International Eligibility & Player Data
Football defenders
All international football defenders in the ScoutBase database, ranked by senior caps. Covers every era and confederation.
948 players of 20000 total
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PLAYER
POS
DOB
CLUB
SINCE
P
Pepe
DF
26.02.1983 (43)
PORPortugal
Retired
—
PP
Peter Pekarík
DF
30.10.1986 (40)
SVKSlovakia
CZE Dynamo České Budějovice
2025
MP
Maxi Pereira
DF
08.06.1984 (42)
URUUruguay
URU River Plate
2022
GP
Gheorghe Popescu
DF
09.10.1967 (59)
ROURomania
Retired
—
PP
Pedro Miguel
DF
06.08.1990 (36)
QATQatar
QAT Al-Sadd
2016
GP
Gerard Piqué
DF
02.02.1987 (39)
ESPSpain
Retired
—
CP
Carles Puyol
DF
13.04.1978 (48)
ESPSpain
Retired
—
DP
Dan Petrescu
DF
22.12.1967 (59)
ROURomania
Retired
—
KP
Kyung-Hoon Park
DF
19.01.1961 (65)
KORSouth Korea
Retired
—
DP
Dimitar Penev
DF
12.07.1945 (†)
BULBulgaria
Deceased
—
SP
Sokratis Papastathopoulos
DF
09.06.1988 (38)
GREGreece
Retired
—
JP
John Paintsil
DF
15.06.1981 (45)
GHAGhana
Retired
—
AP
Alfredo Pacheco
DF
01.12.1982 (†)
SLVEl Salvador
Deceased
—
BP
Bruno Pezzey
DF
03.02.1955 (†)
AUTAustria
Deceased
—
EP
Erkka Petäjä
DF
13.02.1964 (62)
FINFinland
Retired
—
ÁP
Álvaro Pereira
DF
28.01.1985 (41)
URUUruguay
Retired
—
GP
Gustavo Peña
DF
22.11.1942 (†)
MEXMexico
Deceased
—
EP
Eddie Pope
DF
24.12.1973 (53)
USAUnited States
Retired
—
SP
Stuart Pearce
DF
24.04.1962 (64)
ENGEngland
Retired
—
TP
Terry Pathmanathan
DF
09.02.1956 (70)
SGPSingapore
Retired
—
PP
Petri Pasanen
DF
24.09.1980 (46)
FINFinland
Retired
—
JP
José Carlos Pinto
DF
16.06.1993 (33)
GUAGuatemala
GUA Comunicaciones
2020
VP
Veaceslav Posmac
DF
07.11.1990 (36)
MDAMoldova
MDA Milsami
2025
SP
Sebastian Prödl
DF
21.06.1987 (39)
AUTAustria
Retired
—
LP
Luis Amaranto Perea
DF
30.01.1979 (47)
COLColombia
Retired
—
CP
Choketawee Promrut
DF
16.03.1975 (51)
THAThailand
Retired
—
DP
Daniel Passarella
DF
25.05.1953 (73)
ARGArgentina
Retired
—
NP
Nattaporn Phanrit
DF
11.01.1982 (44)
THAThailand
Retired
—
SP
Silvio Pedro
DF
23.12.1976 (50)
CUBCuba
Retired
—
AP
Afshin Peyrovani
DF
06.02.1970 (56)
IRNIran
Retired
—
JP
Jean-Jacques Pierre
DF
23.01.1981 (45)
HAIHaiti
Retired
—
AP
Anton Pfeffer
DF
17.08.1965 (61)
AUTAustria
Retired
—
IP
Ivaylo Petkov
DF
24.03.1976 (50)
BULBulgaria
Retired
—
AP
Artur Pikk
DF
05.03.1993 (33)
ESTEstonia
Free Agent
—
P
Paulo Ferreira
DF
18.01.1979 (47)
PORPortugal
Retired
—
JP
Ján Popluhár
DF
12.08.1935 (†)
SVKSlovakia
Deceased
—
EP
Emanuel Pogatetz
DF
16.01.1983 (43)
AUTAustria
Retired
—
JP
John Parris
DF
26.04.1974 (52)
BRBBarbados
Retired
—
TP
Tony Popovic
DF
04.07.1973 (53)
AUSAustralia
Retired
—
TP
Tanongsak Prajakkata
DF
29.06.1976 (50)
THAThailand
Retired
—
SP
Saïdou Panandétiguiri
DF
22.03.1984 (42)
BFABurkina Faso
Retired
—
CP
Christian Panucci
DF
12.04.1973 (53)
ITAItaly
Retired
—
BP
Benjamin Pavard
DF
28.03.1996 (30)
FRAFrance
FRA Olympique de Marseille
2025 (Loan)
MP
Morteza Pouraliganji
DF
19.04.1992 (34)
IRNIran
IRN Persepolis
2022
CP
Chris Philipps
DF
08.03.1994 (32)
LUXLuxembourg
LUX Wiltz 71
2021
DP
Daniel Prodan
DF
23.03.1972 (†)
ROURomania
Deceased
—
SP
Serhiy Popov
DF
22.04.1971 (55)
UKRUkraine
Retired
—
DP
Dzyanis Palyakow
DF
17.04.1991 (35)
BLRBelarus
BLR Dinamo Minsk
2024
AP
Alvas Powell
DF
18.07.1994 (32)
JAMJamaica
USA FC Cincinnati
2022
SP
Stefan Posch
DF
14.05.1997 (29)
AUTAustria
GER Mainz 05
2026 (Loan)
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