List of Basque footballers explained

The list of Basque footballers features male association football players from the 'Greater Basque Country', a territory with a population of around 3 million (comprising the Basque autonomous Community (País Vasco or Euskadi) and Navarre which are two of Spain's seventeen autonomous communities, plus the Northern Basque Country, an agglomeration community in France) who have reached international status with the national teams as specified, the vast majority representing Spain.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The region has a representative squad – the Basque Country national football team – but they are not recognised by FIFA, were inactive for long periods and only play friendly matches against FIFA teams or against other sides with similar status such as Catalonia.^{[4] [5]}

Basque Country national team players (since 1990)

See also: Basque Country national football team results. Listed below are the players who have featured for the Basque Country international team dating from 1990 when regular fixtures against FIFA national teams were arranged. As of March 2024, there have been 30 matches played in this era (including four against Catalonia and one against Corsica who have the same unofficial status as the Basques and select their squads on the same basis), with 207 players involved.^{[6] [7]}

	Key
	Still active for the national team
	Player is tied for the number of caps
GK	Goalkeeper
DF	Defender
MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward

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Name	Position	First cap	Last cap	Caps	Goals
		MF	2004	2016	14	0
		FW	2006	2019	13	12
		MF	2002	2011	12	1
=		GK	2004	2016	12	0
		MF	1993	2006	11	6
=		FW	1998	2007	11	2
=		GK	2003	2018	11	0
		MF	1993	2002	9	0
=		DF	2000	2007	9	0
=		MF	2002	2011	9	0
=		DF	2003	2013	9	0
		DF	1995	2003	8	0
=		FW	1997	2006	8	3
=		DF	2005	2012	8	1
=		DF	2011	2019	8	0
		DF	1993	1999	7	0
=		MF	1995	2001	7	2
=		DF	2007	2016	7	0
=		MF	2010	2016	7	1
=		FW	2010	2016	7	2
=		MF	2011	2019	7	0
=		DF	2012	2020	7	0
		DF	1994	2004	6	0
=		MF	1998	2007	6	1
=		MF	2003	2016	6	1
=		DF	2010	2016	6	0
=		MF	2011	2016	6	0
=		DF	2014	2020	6	0
		DF	1990	1999	5	0
=		MF	1990	2001	5	2
=		FW	1994	1998	5	4
=		MF	1994	1999	5	0
=		FW	1996	2003	5	4
=		MF	1996	2000	5	2
=		DF	1999	2003	5	0
=		MF	2001	2012	5	0
=		MF	2003	2007	5	3
=		MF	2003	2007	5	0
=		MF	2004	2007	5	0
=		FW	2005	2007	5	1
=		DF	2006	2016	5	0
=		MF	2010	2018	5	0
=		FW	2010	2015	5	3
=		DF	2010	2020	5	0
=		MF	2011	2016	5	1
=		DF	2014	2020	5	0
=		MF	2013	2024	5	1
=		MF	2014	2024	5	0
		DF	1990	1997	4	0
