List of Reading F.C. internationals

Last updated December 18, 2025

This is a list of all full international footballers to play for Reading . Players who were capped while a Reading player are marked in bold.

International representatives

As of match played 19 November 2025

The following list includes only players who either earnt caps whilst playing for Reading, marked in Bold, or had caps prior to joining the club. Players who went on to represent their country after leaving Reading, or whilst away on loan, are not included.

Name	Country	Caps	Goals	Reading Years	International Years
Joe Davies	Wales	11	0	1898-1900	1899-1900
Dai Evans	Wales	4	0	1924-1928	1926-1928
Peter O'Sullivan	Wales	3	1	1982-1983	1973-1978
Nigel Stevenson	Wales	4	0	1986	1982
Nigel Vaughan	Wales	10	0	1986-1987	1982-1984
Ady Williams	Wales ^{[b ENG]}	13	1	1989-1996, 2000-2004	1995-2003
Steve Morrow	Northern Ireland	39	1	1990, 1991	1990-1999
Jim Leighton	Scotland	91	0	1991-1992	1982-1998
Mark McGhee	Scotland	4	2	1991-1993	1983-1984
Jimmy Quinn	Northern Ireland	46	12	1992-1997	1985-1996
Jeff Hopkins	Wales	16	0	1992-1997	1983-1990
Steve Archibald	Scotland	27	4	1992^[1]	1980-1986
Paul Kee	Northern Ireland	9	0	1993-1994	1990-1994
Andy Bernal	Australia	21	0	1994-2000	1989-1996
Dariusz Wdowczyk	Poland	53	2	1994-1998	1979-1998
Borislav Mihaylov	Bulgaria	102	0	1995-1997	1983-1999
Lee Nogan	Wales	2	0	1995-1997	1993-1995
Chris Woods	England	43	0	1995	1985-1993
Tommy Wright	Northern Ireland	31	0	1996	1989-1999
Paul Bodin	Wales	23	3	1996-1998	1990-1994
Barry Hunter	Northern Ireland	14	1	1996-2001	1995-1999
Ray Houghton	Republic of Ireland ^{[b SCO]}	73	6	1997-1999	1986-1999
Alan Maybury	Republic of Ireland	10	0	1998	1998-2005
Michael O'Neill	Northern Ireland	31	4	1998	1988-1996
Andy Legg	Wales	6	0	1998	1996-2001
Robert Fleck	Scotland	4	0	1998-1999	1990-1992
Graeme Murty	Scotland ^{[b ENG]}	4	0	1998-2009	2004-2007
Peter Grant	Scotland	2	0	1999-2000	1989
Mark Bowen	Wales	31	3	1999	1986-1997
Tony Rougier	Trinidad and Tobago	67	5	2000-2003	1995-2005
John Salako	England ^{[b NGR]}	5	0	2001-2004	1991
Nicky Shorey	England	2	0	2001-2008, 2012-2013	2007
Marcus Hahnemann	United States	9	0	2001-2009	1994-2011
Shaun Goater	Bermuda	22	20	2003-2005	1987-2004
Ívar Ingimarsson	Iceland	30	0	2003-2011	1998-2007
Omar Daley	Jamaica	75	7	2003-2004	2000-2013
Kelvin Jack	Trinidad and Tobago	33	0	2004	1997-2006
Lloyd Owusu	Ghana ^{[b ENG]}	4	0	2004-2005	2005-6
Ibrahima Sonko	Senegal	5	1	2004-2008	2008
Bobby Convey	United States	46	1	2004-2009	2000-2008
Les Ferdinand	England	17	5	2005	1993-1998
Martin Keown	England	43	2	2005	1992-2002
Adam Federici	Australia	16	0	2005-2015	2010-2016
Brynjar Gunnarsson	Iceland	74	5	2005-2013	1997-2009
Gylfi Sigurðsson	Iceland	78	25	2005-2010	2010-2020
Simon Cox	Republic of Ireland ^{[b ENG]}	30	4	2005-2008, 2014-2016	2010-2020
Kevin Doyle	Republic of Ireland	62	14	2005-2009	2006-2017
Stephen Hunt	Republic of Ireland	39	1	2005-2009	2007-2012
Shane Long	Republic of Ireland	88	17	2005-2011, 2022-2023	2007-2021
John Oster	Wales ^{[b ENG]}	13	0	2005-2008	1997-2004
Ulises de la Cruz	Ecuador	101	6	2006-2008	1995-2010
Alex Pearce	Republic of Ireland ^{[b ENG]}	7	2	2006-2015	2012-2017
Seol Ki-hyeon	South Korea	82	19	2006-2007	2000-2009
Sam Sodje	Nigeria ^{[b ENG]}	4	0	2006-2009	2005-2009
Emerse Faé	Ivory Coast ^{[b FRA]}	41	1	2007-2008	2005-2012
André Bikey	Cameroon	25	1	2007-2009	2006-2010
Alan Bennett	Republic of Ireland	2	0	2007-2009	2007
Kalifa Cissé	Mali ^{[b FRA]}	5	0	2007-2010	2008-2012
Simon Church	Wales ^{[b ENG]}	38	3	2007-2013	2009-2016
Hal Robson-Kanu	Wales ^{[b ENG]}	46	5	2007-2016	2010-2021
Marek Matějovský	Czech Republic	15	1	2008-2010	2007-2011
Noel Hunt	Republic of Ireland	3	0	2008-2013	2008-2009
Jimmy Kébé	Mali ^{[b FRA]}	2	0	2008-2013	2005-2009
Darren O'Dea	Republic of Ireland	20	1	2009	2009-2013
Shaun Cummings	Jamaica ^{[b ENG]}	3	0	2009-2015	2012-2015
Michael Hector	Jamaica ^{[b ENG]}	45	0	2009-2015, 2015–2016	2015-Present
Jobi McAnuff	Jamaica ^{[b ENG]}	32	1	2009-2014	2002-2016
Grzegorz Rasiak	Poland	37	8	2009-2010	2002-2007
Jake Taylor	Wales ^{[b ENG]}	1	0	2009-2016	2014
Zurab Khizanishvili	Georgia	93	1	2010-2011	1999-2015
Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson	Iceland	24	5	2010	2005-2018
