List of Burnley F.C. internationals

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Sam Vokes won 40 caps and scored 7 goals for Wales while at Burnley.

Burnley Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Burnley, Lancashire. Founded on 18 May 1882, the club was one of the first to become professional (in 1883), putting pressure on the Football Association (FA) to permit payments to players.[1] In 1885, the FA legalised professionalism, so the team entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1885–86, and were one of the twelve founding members of the Football League in 1888.[1] Burnley have played in all four professional divisions of English football from 1888 to the present day.[2] The team have been champions of England twice, in 1920–21 and 1959–60, have won the FA Cup once, in 1913–14, and have won the FA Charity Shield twice, in 1960 and 1973.[2][3] Burnley are one of only five teams to have won all four professional divisions of English football, along with Wolverhampton Wanderers, Preston North End, Sheffield United and Portsmouth. They were the second to achieve this by winning the Fourth Division in the 1991–92 season.[4][5]

Footballers can be called up to represent their national team in a senior international match;[6] a total of 106 players have won at least one cap for their country in senior international football while playing for Burnley, representing 30 nations.[a] In March 1889, John Yates became the first Burnley player to be capped when he appeared for England against Ireland in the 1888–89 British Home Championship; Yates scored a hat-trick in what proved to be his only international match.[7][8] Two Burnley-born players have won caps for the England national team while at the club: Jimmy Crabtree in 1894 and 1895 and Billy Bannister in 1901.[9][10] Tommy Morrison became the club's first non-English international when he played for Ireland against Wales in 1899.[11] In 2001, Trinidad and Tobago international Ian Cox became the first Burnley player to represent a country from outside the British Isles.[10] The only decade during which the club did not have an international representative was the 1990s.[12]

Nine Burnley players have appeared for their country at the FIFA World Cup. The first Burnley player to make an appearance in the competition was Scotsman Jock Aird in 1954.[10] Goalkeeper Colin McDonald is the club's only international to have represented England in the tournament—he played four matches in 1958.[12] Northern Irishmen Jimmy McIlroy and Billy Hamilton both made a club record five appearances at the World Cup, while Hamilton became Burnley's first player to score in the competition—he netted twice against Austria in 1982.[12] McIlroy also holds the club record for most caps won (51) and the most international goals scored (10) while playing for Burnley.[12] In 2012, New Zealander Cameron Howieson became the club's youngest ever international at the age of 17.[13][14]

List of internationals[edit]

