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Reading's International Players

Players who have played for Reading at ANY level and also played for their country at ANY level. If a player's name is in red then at least one appearance for their country at the level shown was whilst at Reading.

Latest additions (the date is when I made the update, rather than necessarily when a player gained an honour):
17th January 2008 - Marek Matějovský (Czech Republic), Ibrahima Sonko (Senegal), Wojciech Kowalewski (Poland), Alan Bennett (Republic of Ireland B), Gylfi Sigurdsson (Iceland Under-21), Oliver Bozanic (Australia Under-20 as a Reading player), Hal Robson-Kanu (England Under-19), Viktor Illugason (Iceland Under-19), Jem Karacan (Turkey Under-19), Kelvin Bossman (Ghana Under-18 and Under-17), Abdulai Baggie (England U-16), Angus MacDonald (England Under-16), Jacob Walcott (England Under-16), Thomas Browne (England Under-16)
15th September 2007 - James Henry (England Under-19), Gylfi Sigurdsson (Iceland Under-19)
6th September 2007 - Liam Rosenior (England Under-21)
23rd August 2007 - Emerse Faé (Côte d'Ivoire as a Reading player)
21st August 2007 - Simon Church (Wales Under-21)
2nd August 2007 - Emerse Faé (Côte d'Ivoire, France Under-21 and Under-17)
3rd June 2007 - Paul Brayson (England National Game)
1st June 2007 - Nicky Shorey (England)
25th May 2007 - Alex Pearce (Scotland Under-19)
25th May 2007 - Nicky Shorey (England B)
24th May 2007 - Alan Bennett, Joe Gamble (both Republic of Ireland)
14th May 2007 - Andre Bikey (Cameroon Under-17)
30th March 2007 - James Henry (England Under-18)
11th March 2007 - Jonathan Hayes (Republic of Ireland Under-21)
7th February 2007 - Shane Long, Stephen Hunt, (both Republic of Ireland)
3rd February 2007 - Alan Bennett (Republic of Ireland Under-21), Michael Duberry (England Under-21)
30th January 2007 - Greg Halford (England Under-20)
29th January 2007 - Oliver Bozanic (Australia Under-17 and Under-20)
9th January 2007 - Viktor Illugason (Iceland Under-17)

A number of players appear under more than one country (excluding combined teams such as "Rest of Europe"):
Darren Barnard played for England schools and for the full Wales side.
Darren Campbell has played for England Under-16s and Scotland Under-17s and Under-19s.
Peter Castle has played for both England and Republic of Ireland youth sides
Emerse Faé plays for Côte d'Ivoire and has played for France Under-21s and Under-17s.
Chad Harpur played for Republic of Ireland Under-16s and South Africa Under-23s.
James Henry played for Scotland Under-16s and England Under-18s and Under-19s.
Shaka Hislop played as an overage player for England Under-21s and for Trinidad & Tobago.
Simieon Howell played for England Under-15 and Jamaica Under-23.
Lawrie Sanchez played for England Under-18 schools and the full Northern Ireland side.

ANGUILLA

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Kenny Hughes        
 

AUSTRALIA

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Andy Bernal        
        Oliver Bozanic (U-17)
Oliver Bozanic (U-20)
        Matt Christensen (U-16 / U-17)
  Gareth Edds     Gareth Edds (U-20)
        Adam Federici (U-20)
Stuart Lovell        
    Steve Mautone?    
    Frank Talia?    
 

BARBADOS

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Michael Gilkes        
 

BELGIUM

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

    Adrian Bakalli    
 

BERMUDA

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Shaun Goater        
 

BULGARIA

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Bobby Mikhailov        
 

CAMEROON

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Andre Bikey       Andre Bikey (U-17)
 

CANADA

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Bob Lenarduzzi       Bob Lenarduzzi (Olympic squad)
 

CÔTE D'IVOIRE

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Didier Angan        
Emerse Faé        
 

