Tuesday 1 July 2008

[The Guardian] Most capped captains

Last week we suggested Gheorghe Hagi and Paolo Maldini as most capped opposing captains with a combined total of 234 in the Euro 2000 quarter-final between Romania and Italy.

But that mark was broken at this summer's tournament when Holland trounced the French in their Group C encounter a fortnight ago. Step forward skippers Lilian Thuram (winning his 141st, and penultimate, cap) and Edwin van der Sar (picking up his 127th), who therefore managed 268 caps between them.

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