Progression of association football caps South American record

This is a progressive list of men's association footballers who have held or co-held the South American record for international caps since 1902.

Criteria edit

The criteria used by national FAs in considering a match as a full international were not historically fixed. Particularly for the early decades, and until more recently for FAs outside UEFA and CONMEBOL, counts of caps were often considered unreliable. RSSSF and IFFHS have spent much effort trying to produce definitive lists of full international matches, and corresponding data on players' international caps and goals. Using this data, the following records can be retrospectively produced. Note that, at the time, these records may not have been recognised.

South American record edit

Player Country Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Notes
Jorge Brown   Argentina 6 1907-08-15 Buenos Aires   Uruguay 2–1 Copa Lipton[1]
7 1908-08-15 Montevideo   Uruguay 2–2 Copa Lipton[1]
8 1908-10-04 Buenos Aires   Uruguay 0–1 Copa Premier Honor Argentino[1]
9 1909-08-15 Buenos Aires   Uruguay 2–1 Copa Lipton[1]
10 1909-09-19 Montevideo   Uruguay 2–2 Copa Newton[1]
11 1909-10-10 Buenos Aires   Uruguay 3–1 Copa Premier Honor Argentino[1]
12 1910-06-05 Buenos Aires   Chile 5–1 [1]
13 1910-06-12 Buenos Aires   Uruguay 4–1 South America Cup[1]
14 1910-08-15 Buenos Aires   Uruguay 1–3 [1]
Juan Domingo Brown   Argentina 14 1910-11-13 Buenos Aires   Uruguay 1–1 [2]
15 1910-11-27 Buenos Aires   Uruguay 2–6 [2]
16 1911-08-15 Buenos Aires   Uruguay 0–2 [2]
17 1911-09-17 Montevideo   Uruguay 3–2 [2]
18 1911-10-08 Montevideo   Uruguay 1–1 [2]
19 1911-10-22 Buenos Aires   Uruguay 2–0 [2]
20 1911-10-29 Montevideo   Uruguay 0–3 [2]
21 1912-08-15 Montevideo   Uruguay 0–2 [2]
22 1912-08-25 Montevideo   Uruguay 0–3 [2]
23 1912-10-06 Avellaneda   Uruguay 3–3 [2]
24 1912-12-01 Montevideo   Uruguay 3–1 [2]
25 1913-06-15 Avellaneda   Uruguay 1–1 [2]
26 1913-07-09 Avellaneda   Uruguay 2–1 [2]
27 1913-08-15 Avellaneda   Uruguay 4–0 [2]
28 1913-10-05 Montevideo   Uruguay 0–1 [2]
29 1913-10-26 Montevideo   Uruguay 0–1 [2]
30 1915-07-18 Montevideo   Uruguay 3–2 [2]
31 1915-08-15 Buenos Aires   Uruguay 2–1 [2]
32 1915-09-12 Montevideo   Uruguay 0–2 [3]
33 1916-07-06 Buenos Aires   Chile 6–1 [3]
34 1916-07-10 Buenos Aires   Brazil 1–1 [3]
35 1916-08-15 Montevideo   Uruguay 2–1 [3]
36 1916-10-01 Avellaneda   Uruguay 7–2 [3]
Cayetano Saporiti   Uruguay 36 1916-10-29 Montevideo   Argentina 3–1 [4]
37 1917-07-18 Montevideo   Argentina 0–2 Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo[4]
38 1917-09-02 Montevideo   Argentina 1–0 Copa Newton[4]
39 1917-09-30 Montevideo   Chile 4–0 Copa América[4]
40 1917-10-07 Montevideo   Brazil 4–0 Copa América[4]
41 1917-10-14 Montevideo   Argentina 1–0 Copa América[4]
42 1918-07-18 Montevideo   Argentina 1–1 Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo[4]
43 1918-07-28 Montevideo   Argentina 3–1 Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo[4]
