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He already has four active “colonels” in world football
Budapest – Japan’s Endó Yaszuhito was the fourth most active football player after joining the J1 League on Saturday, the International Federation for Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) reported on Sunday.
The 42-year-old Endo is in the 25th season of his career and has played in the club match for the 848th time on Saturday in addition to 152 national team matches.
In addition, there are seventeen who have reached the thousand mark in world football.
Brazilian quarterback Dani Alves, who is in charge of his 1006 appearances before FC Spain-Sevilla’s Spanish league clash on Sunday night, is counting more than the Japanese midfielder before the Spanish Premier League match on Sunday night, finishing 17th just ahead of Endo.
The Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has defended so far in 1069 matches, making it sixth, while the Portuguese five-time golden striker Cristiano Ronaldo is third in a row with 1114.
The absolute leader is Brazilian goalkeeper Rogério Ceni, who played in 1214 matches between 1992 and 2015.
The eternal ranking of the thousands of footballers who have won a national team match at the IFFHS:
1. Rogério Ceni (Brazil, 1992-2015) 1214
2. Peter Shilton (English, 1966-1997) 1206
3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portuguese, 2002-) 1114
4. Javier Zanetti (Argentina, 1992-2014) 1100
5. Roberto Carlos (Brazil, 1991-2015) 1090
6. Gianluigi Buffon (Italian, 1995-) 1069
7. Ray Clemence (English, 1965-1988) 1069
8. Iker Casillas (Spanish, 1999-2019) 1048
9. Pat Jennings (Northern Ireland, 1963-1986) 1042
10. Glenn Ferguson (Northern Ireland, 1987-2011) 1041
11. Raúl (Spanish, 1994-2015) 1034
12. Paolo Maldini (Italian, 1985-2009) 1028
13. Ryan Giggs (Wales, 1990-2014) 1027
14. Xavi (Spanish, 1998-2019) 1017
15. Noel Bailie (Northern Ireland, 1989-2011) 1011
16. Frank Lampard (English, 1995-2016) 1010
17. Dani Alves (Brazil, 2001-) 1006
18. Endó Yaszuhito (Japan, 1998-) 1000