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Record-Equalling Sergio Ramos Moves Level With Iker Casillas As Spain's Most-Capped Football Player

We take a look at Spain's most-capped players after Sergio Ramos moved level with Iker Casillas with his 167th appearance

Sergio Ramos became Spain's joint most-capped player on Sunday, moving level with former Real Madrid team-mate바카라 웹사이트Iker Casillas. (More Football News)

Captain Ramos바카라 웹사이트lined up for his national team for the 167th time, as they played바카라 웹사이트a Euro 2020 qualifier against the Faroe Islands.

The appearance바카라 웹사이트also moved him into the top 10 for the most-capped internationals ever in a list that includes only three other Europeans - Italian바카라 웹사이트Gianluigi Buffon, Latvian Vitalijs Astafjevs and Casillas.

Here we profile Spain's five바카라 웹사이트most-capped players.바카라 웹사이트

Sergio Ramos - 167 caps

Ramos, 33, made his debut back as an 18-year-old against Chile in 2005, becoming바카라 웹사이트the youngest player to debut for Spain in over half a century.

He was an ever-present at right-back during바카라 웹사이트the World Cup triumph바카라 웹사이트in 2010,바카라 웹사이트won the European Championship바카라 웹사이트twice with his country and is also in the top 10 of Spain's leading scorers.

Iker Casillas - 167 caps

Another to make his international bow as a teenager, Casillas was part of Spain's Euro 2000 squad having made his debut earlier that year.

Casillas became La Roja's number one at the World Cup two years later and held onto his spot between the posts until 2016.

Xavi - 133 caps

Former Barcelona midfielder Xavi was part of Spain's Olympics squad in 2000 and went on to feature at four World Cups, three European Championships and two Confederations Cups.

He received Player of the Tournament honours when Spain won Euro 2008 and was in the Team of the Tournament line-up for both the World Cup in 2010 and Euro 2012.

Andres Iniesta - 131 caps

Xavi's former Barcelona team-mate Iniesta will most fondly be remembered as the man who finally brought the World Cup to Spain after scoring the extra-time winner in the final against Netherlands in 2010.

Iniesta landed the바카라 웹사이트Player of the Tournament award at Euro 2012 and continued to star for Spain until his retirement from international football after the 2018 World Cup.

Andoni Zubizarreta - 126 caps

The only player in this list not to have played for Spain this millennium, goalkeeper Zubizarreta first pulled on the La Roja jersey in 1985.

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He featured in four successive World Cups for his country and retired in 1998 as Spain's most-capped player - a record that was only broken in 2011 by Casillas.

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