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.

Key

• Players are arranged by alphabetical order of surname.
• Appearances as a substitute are included. This feature of the game was introduced in the Football League at the start of the 1965–66 season.^[6]
• Statistics are correct as of 19 June 2024.

Positions key

Pre-1960s		1960s–
GK	Goalkeeper
FB	Full back	DF	Defender
HB	Half back	MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward

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Meaning
	Player still at the club

Players

Ref

scope=row style="background:#87CEEB;			MF	2023-	2023-	5	0
scope=row			DF	1993–1995	1994	1	0
scope=row			GK	2001–2007	2006	3	0
scope=row			FW	1962–1965	1962–1965	12	6
scope=row			MF	2018–2019	2018–2019	3	0
scope=row			MF	2019–2022	2019–2022	13	2
scope=row			WH	1953–1966	1958–1961	7	0
scope=row			WH	1937–1955	1947	1	0
scope=row			FW	1924–1925	1925	2	0
scope=row			FW	2010–2011 & 2012–2014	2010–2013	12	0
scope=row			DF	1920–1926	1920–1924	8	0
scope=row			DF	2005–2012	2010–2012	10	1
scope=row			FW	2008–2011	2010	1	0
scope=row			DF	2018–2022	2019–2022	2	0
scope=row			DF	2007–2010	2004–2007	1	0
scope=row			FW	1963–1966	1950–1965	3	0
scope=row			FW	1963–1966	1950–1965	4	4
scope=row			DF	2000–2005	2004–2015	6	0
scope=row			FW	2021-2022	2021	4	0
scope=row style="background:#87CEEB;			DF	2023–	2023–	5	0
scope=row style="background:#87CEEB;			MF	2021–	2021–	9	1
scope=row			DF	2008–2011	2008–2011	8	0
scope=row			MF	2011–2014	2011–2013	3	0
scope=row			MF	2011–2014	2011–2012	7	0
scope=row			FW	1986–1989	1986–1987	1	0
scope=row			FW	1926–1927 & 1933–1935	1927–1933	1	1
scope=row			MF	2013–2015	2013–2014	9	1
scope=row			FW	1919–1931	1922–1929	23	6
scope=row			FW	1924–1928	1924–1928	8	4
scope=row			DF	1967–1972	1969–1971	4	0
scope=row			DF	1972–1985	1978–1979	10	2
scope=row			FW	1998–2004 & 2011–2013	2002–2012	18	7
scope=row			DF	2014–2019	2014–2019	35	2
scope=row			FW	1948–1955	1946–1949	6	1
scope=row			GK	2008–2010	2008–2010	5	0
scope=row			GK	2017–2020	2017–2020	9	0
scope=row			MF	1920–1926	1922–1924	6	0
scope=row			FW	1912–1926	1912–1923	8	1
scope=row			GK	1930–1933	1927–1933	2	0
scope=row			GK	1922–1935	1923–1925	7	0
scope=row			FW	2007–2010	2007–2010	14	3
scope=row			FW	1953–1956	1953–1956	10	1
scope=row			DF	2000–2005 & 2014–2015	2002–2014	19	0
scope=row			FW	2011–2014	2013–2014	4	2
scope=row			FW	2016–2018	2016	1	1
scope=row			MF	2018	2018	4	0
scope=row			MF	2011–2019	2011–2019	62	0
scope=row			DF	2006–2008	2007–2008	3	0
scope=row			DF	2008–2012	2008–2009	3	0
scope=row			MF	1951–1966	1956–1961	11	0
scope=row			FW	2017-2023	2021-2023	10	0
scope=row			FW	1995–1997	1997	1	0
scope=row			GK	1974–1982	1977–1980	3	0
scope=row			FW	1957–1959	1958	5	1
scope=row			MF	2016–2021	2016–2021	23	11
scope=row			MF	1959–1966	1963–1966	18	0
scope=row			GK	1950–1957	1953	2	0
scope=row			MF	2016–2017	2016–2017	3	0
scope=row			MF	2004–2005	2004–2005	7	0
scope=row			FW	1926–1928	1926–1928	6	0
scope=row			DF	2012–2017	2013–2014	2	0
scope=row			FW	2008–2009	2008–2009	1	0
scope=row			MF	1967–1970	1967–1969	7	1
scope=row			FW	2014–2016	2014–2016	20	10
scope=row			FW	1929–1934	1933–1934	1	0
scope=row			MF	2001–2005	2001–2005	7	0
scope=row			DF	1912–1931	1920–1931	31	2
scope=row			DF	2011–2012	2011–2012	3	0
scope=row			FW	2010–2011	2010–2011	3	0
scope=row			MF	2012–2015	2012–2015	18	1
scope=row			MF	2011–2016	2014–2016	8	0
scope=row			MF	2005–2006 & 2010–2011	2005–2006	3	0
