The list of Catalan footballers features male association football players from Catalonia, one of Spain's seventeen autonomous communities and a territory with a population of over 7 million, plus the adjoining Pyrénées-Orientales, a French department, and also the Sardinian city of Alghero. All of them have reached international status with the national teams as specified, the vast majority representing Spain. [1] [2] [3]
The region has a representative squad – the Catalonia national football team – but they are not recognised by FIFA, were inactive for long periods and only play friendly matches against FIFA teams or against other sides with similar status such as the Basque Country. [4] [5] [6]
Listed below are the players who have featured for the Catalonia international team dating from 1997 when regular fixtures against FIFA national teams were arranged. As of May 2019, there have been 25 matches played in this era (including four against the Basque Country who have the same unofficial status as Catalonia and select their squads on the same basis), with 141 players involved.
Key | |
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* | Still active for the national team [a] |
= | Player is tied for the number of caps |
GK | Goalkeeper |
DF | Defender |
MF | Midfielder |
FW | Forward |
# | Name | Position | First cap [b] | Last cap [b] | Caps | Goals |
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1 | Sergio García * | FW | 2002 [c] | 2019 [d] | 16 | 9 |
2 | Sergio | MF | 1999 [e] | 2013 [f] | 15 | 2 |
3 | Roger | MF | 1997 [g] | 2006 [h] | 12 | 2 |
= | Xavi * | MF | 1998 [i] | 2016 [j] | 12 | 2 |
= | Víctor Valdés | GK | 2001 [k] | 2011 [l] | 12 | 0 |
6 | Joan Verdú * | FW | 2006 [m] | 2016 [j] | 11 | 3 |
7 | Quique Álvarez | DF | 1997 [g] | 2004 [n] | 10 | 0 |
= | Joan Capdevila | DF | 2002 [c] | 2013 [o] | 10 | 0 |
= | Gerard Piqué * | DF | 2004 [n] | 2019 [d] | 10 | 0 |
10 | Albert Celades | MF | 1997 [g] | 2005 [p] | 9 | 1 |
= | Alberto Lopo | DF | 2001 [k] | 2008 [q] | 9 | 0 |
= | Ferran Corominas | MF | 2003 [r] | 2011 [l] | 9 | 1 |
13 | Jordi Cruyff | FW | 1997 [g] | 2004 [s] | 8 | 1 |
= | Toni | GK | 1997 [g] | 2004 [s] | 8 | 0 |
= | Gerard | MF | 1997 [g] | 2008 [t] | 8 | 2 |
= | Pep Guardiola | MF | 1998 [i] | 2005 [p] | 8 | 0 |
= | Bojan * | FW | 2007 [u] | 2019 [d] | 8 | 7 |
= | Sergio Busquets * | MF | 2008 [q] | 2015 [v] | 8 | 0 |
19 | Curro Torres | DF | 2001 [k] | 2006 [h] | 7 | 0 |
= | Óscar Serrano | MF | 2004 [n] | 2010 [w] | 7 | 0 |
21 | Sergi | DF | 1997 [g] | 2004 [s] | 6 | 0 |
= | Dani García | FW | 1997 [g] | 2002 [c] | 6 | 1 |
= | Carles Puyol | DF | 2001 [k] | 2013 [f] | 6 | 0 |
= | Piti * | FW | 2003 [r] | 2015 [v] | 6 | 1 |
= | David García | DF | 2004 [n] | 2010 [w] | 6 | 0 |
= | Oleguer | DF | 2004 [s] | 2009 [x] | 6 | 0 |
= | Jonathan Soriano * | FW | 2004 [n] | 2014 [y] | 6 | 1 |
= | Álvaro Vázquez * | FW | 2010 [w] | 2016 [j] | 6 | 0 |
= | Marc Bartra * | DF | 2010 [w] | 2019 [d] | 6 | 0 |
= | Sergi Roberto * | DF | 2011 [l] | 2016 [j] | 6 | 0 |
= | Martín Montoya * | DF | 2011 [l] | 2019 [d] | 6 | 0 |
32 | Antonio Pinilla | FW | 1997 [g] | 2007 [u] | 5 | 0 |
= | Óscar | FW | 1998 [i] | 2002 [z] | 5 | 5 |
= | Gabri | MF | 1999 [e] | 2006 [m] | 5 | 0 |
= | Jordi Codina | GK | 2001 [k] | 2013 [o] | 5 | 0 |
= | Luis García | FW | 2001 [k] | 2008 [t] | 5 | 3 |
= | José Miguel Morales | GK | 2001 [k] | 2008 [q] | 5 | 0 |
= | Bruno * | DF | 2005 [p] | 2009 [x] | 5 | 0 |
= | David Belenguer | DF | 2006 [m] | 2008 [q] | 5 | 0 |
