Famous #17s

Footballers who wore the number 17 shirt for their national team, ranked by caps.

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100 players who wore #17.

#	Player	Position	Citizenship	Club	Caps	Intl goals
1	Gary Medel	Defender - Centre-Back	Chile Spain	CD Universidad Católica	161	7
2	Marek Hamsik	Midfield - Central Midfield	Slovakia	Retired	138	26
3	Luis Advíncula	Defender - Right-Back	Peru Spain	CA Boca Juniors	131	2
4	Jozy Altidore	Attack - Centre-Forward	United States Haiti	Without Club	115	42
5	Makoto Hasebe	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Japan	Retired	114	2
6	Nani	Attack - Left Winger	Portugal Cape Verde	Retired	112	23
7	Daley Blind	Defender - Centre-Back	Netherlands	Girona FC	108	3
8	Aron Gunnarsson	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Iceland	Al-Gharafa SC	107	5
9	Henrik Larsson	Attack - Centre-Forward	Sweden Cape Verde	Retired	104	37
10	Per Mertesacker	Defender - Centre-Back	Germany	Retired	104	4
11	Mohamed Elneny	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Egypt	Al-Jazira Club	100	8
12	Po-Liang Chen	Midfield - Central Midfield	Chinese Taipei	Qingdao West Coast	94	25
13	Serge Aurier	Defender - Right-Back	Cote d'Ivoire	Persepolis FC	93	4
14	Yasuyuki Konno	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Japan	Nankatsu SC	93	4
15	Mario Mandžukić	Attack - Centre-Forward	Croatia	Retired	89	33
16	Stéphane Sessègnon	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	Benin	Retired	89	24
17	Chung-yong Lee	Attack - Right Winger	Korea, South	Ulsan HD FC	89	9
18	Rodolph Austin	Defender - Centre-Back	Jamaica	Retired	88	7
19	Orbelín Pineda	Midfield - Central Midfield	Mexico	AEK Athens	85	12
20	Issam Jemâa	Attack - Centre-Forward	Tunisia	Retired	84	37
21	Robert Jarni	Defender - Left-Back	Croatia	Retired	81	1
22	Benni McCarthy	Attack - Centre-Forward	South Africa	Retired	80	31
23	Alex Iwobi	Attack - Left Winger	Nigeria England	Fulham FC	80	10
24	Theofanis Gekas	Attack - Centre-Forward	Greece	Retired	78	24
25	Farouk Miya	Midfield - Central Midfield	Uganda	GS Ilioupolis	78	23
26	Burak Yılmaz	Attack - Centre-Forward	Türkiye	Retired	77	31
27	André Poko	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Gabon	Amed SK	77	3
28	Oleksandr Zinchenko	Defender - Left-Back	Ukraine	Nottingham Forest	76	12
29	Damion Lowe	Defender - Centre-Back	Jamaica	Houston Dynamo FC	75	4
30	Paddy McNair	Defender - Centre-Back	Northern Ireland	San Diego FC	73	7
31	Dwight Yorke	Attack - Centre-Forward	Trinidad and Tobago England	Retired	72	19
32	Jesús Corona	Attack - Right Winger	Mexico Portugal	CF Monterrey	71	10
33	Andraz Kirm	Midfield - Central Midfield	Slovenia	Retired	71	6
34	Moussa Sissoko	Midfield - Central Midfield	France Mali	Watford FC	71	2
35	Viorel Moldovan	Attack - Centre-Forward	Romania	Retired	70	25
36	Ellyes Skhiri	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Tunisia France	Eintracht Frankfurt	70	3
37	Mateus	Attack - Left Winger	Angola Portugal	Boavista FC	68	14
38	Igli Tare	Attack - Centre-Forward	Albania Italy	Retired	68	10
39	Stéphane Mbia	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Cameroon France	Without Club	68	5
40	Marouane Chamakh	Attack - Centre-Forward	Morocco France	Retired	62	17
41	Adlène Guédioura	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Algeria France	Retired	62	2
42	Georgios Georgiadis	Attack - Right Winger	Greece	Retired	61	11
43	Stephan Schröck	Midfield - Left Midfield	Philippines Germany	Stallion Laguna FC	61	6
44	Matt McKay	Midfield - Central Midfield	Australia	Capalaba Bulldogs	59	2
45	Ciro Immobile	Attack - Centre-Forward	Italy	Bologna FC 1909	57	17
46	Tomas Hübschman	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Czech Republic	Retired	57	1
47	João Mário	Attack - Left Winger	Portugal Angola	AEK Athens	56	3
48	Marcel de Jong	Defender - Left-Back	Canada Netherlands	Retired	56	3