=		MF	1990	1996	4	1
=		MF	1993	1997	4	0
=		GK	1993	1997	4	0
=		DF	1995	2000	4	0
=		GK	1998	2001	4	0
=		GK	1998	2003	4	0
=		FW	1998	2001	4	5
=		DF	2001	2006	4	0
=		DF	2003	2007	4	0
=		DF	2007	2011	4	0
=		MF	2010	2020	4	2
=		MF	2011	2014	4	0
=		DF	2011	2015	4	0
=		MF	2011	2016	4	0
=		FW	2012	2018	4	2
=		MF	2013	2018	4	1
=		MF	2015	2019	4	0
=		MF	2016	2020	4	0
		MF	1993	1996	3	0
=		GK	1993	2000	3	0
=		DF	1993	1997	3	0
=		GK	1994	1997	3	0
=		DF	1994	1997	3	0
=		DF	1998	2003	3	0
=		MF	2002	2007	3	0
=		MF	2003	2006	3	0
=		DF	2003	2006	3	0
=		FW	2004	2010	3	0
=		FW	2005	2006	3	1
=		MF	2005	2007	3	0
=		MF	2006	2011	3	0
=		DF	2006	2007	3	1
=		GK	2006	2007	3	0
=		MF	2006	2007	3	0
=		DF	2012	2015	3	0
=		DF	2014	2016	3	0
=		DF	2014	2016	3	0
=		DF	2018	2024	3	1
=		FW	2019	2024	3	0
		DF	1990	1996	2	1
=		DF	1993	1994	2	0
=		DF	1993	1994	2	0
=		FW	1993	1994	2	0
=		FW	1993	1994	2	2
=		DF	1995	1997	2	0
=		DF	1996	1997	2	0
=		MF	2000	2006	2	0
=		DF	2001	2002	2	0
=		GK	2002	2004	2	0
=		MF	2002	2006	2	0
=		DF	2004	2005	2	0
=		MF	2005	2010	2	0
=		DF	2005	2006	2	0
=		MF	2006	2010	2	0
=		MF	2006	2007	2	0
=		DF	2011	2013	2	0
=		MF	2011	2016	2	0
=		FW	2011	2012	2	0
=		GK	2012	2013	2	0
=		DF	2016	2016	2	0
=		FW	2016	2016	2	0
=		DF	2018	2020	2	1
=		FW	2018	2020	2	1
=		FW	2018	2020	2	0
=		GK	2019	2020	2	0
=		MF	2018	2024	2	0
=		GK	2019	2024	2	0
=		MF	2020	2024	2	0
=		DF	2019	2020	2	0
=		DF	2018	2024	2	0
		GK	1990	1	0
=		DF	1990	1	0
=		DF	1990	1	0
=		FW	1990	1	0
=		MF	1990	1	0
=		DF	1990	1	0
=		DF	1990	1	0
=		DF	1990	1	0
=		MF	1990	1	0
=	(es)	GK	1990	1	0
=	(es)	MF	1990	1	0
=	(es)	MF	1990	1	0
=		FW	1993	1	0
=		MF	1993	1	0
=		DF	1993	1	0
=		DF	1993	1	0
=	(es)	DF	1994	1	0
=	(es)	FW	1995	1	0
=		GK	1995	1	0
=		DF	1995	1	0
=		DF	1995	1	0
=		DF	1997	1	0
=		FW	1997	1	0
=	(es)	DF	1998	1	0
=		DF	1998	1	0
=		MF	2000	1	0
=	(es)	MF	2000	1	0
=		MF	2001	1	0
=		GK	2001	1	0
=		DF	2002	1	0
=		FW	2003	1	0
=		MF	2003	1	0
=		GK	2005	1	0
=		MF	2005	1	0
=		DF	2006	1	0
=		DF	2006	1	0
=		GK	2006	1	0
=		FW	2006	1	0
=		GK	2007	1	0
=		DF	2007	1	0
=		DF	2010	1	0
=		DF	2012	1	0
=		MF	2013	1	0
=		GK	2014	1	0
=		FW	2014	1	0
=		FW	2016	1	1
=		GK	2016	1	0
=		MF	2018	1	0
=		GK	2018	1	0
=		DF	2019	1	0
=		DF	2019	1	0
=		DF	2019	1	0
=		MF	2019	1	0
=		FW	2019	1	0
=		MF	2020	1	0
=		DF	2020	1	0
=		DF	2020	1	1
=		GK	2024	1	0
=		DF	2024	1	0
=		DF	2024	1	0
=		DF	2024	1	0
=		DF	2024	1	0
=		MF	2024	1	0
=		MF	2024	1	0
=		MF	2024	1	0
=		MF	2024	1	0
=		FW	2024	1	0
=		FW	2024	1	1
=		FW	2024	1	0

Notes

FIFA international players from the Basque Country

All of the players listed were either born or raised in the Basque region, with most meeting both of those criteria.