scope=row			DF	1912–1913 & 1921	1912–1913	1	0
scope=row			FW	2003–2006	2003–2006	6	0
scope=row			MF	2004–2010	2005–2010	32	2
scope=row			DF	1998–2003	1998–2001	2	0
scope=row			WH	1924–1925	1925	1	0
scope=row			FW	2009–2010	2010	2	0
scope=row			GK	2004–2007	2004	1	0
scope=row			GK	2009–2016	2009–2016	22	0
scope=row			DF	2009–2011	2011	2	0
scope=row			FW	1930–1933	1930–1931	4	0
scope=row			FW	2008–2010	2008–2010	4	1
scope=row			DF	2006–2015	2006–2008	1	0
scope=row			MF	2013–2014	2013–2014	14	1
scope=row			FW	2011–2012	2011–2012	5	2
scope=row			MF	1957–1961	1959–1961	5	1
scope=row			FW	2020-2022	2020-2022	19	6
scope=row			MF	2005–2007	2007	1	0
scope=row			DF	1921–1930	1925–1930	4	0
scope=row			MF	1924–1925	1924–1925	4	0
scope=row style="background:#87CEEB;			MF	2022–	2022–	10	1
scope=row			MF	2004–2009	2004–2008	12	1
scope=row			MF	2017–2020	2017–2020	7	0
scope=row			DF	1987–1997	1994	1	0
scope=row			DF	1967–1974	1971–1974	12	0
scope=row			FW	2014–2019	2013–2016	3	1
scope=row			DF	1976–1983	1980	2	0
scope=row			MF	2007–2011	2007–2009	2	0
scope=row style="background:#87CEEB;			MF	2023–	2023–	2	1
scope=row			DF	1992–1993	1992–1993	1	0
scope=row			MF	1973–1976	1973–1975	13	1
scope=row			FW	1944–1949	1949	3	0
scope=row			FW	1922–1923	1923	1	0
scope=row			DF	2016–2020	2016–2018	6	0
scope=row			FW	1946–1948	1946	1	0
scope=row style="background:#87CEEB;			MF	2022–2024	2023–2024	3	0
scope=row			FW	1928–1931	1930–1931	5	1
scope=row style="background:#87CEEB;			FW	2022–	2022–	7	2
scope=row			DF	1961–1965	1965–1965	7	0
scope=row style="background:#87CEEB;			FB	2022-	2023-	2	0
scope=row			GK	2023	2023	3	0
scope=row			MF	2022–2024	2022–2023	11	1
scope=row			MF	1974–1978 & 1981	1977	7	0
scope=row			DF	1942–1956	1946–1956	39	0
scope=row			FW	1970–1977	1975	2	0
scope=row style="background:#87CEEB;			MF	2023-	2023-	4	0
scope=row			DF	1924–1929	1925–1929	8	0
scope=row			DF	1919–1923	1921–1923	4	0
scope=row			DF	1943–1949	1948	1	0
scope=row			DF	1947–1963	1952–1957	2	0
scope=row			DF	1947–1961	1953–1961	17	0
scope=row			FW	1958–1965	1958–1959	2	2
scope=row			DF	1977–1981	1977	1	0
scope=row			FW	1965–1970	1969–1970	8	2
scope=row			MF	1983–1987	1983–1984	7	0
scope=row			MF	2019–2022	2019–2022	2	0
scope=row			GK	1952–1964	1957–1960	2	0
scope=row			DF	2003–2005	2003–2005	15	1
scope=row			MF	1971–1976	1974	2	0
scope=row			MF	2012	2012	1	0	^[7]
scope=row			FW	1961–1962	1961	1	0
scope=row			FW	1927–1930	1929	1	1
scope=row			DF	1925–1929	1926	1	0
scope=row			DF	2000–2006	2000–2005	6	0
scope=row			MF	2019–2021	2019–2021	16	3
scope=row			DF	1946–1952	1951	1	0
scope=row			MF	2020-2021	2020-2021	12	2

References

Bibliography

• Book: Davies . Gareth M . Garland . Ian . Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players . Bridge Books . 1991 . 978-1-872424-11-8 . none.
• Book: Grandin, Terry . Cardiff City 100 Years of Professional Football . Vertical Editions . 2010 . 978-1-904091-45-5.
• Book: Hayes , Dean . The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. 2006. 978-1-85983-462-6.
• Book: Hayes, Dean P. . Wales: The Complete Who's Who of Footballers since 1946 . Sutton Publishing Limited . 2004 . 978-0-7509-3700-9 . none.

Specific

Notes and References

1. Web site: Football Club History Database – Cardiff City. Football Club History Database. 28 April 2020. 17 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181017191128/http://www.fchd.info/CARDIFFC.HTM. live.
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 .