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Everton Football Club, an association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, was founded in 1878 and competes in the top flight of English football the Premier League. Everton have a storied history winning nine League titles, five FA Cups and the European Cup Winners' Cup.
Players of the club can be called up to represent their national team and to date 252 players have played at senior international level whilst registered with the club.[1] Everton's first international was Job Wilding who appeared for Wales against England on 14 March 1885. The most recent newly capped player is Odin Samules-Smith for Jamaica against India on 27 May 2026.
Robert Warzycha became the first player from outside of the British Isles to represent his country, Poland in 1991 (Although some players born outside of the British Isles had played internationally for the club for Home Nation sides such as Pat Van Den Hauwe born in Belgium but representing Wales). Daniel Amokachi was the first non-European representative for Nigeria in 1993.[2]
Since 2016, Tim Howard holds the record for most caps won with 93 for the United States of America. Previously Neville Southall had held the record with 91 caps for Wales since the early 1980s.[3]
Dixie Dean held the record for most international goals with 18 for England held from the 1930s. Tim Cahill matched this in 2012 for Australia.
37 individual Everton players have represented their countries at the World Cup, with Everton being represented in 13 of the 22 tournaments (currently having taken part in 10 consecutive tournaments since 1986. Alex Parker the first in 1958 for Scotland.[4] At the most recent World Cup in 2022, 4 Everton players represented three countries. Tim Cahill, Jordan Pickford and Idrissa Gueye, representing Australia, England and Senegal respectively, are the only players to appear at more than one World Cup whilst being contracted to Everton.
Over 2800 caps for 46 countries have been earned by players while contracted to Everton.
The most Everton players to play in a single fixture was between the Republic of Ireland and England on 7 June 2015 when five players (three for Ireland, two for England) appeared.
List of internationals
editThe following list includes only caps earned while contracted to Everton.
Three Everton players (Eglington, Farrell and Stevenson) were dual internationals for Ireland. Their caps are listed separately below but included only once in the total player count of 251.
The following list includes only caps earned while playing for Everton. This includes players on loan to Everton but not players out on loan to other sides. For example: Neville Southall earned 92 Wales caps while contracted to Everton, one of these was while on loan to Port Vale and thus is not included.
Updated as of fixtures played 6 June 2026
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FIFA World Cup players
editThe following were part of World Cup squads while playing for Everton.
| Tournament | Players |
|---|---|
| 1958 FIFA World Cup |  Alex Parker,  Roy Vernon |
| 1966 FIFA World Cup |  Ray Wilson |
| 1970 FIFA World Cup | Alan Ball, Brian Labone, Keith Newton, Tommy Wright |
| 1986 FIFA World Cup | Gary Lineker, Peter Reid, Graeme Sharp, Trevor Steven, Gary Stevens |
| 1990 FIFA World Cup | Stuart McCall,  Kevin Sheedy |
| 1994 FIFA World Cup |  Anders Limpar |
| 1998 FIFA World Cup |  Slaven Bilić |
| 2002 FIFA World Cup | Niclas Alexandersson, Lee Carsley,  Thomas Gravesen, Tobias Linderoth,  Joe-Max Moore |
| 2006 FIFA World Cup |  Tim Cahill,  Nuno Valente |
| 2010 FIFA World Cup |  Yakubu, Tim Cahill,  John Heitinga,  Steven Pienaar, Joseph Yobo |
| 2014 FIFA World Cup | Leighton Baines, Ross Barkley, Tim Howard, Phil Jagielka,  Kevin Mirallas |
| 2018 FIFA World Cup |  Idrissa Gueye, Jordan Pickford,  Gylfi Sigurðsson |
| 2022 FIFA World Cup | Conor Coady, Idrissa Gueye, Amadou Onana, Jordan Pickford |
| 2026 FIFA World Cup | Idrissa Gueye, Iliman Ndiaye, Nathan Patterson, Jordan Pickford |
FIFA Confederations Cup players
editThe following were part of FIFA Confederations Cup squads while playing for Everton.
| Tournament | Players |
|---|---|
| 1995 King Fahd Cup | Daniel Amokachi |
| 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup | Tim Cahill |
| 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup | Tim Howard, Steven Pienaar |
AFC Asian Cup
editThe following were part of Asian Cup squads while playing for Everton.
| Tournament | Players |
|---|---|
| 2007 AFC Asian Cup | Tim Cahill |
| 2011 AFC Asian Cup | Tim Cahill |
CAF Africa Cup of Nations
editThe following were part of Africa Cup of Nations squads while playing for Everton.
| Tournament | Players |
|---|---|
| 2004 African Cup of Nations | Joseph Yobo |
| 2006 Africa Cup of Nations | Joseph Yobo |
| 2008 Africa Cup of Nations | Yakubu, Steven Pienaar, Joseph Yobo |
| 2010 Africa Cup of Nations | Yakubu, Joseph Yobo |
| 2015 Africa Cup of Nations |  Christian Atsu |
| 2017 Africa Cup of Nations | Idrissa Gueye |
| 2019 Africa Cup of Nations | Idrissa Gueye, Henry Onyekuru |
| 2021 Africa Cup of Nations | Alex Iwobi |
| 2023 Africa Cup of Nations | Idrissa Gueye |
| 2025 Africa Cup of Nations | Idrissa Gueye, Iliman Ndiaye |
CONCACAF Gold Cup
editThe following were part of Gold Cup squads while playing for Everton.
| Tournament | Players |
|---|---|
| 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup | Tim Howard |
| 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup | Tim Howard |
| 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup |  Cuco Martina |
| 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup |  Demarai Gray |
CONMEBOL Copa América
editThe following were part of Copa América squads while playing for Everton.
| Tournament | Players |
|---|---|
| Copa América Centenario |  Ramiro Funes Mori, Tim Howard,  Bryan Oviedo |
| 2019 Copa América |  Yerry Mina,  Richarlison |
| 2021 Copa América | Yerry Mina, Richarlison |
UEFA European Championship
editThe following were part of European Championship squads while playing for Everton.
| Tournament | Players |
|---|---|
| UEFA Euro 1968 | Alan Ball, Brian Labone, Gordon West, Ray Wilson, Tommy Wright |
| UEFA Euro 1988 | Peter Reid, Kevin Sheedy, Trevor Steven, Gary Stevens, Dave Watson |
| UEFA Euro 1992 | Martin Keown, Pat Nevin |
| UEFA Euro 1996 |  Marc Hottiger,  Andrei Kanchelskis |
| UEFA Euro 2000 | Nick Barmby,  Thomas Myhre, Abel Xavier |
| UEFA Euro 2004 | Thomas Gravesen, Tobias Linderoth, Wayne Rooney |
| UEFA Euro 2012 | Leighton Baines, Darron Gibson, Phil Jagielka, Nikica Jelavić, John Heitinga |
| UEFA Euro 2016 | Ross Barkley, Seamus Coleman, Romelu Lukaku, James McCarthy, Aiden McGeady, John Stones |
| UEFA Euro 2020 | Dominic Calvert-Lewin,  Lucas Digne, Robin Olsen, Jordan Pickford |
| UEFA Euro 2024 |  Vitaliy Mykolenko, Amadou Onana, Jordan Pickford |
References
edit- ↑ "Everton Results". evertonresults.com.
- ↑ Felix Keith (3 November 2014). "91 Nations, 1 League: List of Different Premier League Goal Scorer Nationalities Continues To Grow". Just-Football.com. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ↑ "Everton international records".
- ↑ Everton legend of the sixties Alex Parker passes away, Liverpool Echo, 8 January 2010.