• Players in bold have won the FIFA World Cup
• Players in underlined have won a continental championships
• Players in italics have won the gold medal at the Olympic Games

			78	1998	2009	N/A	No
			71	1997	2009	N/A	No
			67	1996	2008	N/A	No
			2	2020	Active	N/A	No
			15	2017	Active	N/A	No
			2	1921		N/A	Yes
			8	1916	1920	2	No
			17	2021	Active	N/A	No
			15	2021	Active	N/A	No
			2	2003		N/A	No
			2	2018	Active	N/A	No
			30	2019	Active	N/A	No
			16	1929	1934	N/A	No
			3	1979	1984	2	No
			103	1989	2000	4	No
			0	1976		1	No
			97	1992	2004	5	Yes
			2	1920		1	No
			3	2010	2015	1	No
			4	1973	1976	N/A	No
			1 17	2016 2022	Active	2	Yes
			5	1921	1923	N/A	No
			4	1921	1923	N/A	No
Yaser Hamed			29	2019	Active	N/A	No
			1	2014		N/A	No
			3	2017	Active	N/A	No
			8	2017	Active	N/A	No
			11	1920	1924	2	Yes
			13	2010	2017	1	Yes
			4	1935	1936	N/A	Yes
			7	1961	1965	0	Yes
			0	1996		1	No
(es)			4	1948	1949	N/A	No
			1	1948		N/A	No
			34	1978	1982	2	Yes
			3	1998		N/A	Yes
			54	1990	1998	4	Yes
			12	1948	1952	1	No
			2	1958	1959	N/A	No
			20	1980	1982	1	Yes
			114	2003	2014	7	Yes
			2	1954		N/A	No
			2	1984		1	Yes
			3	1928		1	Yes
			28	1987	1990	2	Yes
			0	1913		N/A	No
			5	1965	1968	N/A	No
			1	1928		1	No
(es)			5	1969	1971	N/A	No
			5	1920	1921	1	Yes
(ca)			0	1937	1938	N/A	No
			28	1995	2003	3	Yes
(es)			3	1924	1927	N/A	No
			6	1960	1962	1	No
			1	1921		N/A	Yes
			68	1977	1985	5	Yes
			1	1961		N/A	No
(es)			3	1935		N/A	Yes
			2	1978		N/A	Yes
			7	1970	1972	N/A	No
			3	1955		N/A	No
(es)			1	1942		N/A	No
			6	1920	1923	1	Yes
(es)			1	1927		N/A	No
			13	2017	Active	1	No
			6	1954	1959	N/A	No
			2	1920		1	Yes
			0	1974	1989	1	No
			0	1913		N/A	No
(es)			1	1933		N/A	Yes
			2	1947	1952	N/A	No
			44	2013	Active	6	No
			0	1913		N/A	No
			30	1987	1994	3	Yes
			1	1931		N/A	Yes
			4	2012		N/A	Yes
			22	1988	1994	2	Yes
			3	1920		2	Yes
			2	1947	1948	N/A	No
			2	1928	1929	1	Yes
			5	1930	1936	N/A	Yes
			4	1998	2000	1	Yes
			1	1957		N/A	No
			4	1921	1923	N/A	Yes
			13	1954	1963	1	Yes
			10	1922	1928	1	No
(es)			6	1980		N/A	Yes
			5	1924	1925	1	Yes
			4	1928	1932	N/A	Yes
			1	1928	1929	1	No
			16	1971	1977	N/A	Yes
			0	1968		1	No
			14	1931	1935	1	Yes
			14	1930	1936	2	Yes
			0	1996		1	No
			25	1977	1981	2	Yes
(es)			1	1973		N/A	Yes
			1	1980		1	Yes
			0	1913		N/A	No
			4	1922	1927	N/A	No
			18	1945	1952	1	No
			3	1920		1	Yes
			0	1913		1	Yes
			4	1933		N/A	No
			0	1913		N/A	No
			2	1936		N/A	Yes
(es)			15	1941	1949	N/A	No
			6	1925	1928	0	No
			5	1978		N/A	Yes
			53	1997	2004	3	Yes
			4	1962	1963	1	Yes
			7	1928	1936	N/A	Yes
			1	2015		N/A	Yes
			3	1934		1	No
			2	1988	1989	N/A	Yes
			0	1913		N/A	No
			5	1941	1942	N/A	No
			33	1945	1955	1	No
			0	1980		1	Yes
			1	1927		N/A	No
			20	1921	1933	2	Yes
			18	1967	1975	N/A	No
			29	1953	1962	1	No
			3	2023	Active	N/A	No
			2	2014		N/A	Yes
(es)			1	1930		N/A	No
			2	1969	1971	N/A	No
			20	1962	1969	N/A	No
			12	1926	1933	N/A	No
			39	1983	1988	2	Yes
			36	1993	2000	1	Yes
			19	1930	1941	1	Yes
			1	1988	1990	1	Yes
			41	1993	2000	3	Yes
			3	2021	Active	N/A	No
			2	2016	Active
			10	2004	2005	N/A	Yes
