List_of_Brentford_F.C._international_players

List of Brentford F.C. international players

List of Brentford F.C. international players

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Brentford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Brentford, Hounslow, London. Between 1897 and 1920, the first team competed in the London League, Southern League and Western League.[1] Since 1920, the first team has competed in the Football League, the Premier League and other nationally and internationally organised competitions.[1] All players who won a full international cap while contracted to Brentford are listed below.

Central midfielder Mathias Jensen is Brentford's most-capped international player, with 30 caps for Denmark since 2020.

Records and notable players

Forward Halil Dervişoğlu is Brentford's record international goalscorer, with six goals for Turkey.

Joe Connor was the first Brentford player to be capped at international level, playing and scoring for Ireland in a 2–0 victory over Scotland in March 1903.[2] Mathias Jensen is Brentford's most-capped international player, with 30 caps for Denmark.[3][4] Halil Dervişoğlu has scored the most international goals while a Brentford player, with six for Turkey.[5] Kolbeinn Finnsson and Daniel O'Shaughnessy won senior caps for Iceland and Finland respectively,[6][7] without making a first team appearance for Brentford.[8][9] In March 2021, the total number of caps won by contracted Brentford players passed 200.[10]

In June 2018, Henrik Dalsgaard became Brentford's first contracted player to play at a major international tournament, when he started in Denmark's opening match at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[11] By 2024, Brentford players had also made appearances at the UEFA European Championship, the Africa Cup of Nations and the AFC Asian Cup.[12][13] In March 2023, Ivan Toney became the first Brentford player to be capped by England since Les Smith in May 1939.[14] The club record for players called up during an international break is 20,[15][16][17] with 16 winning caps.[18][19]

Current Brentford players who have been capped at full international level while contracted to the club are Kristoffer Ajer, Nathan Collins, Mikkel Damsgaard, Mark Flekken, Saman Ghoddos, Aaron Hickey, Mathias Jensen, Mathias Jørgensen, Bryan Mbeumo, Christian Nørgaard, Frank Onyeka, Ethan Pinnock, David Raya, Kevin Schade, Thomas Strakosha, Ivan Toney and Yoane Wissa.

Key

  • Appearance and goal totals for full internationals include all FIFA-sanctioned matches. Substitute appearances are included. Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded.
  • Statistics are correct as of matches played 26 March 2024.

Playing positions

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Players

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Other senior international appearances

Olympic Games/U23

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B international

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Wartime and Victory internationals

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Amateur

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Representative

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Other

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Youth international players

U21

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U20

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U19

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U18/Youth

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U17

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U16/Schoolboys

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U15

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Awards

Notes

  1. Match played as an U21 fixture.[92]
  2. Also capped by Czech Republic at Czech Republic U19 and U18 level while a Brentford player.[97][98]
  3. Also capped by Denmark at U20 level while a Brentford player.[100]
  4. Also capped by Denmark at U20 and U19 level while a Brentford player.[103][104]
  5. Also capped by England at U20 level while a Brentford player.[106]
  6. Also capped by Finland at U19 level while a Brentford player.[109]
  7. Also capped by Finland at U20 level while a Brentford player.[110]
  8. Also capped by Iceland at U19 level while a Brentford player.[114]
  9. Also capped by Latvia at U19 level while a Brentford player.[100]
  10. Also capped by Northern Ireland at U19 level while a Brentford player.[115]
  11. Also capped by Northern Ireland at U19 and U18 level while a Brentford player.[119]
  12. Also capped by Ukraine at U19 level while a Brentford player.[128]
  13. Also capped by Wales at U20 and U19 level while a Brentford player.[129][130]
  14. Also capped by Wales at U20 level while a Brentford player.[132]
  15. Also capped by England at U19 and U18 level while a Brentford player.[137][138]
  16. Also capped by England at U19 level while a Brentford player.[140]
  17. Also capped by Denmark at U18 level while a Brentford player.[145]
  18. Also capped by Denmark at U18 level while a Brentford player.[146]
  19. Also capped by Sweden at U17 level while a Brentford player.[100]

References

General
  • Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. ISBN 0955294916.
  • Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Harefield: Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.
Specific
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