List_of_players_who_have_appeared_in_multiple_FIFA_World_Cups

List of players who have appeared in the most FIFA World Cups

List of players who have appeared in the most FIFA World Cups

List of players who have appeared in at least four FIFA World Cups


In the FIFA World Cup, the following male football players have made the most final tournament appearances.

Lionel Messi is the player with the most games played at the FIFA World Cup, and one of only six along with German Lothar Matthäus, Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and Mexicans Antonio Carbajal, Andrés Guardado, and Rafael Márquez to have entered the field in five different tournaments. Additionally, Matthäus, Messi, Ronaldo, Carbajal, Guardado, Márquez, Gianluigi Buffon, and Guillermo Ochoa are the only players to have made the final squad for five different tournaments.

Matches

The following players had caps in at least 15 World Cup final tournament matches, which requires a minimum of three World Cup appearances.[fr 1][fr 2]

More information Rank, Team ...
  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.
  3. Year in bold indicates the player won the tournament that year.

Tournaments

The following players have been included in their national squads for multiple World Cup final tournaments. Players with four or more squad inclusions are listed here.

More information Team, Player ...
  1. Name in bold indicates a player still active at international 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. Years in brackets indicate that the player was part of the squad but did not play in any matches.

See also


References

FIFA website

Player profiles
  1. Antonio CarbajalFIFA competition record (archived)
  2. Andrés GuardadoFIFA competition record (archived)
  3. Lothar MatthäusFIFA competition record (archived)
  4. Rafael MárquezFIFA competition record (archived)
  5. Lionel MessiFIFA competition record (archived)
  6. Cristiano RonaldoFIFA competition record (archived)
  7. Gianluigi BuffonFIFA competition record (archived)
  8. Guillermo OchoaFIFA competition record (archived)
  9. Sami Al-JaberFIFA competition record (archived)
  10. DaMarcus BeasleyFIFA competition record (archived)
  11. Valon BehramiFIFA competition record (archived)
  12. Giuseppe BergomiFIFA competition record (archived)
  13. Sergio BusquetsFIFA competition record (archived)
  14. Martín CáceresFIFA competition record (archived)
  15. CafuFIFA competition record (archived)
  16. Tim CahillFIFA competition record (archived)
  17. Denis CanizaFIFA competition record (archived)
  18. Fabio CannavaroFIFA competition record (archived)
  19. Iker CasillasFIFA competition record (archived)
  20. Edinson CavaniFIFA competition record (archived)
  21. Ángel Di MaríaFIFA competition record (archived)
  22. Samuel Eto'oFIFA competition record (archived)
  23. Diego GodínFIFA competition record (archived)
  24. Thierry HenryFIFA competition record (archived)
  25. XaviFIFA competition record (archived)
  26. Hong Myung-BoFIFA competition record (archived)
  27. Andrés IniestaFIFA competition record (archived)
  28. Miroslav KloseFIFA competition record (archived)
  29. Hugo LlorisFIFA competition record (archived)
  30. Paolo MaldiniFIFA competition record (archived)
  31. Diego MaradonaFIFA competition record (archived)
  32. Javier MascheranoFIFA competition record (archived)
  33. Luka ModrićFIFA competition record (archived)
  34. Héctor MorenoFIFA competition record (archived)
  35. Thomas MüllerFIFA competition record (archived)
  36. Yuto NagatomoFIFA competition record (archived)
  37. Manuel NeuerFIFA competition record (archived)
  38. PeléFIFA competition record (archived)
  39. PepeFIFA competition record (archived)
  40. Sergio RamosFIFA competition record (archived)
  41. Gianni RiveraFIFA competition record (archived)
  42. Pedro RochaFIFA competition record (archived)
  43. Djalma SantosFIFA competition record (archived)
  44. Karl-Heinz SchnellingerFIFA competition record (archived)
  45. Enzo ScifoFIFA competition record (archived)
  46. Uwe SeelerFIFA competition record (archived)
  47. Xherdan ShaqiriFIFA competition record (archived)
  48. Rigobert SongFIFA competition record (archived)
  49. Luis SuárezFIFA competition record (archived)
  50. Franky Van der ElstFIFA competition record (archived)
  51. Władysław ŻmudaFIFA competition record (archived)
  52. Andoni ZubizarretaFIFA competition record (archived)
