Paul Scholes - 66 Caps (14 Goals)

Full Name: Paul Scholes
Born: 16th November 1974, Salford, Manchester
England Career: 1997 - 2004
Positions whilst with England: Midfield, Centre Forward, Attacking Midfielder & Left Midfield
Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Manchester United (66)
FA Legacy Number: 1082

England Career Statistics

Debut: v South Africa (FR) on 24th May 1997 aged 22 years, 6 months, 8 days
Last Cap: v Portugal (ECF) on 24th June 2004 aged 29 years, 7 months, 8 days
First Goal: v Italy (TDF) on 4th June 1997 aged 22 years, 6 months, 18 days
Career Length: 7 years, 31 days
Starts: 64
Substitute: 2
Withdrawn: 37
Full Games: 26

England Match Statistics

Match Type
Caps
Goals
Capt
Mins

FriendlyFR
23
2
0
1393
0
0

Tournoi de FranceTDF
2
1
0
164
0
2

World Cup QualifierWCQ
9
3
0
799
0
2

World Cup FinalsWCF
9
1
0
738
0
2

European Championship QualifierECQ
14
5
0
1176
1
4

European Championship FinalsECF
7
2
0
509
0
1

FA Summer TournamentFAST
2
0
0
121
0
0

Competitive
43
12
0
3507
1
11

Home, Away or Neutral
Caps
Goals
Capt
Mins

Home
30
6
0
2098
1
4

Neutral
18
4
0
1400
0
5

Away
18
4
0
1402
0
2

Match Result
Caps
Goals
Capt
Mins

Won
33
13
0
2432
0
6

Lost
12
1
0
859
0
3

Drawn
21
0
0
1609
1
2

Playing Positions
Caps
Goals
Capt
Mins

Midfield
52
12
0
3890
1
8

Left Midfield
8
1
0
583
0
2

Attacking Midfielder
5
0
0
349
0
1

Centre Forward
1
1
0
78
0
0

Total
66
14
0
4900
1
11

England Managers

Manager
Caps
Goals
Capt
Mins

England Sven-Göran Eriksson
36
4
0
2569
0
5

England Glenn Hoddle
14
4
0
1107
0
3

England Kevin Keegan
14
6
0
1128
1
3

England Howard Wilkinson
2
0
0
96
0
0

England Team Mates (Top 10)

David Beckham
56 Matches

Michael Owen
50 Matches

Sol Campbell
47 Matches

Gary Neville
39 Matches

David Seaman
36 Matches

Phil Neville
36 Matches

Emile Heskey
34 Matches

Gareth Southgate
32 Matches

Rio Ferdinand
27 Matches

Ashley Cole
27 Matches

Sources

England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
234 sources from 66 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.

