International Eligibility & Player Data
Tag
Football defenders
All international football defenders in the ScoutBase database, ranked by senior caps. Covers every era and confederation.
157 players of 5000 total
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PLAYER
POS
DOB
CLUB
SINCE
IRNIRN
Javad Nekounam
DF
12.12.1980 (45)
Retired
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JPNJPN
Yuto Nagatomo
DF
12.09.1986 (39)
JPN FC Tokyo
2021
KUWKUW
Musaed Neda
DF
08.07.1983 (43)
Retired
—
SWESWE
Roland Nilsson
DF
27.11.1963 (62)
Retired
—
MARMAR
Noureddine Naybet
DF
10.02.1970 (56)
Retired
—
SWESWE
Björn Nordqvist
DF
06.10.1942 (83)
Retired
—
JPNJPN
Yuji Nakazawa
DF
25.02.1978 (48)
Retired
—
TANTAN
Erasto Nyoni
DF
07.05.1988 (38)
TAN Namungo
2023
KSAKSA
Saleh Nu'eimeh
DF
1957 (69)
Retired
—
AUSAUS
Lucas Neill
DF
09.03.1978 (48)
Retired
—
ENGENG
Gary Neville
DF
15.02.1975 (51)
Retired
—
THATHA
Chukiat Noosarung
DF
25.06.1971 (55)
Retired
—
TJKTJK
Akhtam Nazarov
DF
29.09.1992 (33)
TJK Istiklol
2023
CMRCMR
Nicolas Nkoulou
DF
27.03.1990 (36)
TUR Amedspor
2024
ITAITA
Alessandro Nesta
DF
19.03.1976 (50)
Retired
—
BRABRA
Nílton Santos
DF
16.05.1925 (†)
Deceased
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NIRNIR
Jimmy Nicholl
DF
28.12.1956 (69)
Retired
—
JORJOR
Abdallah Nasib
DF
25.02.1994 (32)
Free Agent
—
BDIBDI
Karim Nizigiyimana
DF
21.06.1989 (37)
RWA Kiyovu Sports
2023
MKDMKD
Nikolče Noveski
DF
28.04.1979 (47)
Retired
—
CMRCMR
Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui
DF
23.11.1990 (35)
CHN Chongqing Tonglianglong
2026
ENGENG
Phil Neville
DF
21.01.1977 (49)
Retired
—
NIRNIR
Terry Neill
DF
08.05.1942 (†)
Deceased
—
JPNJPN
Koji Nakata
DF
09.07.1979 (47)
Retired
—
BULBUL
Plamen Nikolov
DF
24.06.1957 (69)
Retired
—
RUSRUS
Yuriy Nikiforov
DF
16.09.1970 (55)
Retired
—
PORPOR
Nélson Semedo
DF
16.11.1993 (32)
TUR Fenerbahçe
2025
TOGTOG
Daré Nibombé
DF
16.06.1980 (46)
Retired
—
NORNOR
Håvard Nordtveit
DF
21.06.1990 (36)
Retired
—
DENDEN
Ivan Nielsen
DF
09.10.1956 (69)
Retired
—
NIRNIR
Chris Nicholl
DF
12.10.1946 (79)
Retired
—
ENGENG
Phil Neal
DF
20.02.1951 (75)
Retired
—
LBNLBN
Bilal Najjarine
DF
08.02.1981 (45)
Retired
—
NZLNZL
Ryan Nelsen
DF
18.10.1977 (48)
Retired
—
PORPOR
Nuno Mendes
DF
19.06.2002 (24)
FRA Paris Saint-Germain
2022
GERGER
Jens Nowotny
DF
11.01.1974 (52)
Retired
—
CMRCMR
Pierre Njanka
DF
15.03.1975 (51)
Retired
—
BDIBDI
Frédéric Nsabiyumva
DF
26.04.1995 (31)
SWE Västerås SK
2022
SCOSCO
Gary Naysmith
DF
16.11.1978 (47)
Retired
—
FROFRO
Sonni Nattestad
DF
05.08.1994 (31)
FRO B36
2022
NEDNED
Arthur Numan
DF
14.12.1969 (56)
Retired
—
RSARSA
David Nyathi
DF
22.03.1969 (57)
Retired
—
GABGAB
Parfait Ndong
DF
23.07.1971 (54)
Retired
—
MTNMTN
Bakary N'Diaye
DF
26.11.1998 (27)
IRQ Diyala
2024
PRKPRK
Song-Chol Nam
DF
07.05.1982 (44)
Retired
—
IRQIRQ
Saad Natiq
DF
19.03.1994 (32)
IRQ Duhok
2025
MWIMWI
Harry Nyirenda
DF
25.08.1990 (35)
MWI Mzuzu City Hammers
2020
UZBUZB
Aleksey Nikolayev
DF
05.09.1979 (46)
Retired
—
AUSAUS
Jade North
DF
07.01.1982 (44)
Retired
—
CGOCGO
Francis N'Ganga
DF
16.06.1985 (41)
Retired
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