December 20, 2013.
- ^ "England 1958". Archived from the original on December 27, 2013.
- ^ "Spain 1990". Archived from the original on December 27, 2013.
- ^ "Korea Rep 1998". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
- ^ "Korea Rep 2010". Archived from the original on December 21, 2013.
- ^ "Scotland 1982". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
- ^ "FR Germany 1966". Archived from the original on December 25, 2013.
- ^ "USA 1994". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
- ^ "Brazil 1994". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
- ^ a b "Brazil 1950". Archived from the original on December 23, 2013.
- ^ "Belgium 1990". Archived from the original on December 27, 2013.
- ^ "Soviet Union 1970". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
- ^ "Bulgaria 1974". Archived from the original on December 25, 2013.
- ^ "Italy 1970". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
- ^ "Italy 1962". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
- ^ "Italy 1974". Archived from the original on December 25, 2013.
- ^ "Germany 1994". Archived from the original on June 6, 2014.
- ^ "Germany 1998". Archived from the original on June 6, 2014.
- ^ "Japan 2002". Archived from the original on December 25, 2013.
- ^ a b "Japan 2010". Archived from the original on December 21, 2013.
- ^ "USA 1990". Archived from the original on December 27, 2013.
- ^ "USA 2002". Archived from the original on December 25, 2013.
- ^ "Brazil 1970". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
- ^ "Brazil 1986". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
- ^ "Cameroon 1990". Archived from the original on December 27, 2013.
- ^ "Cameroon 2002". Archived from the original on December 25, 2013.
- ^ "Brazil 1958". Archived from the original on December 27, 2013.
- ^ "Brazil 1962". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
- ^ "Japan 1998". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
- ^ "Japan 2006". Archived from the original on December 20, 2013.
- Ranking of players by World Cup matches
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Record: Players". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- 2018 World Cup match lineups
- ^ "Mexico 2018". Archived from the original on May 28, 2018.
- ^ "Brazil v Switzerland". Archived from the original on June 12, 2018.
- ^ "Australia v Peru". Archived from the original on June 12, 2018.
- ^ "Mexico v Germany". Archived from the original on June 12, 2018.
- ^ a b "Argentina v Iceland 2018". Archived from the original on June 12, 2018.
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