Key
  • Players are initially arranged by alphabetical order of surname.
  • Appearances as a substitute are included.
  • International years indicates the year of the player's first and last caps while a Burnley player. Caps included are for the number won by the player during his time with Burnley and may not be the full total of the player's career.
  • Statistics are correct as of 26 March 2024.
Symbol Meaning
Player still at the club
Positions key[b]
Pre-1960s 1960s–
GK Goalkeeper
FB Full back DF Defender
HB Half back MF Midfielder
FW Forward
List of players making full international appearances while playing for Burnley F.C.[a]
Name Nation Position Burnley years International years Caps[c] Goals[c] Notes
Jock Aird  Scotland FB 1948–1955 1954 4 0 [d]
Ameen Al-Dakhil  Belgium DF 2023– 2023 4 0 [16]
Graham Alexander  Scotland DF 2007–2011 2007–2009 10 0 [17]
Zeki Amdouni   Switzerland FW 2023– 2023–2024 8 1 [18]
John Angus  England FB/DF 1955–1972 1961 1 0
Scott Arfield  Canada MF 2013–2018 2016–2017 12 1 [19]
Chris Baird  Northern Ireland DF 2014 2014 1 0 [20]
Billy Bannister  England FB 1899–1901, 1910–1912 1901 1 0
Samuel Bastien  DR Congo MF 2022– 2022 2 0 [21]
Sander Berge  Norway MF 2023– 2023–2024 8 0 [22]
Besart Berisha  Albania FW 2007–2009 2007–2009 10 1 [17]
André Bikey  Cameroon DF 2009–2012 2009–2010 4 0 [17]
Adam Blacklaw  Scotland GK 1954–1967 1963–1965 3 0
Stan Bowsher  Wales FB 1929–1933 1929 1 0
Tommy Boyle  England FB 1911–1923 1913 1 0
Robbie Brady  Republic of Ireland MF 2017–2021 2017–2021 26 1 [23]
Jack Bruton  England HB 1925–1929 1928–1929 3 0
Steven Caldwell  Scotland DF 2007–2010 2009 1 0 [17]
Tommy Cassidy  Northern Ireland MF 1980–1983 1980–1982 4 0 [e]
Darko Churlinov  North Macedonia MF 2022– 2023–2024 7 1 [25]
Ralph Coates  England MF 1963–1971 1970–1971 2 0
Terry Cochrane  Northern Ireland MF 1976–1978 1978 4 0
Nathan Collins  Republic of Ireland DF 2021–2022 2021–2022 6 1 [26]
John Connelly  England FW 1956–1964 1959–1963 10 4
Jack Cork  England MF 2010–2011, 2017– 2017 1 0 [27]
Maxwel Cornet  Ivory Coast MF 2021–2022 2021–2022 7 1 [28]
Leon Cort  Guyana DF 2010–2012 2011 4 1 [17]
Ian Cox  Trinidad and Tobago DF 2000–2003 2001 4 0
Danny Coyne  Wales GK 2004–2007 2005–2007 10 0
Jimmy Crabtree  England FB/HB 1888–1890, 1892–1895 1894–1895 3 0
Josh Cullen  Republic of Ireland MF 2022– 2022–2024 14 0 [29]
Jerry Dawson  England GK 1907–1929 1921–1922 2 0
Steven Defour  Belgium MF 2016–2019 2016–2017 4 0 [30]
Halil Dervişoğlu  Turkey FW 2022–2023 2022 2 0 [31]
Martin Dobson  England MF 1967–1974, 1979–1984 1974 4 0
Michael Duff  Northern Ireland DF 2004–2016 2004–2012 21 0 [32]
David Edgar  Canada DF 2009–2014 2011–2014 23 1 [17]
Hjalmar Ekdal  Sweden DF 2023– 2023 3 0 [33]
Alex Elder  Northern Ireland DF 1959–1967 1960–1967 34 1
Billy Elliott  England FW 1951–1953 1952 5 3
William Emerson  Ireland HB 1922–1924 1922–1923 5 0
Hugh Flack  Ireland FB 1927–1929 1929 1 0
Steven Fletcher  Scotland FW 2009–2010 2009 3 0 [17]
Brian Flynn  Wales MF 1972–1977, 1982–1984 1974–1977, 1982–1984 34 3
Lyle Foster  South Africa FW 2023– 2023 5 3 [34]
Bert Freeman  England FW 1911–1921 1912 3 2
Phil Gray  Northern Ireland FW 2000 2000 3 1
Joey Guðjónsson  Iceland MF 2007–2010 2007 4 0 [17]
Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson  Iceland MF 2016– 2016–2024 39 3 [35][f]
Billy Hamilton  Northern Ireland FW 1979–1984 1980–1984 34 5 [e]
Gordon Harris  England MF 1958–1968 1966 1 0
Tom Heaton  England GK 2013–2019 2016–2017 3 0 [37]
Jeff Hendrick  Republic of Ireland MF 2016–2020 2016–2019 29 2 [38]
Wayne Hennessey  Wales GK 2021–2022 2021–2022 8 0 [39]
Jack Hill  England FB 1923–1928 1925–1927 8 0
Jack Hillman  England GK 1890–1895, 1898–1902 1899 1 0
