like when david beckham resigned as captain for england he was like "oh, i already served 54 of 95 caps for england blah blah blah..."
what is a cap?
2006-07-06 03:05:14 · 5 answers · asked by Kelly P 4 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
it means how many international games a player has played
Actually cap is an abbreviation for Country APpearance..
caps is Country APpearanceS..
but there are arguments about the origin of the word caps..
I've been told that the term "cap" refers to an old tradition of exchanging hats/caps between players of opposing nations at a friendly match. Thus, the number of "caps" a person accumulated was equal to the number of international matches a person had played in.
2006-07-06 05:47:10 · answer #1 · answered by -curbside- 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its an old fashioned school hat with the date and team you play when your playing for your national team E.g. if beckham played in 95 games for england he has got 95 caps
2006-07-06 12:57:52 · answer #2 · answered by HHH 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
International appearances.
2006-07-06 10:08:09 · answer #3 · answered by Cali Dude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means an International appearance by a player for his country............
How many time he had played for his country..........
2006-07-06 10:10:01 · answer #4 · answered by SATJ12 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
number of times you are called upon to play for your national team,or number of times you played for the team
2006-07-06 10:08:32 · answer #5 · answered by theplaymaker 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