International Eligibility & Player Data
Tag
Football defenders
All international football defenders in the ScoutBase database, ranked by senior caps. Covers every era and confederation.
75 players of 5000 total
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PLAYER
POS
DOB
CLUB
SINCE
KSAKSA
Abdullah Zubromawi
DF
15.11.1973 (52)
Retired
—
LVALVA
Mihails Zemļinskis
DF
21.12.1969 (56)
Retired
—
CHNCHN
Linpeng Zhang
DF
09.05.1989 (37)
CHN Shanghai Port
2022
MASMAS
Aidil Zafuan
DF
03.08.1987 (38)
MAS Johor Darul Ta'zim
2013
CHNCHN
Bo Zhu
DF
24.09.1960 (65)
Retired
—
BRABRA
Zé Roberto
DF
06.07.1974 (52)
Retired
—
PERPER
Carlos Zambrano
DF
10.07.1989 (37)
Free Agent
—
IRNIRN
Javad Zarincheh
DF
23.07.1966 (59)
Retired
—
BULBUL
Dobromir Zhechev
DF
12.11.1942 (83)
Retired
—
LVALVA
Dzintars Zirnis
DF
25.04.1977 (49)
Retired
—
CROCRO
Branko Zebec
DF
17.05.1929 (†)
Deceased
—
MOZMOZ
Zainadine Júnior
DF
24.06.1988 (38)
POR Marítimo
2018
CHNCHN
Enhua Zhang
DF
28.04.1973 (†)
Deceased
—
COLCOL
Juan Camilo Zúñiga
DF
14.02.1985 (41)
Retired
—
MASMAS
Norhafiz Zamani
DF
15.07.1981 (45)
Retired
—
MNEMNE
Elsad Zverotić
DF
31.10.1986 (39)
Retired
—
SVKSVK
Radoslav Zabavník
DF
16.09.1980 (45)
Retired
—
ARGARG
Pablo Zabaleta
DF
16.01.1985 (41)
Retired
—
COLCOL
Cristián Zapata
DF
30.09.1986 (39)
Free Agent
—
LVALVA
Artūrs Zakreševskis
DF
07.08.1981 (44)
Retired
—
BULBUL
Ivan Zafirov
DF
30.12.1947 (†)
Deceased
—
AUTAUT
Manfred Zsak
DF
22.12.1964 (61)
Retired
—
PARPAR
César Zabala
DF
03.06.1961 (†)
Deceased
—
GUIGUI
Kamil Zayatte
DF
07.03.1985 (41)
Retired
—
MKDMKD
Gjoko Zajkov
DF
10.02.1995 (31)
UAE Ajman Club
2025
USAUSA
Walker Zimmerman
DF
19.05.1993 (33)
CAN Toronto FC
2026
BULBUL
Petar Zanev
DF
18.10.1985 (40)
Retired
—
LBNLBN
Hussein Zein
DF
27.01.1995 (31)
LBN Al-Ahed
2012
MTQMTQ
Nicolas Zaïre
DF
08.12.1986 (39)
MTQ Club Franciscain
2014
LIELIE
Harry Zech
DF
25.02.1969 (57)
Retired
—
CHNCHN
Yaokun Zhang
DF
17.04.1981 (45)
Retired
—
UKRUKR
Illya Zabarnyi
DF
01.09.2002 (23)
FRA Paris Saint-Germain
2025
BIHBIH
Ervin Zukanović
DF
11.02.1987 (39)
Retired
—
ZIMZIM
Hardlife Zvirekwi
DF
05.05.1987 (39)
Retired
—
BOLBOL
Edward Zenteno
DF
05.12.1984 (41)
BOL Real Mizque
2022
CHNCHN
Peng Zhao
DF
20.06.1983 (43)
Retired
—
IRNIRN
Sattar Zare
DF
27.01.1982 (44)
Retired
—
ALBALB
Hysen Zmijani
DF
29.04.1963 (63)
Retired
—
MLTMLT
Joseph Zerafa
DF
31.05.1988 (38)
MLT Balzan
2025
CHNCHN
Chenjie Zhu
DF
23.08.2000 (25)
CHN Shanghai Shenhua
2018
HUNHUN
József Zakariás
DF
25.03.1924 (†)
Deceased
—
JAMJAM
Robert Ziadie
DF
14.01.1979 (47)
Retired
—
SUISUI
Reto Ziegler
DF
16.01.1986 (40)
SUI Sion
2023
TURTUR
Gökhan Zan
DF
07.09.1981 (44)
Retired
—
ALGALG
Mounir Zeghdoud
DF
18.11.1970 (55)
Retired
—
AUSAUS
Ned Zelić
DF
04.07.1971 (55)
Retired
—
ISRISR
Yoav Ziv
DF
16.03.1981 (45)
Retired
—
KAZKAZ
Maksim Zhalmagambetov
DF
11.07.1983 (43)
Retired
—
CODCOD
Gabriel Zakuani
DF
31.05.1986 (40)
Retired
—
SDNSDN
Awad Zayed
DF
05.05.1995 (31)
SDN Al-Merrikh
2024
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