44 1918-08-15 Buenos Aires   Argentina 0–0 Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo[4]
45 1918-08-25 Buenos Aires   Argentina 1–2 Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo[4]
46 1918-08-25 Montevideo   Argentina 1–1 Copa Lipton[4]
47 1918-09-29 Buenos Aires   Argentina 0–2 Copa Newton[4]
48 1919-05-13 Rio de Janeiro   Argentina 3–2 Copa América[4]
49 1919-05-25 Rio de Janeiro   Brazil 2–2 Copa América[4]
50 1919-05-29 Rio de Janeiro   Brazil 0–1 Copa América[4]
Ángel Romano   Uruguay 50 1922-10-12 Rio de Janeiro   Paraguay 0–1 Copa América[5]
51 1922-11-12 Montevideo   Argentina 1–0 Copa Lipton[5]
52 1923-06-24 Buenos Aires   Argentina 0–0 Copa Lipton[5]
53 1923-07-15 Buenos Aires   Argentina 2–2 Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo[5]
54 1923-07-22 Montevideo   Argentina 2–2 Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo[5]
55 1923-09-30 Montevideo   Argentina 2–0 Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo[5]
56 1924-05-26 Colombes   Yugoslavia 7–0 Summer Olympics[5]
57 1924-05-29 Paris   United States 3–0 Summer Olympics[5]
58 1924-06-01 Colombes   France 5–1 Summer Olympics[5]
59 1924-06-01 Colombes   Netherlands 2–1 Summer Olympics[5]
60 1924-06-09 Colombes    Switzerland 3–0 Summer Olympics[5]
61 1924-09-21 Montevideo   Argentina 1–1 [5]
62 1924-09-28 Buenos Aires   Argentina 0–0 [5]
63 1924-10-02 Buenos Aires   Argentina 1–2 Copa América[5]
64 1924-10-19 Montevideo   Chile 5–0 Copa América[5]
65 1924-10-26 Montevideo   Paraguay 3–1 Copa América[5]
66 1924-11-02 Montevideo   Argentina 0–0 Copa América[5]
67 1926-10-28 Santiago   Bolivia 6–0 Copa América[5]
68 1926-11-01 Santiago   Paraguay 6–1 Copa América[5]
69 1927-07-14 Montevideo   Argentina 0–1 Copa Newton[5]
Américo Gallego   Argentina 69 1982-05-12 Rosario   Romania 1–0 [6]
70 1982-06-13 Barcelona   Belgium 0–1 World Cup[6]
71 1982-06-18 Alicante   Hungary 4–1 World Cup[6]
72 1982-06-23 Alicante   El Salvador 2–0 World Cup[6]
73 1982-06-29 Barcelona   Italy 1–2 World Cup[6]
Diego Simeone   Argentina 73 1998-06-30 Saint-Étienne   England 2–2 World Cup[7]
74 1998-07-04 Marseille   Netherlands 1–2 World Cup[7]
75 1999-06-09 Chicago   Mexico 2–2 [7]
76 1999-06-13 Washington   United States 0–1 [7]
77 1999-06-26 Buenos Aires   Lithuania 0–0 [7]
78 1999-07-01 Luque   Ecuador 3–1 Copa América[7]
79 1999-07-04 Luque   Colombia 0–3 Copa América[7]
80 1999-07-07 Luque   Uruguay 2–0 Copa América[7]
81 1999-07-11 Ciudad del Este   Brazil 1–2 Copa América[7]
82 1999-09-04 Buenos Aires   Brazil 2–0 [7]
83 1999-09-07 Porto Alegre   Brazil 2–4 [7]
84 1999-10-13 Córdoba   Colombia 2–1 [7]
85 1999-11-17 Sevilla   Spain 2–0 [7]
86 2000-02-23 London   England 0–0 [7]
87 2000-03-29 Buenos Aires   Chile 4–1 World Cup qualifying[7]
88 2000-04-26 Maracaibo   Venezuela 4–0 World Cup qualifying[7]
89 2000-06-04 Buenos Aires   Bolivia 1–0 World Cup qualifying[7]
90 2000-06-29 Bogotá   Colombia 3–1 World Cup qualifying[7]
91 2000-07-19 Buenos Aires   Ecuador 2–0 World Cup qualifying[7]
92 2000-07-26 São Paulo   Brazil 1–3 World Cup qualifying[7]
93 2000-08-16 Buenos Aires   Paraguay 1–1 World Cup qualifying[7]
