Sam Vokes won 40 caps and scored 7 goals for Wales while at Burnley.[ 1] At UEFA Euro 2016 , he scored against Belgium in the quarter-finals, with Wales winning 3–1 and reaching the semi-finals of a major tournament for the first time.[ 2]
Burnley Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Burnley , Lancashire . Founded on 18 May 1882, the club was one of the first to become professional (in 1883), putting pressure on the Football Association (FA) to permit payments to players.[ 3] In 1885, the FA legalised professionalism, so the team entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1885–86 , and were one of the twelve founding members of the Football League in 1888.[ 3] Burnley have played in all four professional divisions of English football from 1888 to the present day.[ 4] The team have been champions of England twice, in 1920–21 and 1959–60 , have won the FA Cup once, in 1913–14 , and have won the FA Charity Shield twice, in 1960 and 1973 .[ 4] [ 5] Burnley are one of only five teams to have won all four professional divisions of English football, along with Wolverhampton Wanderers , Preston North End , Sheffield United and Portsmouth . They were the second to achieve this by winning the Fourth Division in the 1991–92 season.[ 6] [ 7]
Footballers can be called up to represent their national team in a senior international match;[ 8] a total of 110 players have won at least one cap for their country in senior international football while playing for Burnley, representing 34 nations.[ a] In March 1889, John Yates became the first Burnley player to be capped when he appeared for England against Ireland in the 1888–89 British Home Championship ; Yates scored a hat-trick in what proved to be his only international match.[ 9] [ 10] Two Burnley-born players have won caps for the England national team while at the club: Jimmy Crabtree in 1894 and 1895 and Billy Bannister in 1901.[ 9] [ 11] Tommy Morrison became the club's first non-English international when he played for Ireland against Wales in 1899.[ 9] In 2001, Trinidad and Tobago international Ian Cox became the first Burnley player to represent a country from outside the British Isles .[ 9] The only decade during which the club did not have an international representative was the 1990s.[ 9]
Nine Burnley players have appeared for their country at the FIFA World Cup . The first Burnley player to make an appearance in the competition was Scotsman Jock Aird in 1954 .[ 9] Goalkeeper Colin McDonald is the club's only international to have represented England in the tournament—he played four matches in 1958 .[ 9] Northern Irishmen Jimmy McIlroy and Billy Hamilton both made a club record five appearances at the World Cup, while Hamilton became Burnley's first player to score in the competition—he netted twice against Austria in 1982 .[ 9] McIlroy also holds the club record for most caps won (51) and the most international goals scored (10) while playing for Burnley.[ 9] Netherlands international Wout Weghorst also scored 10 goals for his country while being a Burnley player.[ 12] In 2012, New Zealander Cameron Howieson became the club's youngest ever international at the age of 17.[ 13]
List of internationals
Key
Players are initially arranged by alphabetical order of surname.
Appearances as a substitute are included.
International years indicates the year of the player's first and last caps while a Burnley player. Caps included are for the number won by the player during his time with Burnley and may not be the full total of the player's career.
Statistics are correct as of 19 November 2024.
Symbol
Meaning
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Player still at the club
Notes
^ a b Statistics are sourced from Ray Simpson's book The Clarets Chronicles from 2007. Statistics from 2007 onwards are sourced from other references.
^ For more information, see formation
^ a b Only caps and goals while playing for Burnley are included.
^ Represented his country at the 1954 FIFA World Cup , making two appearances[ 15]
^ Represented his country at UEFA Euro 2024 , making four appearances[ 18]
^ Represented his country at the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup , making four appearances and scoring once[ 19]
^ Represented his country at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations , making two appearances[ 24]
^ Represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup , making one appearance
^ Represented his country at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations , making two appearances[ 30]
^ Represented his country at the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup , making three appearances[ 35]
^ Represented his country at the 2018 FIFA World Cup , making two appearances[ 38]
^ Represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup , making five appearances and scoring twice
^ Represented his country at the 2012 OFC Nations Cup , making one appearance[ 44]
^ Represented his country at the 1958 FIFA World Cup , making four appearances
^ Represented his country at the 1958 FIFA World Cup , making five appearances
^ Rieno played for Burnley's under-21 team while being called-up for his country.[ 56]
^ Represented his country at the 2022 FIFA World Cup , making three appearances[ 58]
^ Represented his country at UEFA Euro 2016 , making four appearances and scoring once[ 1]
^ Represented his country at UEFA Euro 2020 , making three appearances[ 62]
^ Represented his country at UEFA Euro 2016 , making three appearances[ 64]
^ Represented his country at the 2022 FIFA World Cup (four appearances, two goals) and at UEFA Euro 2024 (six appearances, one goal)[ 12]
^ Represented his country at the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup , making three appearances and scoring twice[ 65]
^ Represented his country at the 2022 FIFA World Cup , making one appearance[ 67]
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^ Simpson (2007), p. 485
^ a b c "Wout Weghorst" . 11v11 . AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 8 June 2022 .
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^ "Manuel Benson" . 11v11 . AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 7 June 2024 .
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^ "Cameron Howieson" . 11v11 . AFS Enterprises. Archived from the original on 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024 .
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^ "Kevin Long" . 11v11 . AFS Enterprises. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2020 .
^ "H. Mejbri" . Soccerway . Retrieved 11 October 2024 .
^ "Willie Morgan" . 11v11 . AFS Enterprises. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022 .
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^ "Michael Obafemi" . 11v11 . AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 22 March 2023 .
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General
Simpson, Ray (2007). The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club 1882–2007 . Burnley Football Club. ISBN 978-0-9557468-0-2 .
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