This is a list of all full international footballers to play for Reading. Players who were capped while a Reading player are marked in bold.
International representatives
- As of match played 19 November 2025
The following list includes only players who either earnt caps whilst playing for Reading, marked in Bold, or had caps prior to joining the club. Players who went on to represent their country after leaving Reading, or whilst away on loan, are not included.
| Name
|
Country
|
Caps
|
Goals
|
Reading Years
|
International Years
|
| Joe Davies
|
Wales
|
11
|
0
|
1898-1900
|
1899-1900
|
| Dai Evans
|
Wales
|
4
|
0
|
1924-1928
|
1926-1928
|
| Peter O'Sullivan
|
Wales
|
3
|
1
|
1982-1983
|
1973-1978
|
| Nigel Stevenson
|
Wales
|
4
|
0
|
1986
|
1982
|
| Nigel Vaughan
|
Wales
|
10
|
0
|
1986-1987
|
1982-1984
|
| Ady Williams
|
Wales[b ENG]
|
13
|
1
|
1989-1996, 2000-2004
|
1995-2003
|
| Steve Morrow
|
Northern Ireland
|
39
|
1
|
1990, 1991
|
1990-1999
|
| Jim Leighton
|
Scotland
|
91
|
0
|
1991-1992
|
1982-1998
|
| Mark McGhee
|
Scotland
|
4
|
2
|
1991-1993
|
1983-1984
|
| Jimmy Quinn
|
Northern Ireland
|
46
|
12
|
1992-1997
|
1985-1996
|
| Jeff Hopkins
|
Wales
|
16
|
0
|
1992-1997
|
1983-1990
|
| Steve Archibald
|
Scotland
|
27
|
4
|
1992[1]
|
1980-1986
|
| Paul Kee
|
Northern Ireland
|
9
|
0
|
1993-1994
|
1990-1994
|
| Andy Bernal
|
Australia
|
21
|
0
|
1994-2000
|
1989-1996
|
| Dariusz Wdowczyk
|
Poland
|
53
|
2
|
1994-1998
|
1979-1998
|
| Borislav Mihaylov
|
Bulgaria
|
102
|
0
|
1995-1997
|
1983-1999
|
| Lee Nogan
|
Wales
|
2
|
0
|
1995-1997
|
1993-1995
|
| Chris Woods
|
England
|
43
|
0
|
1995
|
1985-1993
|
| Tommy Wright
|
Northern Ireland
|
31
|
0
|
1996
|
1989-1999
|
| Paul Bodin
|
Wales
|
23
|
3
|
1996-1998
|
1990-1994
|
| Barry Hunter
|
Northern Ireland
|
14
|
1
|
1996-2001
|
1995-1999
|
| Ray Houghton
|
Republic of Ireland[b SCO]
|
73
|
6
|
1997-1999
|
1986-1999
|
| Alan Maybury
|
Republic of Ireland
|
10
|
0
|
1998
|
1998-2005
|
| Michael O'Neill
|
Northern Ireland
|
31
|
4
|
1998
|
1988-1996
|
| Andy Legg
|
Wales
|
6
|
0
|
1998
|
1996-2001
|
| Robert Fleck
|
Scotland
|
4
|
0
|
1998-1999
|
1990-1992
|
| Graeme Murty
|
Scotland[b ENG]
|
4
|
0
|
1998-2009
|
2004-2007
|
| Peter Grant
|
Scotland
|
2
|
0
|
1999-2000
|
1989
|
| Mark Bowen
|
Wales
|
31
|
3
|
1999
|
1986-1997
|
| Tony Rougier
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
67
|
5
|
2000-2003
|
1995-2005
|
| John Salako
|
England[b NGR]
|
5
|
0
|
2001-2004
|
1991
|
| Nicky Shorey
|
England
|
2
|
0
|
2001-2008, 2012-2013
|
2007
|
| Marcus Hahnemann
|
United States
|
9
|
0
|
2001-2009
|
1994-2011
|
| Shaun Goater
|
Bermuda
|
22
|
20
|
2003-2005
|
1987-2004
|
| Ívar Ingimarsson
|
Iceland
|
30
|
0
