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After yesterday's friendly match against Azerbaijan ending in a 2-2 draw, the total number of matches played by the Latvian national team exceeded 1000, which means that on average one player represented their country 43.7 times. Here are some more interesting facts about the national teams participating in Euro 2004:
Most times represented the national team (player): Marcel Desailly (France) - 115 times
Most times represented the national team (all players combined): Latvia - 1006 times
Least times represented the national team (all players combined): Russia - 380 times
Players who have never represented their national team: Valeri Bozhinov (Bulgaria), Joey Didulica (Croatia), Moreira (Portugal), Tranquillo Barnetta (Switzerland)
Most goals scored for the national team (player): Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands) - 40 goals
Most goals scored for the national team (all players combined): Netherlands - 149 goals
Least goals scored for the national team (all players combined): Croatia - 32 goals
Players who represented their country over a hundred times: Marcel Desailly (France) - 115, Vitalijs Astafjevs (Latvia) - 102, Frank de Boer (Netherlands) - 110, Fernando Couto (Portugal) - 107, Luis Figo (Portugal) - 104, Stephane Chapuisat (Switzerland) - 101. Note: Lilian Thuram (France) represented the national team 99 times
Most times represented the national team, but did not score any goals (excluding goalkeepers): Theodoros Zagorakis (Greece) - 89 times
Youthful player: Igor Akinfeev (Russia), born on April 8, 1986
Oldest player: Jorg Stiel (Switzerland), born on March 3, 1968
Clubs with the most Euro 2004 playing players: Bayern Munich, Juventus, Barcelona - all with 9 players
Highest percentage of players playing in their country: Italy 100% (23 out of 23 players)
Highest percentage of players playing abroad: Croatia 95.7% (22 out of 23 players)
League with the most players playing in Euro 2004: English Premier League - 57 players
Players who represented their country the most times (each country): Bulgaria - Daniel Borimirov - 65, Croatia - Dario Simic - 65, Czech Republic - Karel Poborsky - 94, Denmark - Thomas Helveg - 84, England - David Beckham - 68, France - Marcel Desailly - 115, Germany - Christian Ziege - 72, Greece - Theodoros Zagorakis - 89, Italy - Fabio Cannavaro - 78, Latvia - Vitalijs Astafjevs - 102, Netherlands - Frank de Boer - 110, Portugal - Fernando Couto - 107, Russia - Aleksandr Mostovoi - 64, Spain - Raul - 72, Sweden - Henrik Larsson - 74, Switzerland - Stephane Chapuisat - 101
Most goal-scoring player (each country): Bulgaria - Dimitar Berbatov - 19, Croatia - Niko Kovac and Ivica Olic - 6 each, Czech Republic - Jan Koller - 27, Denmark - Jon Dahl Tomasson - 28, England - Michael Owen - 25, France - David Trezeguet - 28, Germany - Michael Ballack - 19, Greece - Demis Nikolaidis - 17, Italy - Alessandro Del Piero - 23, Latvia - Maris Pahars - 15, Netherlands - Patrick Kluivert - 40, Portugal - Luis Figo - 31, Russia - Aleksandr Mostovoi - 13, Spain - Raul - 38, Sweden - Henrik Larsson - 25, Switzerland - Stephane Chapuisat - 21
