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. 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.
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. 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. 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 145 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. 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. Statistics are correct as of 4 October 2026. + Positions keyPre-1960s1960s–GKGoalkeeperFBFull backDFDefenderHBHalf backMFMidfielderFWForward
+ KeySymbolMeaning Player still at the club
Players
+List of Cardiff City F.C. players making full international appearancesNameNationPosition Cardiff yearsIntl. yearsCapsGoalsRef MF2023–20242023–202450 DF1993–1995199410 GK2001–2007200630 FW1962–19651962–1965126 MF2018–20192018–201930 MF2019–20222019–2022132 DF2020–2026–20 WH1953–19661958–196170 WH1937–1955194710 FW1924–1925192520 FW2010–2011 & 2012–20142010–2013120 DF1920–19261920–192480 DF2005–20122010–2012101 FW2008–2011201010 DF2018–20222019–202220 DF2007–20102004–200710 FW1963–19661950–196530 FW1963–19661950–196544 DF2000–20052004–201560FW2021–2022202140 DF2022–20252023–2440 MF2024–2025–40 MF2021–2021–101 DF2008–20112008–201180 MF2011–20142011–201330 MF2011–20142011–201270 FW1986–19891986–198710 FW1926–1927 & 1933–19351927–193311 MF2013–20152013–201491 FW1919–19311922–1929236 FW2025–2025–20 FW1924–19281924–192884 DF1967–19721969–197140 DF1972–19851978–1979102 FW1998–2004 & 2011–20132002–2012187 DF2014–20192014–2019352 FW1948–19551946–194961 GK2008–20102008–201050 GK2017–20202017–202090 MF1920–19261922–192460 FW1912–19261912–192381 GK1930–19331927–193320GK1922–19351923–192570 FW2007–20102007–2010143 FW1953–19561953–1956101 DF2000–2005 & 2014–20152002–2014190 FW2011–20142013–201442 FW2016–2018201611 MF2018201840 MF2011–20192011–2019620 DF2006–20082007–200830 DF2008–20122008–200930 MF1951–19661956–1961110 FW2017–20232021–2023100 FW1995–1997199710 GK1974–19821977–198030 FW1957–1959195851 MF2016–20212016–20212311 MF1959–19661963–1966180 GK2024–2025202410 GK1950–1957195320 MF2016–20172016–201730 MF2004–20052004–200570 FW1926–19281926–192860 DF2012–20172013–201420 FW2008–20092008–200910 MF1967–19701967–196971 FW2014–20162014–20162010 FW1929–19341933–193410 MF2001–20052001–200570 DF1912–19311920–1931312 DF2011–20122011–201230 FW2010–20112010–201130 MF2012–20152012–2015181 MF2011–20162014–201680 MF2005–2006 & 2010–20112005–200630 DF2025–2025–30 DF1912–1913 & 19211912–191310 DF2024–2025–60 FW2003–20062003–200660 MF2004–20102005–2010322 DF1998–20031998–200120 WH1924–1925192510 FW2009–2010201020 GK2004–2007200410 GK2009–20162009–2016220 DF2009–2011 201120 FW1930–19331930–193140 FW2008–20102008–201041 DF2006–20152006–200810 MF2013–20142013–2014141 FW2011–20122011–201252 MF1957–19611959–196151FW2020–20222020–2022196 MF2026–2026–41 MF2005–2007200710 DF1921–19301925–193040 MF1924–19251924–192540 MF2022–20252022–202591 MF2004–20092004–2008121 MF2017–20202017–202070 DF1987–1997199410 DF1967–19741971–1974120 FW2014–20192013–201631 DF1976–1983198020 MF2007–20112007–200920 MF2023–20252023–202541 DF1992–19931992–199310 MF1973–19761973–1975131 FW1944–1949194930 FW1922–1923192310 DF2016–20202016–201860 FW1946–1948194610 MF2022–20252023–2024110 FW1928–19311930–193151 MF2024–2026–10 FW2022–2022–82 DF1961–1965 1965–196570FB2022–20242023–202320 GK2023202330 MF2022–20242022–2023111 MF1974–1978 & 1981197770 DF1942–19561946–1956390 FW1970–1977197520MF2023-20252023-2024100 DF1924–19291925–192980 DF1919–19231921–192340 DF1943–1949194810 DF1947–19631952–195720 DF1947–19611953–1961170 FW1958–19651958–195922 DF1977–1981197710 FW1965–19701969–197082 MF1983–19871983–198470 MF2019–20222019–202220 GK1952–19641957–196020 DF2003–20052003–2005151 MF1971–1976197420 MF2012201210 FW1961–1962196110 FW1927–1930192911 DF1925–1929192610 DF2000–20062000–200560 MF2019–20212019–2021163 DF1946–1952195110MF2020–20212020–2021122
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