The 4 Players with the Highest Number of Participations in the World Cup

So far there have been four players in the most number of engagements in the World Cup. Who are they? The most engagement record is grasped by four players. They were Antonio Carbajal, Lothar Matthaeus, Rafael Marquez, and Gianluigi Buffon. All 4 players have already played in five editions of the World Cup. Here's a brief description of the four players with the most involvement records in the World Cup.

1. Antonio Carbajal (Mexico)

The first player to record the most involvement in a World Cup was Antonio Carbajal. The former Mexico national team goalkeeper participated in the first World Cup when he was just 21 years old in the 1950 edition. Starting since then, Antonio Carbajal has never failed to play in the four editions of the World Cup afterwards (1954, 1958, 1962, and 1966).

2. Lothar Matthaeus (Germany)

Besides the owner of the most performances in the World Cup finals, Lothar Matthaeus is the next name to enter this elite list. It is well known, Lothar Matthaeus is listed as having played about 25 times with the German national team in the World Cup. Lothar Matthaeus recorded 25 performances in the World Cup finals in five editions, namely 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, and 1998. Of those 5 involvements, Matthaeus successfully took home the World Cup trophy in the 1990 edition.

3. Rafael Marquez (Mexico)

Rafael Marquez became the 2nd Mexican player to record his name on this elite list. Initially, Antonio Carbajal as the first-ever Mexican player to set the record. Rafael Marquez has always participated in the quadrennial event since 2002.

4. Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)

The last name to enter this elite list is the former goalkeeper of the Italian national team, Gianluigi Buffon. Despite having 5 involvements in the World Cup, Buffon has slightly different circumstances from the other 3 players. Because, Buffon only actively participated in four editions of one of them. This is because when Buffon entered the Italian team for the 1998 World Cup, he did not get a chance to play. At that time, Buffon was always in the reserve seat because he was outmatched by Gianluca Pagliuca. After the 1998 edition, Buffon always appeared in the next four editions of the World Cup (2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014). Even in 2006, Buffon successfully helped lead Italy to become world champion for the 4th time.

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