International Eligibility & Player Data
Tag
Football defenders
All international football defenders in the ScoutBase database, ranked by senior caps. Covers every era and confederation.
368 players of 5000 total
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PLAYER
POS
DOB
CLUB
SINCE
SGPSGP
Daniel Bennett
DF
07.01.1978 (48)
Retired
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USAUSA
Marcelo Balboa
DF
08.08.1967 (58)
Retired
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ITAITA
Leonardo Bonucci
DF
01.05.1987 (39)
Retired
—
QATQAT
Karim Boudiaf
DF
16.09.1990 (35)
QAT Al-Duhail
2010
SGPSGP
Safuwan Baharudin
DF
22.09.1991 (34)
MAS Selangor
2023
BHRBHR
Hussain Ali Baba
DF
11.02.1982 (44)
Retired
—
WALWAL
Gareth Bale
DF
16.07.1989 (37)
Retired
—
USAUSA
Carlos Bocanegra
DF
25.05.1979 (47)
Retired
—
NEDNED
Daley Blind
DF
09.03.1990 (36)
NED Ajax
2026
GERGER
Franz Beckenbauer
DF
11.09.1945 (†)
Deceased
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JAMJAM
Durrant Brown
DF
08.07.1964 (62)
Retired
—
PANPAN
Felipe Baloy
DF
24.02.1981 (45)
Retired
—
RUSRUS
Vasiliy Berezutski
DF
20.06.1982 (44)
Retired
—
THATHA
Theerathon Bunmathan
DF
06.02.1990 (36)
THA Buriram United
2022
MLTMLT
Roderick Briffa
DF
24.08.1981 (44)
Retired
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NORNOR
Henning Berg
DF
01.09.1969 (56)
Retired
—
FRAFRA
Laurent Blanc
DF
19.11.1965 (60)
Retired
—
MLTMLT
John Buttigieg
DF
05.10.1963 (62)
Retired
—
ISRISR
Tal Ben Haim
DF
31.03.1982 (44)
Retired
—
PORPOR
Bruno Alves
DF
27.11.1981 (44)
Retired
—
TUNTUN
Khaled Badra
DF
08.04.1973 (53)
Retired
—
HAIHAI
Pierre-Richard Bruny
DF
06.04.1972 (54)
Retired
—
TUNTUN
Khaled Ben Yahia
DF
12.11.1959 (66)
Retired
—
JORJOR
Bashar Bani Yaseen
DF
01.06.1977 (49)
Retired
—
AUSAUS
Aziz Behich
DF
16.12.1990 (35)
AUS Melbourne City
2023
ALGALG
Ramy Bensebaini
DF
16.04.1995 (31)
GER Borussia Dortmund
2023
GERGER
Andreas Brehme
DF
09.11.1960 (†)
Deceased
—
HONHON
Víctor Bernárdez
DF
24.05.1982 (44)
Retired
—
CIVCIV
Arthur Boka
DF
02.04.1983 (43)
Retired
—
MLTMLT
Steve Borg
DF
15.05.1988 (38)
MLT Valletta
2025
ITAITA
Franco Baresi
DF
08.05.1960 (66)
Retired
—
ITAITA
Giuseppe Bergomi
DF
22.12.1963 (62)
Retired
—
ISLISL
Gudni Bergsson
DF
21.07.1965 (60)
Retired
—
PLEPLE
Abdelatif Bahdari
DF
20.02.1984 (42)
PLE Shabab Al-Bireh
2023
NIRNIR
Chris Baird
DF
25.02.1982 (44)
Retired
—
ENGENG
Terry Butcher
DF
28.12.1958 (67)
Retired
—
FRAFRA
Maxime Bossis
DF
26.06.1955 (71)
Retired
—
GERGER
Jérôme Boateng
DF
03.09.1988 (37)
Retired
—
GERGER
Guido Buchwald
DF
24.01.1961 (65)
Retired
—
NORNOR
Stig Inge Bjørnebye
DF
11.12.1969 (56)
Retired
—
POLPOL
Jan Bednarek
DF
12.04.1996 (30)
POR Porto
2025
USAUSA
Mike Burns
DF
14.09.1970 (55)
Retired
—
ISRISR
Walid Badir
DF
12.03.1974 (52)
Retired
—
ITAITA
Andrea Barzagli
DF
08.05.1981 (45)
Retired
—
GERGER
Hans-Peter Briegel
DF
11.10.1955 (70)
Retired
—
SCOSCO
Tom Boyd
DF
24.11.1965 (60)
Retired
—
ALGALG
Madjid Bougherra
DF
07.10.1982 (43)
Retired
—
LVALVA
Oļegs Blagonadeždins
DF
16.05.1973 (53)
Retired
—
GHAGHA
John Boye
DF
23.04.1987 (39)
Retired
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MWIMWI
Davi Banda
DF
29.12.1983 (42)
Retired
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