Wales national football team

Wales

Association	Football Association of Wales
Confederation	UEFA
Coach	John Toshack
Most caps	Neville Southall (92)
Top scorer	Ian Rush (28)
World Cup
Appearances	1
First Apps	1958
Best result	Quarterfinals (1958)

Wales national football team is the national football team of Wales.

Most appearances

Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Career
1	Neville Southall	92	0	1982-1997
2	Gary Speed	85	7	1990-2004
3	Dean Saunders	75	22	1986-2001
4	Ian Rush	73	28	1980-1996
4	Peter Nicholas	73	2	1979-1991
6	Mark Hughes	72	16	1984-1999
6	Joey Jones	72	1	1975-1986
8	Ivor Allchurch	68	23	1950-1966
9	Brian Flynn	66	7	1974-1984
10	Andy Melville	65	3	1989-2004

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Goals	Apps	Career
1	Ian Rush	28	73	1980-1996
2	Ivor Allchurch	23	68	1950-1966
2	Trevor Ford	23	38
4	Dean Saunders	22	75	1986-2001
5	Mark Hughes	16	72	1984-1999
5	Cliff Jones	16	59
5	Craig Bellamy	16	54
8	John Charles	15	38
9	John Hartson	14	51
10	Robert Earnshaw	13	39

Managers

Prior to 1954 the Welsh team was chosen by a panel of selectors with the team captain fulfilling the role of coach.

Name	Career
Walley Barnes	1954–1955
Jimmy Murphy	1956-1964
Dave Bowen	1964–1974
Ronnie Burgess	1965 (caretaker manager for one game due to unavailability of Dave Bowen)
Mike Smith	1974–1979
Mike England	1979–1987
Terry Yorath	1988–1993
John Toshack	1994
Mike Smith	1994–1995
Bobby Gould	1995–1999
Mark Hughes	1999–2004
John Toshack	2004–present

Other staff

• Goalkeeping Coach: Paul Jones
• Team Doctors: Dr. Mark Ridgewell & Dr. Mark Davies
• Physiotherapists: Mel Pejic & Dyfri Owen
• Masseur: David Rowe