			0	1996		1	Yes
			1	1977		1	Yes
			0	1968		1	Yes
			10	1948	1950	1	No
			3	2017		N/A	Yes
			1	1993		N/A	Yes
			6	1936	1946	N/A	No
			7	2008	2011	N/A	Yes
			7	1931	1936	1	Yes
			49	1964	1976	2	Yes
			2	1946	1947	N/A	No
			6	1972	1975	N/A	Yes
			2	2014		N/A	Yes
(es)			0	1928		1	No
			3	1928		1	No
			2	1925	1927	N/A	No
			1	1924		1	No
(es)			1	1946		N/A	No
			1	1995		1	Yes
			3	1928		1	No
			4	1976	1977	N/A	Yes
			1	1924		N/A	No
			0	2000		1	No
			8	1927	1935	1	Yes
			12	1932	1936	1	Yes
			35	2021	Active	3	No
			1	1994		N/A	Yes
			1	1988		N/A	Yes
			1	1924		1	No
			1	1933		N/A	Yes
			2	1993		1	Yes
			5	1929	1930	N/A	No
			7	1934	1936	1	No
			1	1928		1	No
			17	2023	Active	1	No
			1	1947		N/A	No
			1	1985		N/A	No
			24	2008	Active	3	Yes
			1	1994		1	Yes
			1	2004		N/A	Yes
			4	1988		N/A	Yes
			20	1980	1982	1	Yes
			7	1955	1957	N/A	No
			1	1953		N/A	No
			4	1977	1978	1	Yes
			15	1928	1935	2	Yes
			0	1934		1	Yes
			2	1928		1	No
			2	1982		N/A	No
			21	2013	Active	1	Yes
			18	2010	Active	5	Yes
			5	1955	1956	N/A	Yes
(es)			1	1951		N/A	No
			0	1968		1	No
			40	1999	2002	3	Yes
			28	2020	Active	2	No
(es)			2	1941		N/A	No
			0	2021	Active	1	No
			22	2009	2018	2	No
			9	1930	1936	1	Yes
			3	1941	1942	N/A	No
			2	2012	Active	1	Yes
			8	1947	1951	1	No
			1	2019	Active	N/A	Yes
			4	1941	1942	N/A	No
			1	1989		1	No
			4	2017	Active	1	No
			1	1927		N/A	No
			4	1921	1927	N/A	No
			1	1930		N/A	Yes
			1	1950		N/A	No
			4	2002	2005	N/A	Yes
			3	1953	1957	N/A	No
			37	2016	Active	3	Yes
			7	1920	1922	1	Yes
			4	1954		N/A	No
			14	1946	1953	1	No
			12	1998	2004	1	Yes
			21	1921	1930	1	Yes
			15	1960	1968	1	No
			5	1920		1	Yes
(es)			9	1927	1930	N/A	No
(es)			2	1947		N/A	No
			25	1928	1936	2	Yes
			8	1957	1959	N/A	No
			25	1927	1936	1	Yes
			5	1927	1936	N/A	Yes
			1	2024	Active	1	No
			1	1964		N/A	No
			11	1996	1997	N/A	Yes
			1	1928		1	No
			1	1973		N/A	Yes
			18	1969	1978	N/A	Yes
(es)			1	1924		N/A	No
			4	1961	1963	N/A	No
			2	1920		1	No
			3	1968		N/A	No
			2	1927		1	No
			56	1986	1996	5	Yes
			2	1988		N/A	Yes
			7	2014	2016	1	Yes
			4	2023	Active	N/A	No
(es)			2	1942		N/A	No
			15	1983	1985	1	Yes
			32	1975	1982	2	Yes
			8	1920	1923	1	No
			1	1920		1	No
			46	2020	Active	4	No
			28	1970	1976	N/A	No
			1	1935		N/A	No
			1	2012		N/A	Yes
			1	2002		N/A	Yes
			1	1922		N/A	Yes
			3	1928		1	No
			3	1982	1986	1	Yes
			9	1968	1972	N/A	No
			14	1980	1984	3	Yes
			1	1929		N/A	Yes
			5	1978	1980	4	Yes
			2	1984	1985	N/A	Yes
			25	1996	2001	1	Yes
			12	1920	1928	3	Yes
			1	1990		N/A	Yes
			1	1920		1	No
			11	1949	1954	N/A	No
(es)			0	1937	1938	N/A	No
			1	2001		1	Yes
			1	1927		N/A	No
			0	1992		1	Yes
			22	1973	1979	N/A	Yes
(eu)			0	1928		1	No
			4	2024	Active	1	Yes
			20	2022	Active	2	No
			5	1927	1928	1	No
(es)			2	1929		1	No
			2	1923		1	Yes
			7	1968	1969	N/A	No
			5	1927	1928	1	No
			3	1961	1962	N/A	No
			30	1974	1989	2	Yes
			20	1945	1951	1	No
			8	1955	1958	N/A	No
			2	1991	1994	N/A	Yes
			25	1961	1969	2	No
			2	1936		N/A	Yes
			10	2021	Active	2	No
			126	1985	1998	7	Yes
Agustín Gómez Pagóla			0	1952		1	No
			15	2011	2015	1	Yes
			6	2023	Active	1	No

