International Eligibility & Player Data
Football defenders
All international football defenders in the ScoutBase database, ranked by senior caps. Covers every era and confederation.
263 players of 20000 total
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PLAYER
POS
DOB
CLUB
SINCE
AZ
Abdullah Zubromawi
DF
15.11.1973 (53)
KSASaudi Arabia
Retired
—
MZ
Mihails Zemļinskis
DF
21.12.1969 (57)
LVALatvia
Retired
—
LZ
Linpeng Zhang
DF
09.05.1989 (37)
CHNChina
CHN Shanghai Port
2022
AZ
Aidil Zafuan
DF
03.08.1987 (39)
MASMalaysia
MAS Johor Darul Ta'zim
2013
BZ
Bo Zhu
DF
24.09.1960 (66)
CHNChina
Retired
—
Z
Zé Roberto
DF
06.07.1974 (52)
BRABrazil
Retired
—
CZ
Carlos Zambrano
DF
10.07.1989 (37)
PERPeru
Free Agent
—
JZ
Javad Zarincheh
DF
23.07.1966 (60)
IRNIran
Retired
—
DZ
Dobromir Zhechev
DF
12.11.1942 (84)
BULBulgaria
Retired
—
DZ
Dzintars Zirnis
DF
25.04.1977 (49)
LVALatvia
Retired
—
BZ
Branko Zebec
DF
17.05.1929 (†)
CROCroatia
Deceased
—
Z
Zainadine Júnior
DF
24.06.1988 (38)
MOZMozambique
POR Marítimo
2018
EZ
Enhua Zhang
DF
28.04.1973 (†)
CHNChina
Deceased
—
JZ
Juan Camilo Zúñiga
DF
14.02.1985 (41)
COLColombia
Retired
—
NZ
Norhafiz Zamani
DF
15.07.1981 (45)
MASMalaysia
Retired
—
EZ
Elsad Zverotić
DF
31.10.1986 (40)
MNEMontenegro
Retired
—
RZ
Radoslav Zabavník
DF
16.09.1980 (46)
SVKSlovakia
Retired
—
PZ
Pablo Zabaleta
DF
16.01.1985 (41)
ARGArgentina
Retired
—
CZ
Cristián Zapata
DF
30.09.1986 (40)
COLColombia
Free Agent
—
AZ
Artūrs Zakreševskis
DF
07.08.1981 (45)
LVALatvia
Retired
—
IZ
Ivan Zafirov
DF
30.12.1947 (†)
BULBulgaria
Deceased
—
MZ
Manfred Zsak
DF
22.12.1964 (62)
AUTAustria
Retired
—
CZ
César Zabala
DF
03.06.1961 (†)
PARParaguay
Deceased
—
KZ
Kamil Zayatte
DF
07.03.1985 (41)
GUIGuinea
Retired
—
WZ
Walker Zimmerman
DF
19.05.1993 (33)
USAUnited States
CAN Toronto FC
2026
PZ
Petar Zanev
DF
18.10.1985 (41)
BULBulgaria
Retired
—
HZ
Hussein Zein
DF
27.01.1995 (31)
LBNLebanon
LBN Al-Ahed
2012
NZ
Nicolas Zaïre
DF
08.12.1986 (40)
MTQMartinique
MTQ Club Franciscain
2014
HZ
Harry Zech
DF
25.02.1969 (57)
LIELiechtenstein
Retired
—
YZ
Yaokun Zhang
DF
17.04.1981 (45)
CHNChina
Retired
—
IZ
Illya Zabarnyi
DF
01.09.2002 (24)
UKRUkraine
FRA Paris Saint-Germain
2025
EZ
Ervin Zukanović
DF
11.02.1987 (39)
BIHBosnia and Herzegovina
Retired
—
HZ
Hardlife Zvirekwi
DF
05.05.1987 (39)
ZIMZimbabwe
Retired
—
EZ
Edward Zenteno
DF
05.12.1984 (42)
BOLBolivia
BOL Real Mizque
2022
PZ
Peng Zhao
DF
20.06.1983 (43)
CHNChina
Retired
—
SZ
Sattar Zare
DF
27.01.1982 (44)
IRNIran
Retired
—
HZ
Hysen Zmijani
DF
29.04.1963 (63)
ALBAlbania
Retired
—
JZ
Joseph Zerafa
DF
31.05.1988 (38)
MLTMalta
MLT Mġarr United
2024
CZ
Chenjie Zhu
DF
23.08.2000 (26)
CHNChina
CHN Shanghai Shenhua
2018
JZ
József Zakariás
DF
25.03.1924 (†)
HUNHungary
Deceased
—
RZ
Robert Ziadie
DF
14.01.1979 (47)
JAMJamaica
Retired
—
RZ
Reto Ziegler
DF
16.01.1986 (40)
SUISwitzerland
SUI Sion
2023
GZ
Gökhan Zan
DF
07.09.1981 (45)
TURTurkey
Retired
—
MZ
Mounir Zeghdoud
DF
18.11.1970 (56)
ALGAlgeria
Retired
—
NZ
Ned Zelić
DF
04.07.1971 (55)
AUSAustralia
Retired
—
YZ
Yoav Ziv
DF
16.03.1981 (45)
ISRIsrael
Retired
—
MZ
Maksim Zhalmagambetov
DF
11.07.1983 (43)
KAZKazakhstan
Retired
—
GZ
Gabriel Zakuani
DF
31.05.1986 (40)
CODDR Congo
Retired
—
GZ
Gjoko Zajkov
DF
10.02.1995 (31)
MKDNorth Macedonia
ROU Universitatea Craiova
2023
AZ
Awad Zayed
DF
05.05.1995 (31)
SDNSudan
SDN Al-Merrikh
2024
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