Match List

POR, 2 - 2, 24th Jun 2004 (ECF) Manchester United, Cap: 66.
Age: 29 years, 7 months, 8 days.
CRO, 4 - 2, 21st Jun 2004 (ECF) Manchester United, Cap: 65.
Age: 29 years, 7 months, 5 days.
SUI, 3 - 0, 17th Jun 2004 (ECF) Manchester United, Cap: 64.
Age: 29 years, 7 months, 1 day.
FRA, 1 - 2, 13th Jun 2004 (ECF) Manchester United, Cap: 63.
Age: 29 years, 6 months, 27 days.
ISL, 6 - 1, 5th Jun 2004 (FAST) Manchester United, Cap: 62.
Age: 29 years, 6 months, 19 days.
JPN, 1 - 1, 1st Jun 2004 (FAST) Manchester United, Cap: 61.
Age: 29 years, 6 months, 16 days.
POR, 1 - 1, 18th Feb 2004 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 60.
Age: 29 years, 3 months, 2 days.
TUR, 0 - 0, 11th Oct 2003 (ECQ) Manchester United, Cap: 59.
Age: 28 years, 10 months, 25 days.
CRO, 3 - 1, 20th Aug 2003 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 58.
Age: 28 years, 9 months, 4 days.
SVK, 2 - 1, 11th Jun 2003 (ECQ) Manchester United, Cap: 57.
Age: 28 years, 6 months, 25 days.
SCG, 2 - 1, 3rd Jun 2003 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 56.
Age: 28 years, 6 months, 17 days.
RSA, 2 - 1, 22nd May 2003 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 55.
Age: 28 years, 6 months, 6 days.
TUR, 2 - 0, 2nd Apr 2003 (ECQ) Manchester United, Cap: 54.
Age: 28 years, 4 months, 16 days.
LIE, 2 - 0, 29th Mar 2003 (ECQ) Manchester United, Cap: 53.
Age: 28 years, 4 months, 13 days.
AUS, 1 - 3, 12th Feb 2003 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 52.
Age: 28 years, 2 months, 26 days.
MKD, 2 - 2, 16th Oct 2002 (ECQ) Manchester United, Cap: 51.
Age: 27 years, 11 month, 0 days.
SVK, 2 - 1, 12th Oct 2002 (ECQ) Manchester United, Cap: 50.
Age: 27 years, 10 months, 26 days.
BRA, 1 - 2, 21st Jun 2002 (WCF) Manchester United, Cap: 49.
Age: 27 years, 7 months, 5 days.
DEN, 3 - 0, 15th Jun 2002 (WCF) Manchester United, Cap: 48.
Age: 27 years, 6 months, 29 days.
NGA, 0 - 0, 12th Jun 2002 (WCF) Manchester United, Cap: 47.
Age: 27 years, 6 months, 26 days.
ARG, 1 - 0, 7th Jun 2002 (WCF) Manchester United, Cap: 46.
Age: 27 years, 6 months, 21 day.
SWE, 1 - 1, 2nd Jun 2002 (WCF) Manchester United, Cap: 45.
Age: 27 years, 6 months, 16 days.
CMR, 2 - 2, 26th May 2002 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 44.
Age: 27 years, 6 months, 10 days.
KOR, 1 - 1, 21st May 2002 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 43.
Age: 27 years, 6 months, 5 days.
PAR, 4 - 0, 17th Apr 2002 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 42.
Age: 27 years, 5 months, 1 day.
NED, 1 - 1, 13th Feb 2002 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 41.
Age: 27 years, 2 months, 27 days.
SWE, 1 - 1, 10th Nov 2001 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 40.
Age: 26 years, 11 month, 24 days.
GRE, 2 - 2, 6th Oct 2001 (WCQ) Manchester United, Cap: 39.
Age: 26 years, 10 months, 20 days.
ALB, 2 - 0, 5th Sep 2001 (WCQ) Manchester United, Cap: 38.
Age: 26 years, 9 months, 19 days.
GER, 5 - 1, 1st Sep 2001 (WCQ) Manchester United, Cap: 37.
Age: 26 years, 9 months, 16 days.
NED, 0 - 2, 15th Aug 2001 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 36.
Age: 26 years, 8 months, 29 days.
GRE, 2 - 0, 6th Jun 2001 (WCQ) Manchester United, Cap: 35.
Age: 26 years, 6 months, 20 days.
MEX, 4 - 0, 25th May 2001 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 34.
Age: 26 years, 6 months, 9 days.