  53. Mohamed Al-DeayeaFIFA competition record (archived)
  54. Bobby CharltonFIFA competition record (archived)
  55. Fernando HierroFIFA competition record (archived)
  56. Hwang Sun-HongFIFA competition record (archived)
  57. Eiji KawashimaFIFA competition record (archived)
  58. Lee Woon-jaeFIFA competition record (archived)
  59. Jim LeightonFIFA competition record (archived)
  60. Sepp MaierFIFA competition record (archived)
  61. Fernando MusleraFIFA competition record (archived)
  62. Claudio ReynaFIFA competition record (archived)
  63. RonaldoFIFA competition record (archived)
  64. Nílton SantosFIFA competition record (archived)
  65. Thiago SilvaFIFA competition record (archived)
  66. Marc WilmotsFIFA competition record (archived)
  67. Lev YashinFIFA competition record (archived)
  68. Dobromir ZhechevFIFA competition record (archived)
  69. Dino ZoffFIFA competition record (archived)
  70. Enrico AlbertosiFIFA competition record (archived)
  71. Oliver KahnFIFA competition record (archived)
  72. Yoshikatsu KawaguchiFIFA competition record (archived)
  73. Kasey KellerFIFA competition record (archived)
  74. LeãoFIFA competition record (archived)
  75. Mark MilliganFIFA competition record (archived)
  76. Jacques Songo'oFIFA competition record (archived)
  77. CastilhoFIFA competition record (archived)
  78. Seigo NarazakiFIFA competition record (archived)
  79. Pepe ReinaFIFA competition record (archived)
World Cup squad lists
  1. "Portugal v Spain 2018". Archived from the original on June 12, 2018.
  2. "Italy 1998". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
  3. "Saudi Arabia 2006". Archived from the original on December 20, 2013.
  4. "England 1958". Archived from the original on December 27, 2013.
  5. "Spain 1990". Archived from the original on December 27, 2013.
  6. "Korea Rep 1998". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
  7. "Korea Rep 2010". Archived from the original on December 21, 2013.
  8. "Scotland 1982". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
  9. "FR Germany 1966". Archived from the original on December 25, 2013.
  10. "USA 1994". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
  11. "Brazil 1994". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
  12. "Brazil 1950". Archived from the original on December 23, 2013.
  13. "Belgium 1990". Archived from the original on December 27, 2013.
  14. "Soviet Union 1970". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
  15. "Bulgaria 1974". Archived from the original on December 25, 2013.
  16. "Italy 1970". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
  17. "Italy 1962". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
  18. "Italy 1974". Archived from the original on December 25, 2013.
  19. "Germany 1994". Archived from the original on June 6, 2014.
  20. "Germany 1998". Archived from the original on June 6, 2014.
  21. "Japan 2002". Archived from the original on December 25, 2013.
  22. "Japan 2010". Archived from the original on December 21, 2013.
  23. "USA 1990". Archived from the original on December 27, 2013.
  24. "USA 2002". Archived from the original on December 25, 2013.
  25. "Brazil 1970". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
  26. "Brazil 1986". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
  27. "Cameroon 1990". Archived from the original on December 27, 2013.
  28. "Cameroon 2002". Archived from the original on December 25, 2013.
  29. "Brazil 1958". Archived from the original on December 27, 2013.
  30. "Brazil 1962". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
  31. "Japan 1998". Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
  32. "Japan 2006". Archived from the original on December 20, 2013.
Ranking of players by World Cup matches
  1. "FIFA World Cup Record: Players". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on October 20, 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  2. "World Cup - All-time appearances". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
2018 World Cup match lineups
  1. "Mexico v Germany". Archived from the original on June 12, 2018.
  2. "Mexico 2018". Archived from the original on May 28, 2018.
  3. "Argentina v Iceland 2018". Archived from the original on June 12, 2018.
  4. "Brazil v Switzerland". Archived from the original on June 12, 2018.
  5. "Australia v Peru". Archived from the original on June 12, 2018.

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