International Eligibility & Player Data
Tag
Football defenders
All international football defenders in the ScoutBase database, ranked by senior caps. Covers every era and confederation.
204 players of 5000 total
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PLAYER
POS
DOB
CLUB
SINCE
PORPOR
Pepe
DF
26.02.1983 (43)
Retired
—
SVKSVK
Peter Pekarík
DF
30.10.1986 (39)
CZE Dynamo České Budějovice
2025
URUURU
Maxi Pereira
DF
08.06.1984 (42)
URU River Plate
2022
ROUROU
Gheorghe Popescu
DF
09.10.1967 (58)
Retired
—
ESPESP
Gerard Piqué
DF
02.02.1987 (39)
Retired
—
QATQAT
Pedro Miguel
DF
06.08.1990 (35)
QAT Al-Sadd
2016
ESPESP
Carles Puyol
DF
13.04.1978 (48)
Retired
—
ROUROU
Dan Petrescu
DF
22.12.1967 (58)
Retired
—
KORKOR
Kyung-Hoon Park
DF
19.01.1961 (65)
Retired
—
BULBUL
Dimitar Penev
DF
12.07.1945 (†)
Deceased
—
GREGRE
Sokratis Papastathopoulos
DF
09.06.1988 (38)
Retired
—
GHAGHA
John Paintsil
DF
15.06.1981 (45)
Retired
—
SLVSLV
Alfredo Pacheco
DF
01.12.1982 (†)
Deceased
—
AUTAUT
Bruno Pezzey
DF
03.02.1955 (†)
Deceased
—
FINFIN
Erkka Petäjä
DF
13.02.1964 (62)
Retired
—
URUURU
Álvaro Pereira
DF
28.01.1985 (41)
Retired
—
MEXMEX
Gustavo Peña
DF
22.11.1942 (†)
Deceased
—
USAUSA
Eddie Pope
DF
24.12.1973 (52)
Retired
—
ENGENG
Stuart Pearce
DF
24.04.1962 (64)
Retired
—
SGPSGP
Terry Pathmanathan
DF
09.02.1956 (70)
Retired
—
FINFIN
Petri Pasanen
DF
24.09.1980 (45)
Retired
—
GUAGUA
José Carlos Pinto
DF
16.06.1993 (33)
GUA Comunicaciones
2020
MDAMDA
Veaceslav Posmac
DF
07.11.1990 (35)
MDA Milsami
2025
AUTAUT
Sebastian Prödl
DF
21.06.1987 (39)
Retired
—
COLCOL
Luis Amaranto Perea
DF
30.01.1979 (47)
Retired
—
THATHA
Choketawee Promrut
DF
16.03.1975 (51)
Retired
—
ARGARG
Daniel Passarella
DF
25.05.1953 (73)
Retired
—
THATHA
Nattaporn Phanrit
DF
11.01.1982 (44)
Retired
—
CUBCUB
Silvio Pedro
DF
23.12.1976 (49)
Retired
—
IRNIRN
Afshin Peyrovani
DF
06.02.1970 (56)
Retired
—
HAIHAI
Jean-Jacques Pierre
DF
23.01.1981 (45)
Retired
—
AUTAUT
Anton Pfeffer
DF
17.08.1965 (60)
Retired
—
BULBUL
Ivaylo Petkov
DF
24.03.1976 (50)
Retired
—
ESTEST
Artur Pikk
DF
05.03.1993 (33)
Free Agent
—
PORPOR
Paulo Ferreira
DF
18.01.1979 (47)
Retired
—
SVKSVK
Ján Popluhár
DF
12.08.1935 (†)
Deceased
—
AUTAUT
Emanuel Pogatetz
DF
16.01.1983 (43)
Retired
—
BRBBRB
John Parris
DF
26.04.1974 (52)
Retired
—
AUSAUS
Tony Popovic
DF
04.07.1973 (53)
Retired
—
THATHA
Tanongsak Prajakkata
DF
29.06.1976 (50)
Retired
—
BFABFA
Saïdou Panandétiguiri
DF
22.03.1984 (42)
Retired
—
ITAITA
Christian Panucci
DF
12.04.1973 (53)
Retired
—
LUXLUX
Chris Philipps
DF
08.03.1994 (32)
LUX Wiltz 71
2021
AUTAUT
Stefan Posch
DF
14.05.1997 (29)
ITA Como
2026
FRAFRA
Benjamin Pavard
DF
28.03.1996 (30)
ITA Internazionale
2023
IRNIRN
Morteza Pouraliganji
DF
19.04.1992 (34)
IRN Persepolis
2022
SRBSRB
Strahinja Pavlović
DF
24.05.2001 (25)
ITA AC Milan
2024
ROUROU
Daniel Prodan
DF
23.03.1972 (†)
Deceased
—
UKRUKR
Serhiy Popov
DF
22.04.1971 (55)
Retired
—
BLRBLR
Dzyanis Palyakow
DF
17.04.1991 (35)
BLR Dinamo Minsk
2024
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