ALB, 3 - 1, 28th Mar 2001 (WCQ) Manchester United, Cap: 33.
Age: 26 years, 4 months, 12 days.
FIN, 2 - 1, 24th Mar 2001 (WCQ) Manchester United, Cap: 32.
Age: 26 years, 4 months, 8 days.
ESP, 3 - 0, 28th Feb 2001 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 31.
Age: 26 years, 3 months, 12 days.
FIN, 0 - 0, 11th Oct 2000 (WCQ) Manchester United, Cap: 30.
Age: 25 years, 10 months, 25 days.
GER, 0 - 1, 7th Oct 2000 (WCQ) Manchester United, Cap: 29.
Age: 25 years, 10 months, 21 day.
FRA, 1 - 1, 2nd Sep 2000 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 28.
Age: 25 years, 9 months, 16 days.
ROU, 2 - 3, 20th Jun 2000 (ECF) Manchester United, Cap: 27.
Age: 25 years, 7 months, 4 days.
GER, 1 - 0, 17th Jun 2000 (ECF) Manchester United, Cap: 26.
Age: 25 years, 7 months, 1 day.
POR, 2 - 3, 12th Jun 2000 (ECF) Manchester United, Cap: 25.
Age: 25 years, 6 months, 26 days.
MLT, 2 - 1, 3rd Jun 2000 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 24.
Age: 25 years, 6 months, 17 days.
UKR, 2 - 0, 31st May 2000 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 23.
Age: 25 years, 6 months, 15 days.
BRA, 1 - 1, 27th May 2000 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 22.
Age: 25 years, 6 months, 11 day.
ARG, 0 - 0, 23rd Feb 2000 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 21.
Age: 25 years, 3 months, 7 days.
SCO, 0 - 1, 17th Nov 1999 (ECQ) Manchester United, Cap: 20.
Age: 25 years, 0 months, 1 day.
SCO, 2 - 0, 13th Nov 1999 (ECQ) Manchester United, Cap: 19.
Age: 24 years, 11 month, 27 days.
POL, 0 - 0, 8th Sep 1999 (ECQ) Manchester United, Cap: 18.
Age: 24 years, 9 months, 22 days.
SWE, 0 - 0, 5th Jun 1999 (ECQ) Manchester United, Cap: 17.
Age: 24 years, 6 months, 19 days.
POL, 3 - 1, 27th Mar 1999 (ECQ) Manchester United, Cap: 16.
Age: 24 years, 4 months, 11 day.
FRA, 0 - 2, 10th Feb 1999 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 15.
Age: 24 years, 2 months, 15 days.
LUX, 3 - 0, 14th Oct 1998 (ECQ) Manchester United, Cap: 14.
Age: 23 years, 10 months, 28 days.
BUL, 0 - 0, 10th Oct 1998 (ECQ) Manchester United, Cap: 13.
Age: 23 years, 10 months, 24 days.
SWE, 1 - 2, 5th Sep 1998 (ECQ) Manchester United, Cap: 12.
Age: 23 years, 9 months, 19 days.
ARG, 2 - 2, 30th Jun 1998 (WCF) Manchester United, Cap: 11.
Age: 23 years, 7 months, 14 days.
COL, 2 - 0, 26th Jun 1998 (WCF) Manchester United, Cap: 10.
Age: 23 years, 7 months, 10 days.
ROU, 1 - 2, 22nd Jun 1998 (WCF) Manchester United, Cap: 9.
Age: 23 years, 7 months, 6 days.
TUN, 2 - 0, 15th Jun 1998 (WCF) Manchester United, Cap: 8.
Age: 23 years, 6 months, 29 days.
KSA, 0 - 0, 23rd May 1998 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 7.
Age: 23 years, 6 months, 7 days.
POR, 3 - 0, 22nd Apr 1998 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 6.
Age: 23 years, 5 months, 6 days.
CMR, 2 - 0, 15th Nov 1997 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 5.
Age: 22 years, 11 month, 29 days.
MDA, 4 - 0, 10th Sep 1997 (WCQ) Manchester United, Cap: 4.
Age: 22 years, 9 months, 24 days.
BRA, 0 - 1, 10th Jun 1997 (TDF) Manchester United, Cap: 3.
Age: 22 years, 6 months, 24 days.
ITA, 2 - 0, 4th Jun 1997 (TDF) Manchester United, Cap: 2.
Age: 22 years, 6 months, 18 days.
RSA, 2 - 1, 24th May 1997 (FR) Manchester United, Cap: 1.
Age: 22 years, 6 months, 8 days.
* Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.