List of Everton F.C. international players
Everton Football Club, an association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, was founded in 1878 and competes in the top flight of English football the Premier League. Everton have a storied history winning nine League titles, five FA Cups and the European Cup Winners' Cup.
Players of the club can be called up to represent their national team and to date 234 players have played at senior international level whilst registered with the club.[1] Everton's first international was Job Wilding who appeared for Wales against England on 14 March 1885. The most recent newly capped player is Allan for Brazil against Venezuela on 14 November 2020.
Robert Warzycha became the first player from outside of the British Isles to represent his country, Poland in 1991 (Although some players born outside of the British Isles had played internationally for the club for Home Nation sides such as Pat Van Den Hauwe born in Belgium but representing Wales). Daniel Amokachi was the first non-European representative for Nigeria in 1993. [2]
Since 2016, Tim Howard holds the record for most caps won with 93 for United States of America, previously Neville Southall had held the record with 91 caps for Wales since the early 1990s.[3]
Dixie Dean held the record for most international goals with 18 for England held from the 1930s, Tim Cahill matched this in 2012 for Australia.
34 individual Everton players have represented their countries at the World Cup. Alex Parker the first in 1958 for Scotland.[4] At the most recent 2018 World Cup 3 Everton players for 3 different countries appeared. Tim Cahill, representing Australia is the only player to appear at more than one tournament.
In total over 2500 caps for 39 different countries have been earned by players while contracted to Everton.
The most Everton players to play in a single fixture was between Republic of Ireland and England on 7 June 2016 when five players (three for Ireland, two for England) appeared.
List of internationals
The following list includes only caps earned while contracted to Everton.
Three Everton players (Eglington, Farrell and Stevenson) were dual internationals for Ireland. Their caps are listed separately below but included only once in the total player count of 234.
The following list includes only caps earned while playing for Everton. This includes players on loan to Everton but not players out on loan to other sides. For example: Neville Southall earned 92 Wales caps while contracted to Everton, one of these was while on loan to Port Vale and thus is not included.
Updated as of fixtures played 18 November 2020
World Cup players
The following were part of World Cup squads while playing for Everton.
Tournament | Players |
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World Cup 1958 | Alex Parker, Roy Vernon |
World Cup 1966 | Ray Wilson |
World Cup 1970 | Alan Ball, Brian Labone, Keith Newton, Tommy Wright |
World Cup 1986 | Gary Lineker, Peter Reid, Graeme Sharp, Trevor Steven, Gary Stevens |
World Cup 1990 | Stuart McCall, Kevin Sheedy |
World Cup 1994 | Anders Limpar |
World Cup 1998 | Slaven Bilic |
World Cup 2002 | Niclas Alexandersson, Lee Carsley, Thomas Gravesen, Tobias Linderoth, Joe-Max Moore |
World Cup 2006 | Tim Cahill, Nuno Valente |
World Cup 2010 | Yakubu, Tim Cahill, Johnny Heitinga, Steven Pienaar, Joseph Yobo |
World Cup 2014 | Leighton Baines, Ross Barkley, Tim Howard, Phil Jagielka, Kevin Mirallas |
World Cup 2018 | Idrissa Gueye, Jordan Pickford, Gylfi Sigurdsson |
AFC Asian Cup
The following were part of Asian Cup squads while playing for Everton.
Tournament | Players |
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2007 Asian Cup | Tim Cahill |
2011 Asian Cup | Tim Cahill |
CAF Africa Cup of Nations
The following were part of African Cup of Nations squads while playing for Everton.
Tournament | Players |
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2004 Africa Cup of Nations | Joseph Yobo |
2006 Africa Cup of Nations | Joseph Yobo |
2008 Africa Cup of Nations | Yakubu, Steven Pienaar, Joseph Yobo |
2010 Africa Cup of Nations | Yakubu, Joseph Yobo |
2015 Africa Cup of Nations | Christian Atsu |
2017 Africa Cup of Nations | Idrissa Gueye |
2019 Africa Cup of Nations | Idrissa Gueye, Henry Onyekuru |
CONCACAF Gold Cup
The following were part of Gold Cup squads while playing for Everton.
Tournament | Players |
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2007 Gold Cup | Tim Howard |
2011 Gold Cup | Tim Howard |
2019 Gold Cup | Cuco Martina |
CONEBOL Copa America
The following were part of Copa America squads while playing for Everton.
Tournament | Players |
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2016 Copa America | Ramiro Funes Mori, Tim Howard, Bryan Oviedo |
2019 Copa America | Richarlison |
UEFA European Championship
The following were part of European Championship squads while playing for Everton.
Tournament | Players |
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UEFA Euro 1968 | Alan Ball, Brian Labone, Ray Wilson, Tommy Wright |
UEFA Euro 1988 | Kevin Sheedy, Trevor Steven, Gary Stevens, Dave Watson |
UEFA Euro 1992 | Martin Keown, Pat Nevin |
UEFA Euro 1996 | Marc Hottiger, Andrei Kanchelskis |
UEFA Euro 2000 | Nick Barmby, Thomas Myhre, Abel Xavier |
UEFA Euro 2004 | Thomas Gravesen, Tobias Linderoth, Wayne Rooney |
UEFA Euro 2012 | Nikica Jelavic, Johnny Heitinga |
UEFA Euro 2016 | Seamus Coleman, Romelu Lukaku, James McCarthy, Aiden McGeady |
References
- "Everton Results". www.evertonresults.com.
- Felix Keith (3 November 2014). "91 Nations, 1 League: List of Different Premier League Goal Scorer Nationalities Continues To Grow". Just-Football.com. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- "Everton international records".
- Everton legend of the sixties Alex Parker passes away, Liverpool Echo, 8 January 2010.