Football defenders
All international football defenders in the ScoutBase database, ranked by senior caps. Covers every era and confederation.
1024 players of 20000 total
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PLAYER
POS
DOB
CLUB
SINCE
PD
Paulo da Silva
DF
01.02.1980 (46)
PARParaguay
Retired
LD
Linval Dixon
DF
14.09.1971 (55)
JAMJamaica
Retired
D
Dani Alves
DF
06.05.1983 (43)
BRABrazil
Retired
AD
Adnan Dirjal
DF
26.01.1990 (36)
IRQIraq
Retired
MD
Marcel Desailly
DF
07.09.1968 (58)
FRAFrance
Retired
FD
Frank de Boer
DF
15.05.1970 (56)
NEDNetherlands
Retired
UD
Ulises de la Cruz
DF
02.08.1974 (52)
ECUEcuador
Retired
AD
Aleksandar Dragović
DF
06.03.1991 (35)
AUTAustria
AUT Austria Wien
2024
BD
Ben Davies
DF
24.04.1993 (33)
WALWales
ENG Tottenham Hotspur
2014
D
Djalma Santos
DF
27.02.1929 (†)
BRABrazil
Deceased
ED
Edison David
DF
05.12.1933 (†)
IRQIraq
Deceased
AD
Ali Diab
DF
23.05.1982 (44)
SYRSyria
Retired
HD
Hans-Jürgen Dörner
DF
25.01.1951 (†)
GERGermany
Deceased
ÉD
Éric Davis
DF
31.03.1991 (35)
PANPanama
Free Agent
MD
Mal Donaghy
DF
13.09.1957 (69)
NIRNorthern Ireland
Retired
VD
Viljormur Davidsen
DF
19.07.1991 (35)
FROFaroe Islands
FRO HB
2023
DD
Duilio Davino
DF
21.03.1976 (50)
MEXMexico
Retired
AD
Aubrey David
DF
11.10.1990 (36)
TRITrinidad and Tobago
GUA Municipal
2024
ID
Issoufou Dayo
DF
06.08.1991 (35)
BFABurkina Faso
QAT Umm-Salal
2025
DD
Djené Dakonam
DF
31.12.1991 (35)
TOGTogo
ESP Getafe
2017
ND
Nigel de Jong
DF
30.11.1984 (42)
NEDNetherlands
Retired
JD
Júnior Díaz
DF
12.09.1983 (43)
CRCCosta Rica
Retired
RD
Richard Dunne
DF
21.09.1979 (47)
IRLIreland
Retired
AD
Alan Davidson
DF
01.06.1960 (66)
AUSAustralia
Retired
LD
Luke Dimech
DF
11.01.1977 (49)
MLTMalta
Retired
GD
Georgi Dimitrov
DF
14.01.1959 (†)
BULBulgaria
Deceased
ÓD
Óscar Duarte
DF
03.06.1989 (37)
CRCCosta Rica
CRC Deportivo Saprissa
2024
JD
Johan Djourou
DF
18.01.1987 (39)
SUISwitzerland
Retired
ED
Eli Dasa
DF
03.12.1992 (34)
ISRIsrael
NED NEC Nijmegen
2025
SD
Stefan de Vrij
DF
05.02.1992 (34)
NEDNetherlands
ITA Internazionale
2018
JD
Jervis Drummond
DF
08.09.1976 (50)
CRCCosta Rica
Retired
VD
Vitaliy Denisov
DF
23.02.1987 (39)
UZBUzbekistan
RUS SKA Rostov-na-Donu
2025
ID
Ivan Dimitrov
DF
14.05.1935 (†)
BULBulgaria
Deceased
WD
Wei Du
DF
09.02.1982 (44)
CHNChina
Retired
LD
Lamine Diatta
DF
02.07.1975 (51)
SENSenegal
Retired
ND
Nikos Dabizas
DF
03.08.1973 (53)
GREGreece
Retired
FD
Fabian Davis
DF
30.06.1974 (52)
JAMJamaica
Retired
CD
Claude Davis
DF
06.03.1979 (47)
JAMJamaica
Retired
DD
Denzel Dumfries
DF
18.04.1996 (30)
NEDNetherlands
ITA Internazionale
2021
GD
George Dublin
DF
11.02.1977 (49)
ATGAntigua and Barbuda
Retired
CD
Christian Dailly
DF
23.10.1973 (53)
SCOScotland
Retired
KD
Karol Dobiaš
DF
18.12.1947 (79)
SVKSlovakia
Retired
D
Danilo
DF
15.07.1991 (35)
BRABrazil
BRA Flamengo
2025
KD
Kaspars Dubra
DF
20.12.1991 (35)
LVALatvia
Free Agent
RD
Roberto Domínguez
DF
09.05.1997 (29)
SLVEl Salvador
SLV Isidro Metapán
2024
AD
Alessandro Della Valle
DF
08.06.1982 (44)
SMRSan Marino
Retired
AD
Armend Dallku
DF
16.06.1983 (43)
ALBAlbania
Retired
MD
Mehmet Duraković
DF
13.10.1965 (61)
AUSAustralia
Retired
KD
Koffi Dan Kowa
DF
17.09.1989 (37)
NIGNiger
Retired
BD
Berat Djimsiti
DF
19.02.1993 (33)
ALBAlbania
ITA Atalanta
2016
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