Kyle Walker to join England’s 50 caps club in days

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    Manchester City‘s Kyle Walker is on the verge of joining England‘s 50 caps club. The 30-year-old right-back could achieve this feat on September 5 and 8 if he plays against Iceland and Denmark.

    Kyle Walker who made his debut for England national team on November 12, 2011, in a friendly match against the Spanish national team, has played for the English national team 48 times. Kyle Walker needs just two matches to bring his number of caps to 50. Only 60 players in the history of football in England have played for the country’s national team up to 50 times.

    Though Gareth Southgate has made Kyle Walker a part of his squad ahead of the European Nations League doubleheader, there is no guarantee that he would feature him in the two matches. Recall that the English tactician did not deem it fit to use the right-back in the country’s last 6 matches. In fact, the last time Kyle Walker played for the national team was in January 2019.

    Hence, Kyle Walker would hope that the head coach of the team who is also a member of this England’s 50 caps club would consider him good enough to play either as a substitute or a first eleven player in the two matches.

    In an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live host John Murray, Kyle Walker believes that though he never thought he would make it this far when he started playing for the senior national team at 19, he has a great chance of joining the 50 caps club on Tuesday, September 8.

    “At 19 when I first joined in the England team, I’d have said no chance”, he said. “But now I think it’s possible. Obviously, I’ve only got two more caps to get to that and that’s a big goal of mine.

    “Not many players can say that they’ve got 50 caps for their country and especially for England.

    “Hopefully I can be a part of that club and it’d be a very proud moment for me and my family.”

    Below are all the England players that have played for the country at least 50 times, Kyle Walker is two matches away.

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    1. Peter Shilton – 125 appearances
    2. Wayne Rooney – 120 appearances
    3. David Beckham – 115 appearances
    4. Steven Gerrard – 114 appearances
    5. Bobby Moore – 108 appearances
    6. Ashley Cole – 107 appearances
    7. Bobby Charlton – 106 appearances
    8. Frank Lampard – 106 appearances
    9. Billy Wright – 105 appearances
    10. Bryan Robson – 90 appearances
    11. Michael Owen – 89 appearances
    12. Kenny Sansom – 86 appearances
    13. Gary Neville – 85 appearances
    14. Ray Wilkins – 84 appearances
    15. Rio Ferdinand – 81 appearances
    16. Gary Lineker – 80 appearances
    17. John Barnes – 79 appearances
    18. John Terry – 78 appearances
    19. Stuart Pearce – 78 appearances
    20. Terry Butcher – 77 appearances
    21. Tom Finney – 76 appearances
    22. Joe Hart – 75 appearances
    23. David Seaman – 75 appearances
    24. Gordon Banks – 73 appearances
    25. Sol Campbell – 73 appearances
    26. Alan Ball – 72 appearances
    27. Martin Peters – 67 appearances
    28. Tony Adams – 66 appearances
    29. Paul Scholes – 66 appearances
    30. Dave Watson – 65 appearances
    31. Ray Wilson – 63 appearances
    32. Kevin Keegan – 63 appearances
    33. Alan Shearer – 63 appearances
    34. Emlyn Hughes – 62 appearances
    35. Chris Waddle – 62 appearances
    36. David Platt – 62 appearances
    37. Emile Heskey – 62 appearances
    38. Gary Cahill – 61 appearances
    39. James Milner – 61 appearances
    40. Ray Clemence – 61 appearances
    41. Peter Beardsley – 59 appearances
    42. Des Walker – 59 appearances
    43. Phil Neville – 59 appearances
    44. Jermain Defoe – 57 appearances
    45. Jimmy Greaves – 57 appearances
    46. Paul Gascoigne – 57 appearances
    47. Gareth Southgate – 57 appearances
    48. Johnny Haynes – 56 appearances
    49. Joe Cole – 56 appearances
    50. Raheem Sterling – 56 appearances
    51. Jordan Henderson – 55 appearances
    52. Glen Johnson – 54 appearances
    53. Stan Matthews – 54 appearances
    54. Glenn Hoddle – 53 appearances
    55. Paul Ince – 53 appearances
    56. David James – 53 appearances
    57. Gareth Barry – 53 appearances
    58. Trevor Francis – 52 appearances
    59. Teddy Sheringham – 51 appearances
    60. Phil Neal – 50 appearances

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