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Hakan Şükür (Template:Langx; born 1 September 1971) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed the "Bull of the Bosphorus" and Kral (king),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> he spent the majority of his professional career with Galatasaray, being a three-time Gol Kralı (Goal King, title and award given to the annual top goalscorer of the Süper Lig),<ref name="TFF">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> representing the club in three different spells and winning a total of 14 major titles.<ref name="Radikal">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="NTV">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Telegrafi">Template:Cite news</ref>
Şükür represented Turkey a total of 112 times, scoring 51 goals, making him the nation's top goalscorer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and 19th in the world at the time of his retirement. One of the most prolific strikers of the modern era, he netted 383 goals throughout his club career as well as the fastest ever in a World Cup, in 2002.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He retired from football in 2008.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In the 2011 general elections, he was elected as an Istanbul MP for the Justice and Development Party. He resigned from the party in December 2013, to serve as an independent.<ref name="HDN">Template:Cite news</ref> He is wanted for arrest in Turkey since August 2016 for being a member of Gülen movement and has lived in exile in the United States since mid 2016.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 14 July 2017, a decree was issued stating that all medals awarded to Hakan Şükür were to be revoked.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Club career
Early years
Born in Sapanca, Sakarya Province, Şükür began his football career with local club Sakaryaspor, making his professional debut shortly after his 17th birthday. His first goal came in a match against Eskişehirspor on 26 February 1989: with the match tied 2–2, he entered the pitch as a substitute and scored the winning goal;<ref name="Gala">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> he went on to score a further 18 Süper Lig goals in his three-year spell with the club.
In the summer of 1990, Şükür joined fellow first division side Bursaspor. He scored six goals in 27 games in his second season, helping the team to a sixth-place finish,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and making his Turkey national team debut shortly after.
Galatasaray – Torino
Subsequently, Şükür signed for national giants Galatasaray.<ref name="Gala"/> Nicknamed the Bull of the Bosphorus,<ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> he scored 19 goals in thirty matches in his first year with the club, helping it win both the league and cup titles, adding 16 and 19, respectively, in the next two seasons and attracting the attention of Torino. In 1995, he moved to Turin, becoming the second Turkish player to ever play in Serie A, but returned to his country and Galatasaray in the following winter transfer window, after failing to settle and only netting once in the league.
Upon his return to Galatasaray, Şükür regained his scoring form, scoring 16 goals in the league and helping the club to win the cup. The following season, he collected 38 goals in the league, tying him for second-most goals scored in a season with Metin Oktay, one goal behind record holder Tanju Çolak; both players were playing for Galatasaray when they broke the record.<ref name="Gala" /> Şükür also finished third in the ESM Golden Boot rankings with 57 points, behind Mário Jardel (60) and Ronaldo (68).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He won the Gol Kralı award the following two seasons, netting 33 and 18 goals respectively, with the Galatasaray winning the title in all three seasons.<ref name="TFF"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In the 1999–2000 season, Şükür's last with Galatasaray in his second stint, the team completed a domestic double for the second year in succession, and added the year's UEFA Cup, becoming the first Turkish side to win a European title; in the 4–1 penalty shootout win against Arsenal, he scored on his attempt, having netted ten times in 17 games during the campaign.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Return to Italy – Blackburn
Şükür then moved to Italy again, this time to Inter Milan, scoring six goals in 35 official matches. His appearances were limited by the presence of Ronaldo and Christian Vieri in the team's attack<ref name=Blackburn/> and January 2002, after one-and-a-half seasons, he signed with another team in the country, Parma, but was unable to produce again, only finding the net three times. He helped Parma win the Coppa Italia, but only played in the first leg of the final.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Having been released, on 9 December 2002, Şükür joined Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League for the remainder of the campaign, signed by former Galatasaray manager Graeme Souness.<ref name=Blackburn>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His spell began with him sustaining a broken leg in training, which ruled him out for two months,<ref name=":3">Template:Cite news</ref> after which made his debut for the club on 1 March 2003, replacing the injured Egil Østenstad at half time in a 1–0 home win over Manchester City;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> he scored twice from nine appearances, both goals coming in a 4–0 defeat of Fulham at Loftus Road on 7 April.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Third spell at Galatasaray

Şükür returned to Galatasaray on 7 July 2003, after failing to negotiate a new contract with Blackburn.<ref name=":3" /> He scored 12 times in 28 league games in his first season and 18 in the following, with the team winning the 2005 Turkish cup during that timeframe. Also, on 3 December 2003, he found the net twice in a 2–0 home defeat of Juventus for the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> in November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as Turkey's Golden Player by the Turkish Football Federation, as their most outstanding player of the past fifty years.<ref name=UEFA>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In the 2005–06 season, Şükür again scored in double digits (ten) as Galatasaray again won the league. After helping the club win a record-tying 17th first division title in 2007–08, netting eleven goals, he decided to retire from the game, aged nearly 37. Subsequently, he often appeared as a television pundit on the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> during his career, he scored 38 goals in all European competitions.<ref name=TodayTomorrow>Template:Cite news</ref>
International career
Şükür won his first cap for Turkey in a friendly with Luxembourg in March 1992 – his debut being awarded by German manager Sepp Piontek – scoring his first international goal in his next match, against Denmark, and totalling six in his first 11 appearances. He netted seven in qualification for UEFA Euro 1996 and started all of the matches at the finals in England, in which they were eliminated in the group stage without scoring a single goal.
