List of Cardiff City F.C. internationals explained

Cardiff City Football Club is a Welsh professional association football team based in Cardiff. The club was founded in 1899 and initially played in local amateur leagues before joining the English football league system. After spending a decade in the Southern Football League, Cardiff joined the Football League in 1920.[1] In April 1912, Jack Evans became the first Cardiff player to be capped in an international match when he played for Wales against Ireland. George Latham was the only other Cardiff player to play in an international match before the First World War. Fred Keenor was the first player to win a cap after the war, in March 1920, while Jimmy Blair became the first Cardiff player to represent a country other than Wales when he played for Scotland against Ireland later the same year. Bert Smith became the first Irish international at the club the following year. Keenor attained 31 caps during his time with Cardiff, becoming the club's highest capped player prior to the Second World War. Goalkeeper Tom Farquharson remains the only Cardiff player to have appeared for two international sides, having represented both Ireland and the Irish Free State in the 1920s.[2]

Alf Sherwood became the club's highest capped international player following the end of the Second World War. Having made his debut for Wales in 1946, he surpassed Keenor's total and amassed 39 caps while a Cardiff player. Wales qualified for its first major international tournament at the 1958 FIFA World Cup. Five Cardiff players were selected in the nation's 23-man squad for the competition: Colin Baker, Ron Hewitt, Ken Jones, Derrick Sullivan and Graham Vearncombe.[3] Sullivan became the first Cardiff player to feature in a World Cup during Wales' opening fixture against Hungary. Baker and Hewitt also played in the competition, while goalkeepers Jones and Vearncombe remained unused reserves. In 2003, Australian defender Tony Vidmar became the first Cardiff player to represent a country from outside the British Isles. The final nation of the British Isles to have a representative from Cardiff was England, when Jay Bothroyd won a single cap in 2010.[4] Icelandic midfielder Aron Gunnarsson overtook Sherwood to become the club's most capped international player in 2016. He went on to win 62 caps before leaving the club in 2019.

A total of 138 players have won at least one cap in senior international football while playing for Cardiff, representing 33 nations. Chris Gunter is the youngest Cardiff player to win an international cap, having represented Wales in 2007 at the age of 16.[5] Kenwyne Jones has scored more international goals than any other Cardiff player. He scored ten times for Trinidad and Tobago between 2014 and 2016.

