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.
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∙ 15y agoThe number of caps a player has, represents how many times they have played for their country internationaly.
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∙ 11y agoA 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.
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∙ 11y agoAppearance.
An international soccer match as opposed to a domestic game.
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∙ 13y agoYou get a cap when you play for your National team. David Beckham got 100 caps because he played 100 games for England.
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∙ 10y agoCap 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
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∙ 8y ago"Caps" is the number of International Matches a player has played in for their country.
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∙ 15y agohe has played for his nation
Pat Jennings with 119 caps
Well in the begining there was no helmet then it evolved into leather caps then into plastc caps then facemasks then chinstraps
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Casillas I think
Calum MacDonald has a total of 122
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Claudio Suarez i think is 144.
Fudge caps mean you are eating chocolate that is high in sugar. A high sugary snack.
For England it is Peter Shilton with 126 caps.
Priceless. I have them that I collected and I would not part with them.
The players switch in and out after a play. There is no official required to bring a player in or out.