England players from abroad
OVER the past 65 years or so, there are a total of 34 players, registered at the time with a club outside England, who have gained full international honours.
And they are, in order of their first appearance for the ‘Three Lions’: Joe Baker (Hibernian, 1959), Gerry Hitchens (Inter Milan, 1962), Kevin Keegan (HSV Hamburg, 1977), Dave Watson (Werder Bremen, 1979), Tony Woodcock (FC Cologne, 1980), Laurie Cunningham (Real Madrid, 1980), Trevor Francis (Sampdoria, 1982), Luther Blissett (AC Milan, 1983), Ray Wilkins (AC Milan, 1984), Mark Hateley (AC Milan, 1984, AS Monaco, 1987, and Rangers, 1992), Terry Butcher and Chris Woods (both of Rangers, 1986), Gordon Cowans (Bari, 1986), Gary Lineker (Barcelona, 1986), Glenn Hoddle (AS Monaco, 1987), Gary Stevens (Rangers, 1988), Chris Waddle (Olympique Marseille, 1989), Trevor Steven (Rangers, 1989 and Olympique Marseille 1992), David Platt (Bari, 1991, Juventus, 1992 and Sampdoria, 1993), Mark Walters (Rangers, 1991), Des Walker (Sampdoria, 1992), Paul Gascoigne (Lazio, 1992 and Rangers, 1995), Paul Ince (Inter Milan, 1996), Steve McManaman (Real Madrid, 1998), Owen Hargreaves
(Bayern Munich, 2001), David Beckham (Real Madrid, 2003, LA Galaxy, 2007 and AC Milan, 2009), Michael Owen (Real Madrid, 2004), Alan Thompson (Celtic, 2004), Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff City, 2010),
Fraser Forster (Celtic, 2013), Joe Hart (Torino, 2016), Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund, 2018), Kieran Trippier (Atlético Madrid, 2019), Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund, 2020), Tammy Abraham (AS Roma, 2021) and Fikayo Tomri (AC Milan, 2021).