International Eligibility & Player Data
Tag
Football defenders
All international football defenders in the ScoutBase database, ranked by senior caps. Covers every era and confederation.
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PLAYER
POS
DOB
CLUB
SINCE
MASMAS
Chin Ann Soh
DF
28.07.1959 (66)
Retired
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MASMAS
M. Viatilingam
DF
1952 (†)
Deceased
—
HONHON
Maynor Figueroa
DF
02.05.1983 (43)
Retired
—
ESPESP
Sergio Ramos
DF
30.03.1986 (40)
Free Agent
—
ECUECU
Iván Hurtado
DF
16.08.1974 (51)
Retired
—
KSAKSA
Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
DF
21.08.1971 (†)
Deceased
—
BHRBHR
Mohammed Husain
DF
31.07.1980 (45)
Retired
—
CHICHI
Gary Medel
DF
03.08.1987 (38)
CHI Universidad Católica
2025
URUURU
Diego Godín
DF
16.02.1986 (40)
URU Porongos
2024
MWIMWI
Young Chimodzi
DF
01.08.1961 (64)
Retired
—
BELBEL
Jan Vertonghen
DF
24.04.1987 (39)
Retired
—
GERGER
Lothar Matthäus
DF
21.03.1961 (65)
Retired
—
PARPAR
Paulo da Silva
DF
01.02.1980 (46)
Retired
—
IRNIRN
Javad Nekounam
DF
12.12.1980 (45)
Retired
—
MEXMEX
Rafael Márquez
DF
13.02.1979 (47)
Retired
—
JPNJPN
Yuto Nagatomo
DF
12.09.1986 (39)
JPN FC Tokyo
2021
CHICHI
Mauricio Isla
DF
12.06.1988 (38)
Free Agent
—
SUISUI
Ricardo Rodriguez
DF
25.08.1992 (33)
Free Agent
—
BRABRA
Cafu
DF
07.06.1970 (56)
Retired
—
FRAFRA
Lilian Thuram
DF
01.01.1972 (54)
Retired
—
KSAKSA
Abdullah Zubromawi
DF
15.11.1973 (52)
Retired
—
SGPSGP
Daniel Bennett
DF
07.01.1978 (48)
Retired
—
SGPSGP
Baihakki Khaizan
DF
31.01.1984 (42)
Retired
—
PORPOR
Pepe
DF
26.02.1983 (43)
Retired
—
KSAKSA
Hussein Abdulghani
DF
21.01.1977 (49)
Retired
—
KSAKSA
Osama Hawsawi
DF
31.03.1984 (42)
Retired
—
ANDAND
Ildefons Lima
DF
10.12.1979 (46)
Retired
—
CMRCMR
Rigobert Song
DF
01.07.1976 (50)
Retired
—
ITAITA
Fabio Cannavaro
DF
13.09.1973 (52)
Retired
—
KORKOR
Myung-Bo Hong
DF
12.02.1969 (57)
Retired
—
ARGARG
Nicolás Otamendi
DF
12.02.1988 (38)
ARG River Plate
2026
QATQAT
Abdelkarim Hassan
DF
28.08.1993 (32)
QAT Al-Wakrah
2024
USAUSA
Jeff Agoos
DF
02.05.1968 (58)
Retired
—
ARMARM
Sargis Hovsepyan
DF
02.11.1972 (53)
Retired
—
MWIMWI
Jack Chamangwana
DF
30.04.1957 (†)
Deceased
—
DENDEN
Simon Kjær
DF
26.03.1989 (37)
Retired
—
MEXMEX
Héctor Moreno
DF
17.01.1988 (38)
Retired
—
SVKSVK
Peter Pekarík
DF
30.10.1986 (39)
CZE Dynamo České Budějovice
2025
EGYEGY
Ibrahim Hassan
DF
10.08.1966 (59)
Retired
—
ESTEST
Ragnar Klavan
DF
30.10.1985 (40)
Retired
—
KSAKSA
Ahmad Madani
DF
06.01.1970 (56)
Retired
—
CRCCRC
Luis Marín
DF
10.08.1974 (51)
Retired
—
JAMJAM
Ian Goodison
DF
21.11.1972 (53)
Retired
—
PERPER
Yoshimar Yotún
DF
07.04.1990 (36)
PER Sporting Cristal
2022
BELBEL
Toby Alderweireld
DF
02.03.1989 (37)
Retired
—
JAMJAM
Linval Dixon
DF
14.09.1971 (54)
Retired
—
JPNJPN
Maya Yoshida
DF
24.08.1988 (37)
USA LA Galaxy
2023
RUSRUS
Sergei Ignashevich
DF
14.07.1979 (47)
Retired
—
USAUSA
Marcelo Balboa
DF
08.08.1967 (58)
Retired
—
BRABRA
Dani Alves
DF
06.05.1983 (43)
Retired
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