2006-06-19 03:00:02 · 14 answers · asked by djshort_stuff 1 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ Other - Football
He has represented his country 15 times.
2006-06-19 03:01:52 · answer #1 · answered by gws 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caps - the number of times a player has represented his country's team
A cap is an appearance for the international team for which the player is elegible. The term can be applied to any sport and any nationality of player. 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. 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."
Actual caps are not usually given anymore (caps for friendly matches still exist, and each player gets one cap per international competition), but the term "cap" for an international appearance has been retained. Thus, a "cap" is awarded for each game played and so a player who has played x games, for the team, is said to have been capped x times or have won x caps.
2006-06-19 03:13:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means he has played for his country 15 times.
2006-06-19 06:44:02 · answer #3 · answered by monkeyface 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means he has played for his country 15 times.
2006-06-19 03:02:15 · answer #4 · answered by paul1953uk 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Caps means the appearances made at that level ie international. You get a cap even if you come on for 30 seconds at the end of a game.
2006-06-19 04:19:30 · answer #5 · answered by dididave 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means he has played 15 times for his country.For each time he plays he literally gets a cap its usually one like the Autralian cricketers wear when playing a bit like an old fashion school cap
2006-06-19 03:18:34 · answer #6 · answered by TAFF 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The player has represented his country for however many times at what ever level the cap is for e.g. Under 21, B International, Full International.
2006-06-19 03:11:10 · answer #7 · answered by DrWorm 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its that he collects baseball caps and that he owns 15 caps at the moment. People with more caps must really be into wearing baseball caps
2006-06-19 03:14:47 · answer #8 · answered by welsh_darkhorse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he has played 15 times for his country only first team count u21s do not count they are judged as separate caps also if the player comes on as a subsitute it counts as 1 cap
2006-06-20 05:59:21 · answer #9 · answered by lennon18 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
15 caps = 15 participation with his national team in international matches
MEANING OF CAP:
It means the number of times the player has represented his country in international matches (whether it is a official tournament or a friendly match), and it's an abreviation from the frase:
(C)ountry (AP)pearances ===> CAP, or
(C)ountry (AP)pearance(S) ===> CAPS
2006-06-19 03:25:33 · answer #10 · answered by gospieler 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