Notes

See also

• Basque Football Federation
• List of Basque female footballers
• List of France international footballers
• List of Spain international footballers
• Athletic Bilbao signing policy
• List of Athletic Bilbao players
• List of Real Sociedad players
• Navarre autonomous football team

External links

• Spain national team players (with province of birth) at BDFutbol
• List of all Basque players who have played international football at rsssf.com
• Euskal Selekzioa Online

Notes and References

1. Web site: Xabi Alonso, Fernando Llorente and the Best Basque Players: A Starting XI. Michael Cerna. . 9 March 2012. 4 March 2019.
2. Web site: Basque Greatest All-time 23 member team. Soccer, football or whatever. 9 September 2015 . 4 March 2019.
3. Web site: Basques in the 2018 World Cup . Euskal Kazeta . 17 June 2018 . 4 March 2019.
4. Web site: Catalonia and Basque Country reignite call for independent national football identities. The Telegraph newspaper, 30 December 2013. 4 March 2019.
5. Web site: Basque Country: The Spain internationals playing for a different team . Matt Davis. . 13 October 2018 . 4 March 2019.
6. https://sites.google.com/site/euskalselekzioa/home/jokalariak Convocatorias desde 1915
7. http://www.eff-fvf.eus/pub/calendarioEliminatoriaSelEspecial.asp?idioma=ca&idCompeticion=15 Selección Absoluta