Şükür scored eight times in qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup: half of those in a 6–4 home win over Wales on 20 August 1997,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> but Turkey did not reach the play-offs. At Euro 2000, he netted twice for the quarter-finalists, in a 2–0 group stage win against co-hosts Belgium.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
During the 2002 World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan, Şükür scored once for Turkey in seven matches, as the national team finished in third place. On 29 June, he scored the fastest ever goal in a FIFA World Cup and in any major international football tournament, netting against South Korea 10.8 seconds into the third-place play-off, which Turkey went on to win 3–2.<ref name=":2" />
Of his 112 senior appearances, Şükür captained Turkey in thirty. After appearing in some Euro 2008 qualifiers, notably scoring four against Moldova in a 5–0 win in Frankfurt, Germany,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> he was not selected for the finals, his last game being a 0–1 home loss to Greece at the age of 36 (17 October 2007).<ref name="RSSSF">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Personal life
Şükür is of Albanian origin. Both of his parents are immigrants from Yugoslavia, his father being born in Pristina, and his mother in Skopje.<ref name="Radikal"/><ref name="NTV"/><ref name="Telegrafi"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> His surname is spelled "Shykyr" in Albanian.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His first wife, Esra Elbirlik, married him in a ceremony broadcast live on television,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> initiated by Prime Minister Tansu Çiller and performed by Mayor of Istanbul Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
The couple divorced after four months, and Elbirlik and her family died in the 1999 İzmit earthquake. Şükür fathered three children with his second spouse, Beyda.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2010, the football stadium of Sancaktepe was named after him.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In April 2014, his name was removed again.<ref name=":0" />
Politics
On 18 June 2011, Şükür was elected as a Member of Parliament to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in the 2011 general elections, from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), representing the 2nd electoral district of Istanbul Province.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
On 16 December 2013, Şükür, known for his links to the Islamic Gülen movement of the Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen,<ref name="HDN"/> resigned from his position in protest after the interdiction of the group's "dershane" system, and decided to continue working as an independent MP.<ref name="HDN" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He subsequently went on to work as a football pundit for Turkish Radio and Television Corporation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Prosecution and exile
In February 2016, Şükür was charged with insulting president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Twitter.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In August, a warrant was issued for his arrest as he was charged with being a member of the Gülen movement, designated as a terrorist organization in Turkey.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In an interview published in May 2018 by The New York Times, Hakan Şükür stated that he left Turkey in September 2015 and moved to California to be with a friend. He mentioned that after his term as a member of parliament ended in 2015, he faced obstacles in every job he tried to pursue in Turkey, which led him to decide to live in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He then called his wife and asked her to join him with their three children. After obtaining an investor EB-5 visa in the United States, he became a part-owner of a cafe in Palo Alto in 2016.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He would later leave this job because "strange people kept coming into the bar".<ref name=":1">Template:Cite news</ref> He noted that his long-term plan in the United States was not to run a cafe but to coach at a sports academy, similar to what he had planned to do in Turkey.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In November 2019, he revealed in a video on his YouTube channel that he was working as an Uber driver.<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref> Germany's Welt am Sonntag, in an interview with Şükür, reported that he had closed his cafe to work as an Uber driver and was also selling books.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Additionally, he mentioned that the Turkish government had seized his properties, businesses, and bank accounts in Turkey.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":1" /> On 3 April 2023, Hakan Şükür announced on his Twitter account that after seven-and-a-half years in the United States, he and his family had received their green cards, which would allow them to reside and work in the US. As of August 2023, Hakan Şükür has opened a football school in Palo Alto, California, for boys aged 10-13 and 13-17.
