List of Celtic F.C. international footballers

This is a list of players, past and present, who have been capped by their country in international football whilst playing for Celtic Football Club. As well as Scotland, 46 other nations have fielded Celtic players in their international sides.

Albania

Rudi Vata

Australia

Austria

Moritz Bauer

Belgium

Bulgaria

Cameroon

Landry N'Guémo

Canada

Alistair Johnston¹
Joe Kennaway¹

China

Croatia

Costa Rica

Cristian Gamboa

Czech Republic

Jiří Jarošík

Denmark

England

Finland

Germany

Ghana

Mubarak Wakaso

Greece

Guinea

Honduras

Iceland

Ireland

From 1882 to 1921 Ireland were an "All Ireland" side. On the partitioning of Ireland in 1920 they continued to play as Ireland (IFA) alongside the newly formed Dublin-based Irish Free State side. Up until 1953 both sides claimed to represent all of Ireland, at which point FIFA ruled that neither side could call themselves "Ireland"; instead, the IFA side were named "Northern Ireland" whilst the FAI side were named "Republic of Ireland". Several players were capped by both international sides following partition, until 1950 when FIFA intervened and ruled that players could no longer do this.^[1]

Frank Collins^[2]²
Billy Cook^[3]
Patsy Gallacher^[4]²
Peter Kavanagh^[5]²
Charlie Tully^[6] Also later played for Northern Ireland

Israel

Ivory Coast

Japan

Kenya

Victor Wanyama

Montenegro

Sead Hakšabanović

Mexico

Efraín Juárez

Netherlands

New Zealand

Chris Killen

Nigeria

Efe Ambrose

Northern Ireland

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Republic of Ireland / Ireland (FAI)

Republic of Ireland

On the partitioning of Ireland in 1922, the Dublin-based FAI were formed and fielded a separate international side from the already established Belfast run (IFA) Ireland international side. Up until 1953 both sides claimed to represent all of Ireland, at which point FIFA ruled that neither side could call themselves "Ireland"; instead, the FAI side were named "Republic of Ireland" whilst the IFA side were named "Northern Ireland". Several players had been capped by both international sides following partition, until 1950 when FIFA intervened and ruled that players could no longer do this.^[1]

Russia

Dmitri Kharine

Scotland

Scotland Appearances correct as of 16 November 2021^[7]^[8]

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Mohamed Bangura

Slovakia

South Korea

Sweden

Switzerland

United States of America

United States

Venezuela

Wales

Zimbabwe

Kundai Benyu

Notes

¹ Joe Kennaway had dual nationality
² Between 1921 and 1950 several players were capped by both the Irish Free State (Dublin based FAI) and Ireland (Belfast based IFA) as both teams claimed they represented the whole of Ireland. In 1950, FIFA intervened and ruled that players were no longer allowed to play for both sides. From 1953, under further instruction from FIFA, the Dublin-run FAI team became known as Republic of Ireland whilst the Belfast-run IFA team became known as Northern Ireland.

References

^ ^a ^b "Scotland – International Results – Notes". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
^ "Frank Collins". Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ "William Cook". EU Football. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ "Patrick Gallagher". EU Football. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ "Peter Kavanagh". Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ "Charlie Tully". Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ "Players Capped When Playing With Celtic". Fitbastats. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
^ Scotland Player Records by Name, London Hearts Supporters Club

Celtic players who have played for England, englandstats.com

[Irish-1] "Scotland – International Results – Notes". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

[2] "Frank Collins". Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

[3] "William Cook". EU Football. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

[4] "Patrick Gallagher". EU Football. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

[5] "Peter Kavanagh". Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

[6] "Charlie Tully". Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

[lh-7] "Players Capped When Playing With Celtic". Fitbastats. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[8] Scotland Player Records by Name, London Hearts Supporters Club

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