Ian Harte	Republic of Ireland	64	12	2010-2013	1996-2007
Mikele Leigertwood	Antigua and Barbuda ^{[b ENG]}	11	1	2011-2014	2008-2014
Kaspars Gorkšs	Latvia	86	5	2011-2014	2005-2017
Jason Roberts	Grenada ^{[b ENG]}	16	14	2012-2014	1999-2008
Adrian Mariappa	Jamaica ^{[b ENG]}	72	1	2012-2013	2012-2022
Garath McCleary	Jamaica ^{[b ENG]}	24	3	2012-2020	2013-2016
Pavel Pogrebnyak	Russia	33	8	2012-2015	2006-2012
Chris Gunter	Wales	109	0	2012-2020	2007-2022
Wayne Bridge	England	36	1	2013-2014	2002-2009
Stephen Kelly	Republic of Ireland	39	0	2013-2025	2006-2014
Royston Drenthe	Netherlands	1	0	2013-2015	2010
Hope Akpan	Nigeria ^{[b ENG]}	4	0	2013-2025	2014-2015
Danny Williams	United States ^{[b WGER]}	23	2	2013-2017	2011-2017
Chris Baird	Northern Ireland	79	0	2013-2024	2003-2016
Oliver Norwood	Northern Ireland ^{[b ENG]}	57	0	2014-2016	2010-2018
Jamie Mackie	Scotland ^{[b ENG]}	9	2	2014-2015	2010-2012
Zat Knight	England	2	0	2015	2005
Yakubu	Nigeria	57	21	2015	2000-2012
Matěj Vydra	Czech Republic	46	7	2015-2016	2012-2021
Paul McShane	Republic of Ireland	33	0	2015-2019	2006-2016
Stephen Quinn	Republic of Ireland	18	0	2015-2018	2013-2016
Ola John	Netherlands ^{[b LBR]}	1	0	2015-2016	2013
Luke Southwood	Northern Ireland ^{[b ENG]}	1	0	2015-2023	2022-Present
Ali Al-Habsi	Oman	135	0	2015-2017	2002-2019
Paolo Hurtado	Peru	37	3	2015-2017	2011-2019
Orlando Sá	Portugal	1	0	2015-2016	2009
Anssi Jaakkola	Finland	3	0	2016-2019	2011-2021
Yakou Méïté	Ivory Coast ^{[b FRA]}	2	0	2016-2023	2019-Present
Liam Moore	Jamaica ^{[b ENG]}	9	0	2016-2023	2021
Deniss Rakels	Latvia	32	1	2016-2018	2010-2019
Sandro Wieser	Liechtenstein	69	2	2016-2018	2010-Present
Roy Beerens	Netherlands	2	0	2016-2018	2010-2011
Leandro Bacuna	Curaçao ^{[b NLD]}	68	16	2017-2019	2016-Present
Modou Barrow	Gambia	18	2	2017-2020	2015-2022
Jón Daði Böðvarsson	Iceland	64	4	2017-2019	2012-2022
Adrian Popa	Romania	24	3	2017-2020	2012-2017
David Edwards	Wales ^{[b ENG]}	43	3	2017-2019	2007-2017
Sone Aluko	Nigeria ^{[b ENG]}	7	2	2017-2021	2009-2015
Chris Martin	Scotland ^{[b ENG]}	17	3	2018	2014-2017
Andy Yiadom	Ghana ^{[b ENG]}	26	0	2018-Present	2017-2022
Jökull Andrésson	Iceland	1	0	2018-2024	2022-Present
David Meyler	Republic of Ireland	26	0	2018-2019	2012-2018
Saeid Ezatolahi	Iran	81	1	2018-2019	2015-Present
John O'Shea	Republic of Ireland	118	3	2018-2019	2001-2018
Marc McNulty	Scotland	2	0	2018-2022	2019
Nélson Oliveira	Portugal	17	2	2019	2012-2017
Matt Miazga	United States	28	1	2019, 2019-2020	2015-Present
Lucas João	Portugal	2	0	2019-2023	2015
Lucas João	Angola ^{[b POR]}	5	1	2019-2023	2022-Present
Rafael Cabral	Brazil	3	0	2019–2022	2012
Pelé	Guinea-Bissau ^{[b POR]}	23	1	2019–2020	2017-2022
George Pușcaș	Romania	46	11	2019–2023	2018-Present
Charlie Adam	Scotland	26	0	2019–2020	2007–2015
Ayub Masika	Kenya	35	5	2020	2012-Present
Coniah Boyce-Clarke	Jamaica ^{[b ENG]}	1	0	2020-2025	2023-Present
Nahum Melvin-Lambert	Saint Lucia ^{[b ENG]}	1	0	2020-2023	2023-Present
Alfa Semedo	Guinea-Bissau	35	2	2020-2021	2021-Present
Mamadi Camará	Guinea-Bissau	7	0	2021-Present	2022-Present
Andy Carroll	England	9	2	2021-2022, 2022-2023	2010–2012
Jeriel Dorsett	Montserrat ^{[b ENG]}	7	0	2021-Present	2023-Present
Danny Drinkwater	England	3	0	2021-2022	2016
Alen Halilović	Croatia	10	0	2021-2022	2013-2019
Junior Hoilett	Canada	68	17	2021-2023	2015-Present
Baba Rahman	Ghana	52	1	2021-2022, 2022-2023	2017-Present
Karl Hein	Estonia	45	0	2022	2020-Present
Ørjan Nyland	Norway	67	0	2022	2013-Present
Terell Thomas	Saint Lucia ^{[b ENG]}	18	1	2022	2022-Present
Jeff Hendrick	Republic of Ireland	79	2	2022-2023	2013-2023
Mamadou Loum	Senegal	3	0	2022-2023	2019-Present
Basil Tuma	Malta ^{[b UGA]}	8	0	2022-Present	2024-Present
Tyler Bindon	New Zealand	21	2	2023-2025	2023-Present
Ben Elliott	Cameroon ^{[b ENG]}	5	0	2023-Present	2023-Present
Charlie Savage	Wales ^{[b ENG]}	2	0	2023-Present	2023-Present
Liam Fraser	Canada	19	0	2025-Present	2019-Present
Paddy Lane	Northern Ireland	4	0	2025-Present	2022-Present
Derrick Williams	Republic of Ireland ^{[b GER]}	3	1	2025-Present	2018-219
Matt Ritchie	Scotland ^{[b ENG]}	16	3	2025-Present	2015-2018
Andy Rinomhota	Zimbabwe ^{[b ENG]}	13	0	2018-2022, 2025-Present	2023-Present