The Turkish government seems to be still very sensitive to the subject. On 1 December 2022, during the TRT broadcast of a World Cup match between Canada and Morocco, which Morocco won 2-1, commentator Alper Bakircigil commented on Hakim Ziyech's goal in the fourth minute about a record held by Şükür, who scored the fastest goal in World Cup history at 10.8 seconds, in their third place match against South Korea at the 2002 World Cup. He was removed from the broadcast at half-time and fired from his job later that day. News accounts speculated that his firing was due to his employer (state-run TRT) reacting to the mention of the name.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup<ref>Includes Atatürk Cup, Chancellor Cup, President Cup, TSYD Cup, Turkish Cup and Turkish Super Cup</ref> | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sakaryaspor | 1987–88 | 1.Lig | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | |
| 1988–89 | 1.Lig | 11 | 5 | — | 11 | 5 | ||||
| 1989–90 | 1.Lig | 27 | 5 | — | 27 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 41 | 10 | 2 | 1 | — | 43 | 11 | |||
| Bursaspor | 1990–91 | 1.Lig | 27 | 4 | — | 27 | 4 | |||
| 1991–92 | 1.Lig | 27 | 7 | 7 | 3 | — | 34 | 10 | ||
| Total | 54 | 11 | 7 | 3 | — | 61 | 14 | |||
| Galatasaray | 1992–93 | 1.Lig | 30 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 26 |
| 1993–94 | 1.Lig | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 43 | 20 | |
| 1994–95 | 1.Lig | 33 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 25 | |
| Total | 90 | 54 | 22 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 135 | 71 | ||
| Torino | 1995–96 | Serie A | 5 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||
| Galatasaray | 1995–96 | 1.Lig | 25 | 16 | 7 | 2 | — | 32 | 18 | |
| 1996–97 | 1.Lig | 32 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 46 | |
| 1997–98 | 1.Lig | 34 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 50 | 34 | |
| 1998–99 | 1.Lig | 33 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 27 | |
| 1999–2000 | 1.Lig | 32 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 54 | 25 | |
| Total | 156 | 119 | 33 | 15 | 35 | 20 | 224 | 152 | ||
| Inter Milan | 2000–01 | Serie A | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 34 | 6 |
| Parma | 2001–02 | Serie A | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 2002–03 | Premier League | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 2 | |
| Galatasaray | 2003–04 | Süper Lig | 28 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 18 |
| 2004–05 | Süper Lig | 33 | 18 | 3 | 4 | — | 35 | 22 | ||
| 2005–06 | Süper Lig | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 13 | |
| 2006–07 | Süper Lig | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 5 | |
| 2007–08 | Süper Lig | 28 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 41 | 14 | |
| Total | 146 | 55 | 14 | 7 | 26 | 10 | 186 | 72 | ||
| Career total | 540 | 260 | 79 | 34 | 94 | 38 | 709 | 332 | ||
International
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| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1992 | 8 | 5 |
| 1993 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 5 | 3 | |
| 1995 | 7 | 4 | |
| 1996 | 12 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1998 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 7 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 9 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 10 | 6 | |
| 2002 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 9 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 8 | 5 | |
| 2005 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 5 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 5 | 1 | |
| Total | 112 | 51 | |
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| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 April 1992 | Ankara, Turkey | Template:DEN | 2–1 | Friendly | |
| 2 | 26 August 1992 | Trabzon, Turkey | Template:BUL | 3–2 | Friendly | |
| 3 | ||||||
| 4 | 28 October 1992 | Ankara, Turkey | Template:SMR | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1994 World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 3–1 | |||||
| 6 | 27 October 1993 | Istanbul, Turkey | Template:POL | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1994 World Cup qualification |
| 7 | 7 September 1994 | Budapest, Hungary | Template:HUN | 1–2 | 2–2 | Euro 1996 qualifying |
| 8 | 12 October 1994 | Istanbul, Turkey | Template:ISL | 3–0 | 5–0 | Euro 1996 qualifying |
| 9 | 4–0 | |||||
| 10 | 26 April 1995 | Bern, Switzerland | Template:SUI | 1–0 | 2–1 | Euro 1996 qualifying |
| 11 | 6 September 1995 | Istanbul, Turkey | Template:HUN | 1–0 | 2–0 | Euro 1996 qualifying |
| 12 | 2–0 | |||||
| 13 | 15 November 1995 | Stockholm, Sweden | Template:SWE | 2–1 | 2–2 | Euro 1996 qualifying |
| 14 | 1 May 1996 | Samsun, Turkey | Template:UKR | 3–2 | Friendly | |
