International Eligibility & Player Data
Football defenders
All international football defenders in the ScoutBase database, ranked by senior caps. Covers every era and confederation.
1586 players of 20000 total
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PLAYER
POS
DOB
CLUB
SINCE
CS
Chin Ann Soh
DF
28.07.1959 (67)
MASMalaysia
Retired
—
RS
Rigobert Song
DF
01.07.1976 (50)
CMRCameroon
Retired
—
CS
Carlos Salcido
DF
02.04.1980 (46)
MEXMexico
Retired
—
SS
Saad Suhail
DF
06.09.1987 (39)
OMAOman
Retired
—
MS
Martin Stocklasa
DF
29.05.1979 (47)
LIELiechtenstein
Retired
—
RS
Rashad Sadiqov
DF
16.06.1982 (44)
AZEAzerbaijan
Retired
—
TS
Thorbjørn Svenssen
DF
22.04.1924 (†)
NORNorway
Deceased
—
BS
Birkir Már Sævarsson
DF
11.11.1984 (42)
ISLIceland
SWE Nacka FC
2025
IS
Igors Stepanovs
DF
21.01.1976 (50)
LVALatvia
Retired
—
GS
Goce Sedloski
DF
10.04.1974 (52)
MKDNorth Macedonia
Retired
—
RS
Ragnar Sigurdsson
DF
19.06.1986 (40)
ISLIceland
Retired
—
ES
Emir Spahić
DF
18.08.1980 (46)
BIHBosnia and Herzegovina
Retired
—
MS
Marco Sandy
DF
29.08.1971 (55)
BOLBolivia
Retired
—
RS
Raju Shakya
DF
07.07.1960 (66)
NEPNepal
Retired
—
AS
Albert Shesternyov
DF
20.06.1941 (†)
RUSRussia
Deceased
—
NS
Niweat Siriwong
DF
18.07.1977 (49)
THAThailand
Retired
—
AS
Andrei Stepanov
DF
16.03.1979 (47)
ESTEstonia
Retired
—
BS
Brian Said
DF
15.05.1973 (53)
MLTMalta
Retired
—
SS
Stanley Sanudi
DF
02.02.1995 (31)
MWIMalawi
MWI Mighty Wanderers
2015
JS
John Sivebæk
DF
26.10.1961 (65)
DENDenmark
Retired
—
JS
John Stones
DF
28.05.1994 (32)
ENGEngland
ENG Manchester City
2016
SS
Salam Shaker
DF
31.07.1986 (40)
IRQIraq
Retired
—
RS
Romain Saïss
DF
26.03.1990 (36)
MARMorocco
QAT Al-Sadd
2023
FS
Fabian Schär
DF
28.12.1991 (35)
SUISwitzerland
ENG Newcastle United
2018
VS
Visal Soeuy
DF
19.08.1995 (31)
CAMCambodia
CAM PKR Svay Rieng
2014
PS
Paul Stalteri
DF
18.10.1977 (49)
CANCanada
Retired
—
IS
Issiaga Sylla
DF
01.01.1994 (32)
GUIGuinea
GRE Asteras Tripolis
2025
RS
Randy Samuel
DF
23.12.1963 (63)
CANCanada
Retired
—
AS
Alessandro Santos
DF
20.07.1977 (49)
JPNJapan
Retired
—
VS
V.P. Sathyan
DF
29.04.1965 (†)
INDIndia
Deceased
—
JS
Jihai Sun
DF
30.09.1977 (49)
CHNChina
Retired
—
RS
Radhi Shenaishil
DF
11.08.1966 (60)
IRQIraq
Retired
—
GS
Gaetano Scirea
DF
25.05.1953 (†)
ITAItaly
Deceased
—
SS
Samat Smakov
DF
28.02.1978 (48)
KAZKazakhstan
Retired
—
JS
José Soto
DF
11.01.1970 (56)
PERPeru
Retired
—
MS
Mahmoud Said Salim
DF
01.01.1947 (79)
SDNSudan
Retired
—
PS
Pattanapong Sripramote
DF
03.02.1974 (52)
THAThailand
Retired
—
HS
Hany Said
DF
22.04.1980 (46)
EGYEgypt
Retired
—
HS
Hiroki Sakai
DF
12.04.1990 (36)
JPNJapan
NZL Auckland FC
2024
GS
Giourkas Seitaridis
DF
04.06.1981 (45)
GREGreece
Retired
—
HS
Henri Speville
DF
01.11.1971 (55)
MRIMauritius
Retired
—
GS
Gouramangi Singh
DF
25.01.1986 (40)
INDIndia
Retired
—
MS
Michael Stocklasa
DF
12.02.1980 (46)
LIELiechtenstein
Retired
—
MS
Moisés San Nicolás
DF
17.09.1993 (33)
ANDAndorra
AND Atlètic d'Escaldes
2020
XS
Xiang Sun
DF
15.01.1982 (44)
CHNChina
Retired
—
SS
Samal Saeed
DF
01.12.1987 (39)
IRQIraq
IRQ Al-Diwaniya
2022
DS
Davide Simoncini
DF
30.08.1986 (40)
SMRSan Marino
SMR Tre Fiori
2020
SS
Suree Sukha
DF
27.07.1982 (44)
THAThailand
Retired
—
MS
Mohanad Salem
DF
01.03.1985 (41)
UAEUnited Arab Emirates
Retired
—
AS
Anwar Siraj
DF
08.12.1978 (48)
ETHEthiopia
Retired
—
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