|
2003-2011
|
1998-2007
|
| Omar Daley
|
Jamaica
|
75
|
7
|
2003-2004
|
2000-2013
|
| Kelvin Jack
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
33
|
0
|
2004
|
1997-2006
|
| Lloyd Owusu
|
Ghana[b ENG]
|
4
|
0
|
2004-2005
|
2005-6
|
| Ibrahima Sonko
|
Senegal
|
5
|
1
|
2004-2008
|
2008
|
| Bobby Convey
|
United States
|
46
|
1
|
2004-2009
|
2000-2008
|
| Les Ferdinand
|
England
|
17
|
5
|
2005
|
1993-1998
|
| Martin Keown
|
England
|
43
|
2
|
2005
|
1992-2002
|
| Adam Federici
|
Australia
|
16
|
0
|
2005-2015
|
2010-2016
|
| Brynjar Gunnarsson
|
Iceland
|
74
|
5
|
2005-2013
|
1997-2009
|
| Gylfi Sigurðsson
|
Iceland
|
78
|
25
|
2005-2010
|
2010-2020
|
| Simon Cox
|
Republic of Ireland[b ENG]
|
30
|
4
|
2005-2008, 2014-2016
|
2010-2020
|
| Kevin Doyle
|
Republic of Ireland
|
62
|
14
|
2005-2009
|
2006-2017
|
| Stephen Hunt
|
Republic of Ireland
|
39
|
1
|
2005-2009
|
2007-2012
|
| Shane Long
|
Republic of Ireland
|
88
|
17
|
2005-2011, 2022-2023
|
2007-2021
|
| John Oster
|
Wales[b ENG]
|
13
|
0
|
2005-2008
|
1997-2004
|
| Ulises de la Cruz
|
Ecuador
|
101
|
6
|
2006-2008
|
1995-2010
|
| Alex Pearce
|
Republic of Ireland[b ENG]
|
7
|
2
|
2006-2015
|
2012-2017
|
| Seol Ki-hyeon
|
South Korea
|
82
|
19
|
2006-2007
|
2000-2009
|
| Sam Sodje
|
Nigeria[b ENG]
|
4
|
0
|
2006-2009
|
2005-2009
|
| Emerse Faé
|
Ivory Coast[b FRA]
|
41
|
1
|
2007-2008
|
2005-2012
|
| André Bikey
|
Cameroon
|
25
|
1
|
2007-2009
|
2006-2010
|
| Alan Bennett
|
Republic of Ireland
|
2
|
0
|
2007-2009
|
2007
|
| Kalifa Cissé
|
Mali[b FRA]
|
5
|
0
|
2007-2010
|
2008-2012
|
| Simon Church
|
Wales[b ENG]
|
38
|
3
|
2007-2013
|
2009-2016
|
| Hal Robson-Kanu
|
Wales[b ENG]
|
46
|
5
|
2007-2016
|
2010-2021
|
| Marek Matějovský
|
Czech Republic
|
15
|
1
|
2008-2010
|
2007-2011
|
| Noel Hunt
|
Republic of Ireland
|
3
|
0
|
2008-2013
|
2008-2009
|
| Jimmy Kébé
|
Mali[b FRA]
|
2
|
0
|
2008-2013
|
2005-2009
|
| Darren O'Dea
|
Republic of Ireland
|
20
|
1
|
2009
|
2009-2013
|
| Shaun Cummings
|
Jamaica[b ENG]
|
3
|
0
|
2009-2015
|
2012-2015
|
| Michael Hector
|
Jamaica[b ENG]
|
45
|
0
|
2009-2015, 2015–2016
|
2015-Present
|
| Jobi McAnuff
|
Jamaica[b ENG]
|
32
|
1
|
2009-2014
|
2002-2016
|
| Grzegorz Rasiak
|
Poland
|
37
|
8
|
2009-2010
|
2002-2007
|
| Jake Taylor
|
Wales[b ENG]
|
1
|
0
|
2009-2016
|
2014
|
| Zurab Khizanishvili
|
Georgia
|
93
|
1
|
2010-2011
|
1999-2015
|
| Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson
|
Iceland
|
24
|
5
|
2010
|
2005-2018
|
| Ian Harte
|
Republic of Ireland
|
64
|
12
|
2010-2013
|
1996-2007
|
| Mikele Leigertwood
|
Antigua and Barbuda[b ENG]
|
11
|
1
|
2011-2014
|
2008-2014
|
| Kaspars Gorkšs
|
Latvia
|
86
|
5
|
2011-2014
|
2005-2017
|
| Jason Roberts
|
