What are the numbers shown with players in World Cup?

Question

Some of the numbers are called caps, some appearances at A-rank games, I noticed. What is caps?

Answer 1

Caps means the number of International matches played for your country. I don't know if it still true but in the old days you litterally got a cap every time you played for the English national team. I have a photo at home of a football player surrounded by 80 school children all wearing one cap when this player had played his 80th International match.

A-Rank games should be the same, but it is called A-rank games to differentiate between matches played for your country against another country (England vs Brazil for instance) rather than against other teams (for instance England vs Inter Milan). The latter games are sometimes played to prepare for big matches.

There once was a player who claimed to have 144 caps, but it turned out all matches against club teams had been included, which is not the common thing to do.

For instance Wayne Rooney now has 29 caps, Ronaldinho has 63 and goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has 110.

Answer 2

cap is an appearance for a select team, such as a school, county or international team in sports. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap (meaning an item of headgear) to every player in an international match of Association Football, however, the act of awarding a cap is now international and is applied to other sports. The practice was first approved on May 10, 1886 for Association Football, after a proposal made by N. L. Jackson, an Old Corinthian:

"That all players taking part for England in future international matches be presented with a white silk cap with red rose embroidered on the front. These to be termed International Caps."

Answer 3

A "cap" is counted for each game where a player plays for his country in international competition. It's seen as a badge of honour and a statement of the player's quality. British, Italian, German and Brazilian players with over 100 caps are viewed as "sitting next to god" in their home countries.

In football (soccer), that could be games in the World Cup, the Gold Cup, a North American/South American/Euro/Asian/African championship, or other such tournaments. Tournaments with professional teams such as the UEFA, Champions League or where MLS teams are invited do not count.

Most Americans don't know this because the US doesn't play many team sports regularly at the international level. In team sports where Americans do play high-profile international games, such as hockey and basketball, they do not use the term "cap" for such games.

Answer 4

a 'cap' is when you play for the national team of origin.....so if you hear a player has 100 caps, it just means they have played for their country 100 times.....they used to actually give blue caps if you played for england, not sure if they still do that.

Answer 5

The caps are the international games the player playes. i.e. with the national squad

Answer 6

how many time that player had play for his country