| 15 | 10 November 1996 | Istanbul, Turkey | Template:SMR | 4–0 | 7–0 | 1998 World Cup qualification |
| 16 | 6–0 | |||||
| 17 | 2 April 1997 | Bursa, Turkey | Template:NED | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1998 World Cup qualification |
| 18 | 20 August 1997 | Istanbul, Turkey | Template:WAL | 1–0 | 6–4 | 1998 World Cup qualification |
| 19 | 3–3 | |||||
| 20 | 5–4 | |||||
| 21 | 6–4 | |||||
| 22 | 10 September 1997 | Serravalle, San Marino | Template:SMR | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1998 World Cup qualification |
| 23 | 10 October 1998 | Bursa, Turkey | Template:GER | 1–0 | 1–0 | Euro 2000 qualifying |
| 24 | 27 March 1999 | Istanbul, Turkey | Template:MDA | 1–0 | 2–0 | Euro 2000 qualifying |
| 25 | 5 June 1999 | Helsinki, Finland | Template:FIN | 2–2 | 4–2 | Euro 2000 qualifying |
| 26 | 4–2 | |||||
| 27 | 19 June 2000 | Brussels, Belgium | Template:BEL | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2000 |
| 28 | 2–0 | |||||
| 29 | 11 October 2000 | Baku, Azerbaijan | Template:AZE | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2002 World Cup qualification |
| 30 | 24 March 2001 | Istanbul, Turkey | Template:SVK | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2002 World Cup qualification |
| 31 | 2 June 2001 | Istanbul, Turkey | Template:AZE | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2002 World Cup qualification |
| 32 | 15 August 2001 | Oslo, Norway | Template:NOR | 1– | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 33 | 1 September 2001 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Template:SVK | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2002 World Cup qualification |
| 34 | 5 September 2001 | Istanbul, Turkey | Template:SWE | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2002 World Cup qualification |
| 35 | 14 November 2001 | Istanbul, Turkey | Template:AUT | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2002 World Cup qualification |
| 36 | 17 April 2002 | Kerkrade, Netherlands | Template:CHL | –0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 37 | 29 June 2002 | Daegu, South Korea | Template:KOR | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2002 FIFA World Cup |
| 38 | 11 June 2003 | Istanbul, Turkey | Template:MKD | 3–2 | 3–2 | Euro 2004 qualifying |
| 39 | 6 September 2003 | Vaduz, Liechtenstein | Template:LIE | 3–0 | 3–0 | Euro 2004 qualifying |
| 40 | 9 September 2003 | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | Template:IRL | 2–2 | Friendly | |
| 41 | 19 November 2003 | Istanbul, Turkey | Template:LVA | 2–0 | 2–2 | Euro 2004 qualifying |
| 42 | 21 May 2004 | Sydney, Australia | Template:AUS | 3–1 | Friendly | |
| 43 | ||||||
| 44 | 2 June 2004 | Seoul, South Korea | Template:KOR | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 45 | 5 June 2004 | Daegu, South Korea | Template:KOR | 1– | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 46 | 18 August 2004 | Denizli, Turkey | Template:BLR | 1– | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 47 | 11 October 2006 | Frankfurt, Germany | Template:MDA | 1–0 | 5–0 | Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 48 | 2–0 | |||||
| 49 | 3–0 | |||||
| 50 | 5–0 | |||||
| 51 | 2 June 2007 | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Template:BIH | 1–0 | 2–3 | Euro 2008 qualifying |
Honours
Sakaryaspor
- Turkish Cup: 1987–88<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Bursaspor
- Prime Minister's Cup: 1992
Galatasaray<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Süper Lig: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2005–06, 2007–08
- Turkish Cup: 1992–93, 1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2004–05
- President Cup: 1993, 1996, 1997
- Prime Minister's Cup: 1995
- UEFA Cup: 1999–2000
Parma
- Coppa Italia: 2001–02<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Turkey
- FIFA World Cup: third place 2002<ref name="WC 2002 Bronze (1)">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="WC 2002 Bronze (2)">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="WC 2002 Bronze (3)">Template:Cite news</ref>
Individual
- Turkish Footballer of the Year: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
- IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer: 1997<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- UEFA Jubilee Awards: Turkey's Golden Player 2004<ref name=UEFA/>
- Top Scorer of Turkish League of all Times: 249 goals<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
- Top Scoring Turkish Player in Champions League: 22 goals<ref name=TodayTomorrow/>
- Golden Foot Legends Award: 2014<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Further reading
See also
- List of top international men's football goalscorers by country
- List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
- List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals
References
Bibliography
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