CZECH REPUBLIC

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Marek Matějovský        
 

ECUADOR

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Ulises De La Cruz        
 

ENGLAND

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

        Shaun Allaway (U-16)
Shaun Allaway (U-20)
        Anthony Allman (U-16 / Schools?)
        Bill Amor (Amateur)
        Mark Atkins (Schools)
Bobby Ayre Bobby Ayre      
Phil Bach        
        Dave Bacuzzi (Youth)
        Abdulai Baggie (U-16)
        Joe Bailey (Amateur)
        Darren Barnard (Schools)
        Sam Bartram (Schools)
        Brian Bason (Schools)
        Paul Bates (Amateur / Youth)
Albert Beasley        
Billy Beats        
        David Bewley (Schools)
Peter Bonetti Peter Bonetti      
    Michael Branch   Michael Branch (U-18 / U-16)
        Paul Brayson (U-18 / National Game)
        Brian Bromley (Youth)
Johnny Brooks        
        Aaron Brown (National Game)
        Thomas Browne (U-16)
Billy Butler        
        Darren Campbell (U-16)
      Darren Caskey Darren Caskey (Youth)
    Chris Casper   Chris Casper (U-18)
        Peter Castle (U-16)
    Luke Chadwick   Luke Chadwick (U-18)
Allenby Chilton        
        Paul Clark (Youth / Schools)
        Neil Clement (U-18 / U-16)
        Robert Codner (Semi-pro)
Bertie Corbett        
        Adrian Cooper (Schools)
Sammy Crooks        
Arthur Cunliffe        
        Jamie Cureton (U-18 / Youth)
Keith Curle       Keith Curle ("B")
        Steve Death (Schools)
        Jack Deverall (Schools)
    Kevin Dillon   Kevin Dillon (Youth)
Ronnie Dix       Ronnie Dix (Schools)
Kerry Dixon   Kerry Dixon    
        Mike Dixon (Youth / Schools)
        Mick Doherty (Semi-pro)
    Michael Duberry    
        Pat Earles (Schools)
        Maurice Edelston (War Time / Amateur)
        Nicholas Edgar (U-18 Schools)
Les Ferdinand        
Edgar Field        
    Nicky Forster    
        Steve Francis (Youth)
    Irvin Gernon   Irvin Gernon (Youth)
        Gilbert Glidden (Schools)
      Scott Golbourne Scott Golbourne (U-17)
        Gary Goodchild (Schools)
    Dean Gordon    
        Len Grant (Schools)
        Greg Halford (U-20)
"Harry" Hampton        
        Ted Hanney (Amateur)
        C W Harbridge (Amateur)
George Hardwick        
Edward Haygarth        
    Bob Hazell   Bob Hazell (Youth) 
        Les Henley (Schools)
      James Henry James Henry (U-18)
        David High (U-18)
        Jimmy Hill ("B")
    Shaka Hislop    
        Lee Hodges (Youth)
Johnny Holt        
        Simieon Howell (U-15 / U-16)
        Terry Hurlock ("B")
        Martin Hutt (U-18 Schools)
        Mark Jackson (U-20)
Harry Johnston        
        Keith Jones (U-16)
        Tom Jones (Semi-pro)
Martin Keown   Martin Keown   Martin Keown (Youth)
        Harry Kinsell (War Time)
    David Lee   David Lee (Youth)
        Alan Lewis (Youth)
        David Leworthy (Semi-pro)
        Kevin Lisbie (U-18 / Youth?)
    Leroy Lita    
        Adam Lockwood (Semi-pro)
        Angus MacDonald (U-16)
        George Marks (War Time)
        Micky Mellows (Amateur / Schools / youth)
        C Middleton (Schools)
Joe Mercer        
    Steve Moran    
        Trevor Morley (Semi-pro)
    Paul Mortimer    
Edwin Mosscrop        
  John Murray      
Peter Osgood       Peter Osgood (Youth)
Martin Peters Martin Peters     Martin Peters (Schools / Youth)
        Gary Phillips (Semi-pro)
John Plant        
      John Polston  
    Graham Potter   Graham Potter (Youth)
    Ray Ranson   Ray Ranson (Youth / Schools)
Arthur Read       Arthur Read (Amateur)
        Ray Reeves (Youth)
Ray Reeves (Amateur)
        Ahmet Rifat (U-17)
    Ben Roberts    
    Mark Robins    
      Hal Robson-Kanu  
    Liam Rosenior    
        John Sainty (Schools)
John Salako        
        Lawrie Sanchez (U-18 Schools)
        Simon Sheppard (Youth)
Nicky Shorey       Nicky Shorey ("B")
    Steve Sidwell   Steve Sidwell (U-20)
        Melvyn Simmonds (Schools)
Herbert Smith       Herbert Smith (Amateur)
Frank Soo        
    Brian Statham    
        Ian Stott (U-18 Schools)
Frank Swift        
        Tommy Tait (Schools)
    Ben Thornley    
Arthur Turner        
        Nathan Tyson (U-20)
Matthew Upson   Matthew Upson   Matthew Upson (U-18)
        Jacob Walcott (U-16)
    Ray Wallace    
Neil Webb   Neil Webb   Neil Webb (Youth)
Neil Webb ("B")
        Gary Westwood (Youth)
  Jack Whitham      
        Stan Wicks ("B")
      Derick Williams Derick Williams (Youth)
Chris Woods   Chris Woods    
        Tommy Youlden (Schools)
      Jamie Young Jamie Young (U-20 / U-18)
***NOTES Lea Barkus played for an England Youth XI v Combined Services at Aldershot in March 1993.