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Country	Players	Caps	Goals
Angola	1	5	1
Antigua and Barbuda	1	11	1
Australia	2	37	0
Bermuda	1	22	20
Brazil	1	3	0
Bulgaria	1	102	0
Cameroon	2	30	1
Canada	2	87	17
Croatia	1	10	0
Curaçao	1	68	16
Czech Republic	2	61	8
Ecuador	1	101	6
England	9	162	10
Estonia	1	45	0
Finland	1	3	0
Gambia	1	18	2
Georgia	1	93	1
Ghana	3	82	1
Grenada	1	16	14
Guinea-Bissau	3	65	3
Iceland	6	271	39
Iran	1	81	1
Ivory Coast	2	43	1
Jamaica	8	261	12
Kenya	1	35	5
Latvia	2	118	6
Liechtenstein	1	69	2
Mali	2	7	0
Malta	1	8	0
Montserrat	1	7	0
Netherlands	3	4	0
New Zealand	1	21	2
Nigeria	4	72	23
Northern Ireland	10	311	18
Norway	1	67	0
Oman	1	135	0
Peru	1	37	3
Poland	2	90	10
Portugal	3	20	2
Republic of Ireland	18	714	63
Romania	2	70	14
Russia	1	33	8
Saint Lucia	2	19	1
Scotland	11	202	14
Senegal	2	8	1
South Korea	1	82	19
Trinidad and Tobago	2	100	5
United States	4	106	4
Wales	18	375	19
Zimbabwe	1	13	0
Total	149	4,400	373