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GKGoalkeeper
FBFull backDFDefender
HBHalf backMFMidfielder
FWForward
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scope=rowFW1962–19651962–1965126
scope=rowMF2018–20192018–201930
scope=rowMF2019–20222019–2022132
scope=rowWH1953–19661958–196170
scope=rowWH1937–1955194710
scope=rowFW1924–1925192520
scope=rowFW2010–2011 & 2012–20142010–2013120
scope=rowDF1920–19261920–192480
scope=rowDF2005–20122010–2012101
scope=rowFW2008–2011201010
scope=rowDF2018–20222019–202220
scope=rowDF2007–20102004–200710
scope=rowFW1963–19661950–196530
scope=rowFW1963–19661950–196544
scope=rowDF2000–20052004–201560
scope=rowFW2021-2022202140
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scope=row style="background:#87CEEB;MF2021–2021–91
scope=rowDF2008–20112008–201180
scope=rowMF2011–20142011–201330
scope=rowMF2011–20142011–201270
scope=rowFW1986–19891986–198710
scope=rowFW1926–1927 & 1933–19351927–193311
scope=rowMF2013–20152013–201491
scope=rowFW1919–19311922–1929236
scope=rowFW1924–19281924–192884
scope=rowDF1967–19721969–197140
scope=rowDF1972–19851978–1979102
scope=rowFW1998–2004 & 2011–20132002–2012187
scope=rowDF2014–20192014–2019352
scope=rowFW1948–19551946–194961
scope=rowGK2008–20102008–201050
scope=rowGK2017–20202017–202090
scope=rowMF1920–19261922–192460
scope=rowFW1912–19261912–192381
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scope=rowGK1922–19351923–192570
scope=rowFW2007–20102007–2010143
scope=rowFW1953–19561953–1956101
scope=rowDF2000–2005 & 2014–20152002–2014190
scope=rowFW2011–20142013–201442
scope=rowFW2016–2018201611
scope=rowMF2018201840
scope=rowMF2011–20192011–2019620
scope=rowDF2006–20082007–200830
scope=rowDF2008–20122008–200930
scope=rowMF1951–19661956–1961110
scope=rowFW2017-20232021-2023100
scope=rowFW1995–1997199710
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scope=rowFW1957–1959195851
scope=rowMF2016–20212016–20212311
scope=rowMF1959–19661963–1966180
scope=rowGK1950–1957195320
scope=rowMF2016–20172016–201730
scope=rowMF2004–20052004–200570
scope=rowFW1926–19281926–192860
scope=rowDF2012–20172013–201420
scope=rowFW2008–20092008–200910
scope=rowMF1967–19701967–196971
scope=rowFW2014–20162014–20162010
scope=rowFW1929–19341933–193410
scope=rowMF2001–20052001–200570
scope=rowDF1912–19311920–1931312
scope=rowDF2011–20122011–201230
scope=rowFW2010–20112010–201130
scope=rowMF2012–20152012–2015181
scope=rowMF2011–20162014–201680
scope=rowMF2005–2006 & 2010–20112005–200630
scope=rowDF1912–1913 & 19211912–191310
scope=rowFW2003–20062003–200660
scope=rowMF2004–20102005–2010322
scope=rowDF1998–20031998–200120
scope=rowWH1924–1925192510
scope=rowFW2009–2010201020
scope=rowGK2004–2007200410
scope=rowGK2009–20162009–2016220
scope=rowDF2009–2011 201120
scope=rowFW1930–19331930–193140
scope=rowFW2008–20102008–201041
scope=rowDF2006–20152006–200810
scope=rowMF2013–20142013–2014141
scope=rowFW2011–20122011–201252
scope=rowMF1957–19611959–196151
scope=rowFW2020-20222020-2022196
scope=rowMF2005–2007200710
scope=rowDF1921–19301925–193040
scope=rowMF1924–19251924–192540
scope=row style="background:#87CEEB;MF2022–2022–101
scope=rowMF2004–20092004–2008121
scope=rowMF2017–20202017–202070
scope=rowDF1987–1997199410
scope=rowDF1967–19741971–1974120
scope=rowFW2014–20192013–201631
scope=rowDF1976–1983198020
scope=rowMF2007–20112007–200920
scope=row style="background:#87CEEB;MF2023–2023–21
scope=rowDF1992–19931992–199310
scope=rowMF1973–19761973–1975131
scope=rowFW1944–1949194930
scope=rowFW1922–1923192310
scope=rowDF2016–20202016–201860
scope=rowFW1946–1948194610
scope=row style="background:#87CEEB;MF2022–20242023–202430
scope=rowFW1928–19311930–193151
scope=row style="background:#87CEEB;FW2022–2022–72
scope=rowDF1961–1965 1965–196570
scope=row style="background:#87CEEB;FB2022-2023-20
scope=rowGK2023202330
scope=rowMF2022–20242022–2023111
scope=rowMF1974–1978 & 1981197770
scope=rowDF1942–19561946–1956390
scope=rowFW1970–1977197520
scope=row style="background:#87CEEB;MF2023-2023-40
scope=rowDF1924–19291925–192980
scope=rowDF1919–19231921–192340
scope=rowDF1943–1949194810
scope=rowDF1947–19631952–195720
scope=rowDF1947–19611953–1961170
scope=rowFW1958–19651958–195922
scope=rowDF1977–1981197710
scope=rowFW1965–19701969–197082
scope=rowMF1983–19871983–198470
scope=rowMF2019–20222019–202220
scope=rowGK1952–19641957–196020
scope=rowDF2003–20052003–2005151
scope=rowMF1971–1976197420
scope=rowMF2012201210[7]
scope=rowFW1961–1962196110
scope=rowFW1927–1930192911
scope=rowDF1925–1929192610
scope=rowDF2000–20062000–200560
scope=rowMF2019–20212019–2021163
scope=rowDF1946–1952195110
scope=rowMF2020-20212020-2021122

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  2. News: The first Irish goalkeeper to win the FA Cup, his friendship with Seán Lemass and IRA past . The42.ie . McCarry . Patrick . 12 April 2014 . 13 July 2020 . 24 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190424154750/https://www.the42.ie/tom-farquharson-cardiff-city-fa-cup-1401096-Apr2014/ . live .
  3. Book: Holt, Nick . The Mammoth Book of The World Cup . 123 . 2014 . Hachette UK . 978-0-7624-5224-8.
  4. News: The Jay Bothroyd interview: My love for Cardiff City, that nightmare moment and the 'clown' manager I proved wrong . WalesOnline . Media Wales . Williams . Glen . 3 April 2020 . 3 May 2020 . 9 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200409091737/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jay-bothroyd-interview-love-cardiff-18023271 . live .
  5. Web site: The Greatest Welsh Team of the Premier League Era . Rodgers . Ian . Bleacher Report . 14 March 2013 . 3 May 2020 . 6 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230906044222/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1552728 . live .
  6. Web site: Nick . Watts . 1963 to 1988 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160417050452/http://www.fl125.co.uk/history/1963-1988 . The Football League . 11 August 2016 . 17 April 2016.
  7. Web site: Haris Vuckic . Soccerbase . 3 May 2020 . 6 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170706075607/http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=52135 . live .