Wales 1980s squad
Every player who appeared for Wales in the 1980s — 62 in all, with their career international caps and goals.
Neville Southall racked up the most caps of anyone here — 92 in all. Ian Rush leads the scoring with 28. The squad breaks down as 7 goalkeepers, 20 defenders, 21 midfielders and 14 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Rush | FW | 73 | 28 | 85 |
| Neville Southall | GK | 92 | — | 85 |
| Dean Saunders | FW | 75 | 22 | 84 |
| Joey Jones | DF | 72 | 1 | 84 |
| Brian Flynn | MF | 66 | 7 | 83 |
| Leighton James | MF | 54 | 10 | 83 |
| Andy Melville | MF | 65 | 3 | 81 |
| Mark Hughes | FW | 72 | 16 | 81 |
| Kevin Ratcliffe | DF | 59 | 0 | 81 |
| Leighton Phillips | DF | 58 | 0 | 81 |
| David Phillips | MF | 62 | 2 | 81 |
| Robbie James | MF | 47 | 7 | 80 |
| Barry Horne | MF | 59 | 2 | 80 |
| Terry Yorath | MF | 59 | 2 | 80 |
| Dai Davies | GK | 52 | — | 80 |
| Mickey Thomas | MF | 51 | 4 | 80 |
| John Toshack | FW | 40 | 13 | 79 |
| John Mahoney | MF | 51 | 1 | 78 |
| Peter Nicholas | MF | 73 | — | 77 |
| Mark Bowen | DF | 41 | 3 | 76 |
| Mark Aizlewood | DF | 39 | 0 | 76 |
| Clayton Blackmore | DF | 39 | 1 | 76 |
| Alan Curtis | FW | 35 | 6 | 74 |
| Ian Walsh | FW | 18 | 7 | 72 |
| Kenny Jackett | MF | 31 | 0 | 70 |
| Paul Price | DF | 25 | 1 | 69 |
| Carl Harris | MF | 24 | 1 | 69 |
| Glyn Hodges | MF | 18 | 2 | 67 |
| Malcolm Allen | FW | 14 | 3 | 66 |
| Jeremy Charles | FW | 19 | 1 | 66 |
| Gordon Davies | FW | 16 | 2 | 65 |
| Jeff Hopkins | DF | 16 | 0 | 64 |
| Byron Stevenson | DF | 15 | 0 | 63 |
| David Giles | MF | 12 | 2 | 63 |
| Iwan Roberts | FW | 15 | 0 | 62 |
| Pat Van Den Hauwe | DF | 13 | 0 | 61 |
| Geraint Williams | MF | 13 | 0 | 61 |
| Alan Davies | MF | 13 | 0 | 61 |
| Colin Pascoe | MF | 10 | 0 | 59 |
| Nigel Vaughan | MF | 10 | 0 | 59 |
| Steve Lowndes | MF | 10 | 0 | 59 |
| Gareth Hall | DF | 9 | 0 | 58 |
| Andy Jones | FW | 6 | 1 | 57 |
| Steve Lovell | FW | 6 | 1 | 57 |
| Tony Norman | GK | 5 | — | 56 |
| Gavin Maguire | DF | 7 | 0 | 56 |
| Ian Edwards | FW | 4 | 4 | 55 |
| Chris Marustik | DF | 6 | 0 | 55 |
| George Berry | DF | 5 | 0 | 53 |
| David Williams | MF | 5 | 0 | 53 |
| Andy Dibble | GK | 3 | — | 52 |
| Nigel Stevenson | DF | 4 | 0 | 51 |
| Eddie Niedzwiecki | GK | 2 | — | 49 |
| Keith Pontin | DF | 2 | 0 | 48 |
| Terry Boyle | DF | 2 | 1 | 48 |
| David Felgate | GK | 1 | — | 46 |
| Martin Thomas | GK | 1 | — | 46 |
| Tony Rees | FW | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| Howard Pritchard | MF | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| Alan Knill | DF | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| Andy Holden | DF | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| Dudley Lewis | DF | 1 | 0 | 45 |
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