World Cup players

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

Tournament	Players
2006 FIFA World Cup	Bobby Convey, Marcus Hahnemann
2010 FIFA World Cup	Adam Federici
2018 FIFA World Cup	Jón Daði Böðvarsson
2022 FIFA World Cup	Junior Hoilett, Baba Rahman, Mamadou Loum

CAF Africa Cup of Nations

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

Tournament	Players
2008 Africa Cup of Nations	André Bikey, Emerse Faé, Ibrahima Sonko
2019 Africa Cup of Nations	Andy Yiadom
2021 Africa Cup of Nations	Andy Yiadom, Baba Rahman
2023 Africa Cup of Nations	Ben Elliott
2025 Africa Cup of Nations	Andy Rinomhota

CONCACAF Gold Cup

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

Tournament	Players
2005 Gold Cup	Marcus Hahnemann
2015 Gold Cup	Michael Hector, Garath McCleary
2019 Gold Cup	Callum Harriott, Matt Miazga
2023 Gold Cup	Liam Moore
2023 Gold Cup	Junior Hoilett, Coniah Boyce-Clarke

OFC Men's Nations Cup

The following were part of OFC Men's Nations Cup squads while playing for Reading.

Tournament	Players
2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup	Tyler Bindon

UEFA European Championship

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

Tournament	Players
UEFA Euro 1996	Borislav Mihaylov
UEFA Euro 2008	Marek Matějovský
UEFA Euro 2016	Oliver Norwood, Stephen Quinn, Chris Gunter, Hal Robson-Kanu

References

↑ "Steve Archibald". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 6 March 2012.

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