List of players who have appeared in multiple UEFA European Championships

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In the UEFA European Championship, the following male football players have been named in the national team in at least four finals tournaments.

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Most tournaments

Sources: [1] [2] [3]

TeamPlayer [n 1] In squad [n 2] Played [n 3] Tournaments [n 4]
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 662004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Luka Modrić 552008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Pepe 552008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Iker Casillas 53(2000), 2004, 2008, 2012, (2016)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Rui Patrício 53(2008), 2012, 2016, 2020, (2024)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Gianluigi Buffon 442004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Petr Čech 442004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giorgio Chiellini 442008, 2012, 2016, 2020
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alessandro Del Piero 441996, 2000, 2004, 2008
Flag of France.svg  France Olivier Giroud 442012, 2016, 2020, 2024
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović 442004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Andreas Isaksson 442004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Kim Källström 442004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Toni Kroos 442012, 2016, 2020, 2024
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Sebastian Larsson 442008, 2012, 2016, 2020
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Robert Lewandowski 442012, 2016, 2020, 2024
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Lothar Matthäus 441980, 1984, 1988, 2000
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Olof Mellberg 442000, 2004, 2008, 2012
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal João Moutinho 442008, 2012, 2016, 2020
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Thomas Müller 442012, 2016, 2020, 2024
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Manuel Neuer 442012, 2016, 2020, 2024
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Ivan Perišić 442012, 2016, 2020, 2024
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Jaroslav Plašil 442004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Lukas Podolski 442004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Tomáš Rosický 442000, 2004, 2012, 2016
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Edwin van der Sar 441996, 2000, 2004, 2008
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Peter Schmeichel 441988, 1992, 1996, 2000
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Bastian Schweinsteiger 442004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Darijo Srna 442004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Wojciech Szczęsny 442012, 2016, 2020, 2024
Flag of France.svg  France Lilian Thuram 441996, 2000, 2004, 2008
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Andriy Yarmolenko 442012, 2016, 2020, 2024
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Aron Winter 43(1988), 1992, 1996, 2000
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Domagoj Vida 432012, 2016, 2020, (2024)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Igor Akinfeev 42(2004), 2008, (2012), 2016
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Andreas Granqvist 42(2008), 2012, 2016, (2020)
Flag of France.svg  France Steve Mandanda 40(2008), (2012), (2016), (2020)
  1. Name in bold indicates a player still active at international level.
  2. Number of finals tournaments in which the player was part of the squad.
  3. Number of finals tournaments in which the player played in at least one match.
  4. Years in brackets indicate that the player was part of the squad but did not play in any matches.

Most matches

The following players have played at least fifteen matches, which requires appearances in a minimum of three European Championship tournaments.

Sources: [4] [5]

TeamPlayer [o 1] Matches [o 2] Tournaments
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 302004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Pepe 232008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Manuel Neuer 202012, 2016, 2020, 2024
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Toni Kroos 192012, 2016, 2020, 2024
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal João Moutinho 192008, 2012, 2016, 2020
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Leonardo Bonucci 182012, 2016, 2020
Flag of England.svg  England Harry Kane 182016, 2020, 2024
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Bastian Schweinsteiger 182004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Gianluigi Buffon 172004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giorgio Chiellini 172008, 2012, 2016, 2020
Flag of France.svg  France Antoine Griezmann 172016, 2020, 2024
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Álvaro Morata 172016, 2020, 2024
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Thomas Müller 172012, 2016, 2020, 2024
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Jordi Alba 162012, 2016, 2020
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Cesc Fàbregas 162008, 2012, 2016
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Andrés Iniesta 162008, 2012, 2016
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Luka Modrić 162008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Rui Patrício 162012, 2016, 2020
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Edwin van der Sar 161996, 2000, 2004, 2008
Flag of France.svg  France Lilian Thuram 161996, 2000, 2004, 2008
Flag of England.svg  England Kyle Walker 162016, 2020, 2024
Flag of France.svg  France Olivier Giroud 152012, 2016, 2020, 2024
Flag of France.svg  France Hugo Lloris 152012, 2016, 2020
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Nani 152008, 2012, 2016
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Sergio Ramos 152008, 2012, 2016
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain David Silva 152008, 2012, 2016
  1. Name in bold indicates a player still active in international football.
  2. Number of finals matches the player entered the field, not counting those as an unused substitute.

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