Casillas, Ronaldo, Buffon, Ibrahimović: caps and goals
Thursday, June 9, 2016
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Iker Casillas is the most capped European but who are the other players with the most appearances and goals among the 24 squads, and which others are yet to make their debuts?
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KEY STATS
- Last week Iker Casillas overtook Vitālijs Astafjevs as the most-capped European (167)
- Spain are the only team with four players on 100 caps or more
- Robbie Keane ahead of Zlatan Ibrahimović and Cristiano Ronaldo on goals scored
- Gianluigi Buffon and Cristiano Ronaldo hold UEFA EURO records and could add more
- Six players start the finals without having made their senior international debut
SEE THE 24 SQUADS
PREDICTED LINEUPS
WHERE DO THE PLAYERS RANK? PLAYER BAROMETER
WHICH CLUBS OR LEAGUE HAVE THE MOST PLAYERS AT THE FINALS?
APPEARANCES
Most caps
Iker Casillas (Spain) 167 – European record
Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) 157
Robbie Keane (Republic of Ireland) 143
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Ukraine) 143
Shay Given (Republic of Ireland) 134
Sergio Ramos (Spain) 132
Darijo Srna (Croatia) 130
Andreas Isaksson (Sweden) 130
Lukas Podolski (Germany) 127
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 126
World record: Ahmed Hassan (Egypt) 184
Squads with most players on 100+ caps
Spain 4
Czech Republic, Republic of Ireland, Sweden 3
Germany, Italy 2
Could reach 100 caps
David Silva (Spain) 99
Vasili Berezutski (Russia) 96
Nani (Portugal) 96
Lorik Cana (Albania) 93
Uncapped
Belgium: Christian Kabasele
France: Benoît Costil, Samuel Umtiti
Sweden: Patrik Carlgren*
Turkey: Harun Tekin
Ukraine: Mykyta Shevchenko
*Played in 3-0 win v Finland in January but match considered unofficial as more than seven substitutions made
Most UEFA EURO finals appearances
Iker Casillas (Spain) 14
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 14
Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) 13
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany) 13
Record: Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands) & Lilian Thuram (France) 16
Most UEFA EURO appearances inc qualifying
Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) 54 – record
Iker Casillas (Spain) 48)
Petr Čech (Czech Republic) 47
Robbie Keane (Republic of Ireland) 47
Sergei Ignashevich (Russia) 46
Andreas Isaksson (Sweden) 46
Kim Källström (Sweden) 46
Darijo Srna (Croatia) 43
GOALS
Most international goals
Robbie Keane (Republic of Ireland) 67
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden) 62
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 58
Wayne Rooney (England) 52
Lukas Podolski (Germany) 48
World record: Ali Daei (Iran) 109
European record: Ferenc Puskás (Hungary) 84
Most UEFA EURO finals goals
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden) 6
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 6
Wayne Rooney (England) 5
Record: Michel Platini (France) 9
UEFA EURO goals inc qualifying
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 26 – record
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden) 25
Robbie Keane (Republic of Ireland) 23