= | Jordi Alba * | DF | 2008 [q] | 2015 [v] | 5 | 0 |
= | Kiko Casilla * | GK | 2010 [w] | 2015 [v] | 5 | 0 |
42 | Francesc Arnau | GK | 1997 [g] | 2002 [z] | 4 | 0 |
= | Xavi Aguado | DF | 1998 [i] | 2001 [k] | 4 | 0 |
= | Raúl Tamudo | FW | 1998 [i] | 2002 [z] | 4 | 1 |
= | Damià | DF | 2004 [n] | 2010 [w] | 4 | 0 |
= | Alberto de la Bella * | DF | 2010 [w] | 2016 [j] | 4 | 0 |
= | Andreu Fontàs * | DF | 2010 [w] | 2016 [j] | 4 | 0 |
= | Víctor Sánchez * | MF | 2013 [f] | 2019 [d] | 4 | 0 |
= | Aleix Vidal * | DF | 2013 [o] | 2019 [d] | 4 | 0 |
= | Víctor Álvarez * | DF | 2013 [o] | 2016 [j] | 4 | 0 |
51 | Toni Soldevilla | DF | 2000 [aa] | 2002 [c] | 3 | 0 |
= | Albert Luque | FW | 2002 [c] | 2006 [h] | 3 | 2 |
= | Cesc Fàbregas * | MF | 2004 [s] | 2013 [o] | 3 | 0 |
= | Albert Jorquera | GK | 2006 [m] | 2007 [u] | 3 | 0 |
= | Marc Crosas | MF | 2007 [u] | 2016 [j] | 3 | 0 |
= | Carlos García | DF | 2007 [u] | 2008 [q] | 3 | 0 |
= | Fernando Navarro | DF | 2006 [m] | 2009 [x] | 3 | 0 |
= | Dídac Vilà * | DF | 2011 [l] | 2019 [d] | 3 | 0 |
= | Jordi Masip * | GK | 2014 [y] | 2016 [j] | 3 | 0 |
= | Gerard Moreno * | FW | 2014 [y] | 2016 [j] | 3 | 1 |
61= | Miquel Soler | DF | 1997 [g] | 1998 [i] | 2 | 0 |
= | Óscar Serrano | MF | 1997 [g] | 1998 [i] | 2 | 0 |
= | Lluís Carreras | DF | 1997 [g] | 1998 [i] | 2 | 0 |
= | Cristóbal Parralo | DF | 1998 [i] | 1999 [e] | 2 | 0 |
= | Albert Tomàs | DF | 1998 [i] | 1999 [e] | 2 | 0 |
= | Delfí Geli | DF | 2000 [aa] | 2002 [z] | 2 | 0 |
= | Dani Tortolero | DF | 2002 [z] | 2007 [u] | 2 | 0 |
= | Alex Fernández (es) | MF | 2002 [z] | 2002 [c] | 2 | 0 |
= | Albert Crusat | MF | 2002 [z] | 2008 [q] | 2 | 0 |
= | Ángel Morales | MF | 2002 [z] | 2004 [n] | 2 | 0 |
= | Monty (es) | MF | 2002 [z] | 2002 [c] | 2 | 0 |
= | Miguel Ángel | MF | 2002 [z] | 2004 [s] | 2 | 0 |
= | Jofre | MF | 2004 [s] | 2004 [n] | 2 | 0 |
= | Jordi López | MF | 2005 [p] | 2006 [h] | 2 | 0 |
= | Javi Chica * | DF | 2007 [u] | 2008 [t] | 2 | 0 |
= | Ángel Martínez | MF | 2007 [u] | 2008 [t] | 2 | 0 |
= | Javi Márquez * | MF | 2010 [w] | 2015 [v] | 2 | 0 |
= | Marc Muniesa * | DF | 2011 [l] | 2019 [d] | 2 | 0 |
= | Jordi Amat * | DF | 2011 [l] | 2013 [f] | 2 | 0 |
= | Cristian Tello * | FW | 2013 [f] | 2013 [o] | 2 | 0 |
= | David López * | MF | 2013 [o] | 2015 [v] | 2 | 0 |
= | Oriol Riera | FW | 2013 [o] | 2016 [j] | 2 | 1 |
= | Sergi Samper * | MF | 2014 [y] | 2016 [j] | 2 | 0 |
= | Víctor Rodríguez * | MF | 2015 [v] | 2016 [j] | 2 | 0 |
= | Joan Jordán * | FW | 2015 [v] | 2019 [d] | 2 | 0 |
= | Édgar Badía * | GK | 2016 [j] | 2019 [d] | 2 | 0 |
= | Pere Pons * | MF | 2016 [j] | 2019 [d] | 2 | 0 |
87 | Jaime | DF | 1997 [g] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Alejo (es) | DF | 1997 [g] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Toni Velamazán | MF | 1997 [g] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Joan Barbarà | FW | 1998 [i] | 1 | 1 | |
= | Gerard Escoda (es) | FW | 1998 [i] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Enrique de Lucas | MF | 1999 [e] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Rubén Navarro | FW | 2000 [aa] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Pepe Reina [ab] | GK | 2000 [aa] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Raül Capó [7] | DF | 2003 [r] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Aarón Bueno * | MF | 2003 [r] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Andrés Iniesta [ab] | MF | 2004 [s] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Ramón de Quintana | DF | 2005 [p] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Marc Sellarés [8] | FW | 2005 [p] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Oriol | DF | 2006 [m] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Jordi Martínez (ca) | MF | 2006 [m] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Uri | FW | 2006 [m] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Sergio Sánchez * | DF | 2006 [m] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Dani Jarque | DF | 2006 [m] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Jordi Tarrés | FW | 2006 [m] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Abraham * | MF | 2006 [m] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Josep Maria Soler (nl) [ac] | FW | 2007 [u] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Cristian * | MF | 2008 [t] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Santi Triguero [10] | FW | 2008 [t] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Jordi Matamala | MF | 2008 [q] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Moisés Hurtado | MF | 2009 [x] | 1 | 1 | |
= | Víctor Ruiz * | DF | 2010 [w] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Rafa Jordà * | FW | 2010 [w] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Sergio Juste * | DF | 2011 [l] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Raúl Rodríguez * | DF | 2011 [l] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Isaac Cuenca * | MF | 2011 [l] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Albert Puigdollers | MF | 2011 [l] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Sergio Tejera * | MF | 2013 [f] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Marc Valiente * | DF | 2013 [o] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Oriol Rosell * | MF | 2013 [o] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Jordi Xumetra * | MF | 2013 [o] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Gerard Deulofeu * | FW | 2014 [y] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Pau López * | GK | 2015 [v] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Keita * | FW | 2015 [v] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Pol Lirola * | DF | 2016 [j] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Gerard Valentín * | DF | 2016 [j] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Sergi Gómez * | DF | 2016 [j] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Aarón Martín * | DF | 2016 [j] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Marc Roca * | MF | 2016 [j] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Álex Granell * | MF | 2019 [d] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Óscar Melendo * | MF | 2019 [d] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Isaac Becerra * | GK | 2019 [d] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Marc Cardona * | FW | 2019 [d] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Marc Cucurella * | DF | 2019 [d] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Oriol Romeu * | MF | 2019 [d] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Javi Puado * | FW | 2019 [d] | 1 | 1 | |
= | Aleix García * | MF | 2019 [d] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Pere Milla * | MF | 2019 [d] | 1 | 0 | |
= | Riqui Puig * | MF | 2019 [d] | 1 | 0 |
All of the players listed were either born or raised in Catalonia, with most meeting both criteria.
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