Sal Bibbo played for an FA Youth XI in March 1992.

Kevin Dillon was one of 12 players on stand-by for the 1982 World Cup Finals.

Shaka Hislop was a non-playing substitute in a full international friendly, whilst his Under-21 appearance was as an overage player, also in a friendly.

Alan Lewis played in the 1972 and 1973 World Youth Cup winning teams.

Dave Meeson was a non-playing substitute for the U-23 International v Italy in Jan 1955.

Horace Dollery played for the England cricket team.

 

"EUROPEAN SELECTION"

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

George Best        
***NOTES Played v SV Hamburg on 1/5/1972
 

FRANCE

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

      Sekou Baradji  
    Emerse Faé   Emerse Faé (U-17)
 

GHANA

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

        Kelvin Bossman (U-17 / U-18)
***NOTES Lloyd Owusu played for Ghana but not in a full international
 

GREAT BRITAIN

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Ron Burgess        
George Hardwick        
Archie Macaulay        
Frank Swift        
***NOTES All four played in a 6-1 win v Rest of Europe at Hampden Park in 1946/47 in front of 135,000 spectators.
 

GREAT BRITAIN OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TEAM

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Bill Amor        
Maurice Edelston        
Ted Hanney        
C W Harbridge        
Micky Mellows        
Herbert Smith        
***NOTES Herbert Smith won a gold medal in 1908.

Ted Hanney won a gold medal in 1912 although he did not play in the final.

C W Harbridge appeared in the 1920 Games.

Maurice Edelston appeared in the 1936 Games.

Bill Amor appeared in the 1948 Games where Great Britain came fourth.

Micky Mellows played in the unsuccessful 1972 qualifying competition.

 

HOLLAND

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

  Elroy Kromheer      
    Huub Loeffen    
 

HUNGARY

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

    Péter Máté    
 

ICELAND

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Brynjar Gunnarsson   Brynjar Gunnarsson Brynjar Gunnarsson  
      Viktor Illugason Viktor Illugason (U-17)
Ívar Ingimarsson   Ívar Ingimarsson Ívar Ingimarsson Ívar Ingimarsson (U-17)
      Árni Ingi Pjetursson Árni Ingi Pjetursson (U-17)
    Gylfi Sigurdsson Gylfi Sigurdsson  
 

IRAN

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Hamed Kavianpour Hamed Kavianpour   Hamed Kavianpour  
 

ITALY

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Attilio Fresia        
 

JAMAICA

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Omar Daley Omar Daley     Omar Daley (U-20)
Winston Griffiths Winston Griffiths     Winston Griffiths (U-12)
  Simieon Howell      
Kevin Lisbie        
Shavar Thomas Shavar Thomas     Shavar Thomas (U-17 / U-20)
 

LIBERIA

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Mass Sarr        
 

MALAYA

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Denis Allen        
 

NIGERIA

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Sam Sodje        
 

NORTHERN IRELAND

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

George Best        
      Ryan Catney Ryan Catney (U-16)
Ryan Catney (U-17)
Hugh Davey        
Barry Hunter       Barry Hunter ("B")
Paul Kee Paul Kee     Paul Kee (U-18 / U-16 / U-15)
Hugh McConnell        
Steve Morrow       Steve Morrow ("B")
      Declan O'Hara Declan O'Hara (U-16)
Michael O'Neill Michael O'Neill Michael O'Neill   Michael O'Neill ("B" / Youth / Schools)
Jimmy Quinn        
Paul Ramsey        
Sidney Reid        
        Brendan Rodgers (Schools)
Brendan Rodgers (Youth)
Lawrie Sanchez        
Maik Taylor        
      Ryan Weisberg  
Tommy Wright Tommy Wright      
 

POLAND

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Wojciech Kowalewski        
Darius Wdowczyk        
 