94 2000-09-03 Lima   Peru 2–1 World Cup qualifying[7]
95 2000-10-08 Buenos Aires   Uruguay 2–1 World Cup qualifying[7]
96 2000-12-20 Los Angeles   Mexico 2–0 [7]
97 2001-02-28 Roma   Italy 2–1 [7]
98 2001-03-28 Buenos Aires   Venezuela 5–0 World Cup qualifying[7]
99 2001-04-25 La Paz   Bolivia 3–3 World Cup qualifying[7]
100 2001-06-03 Buenos Aires   Colombia 3–0 World Cup qualifying[7]
101 2001-08-15 Quito   Ecuador 2–0 World Cup qualifying[7]
102 2001-09-05 Buenos Aires   Brazil 2–1 World Cup qualifying[7]
Cafu   Brazil 102 2002-03-27 Fortaleza   Yugoslavia 1–0 [8]
103 2002-04-17 Lisbon   Portugal 1–1 [8]
104 2002-05-25 Kuala Lumpur   Malaysia 4–0 [8]
105 2002-06-03 Ulsan   Turkey 2–1 World Cup[8]
106 2002-06-08 Seogwipo   China 4–0 World Cup[8]
107 2002-06-13 Suwon   Costa Rica 5–2 World Cup[8]
108 2002-06-17 Kobe   Belgium 2–0 World Cup[8]
109 2002-06-21 Shizuoka   England 2–1 World Cup[8]
110 2002-06-26 Saitama   Turkey 1–0 World Cup[8]
111 2002-06-30 Yokohama   Germany 2–0 World Cup[8]
112 2002-08-21 Fortaleza   Paraguay 0–1 [8]
113 2002-11-20 Seoul   South Korea 3–2 [8]
114 2003-02-12 Guangdong   China 0–0 [8]
115 2003-03-29 Oporto   Portugal 1–2 [8]
116 2003-09-06 Barranquilla   Colombia 2–1 World Cup qualifying[8]
117 2003-09-10 Manaus   Ecuador 1–0 World Cup qualifying[8]
118 2003-10-12 Leicester   Jamaica 1–0 [8]
119 2003-11-16 Lima   Peru 1–1 World Cup qualifying[8]
120 2003-11-19 Curitiba   Uruguay 3–3 World Cup qualifying[8]
121 2004-02-18 Dublin   Republic of Ireland 0–0 [8]
122 2004-04-28 Asunción   Paraguay 0–0 World Cup qualifying[8]
123 2004-04-28 Budapest   Hungary 4–1 [8]
124 2004-05-20 Saint-Denis   France 0–0 [8]
125 2004-06-02 Belo Horizonte   Argentina 3–1 World Cup qualifying[8]
126 2004-06-06 Santiago   Chile 1–1 World Cup qualifying[8]
127 2004-10-09 Maracaibo   Venezuela 5–2 World Cup qualifying[8]
128 2004-10-13 Maceió   Colombia 0–0 World Cup qualifying[8]
129 2004-11-17 Quito   Ecuador 0–1 World Cup qualifying[8]
130 2005-02-09 Hong Kong   Hong Kong 7–1 Carlsberg Cup[8]
131 2005-03-27 Goiânia   Peru 1–0 World Cup qualifying[8]
132 2005-03-30 Montevideo   Uruguay 1–1 World Cup qualifying[8]
133 2005-06-08 Buenos Aires   Argentina 1–3 World Cup qualifying[8]
134 2005-08-17 Split   Croatia 1–1 [8]
135 2005-09-04 Brasília   Chile 5–0 World Cup qualifying[8]
136 2005-10-12 Belém   Venezuela 3–0 World Cup qualifying[8]
137 2005-11-12 Abu Dhabi   United Arab Emirates 8–0 [8]
138 2006-06-04 Genève   New Zealand 4–0 [8]
139 2006-06-13 Berlin   Croatia 1–0 World Cup[8]
140 2006-06-18 München   Australia 2–0 World Cup[8]
141 2006-06-27 Dortmund   Ghana 3–0 World Cup[8]
142 2006-07-01 Frankfurt   France 0–1 World Cup[8]
Iván Hurtado   Ecuador 142 2007-08-22 Quito   Bolivia 1–0 [9]
143 2007-09-08 Quito   El Salvador 5–1 [9]
144 2007-10-13 Quito   Venezuela 0–1 World Cup qualifying[9]
145 2007-10-17 Rio de Janeiro   Brazil 0–5 World Cup qualifying[9]
146 2007-11-21 Quito   Peru 5–1 World Cup qualifying[9]
147 2008-03-26 Latacunga   Haiti 3–1 [9]
148 2008-05-26 Grenoble   France 0–2 [9]
