you always hear commentators say this player/that player has so and so caps for his national team, i.e. beckham has 27 caps for England
2006-06-15 20:22:18 · 3 answers · asked by AtThePub 4 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
Back in the good old days when a player played for his nation he was presented with a comerative cap to mark the occasion. Not sure if they still get them but basically the number of caps a player has indicates the number of times they've played for their national team.
2006-06-15 20:26:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For example, if David Beckham has 27 caps that means he's played for England 27 times. Like Dr Gus says players used to get a commerative cap, but now it's just used as a figure of speech. Besides, 27 caps sounds better than 27 shirts...lol
2006-06-15 20:39:31 · answer #2 · answered by misledyouth_18 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
capture place in internetional team
2006-06-15 20:39:44 · answer #3 · answered by Tanveer Ahmed 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