Cameron Howieson  New Zealand MF 2012–2015 2012–2014 9 0 [17]
Micah Hyde  Jamaica MF 2004–2007 2004 4 1
Willie Irvine  Northern Ireland FW 1960–1968 1963–1968 17 6
Chris Iwelumo  Scotland FW 2010–2011 2010 2 0 [17]
Leighton James  Wales MF 1970–1975, 1978–1980, 1986–1989 1971–1975, 1978 23 3
Steve Jones  Northern Ireland FW 2006–2009 2006–2007 5 0 [17]
Michael Keane  England DF 2014–2017 2017 2 0 [40]
Bob Kelly  England FW 1913–1925 1920–1925 11 6
Daniel Lafferty  Northern Ireland DF 2012–2017 2012–2016 13 0 [17]
Kyle Lafferty  Northern Ireland FW 2005–2008 2006–2008 16 5 [17]
Kevin Long  Republic of Ireland DF 2010–2023 2017–2020 17 1 [41]
Andy McCluggage  Ireland FB 1925–1931 1927–1931 11 2
Colin McDonald  England GK 1948–1950, 1951–1961 1958 8 0 [g]
Jimmy McIlroy  Northern Ireland MF/FW 1950–1963 1951–1962 51 10 [g]
Nikolaos Michopoulos  Greece GK 2000–2003 2002 2 0
Brian Miller  England HB/DF 1954–1967 1961 1 0
Willie Morgan  Scotland MF 1961–1968, 1975–1976 1967 6 3 [43][44]
Billy Morris  Wales FW 1939–1952 1947–1952 5 0
Tommy Morrison  Ireland FW 1894–1895, 1897–1902, 1906–1907 1899–1902 4 0
Eddie Mosscrop  England FW 1912–1923 1914 2 0
Arijanet Muric  Kosovo GK 2022– 2022–2024 11 0 [45]
Michael Obafemi  Republic of Ireland FW 2023– 2023 4 0 [46]
Dara O'Shea  Republic of Ireland DF 2023– 2023–2024 5 0 [47]
Louis Page  England FW 1925–1932 1927 7 1
Dimitris Papadopoulos  Greece FW 2001–2003 2002 1 0
Martin Paterson  Northern Ireland FW 2008–2013 2008–2013 13 1 [17]
Bailey Peacock-Farrell  Northern Ireland GK 2019– 2019–2024 34 0 [48]
Brian Pilkington  England MF/FW 1951–1961 1954 1 0
Ray Pointer  England FW 1957–1965 1961 3 2
Nick Pope  England GK 2016–2022 2018–2022 8 0 [49]
Dane Richards  Jamaica MF 2013 2013 1 0 [17]
Basilio Rieno  Equatorial Guinea MF 2023–[h] 2024 2 0 [50][51]
Connor Roberts  Wales DF 2021– 2021–2024 25 1 [52][i]
James Tarkowski  England DF 2016–2022 2018 2 0 [55]
Gareth Taylor  Wales FW 2001–2003 2002–2003 4 0
Harry Thomson  Scotland GK 1959–1969 1967 2 0 [44][56]
Sammy Todd  Northern Ireland DF 1962–1970 1966–1970 8 0
Keith Treacy  Republic of Ireland MF 2011–2014 2011 1 0 [17]
Sam Vokes  Wales FW 2011–2019 2012–2018 40 7 [57]
Matěj Vydra  Czech Republic FW 2018–2022 2018–2021 26 2 [58]
Jonathan Walters  Republic of Ireland FW 2017–2019 2017–2018 5 0 [59]
Stephen Ward  Republic of Ireland DF 2014–2019 2014–2018 26 1 [60]
George Waterfield  England FB 1923–1935 1927 1 0
Billy Watson  England HB 1909–1925 1913–1919 3 0
Wout Weghorst  Netherlands FW 2022– 2022–2024 19 7 [53][i]
Nahki Wells  Bermuda FW 2017–2020 2018–2019 10 7 [61]
Tom Willighan  Ireland FB 1928–1934 1932–1933 2 0
Chris Wood  New Zealand FW 2017–2022 2017–2021 8 7 [62]
John Yates  England FW 1888–1894 1889 1 3
Anass Zaroury  Morocco MF 2022– 2022–2023 4 0 [54][i]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Statistics are sourced from Ray Simpson's book The Clarets Chronicles from 2007. Statistics from 2007 onwards are sourced from other references.
  2. ^ For more information, see formation
  3. ^ a b Only caps and goals while playing for Burnley are included.
  4. ^ Represented his country at the 1954 FIFA World Cup[15]
  5. ^ a b Represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup[24]
  6. ^ Represented his country at the 2018 FIFA World Cup[36]
  7. ^ a b Represented his country at the 1958 FIFA World Cup[42]
  8. ^ Rieno played for Burnley's under-21 team while being called-up for his country.[50][51]
  9. ^ a b c Represented his country at the 2022 FIFA World Cup[52][53][54]

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General
  • Simpson, Ray (2007). The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club 1882–2007. Burnley Football Club. ISBN 978-0-9557468-0-2.