What does caps mean in football?

Answer 1

A player is "capped" for each international match played. Some "friendly" games also count. A player who has played in 50 international matches has fifty caps.

The origin

It stems from the old days when the players were issued commemorative "caps" for the game; the term has simply continued, although the actual caps are no longer provided to the players.

See related link, "International cap", for a photo of a cap.

Answer 2

The number of caps a player has, represents how many times they have played for their country internationaly.

Answer 3

A cap is a reference to [ or a nickname for ] an international game played. Therefore the number of caps is simply the number of international games played.

Answer 4

Appearance.

An international soccer match as opposed to a domestic game.

Answer 5

You get a cap when you play for your National team. David Beckham got 100 caps because he played 100 games for England.

Answer 6

Cap casualty means someone who is still under contract with the team that is going to get cut to make room for a different player to take his spot

Answer 7

"Caps" is the number of International Matches a player has played in for their country.

Answer 8

he has played for his nation