149 2008-06-15 Buenos Aires   Argentina 1–1 World Cup qualifying[9]
150 2008-06-18 Quito   Colombia 0–0 World Cup qualifying[9]
151 2008-08-20 East Rutherford   Colombia 1–0 [9]
152 2008-09-06 Quito   Bolivia 3–1 World Cup qualifying[9]
153 2008-09-10 Montevideo   Uruguay 0–0 World Cup qualifying[9]
154 2008-10-12 Quito   Chile 1–0 World Cup qualifying[9]
155 2008-10-15 Puerto la Cruz   Venezuela 1–3 World Cup qualifying[9]
156 2008-12-17 Muscat   Iran 1–0 [9]
157 2008-12-19 Muscat   Oman 0–2 [9]
158 2009-03-29 Quito   Brazil 1–1 World Cup qualifying[9]
159 2009-04-01 Quito   Paraguay 1–1 World Cup qualifying[9]
160 2009-06-10 Quito   Argentina 2–0 World Cup qualifying[9]
161 2009-08-12 East Rutherford   Jamaica 0–0 [9]
162 2009-09-05 Medellín   Colombia 0–2 World Cup qualifying[9]
163 2009-09-09 La Paz   Bolivia 3–1 World Cup qualifying[9]
164 2009-10-10 Quito   Uruguay 1–2 World Cup qualifying[9]
165 2009-10-14 Santiago   Chile 0–1 World Cup qualifying[9]
166 2010-05-07 East Rutherford   Mexico 0–0 [9]
167 2010-05-16 Seoul   South Korea 0–2 [9]
168 2014-10-14 Harrison   El Salvador 5–1 [9]
Lionel Messi   Argentina 168 2022-11-30 Doha   Poland 0–2 2022 FIFA World Cup[10]
169 2022-12-03 Al Rayyan   Australia 2–1 2022 FIFA World Cup[10]
170 2022-12-09 Lusail   Netherlands 2–2 2022 FIFA World Cup[10]
171 2022-12-13 Lusail   Croatia 3–0 2022 FIFA World Cup[10]
172 2022-12-18 Lusail   France 3–3 2022 FIFA World Cup[10]
173 2023-03-23 Buenos Aires   Panama 2–0 [10]
174 2023-03-28 Santiago del Estero   Curaçao 7–0 [10]
175 2023-06-15 Beijing   Australia 2–0 [10]
176 2023-09-07 Buenos Aires   Ecuador 1–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification[10]
177 2023-10-12 Buenos Aires   Paraguay 1–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification[10]
178 2023-10-17 Lima   Peru 0–2 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification[10]
179 2023-11-16 Buenos Aires   Uruguay 0–2 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification[10]
180 2023-11-21 Rio de Janeiro   Brazil 0–1 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification[10]

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "FULL INTERNATIONALS OF ARGENTINA AND URUGUAY (1902 - 1940) – Part 3". iffhs.com. 28 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e "FULL INTERNATIONALS OF ARGENTINA AND URUGUAY (1902 - 1940) – Part 4". iffhs.com. 4 June 2020.
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  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Angel Romano – International Appearances RSSSF
  6. ^ a b c d e Américo Rubén Gallego – International Appearances RSSSF
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Diego Pablo Simeone – Century of International Appearances RSSSF
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao Marcos Evangelista de Morais "CAFU" – Century of International Appearances RSSSF
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Iván Jacinto Hurtado – International Appearances RSSSF
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Lionel Andrés Messi - Century of International Appearances RSSSF