49	Álvaro Arbeloa	Defender - Right-Back	Spain	Retired	56	0
50	Umaru Bangura	Defender - Centre-Back	Sierra Leone	Kallon FC	55	4
51	Rubén Vargas	Attack - Left Winger	Switzerland Dominican Republic	Sevilla FC	54	10
52	Kosta Barbarouses	Attack - Centre-Forward	New Zealand Greece	Western Sydney Wanderers	54	4
53	Jens Stryger Larsen	Defender - Right-Back	Denmark	Malmö FF	54	3
54	Jesús Corona	Goalkeeper	Mexico	Club Tijuana	54	0
55	Joseba Etxeberria	Attack - Right Winger	Spain	Retired	53	12
56	Stuart Armstrong	Midfield - Central Midfield	Scotland	Aberdeen FC	53	5
57	Fernandinho	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Brazil	Without Club	53	2
58	Tajon Buchanan	Attack - Right Winger	Canada Jamaica	Villarreal CF	52	8
59	Abdul Rahman Baba	Defender - Left-Back	Ghana	PAOK Thessaloniki	52	1
60	Sanzhar Tursunov	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	Uzbekistan Russia	Without Club	51	5
61	Ogenyi Onazi	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Nigeria	Acireale Calcio	51	1
62	Angelo Preciado	Defender - Right-Back	Ecuador	AC Sparta Prague	50	0
63	Alex	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	Brazil	Retired	48	12
64	Aleksandr Golovin	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	Russia	AS Monaco	48	7
65	George Gebro	Defender - Left-Back	Liberia	Retired	48	1
66	Christoph Spycher	Defender - Left-Back	Switzerland	Retired	47	0
67	Pierre van Hooijdonk	Attack - Centre-Forward	Netherlands Morocco	Retired	46	14
68	Sofiane Boufal	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	Morocco France	Union Saint-Gilloise	46	8
69	Abat Aymbetov	Attack - Centre-Forward	Kazakhstan	Without Club	45	9
70	Yutaka Akita	Defender - Centre-Back	Japan	Retired	45	4
71	Florian Klein	Defender - Right-Back	Austria	Retired	45	0
72	Serge Gakpé	Attack - Right Winger	Togo France	Retired	44	4
73	Marek Suchy	Defender - Centre-Back	Czech Republic	SK Slavia Prague B	44	1
74	Francisco Fonseca	Attack - Centre-Forward	Mexico	Retired	43	21
75	Lukas Haraslin	Attack - Left Winger	Slovakia	AC Sparta Prague	42	6
76	İrfan Can Kahveci	Attack - Right Winger	Türkiye	Fenerbahce	42	5
77	Ante Rebić	Attack - Left Winger	Croatia	HNK Hajduk Split	42	3
78	Yeong-hak Ahn	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Korea, North	Retired	42	3
79	Falaye Sacko	Defender - Right-Back	Mali	Neftchi PFK	42	2
80	David Vaughan	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Wales	Retired	42	1
81	Matías Viña	Defender - Left-Back	Uruguay Italy	CR Flamengo	42	1
82	Ivan Klasnic	Attack - Centre-Forward	Croatia	Retired	41	12
83	Hernán Pérez	Attack - Right Winger	Paraguay Spain	Recoleta FC	41	2
84	Jaime Ayoví	Attack - Centre-Forward	Ecuador	CS Emelec	40	10
85	Rafael Leão	Attack - Left Winger	Portugal Angola	AC Milan	40	5
86	Luiz Gustavo	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Brazil Germany	São Paulo Futebol Clube	40	2
87	Dario Khan	Defender - Centre-Back	Mozambique	Retired	40	2
88	Mohamadou Idrissou	Attack - Centre-Forward	Cameroon	Retired	39	6
89	Cédric Mongongu	Defender - Centre-Back	DR Congo France	Retired	39	2
90	Ervin Zukanovic	Defender - Centre-Back	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Retired	38	0
91	Adil Rami	Defender - Centre-Back	France Morocco	Retired	36	1
92	Issam El Adoua	Midfield - Defensive Midfield	Morocco	Without Club	35	2
93	Mekeil Williams	Defender - Centre-Back	Trinidad and Tobago	Police FC	35	1
94	Matija Nastasić	Defender - Centre-Back	Serbia	Al-Ula FC	34	0
95	Bruma	Attack - Left Winger	Portugal Guinea-Bissau	SL Benfica	33	12
96	Dayro Moreno	Attack - Centre-Forward	Colombia	Once Caldas	33	3
97	Moïse Brou Apanga	Defender - Centre-Back	Gabon Cote d'Ivoire	---	33	1
98	Paul McShane	Defender - Centre-Back	Ireland	Retired	33	0
99	Ao Tanaka	Midfield - Central Midfield	Japan	Leeds United	32	8
100	Gonçalo Guedes	Attack - Left Winger	Portugal	Real Sociedad	32	7