List of Everton F.C. international players

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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.

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Players of the club can be called up to represent their national team and to date 238 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 Jarrad Branthwaite for England against Bosnia and Herzegovina on 3 June 2024.

Countries (in blue) in which Everton players have been capped at international level. Everton Internationals Map.png
Countries (in blue) in which Everton players have been capped at international level.

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.

37 individual Everton players have represented their countries at the World Cup, with Everton being represented in 13 of the 22 tournaments (currently having taken part in 10 consecutive tournaments since 1986. Alex Parker the first in 1958 for Scotland. [4] At the most recent 2018 World Cup 3 Everton players represented 3 countries. Tim Cahill, representing Australia, is the only player to appear at more than one tournament.

Over 2700 caps for 43 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 240.

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 5 June 2024

World Cup players

The following were part of World Cup squads while playing for Everton.

Johnny Heitinga was runners-up for the Netherlands at the 2010 World Cup Heitinga Oranje.jpg
Johnny Heitinga was runners-up for the Netherlands at the 2010 World Cup
TournamentPlayers
World Cup 1958 Flag of Scotland.svg Alex Parker, Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Roy Vernon
World Cup 1966 Flag of England.svg Ray Wilson
World Cup 1970 Flag of England.svg Alan Ball, Flag of England.svg Brian Labone, Flag of England.svg Keith Newton, Flag of England.svg Tommy Wright
World Cup 1986 Flag of England.svg Gary Lineker, Flag of England.svg Peter Reid, Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Sharp, Flag of England.svg Trevor Steven, Flag of England.svg Gary Stevens
World Cup 1990 Flag of Scotland.svg Stuart McCall, Flag of Ireland.svg Kevin Sheedy
World Cup 1994 Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Limpar
World Cup 1998 Flag of Croatia.svg Slaven Bilić
World Cup 2002 Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Alexandersson, Flag of Ireland.svg Lee Carsley, Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Gravesen, Flag of Sweden.svg Tobias Linderoth, Flag of the United States.svg Joe-Max Moore
World Cup 2006 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Cahill, Flag of Portugal.svg Nuno Valente
World Cup 2010 Flag of Nigeria.svg Yakubu, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Cahill, Flag of the Netherlands.svg Johnny Heitinga, Flag of South Africa.svg Steven Pienaar, Flag of Nigeria.svg Joseph Yobo
World Cup 2014 Flag of England.svg Leighton Baines, Flag of England.svg Ross Barkley, Flag of the United States.svg Tim Howard, Flag of England.svg Phil Jagielka, Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kevin Mirallas
World Cup 2018 Flag of Senegal.svg Idrissa Gueye, Flag of England.svg Jordan Pickford, Flag of Iceland.svg Gylfi Sigurdsson
World Cup 2022 Flag of England.svg Conor Coady, Flag of Senegal.svg Idrissa Gueye, Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Amadou Onana, Flag of England.svg Jordan Pickford

AFC Asian Cup

The following were part of Asian Cup squads while playing for Everton.

TournamentPlayers
2007 Asian Cup Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Cahill
2011 Asian Cup Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Cahill

CAF Africa Cup of Nations

The following were part of African Cup of Nations squads while playing for Everton.

TournamentPlayers
2004 Africa Cup of Nations Flag of Nigeria.svg Joseph Yobo
2006 Africa Cup of Nations Flag of Nigeria.svg Joseph Yobo
2008 Africa Cup of Nations Flag of Nigeria.svg Yakubu, Flag of South Africa.svg Steven Pienaar, Flag of Nigeria.svg Joseph Yobo
2010 Africa Cup of Nations Flag of Nigeria.svg Yakubu, Flag of Nigeria.svg Joseph Yobo
2015 Africa Cup of Nations Flag of Ghana.svg Christian Atsu
2017 Africa Cup of Nations Flag of Senegal.svg Idrissa Gueye
2019 Africa Cup of Nations Flag of Senegal.svg Idrissa Gueye, Flag of Nigeria.svg Henry Onyekuru
2021 Africa Cup of Nations Flag of Nigeria.svg Alex Iwobi

CONCACAF Gold Cup

The following were part of Gold Cup squads while playing for Everton.

TournamentPlayers
2007 Gold Cup Flag of the United States.svg Tim Howard
2011 Gold Cup Flag of the United States.svg Tim Howard
2019 Gold Cup Flag of Curacao.svg Cuco Martina
2023 Gold Cup Flag of Jamaica.svg Demarai Gray

CONEBOL Copa America

The following were part of Copa America squads while playing for Everton.

TournamentPlayers
2016 Copa América Flag of Argentina.svg Ramiro Funes Mori, Flag of the United States.svg Tim Howard, Flag of Costa Rica.svg Bryan Oviedo
2019 Copa América Flag of Brazil.svg Richarlison
2021 Copa América Flag of Colombia.svg Yerry Mina, Flag of Brazil.svg Richarlison

UEFA European Championship

The following were part of European Championship squads while playing for Everton.

TournamentPlayers
UEFA Euro 1968 Flag of England.svg Alan Ball, Flag of England.svg Brian Labone, Flag of England.svg Ray Wilson, Flag of England.svg Tommy Wright
UEFA Euro 1988 Flag of Ireland.svg Kevin Sheedy, Flag of England.svg Trevor Steven, Flag of England.svg Gary Stevens, Flag of England.svg Dave Watson
UEFA Euro 1992 Flag of England.svg Martin Keown, Flag of Scotland.svg Pat Nevin
UEFA Euro 1996 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Hottiger, Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Kanchelskis
UEFA Euro 2000 Flag of England.svg Nick Barmby, Flag of Norway.svg Thomas Myhre, Flag of Portugal.svg Abel Xavier
UEFA Euro 2004 Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Gravesen, Flag of Sweden.svg Tobias Linderoth, Flag of England.svg Wayne Rooney
UEFA Euro 2012 Flag of Croatia.svg Nikica Jelavic, Flag of the Netherlands.svg Johnny Heitinga
UEFA Euro 2016 Flag of Ireland.svg Seamus Coleman, Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Romelu Lukaku, Flag of Ireland.svg James McCarthy, Flag of Ireland.svg Aiden McGeady
UEFA Euro 2020 Flag of England.svg Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Flag of France.svg Lucas Digne, Flag of Sweden.svg Robin Olsen, Flag of England.svg Jordan Pickford, Flag of Portugal.svg André Gomes

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