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

        John Andrews (U-18)
        Robert Bailey (U-16)
        Denis Behan (U-16)
Alan Bennett   Alan Bennett   Alan Bennett ("B")
Pat Bonner        
      Danny Byrne  
        Peter Castle (U-18)
Nick Colgan   Nick Colgan   Nick Colgan ("B" / Schools)
      Simon Cox Simon Cox (U-18 / U-16)
      Scott Davies Scott Davies (U-17)
Kevin Doyle   Kevin Doyle   Kevin Doyle (U-20)
        Padraig Drew (U-18)
Eamonn Dunphy        
Joe Gamble   Joe Gamble   Joe Gamble (U-20 / U-18)
        Chad Harpur (U-16)
    Jonathan Hayes Jonathan Hayes Jonathan Hayes (U-18)
Jonathan Hayes
(U-16 / U-15)
Ray Houghton       Conor Sinnott (U-14)
Stephen Hunt   Stephen Hunt   Stephen Hunt ("B")
Shane Long     Shane Long Shane Long ("B")
    David McDonald   David McDonald ("B" / Youth)
    Mark McKeever    
Alan Maybury   Alan Maybury    
         
    Graham Stack    
        Darren Stapleton (U-18)
Darren Stapleton
(U-16)
 

"REST OF THE UNITED KINGDOM"

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

George Best        
***NOTES Played v Wales 21/7/1969
 

"REST OF THE WORLD"

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

George Best        
***NOTES Played v Benfica 25/9/1973
 

ST KITTS-NEVIS

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

  Brian Quailey      
 

SCOTLAND

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Steve Archibald   Steve Archibald    
    Grant Brebner    
Tommy Burns   Tommy Burns    
Matt Busby        
Bobby Campbell        
      Darren Campbell Darren Campbell (U-17)
William Cook        
    Neale Cooper   Neale Cooper (Schools)
        Gordon Cumming (Youth)
Robert Fleck   Robert Fleck    
Peter Grant   Peter Grant    
    Stuart Gray    
        Stewart Henderson (Schools)
        James Henry (U-16)
    Scott Howie    
John Hunter        
Jim Leighton   Jim Leighton    
Archie Macaulay        
Mark McGhee   Mark McGhee    
        Jim McIntyre ("B")
Andy McLaren   Andy McLaren    
Jimmy Murray        
        Scott Murray ("B")
Graeme Murty       Graeme Murty ("B")
      Alex Pearce Alex Pearce (U-17)
        Mark Reilly ("B")
Jock Walker        
 

SENEGAL

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Ibrahima Sonko Ibrahima Sonko Ibrahima Sonko?    
   
 

SOUTH AFRICA

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

  Chad Harpur      
 

SOUTH KOREA

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Seol Ki-Hyeon Seol Ki-Hyeon      
 

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Andre Boucaud        
Angus Eve       Angus Eve ("All levels")
Shaka Hislop       Shaka Hislop (U-14)
Kelvin Jack Kelvin Jack     Kelvin Jack ("All levels")
Anthony Rougier        
 

TURKEY

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

      Jem Karacan Jem Karacan (U-17)
 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Bobby Convey Bobby Convey     Bobby Convey (U-20 / U-18 / U-17)
Doug Farquhar        
Marcus Hahnemann        
Steve Pittman        
 

WALES

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Bryn Allen        
Darren Barnard        
Paul Bodin   Paul Bodin    
Jason Bowen   Jason Bowen   Jason Bowen (Youth / Schools)
Mark Bowen   Mark Bowen   Mark Bowen (Youth / Schools)
Arthur Brown        
Ron Burgess        
        Peter Clitheroe (U-16)
        Ryan Crockford (U-17)
    Simon Church    
      Chris Davies Chris Davies (U-17)
    Gareth Davies    
Jos Davies        
Dai Evans        
        Joffre "Jeff" Gulliver (Junior)
Jeff Hopkins    Jeff Hopkins    
Andy Legg        
        Gary Lloyd ("B")
        Russell Lucas (U-17 / U-16)
    Michael Meaker    
Lee Nogan   Lee Nogan   Lee Nogan ("B")
John Oster   John Oster    
Peter O'Sullivan Peter O'Sullivan     Peter O'Sullivan (Schools)
    Lee Phillips    
Leigh Roose        
Nigel Stevenson   Nigel Stevenson    
Nigel Vaughan   Nigel Vaughan    
Adrian Williams        
*** NOTES David Jones was in the 40-man squad named for the 1958 World Cup Finals in Sweden but did not make the final squad (of 22?).

Peter Shreeve broke his leg 5 days before he was due to play at U-23 level.

 

ZAMBIA

National Team

U-23

U-21

U-19

Other

Denis Lota        
 

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