A really striking and outstanding case considering that FIFA only recognizes a few players above the barrier 1000 official meetings. Peter Shilton led a full and porters and British players list next to point out one thing: goalkeepers are the most long-lived and in the British Isles the race holds more. Messi which is still active, entered the list of 1000 official matches against Australia in Qatar 2022.
Others of the footballers who go from 1000 matches and still active, son Gigi Buffon and Andres Iniesta. For lovers of statistics, Here is the list of men who exceeded 1000 official meetings according to FIFA.
Players with more than 1000 official matches
1º
Peter Shilton
BY
1401
1
32
1965-97
348 Leicester City, 121 Stoke City, 272 Nottingham Forest, 242 Southampton, 211 Derby County, 43 Plymouth, 2 Bolton, 10 Leyton Orient, 125 England, 13 England, 9 England
2º
Paul Bastock
BY
1284
−
33
1988-18
13 Cambridge United F. C, 1 Bath City F.C, 1 Cheltenham Town F. C, 28 Fisher Athletic, 27 Kettering Town, 5 Aylesbury United, 678 Boston United FC, 1 Dagenham & Redbridge, 315 St Albans City, 25 Rushden & Diamonds, 42 Worksop Town, 13 Royston Town, 39 St Neots Town, 30 Dunstable Town, 25 Stamford, 5 Corby Town, 33 Wisbech Town, 1 Grantham Town, 1 Pinchbeck United, 1 King’s Lynn Town
98 Watford, 277 Liverpool, 85 Aston Villa, 102 West Ham United, 100 Manchester City, 158 Portsmouth, 84 Bristol City, 19 Bournemouth, 23 IBV, 12 Kerala Blasters FC, 53 England, 2 England B, 10 England
30º
Timmy Simons
DEF
1022
95
24
1994-2018
88 KTH Diest, 74 Lommel, 218 PSV, 110 1. FC Nürnberg, 438 Club Brugge, 94 Belgium
349 Vasco da Gama, 149 PSV Eindhoven, 65 Barcelona, 221 Flemish, 12 Valencia, 75 Fluminense, 3 Al-Sadd SC, 26 Miami FC, 4 Adelaide United, 1 America FC, 73 Brazil, 11 Brazil, 11 Brazil
Leo Messi enters the list
The Argentinian star managed to reach the 1000 matches in the World Cup in Qatar in the match against Australia where in addition, the 10', celebrated by scoring. The Argentinian, aún en activo, has to go far beyond 1000 parties.