Grenada[b ENG]
|
16
|
14
|
2012-2014
|
1999-2008
|
| Adrian Mariappa
|
Jamaica[b ENG]
|
72
|
1
|
2012-2013
|
2012-2022
|
| Garath McCleary
|
Jamaica[b ENG]
|
24
|
3
|
2012-2020
|
2013-2016
|
| Pavel Pogrebnyak
|
Russia
|
33
|
8
|
2012-2015
|
2006-2012
|
| Chris Gunter
|
Wales
|
109
|
0
|
2012-2020
|
2007-2022
|
| Wayne Bridge
|
England
|
36
|
1
|
2013-2014
|
2002-2009
|
| Stephen Kelly
|
Republic of Ireland
|
39
|
0
|
2013-2025
|
2006-2014
|
| Royston Drenthe
|
Netherlands
|
1
|
0
|
2013-2015
|
2010
|
| Hope Akpan
|
Nigeria[b ENG]
|
4
|
0
|
2013-2025
|
2014-2015
|
| Danny Williams
|
United States[b WGER]
|
23
|
2
|
2013-2017
|
2011-2017
|
| Chris Baird
|
Northern Ireland
|
79
|
0
|
2013-2024
|
2003-2016
|
| Oliver Norwood
|
Northern Ireland[b ENG]
|
57
|
0
|
2014-2016
|
2010-2018
|
| Jamie Mackie
|
Scotland[b ENG]
|
9
|
2
|
2014-2015
|
2010-2012
|
| Zat Knight
|
England
|
2
|
0
|
2015
|
2005
|
| Yakubu
|
Nigeria
|
57
|
21
|
2015
|
2000-2012
|
| Matěj Vydra
|
Czech Republic
|
46
|
7
|
2015-2016
|
2012-2021
|
| Paul McShane
|
Republic of Ireland
|
33
|
0
|
2015-2019
|
2006-2016
|
| Stephen Quinn
|
Republic of Ireland
|
18
|
0
|
2015-2018
|
2013-2016
|
| Ola John
|
Netherlands[b LBR]
|
1
|
0
|
2015-2016
|
2013
|
| Luke Southwood
|
Northern Ireland[b ENG]
|
1
|
0
|
2015-2023
|
2022-Present
|
| Ali Al-Habsi
|
Oman
|
135
|
0
|
2015-2017
|
2002-2019
|
| Paolo Hurtado
|
Peru
|
37
|
3
|
2015-2017
|
2011-2019
|
| Orlando Sá
|
Portugal
|
1
|
0
|
2015-2016
|
2009
|
| Anssi Jaakkola
|
Finland
|
3
|
0
|
2016-2019
|
2011-2021
|
| Yakou Méïté
|
Ivory Coast[b FRA]
|
2
|
0
|
2016-2023
|
2019-Present
|
| Liam Moore
|
Jamaica[b ENG]
|
9
|
0
|
2016-2023
|
2021
|
| Deniss Rakels
|
Latvia
|
32
|
1
|
2016-2018
|
2010-2019
|
| Sandro Wieser
|
Liechtenstein
|
69
|
2
|
2016-2018
|
2010-Present
|
| Roy Beerens
|
Netherlands
|
2
|
0
|
2016-2018
|
2010-2011
|
| Leandro Bacuna
|
Curaçao[b NLD]
|
68
|
16
|
2017-2019
|
2016-Present
|
| Modou Barrow
|
Gambia
|
18
|
2
|
2017-2020
|
2015-2022
|
| Jón Daði Böðvarsson
|
Iceland
|
64
|
4
|
2017-2019
|
2012-2022
|
| Adrian Popa
|
Romania
|
24
|
3
|
2017-2020
|
2012-2017
|
| David Edwards
|
Wales[b ENG]
|
43
|
3
|
2017-2019
|
2007-2017
|
| Sone Aluko
|
Nigeria[b ENG]
|
7
|
2
|
2017-2021
|
2009-2015
|
| Chris Martin
|
Scotland[b ENG]
|
17
|
3
|
2018
|
2014-2017
|
| Andy Yiadom
|
Ghana[b ENG]
|
26
|
0
|
2018-Present
|
2017-2022
|
| Jökull Andrésson
|
Iceland
|
1
|
0
|
2018-2024
|
2022-Present
|
| David Meyler
|
Republic of Ireland
|
26
|
0
|
2018-2019
|
2012-2018
|
| Saeid Ezatolahi
|
Iran
|
81
|
1
|
2018-2019
|
2015-Present
|
| John O'Shea
|
Republic of Ireland
|
118
|
3
|
2018-2019
|
2001-2018
|
| Marc McNulty
|
Scotland
|
2
|
0
|
2018-2022
|
2019
|
| Nélson Oliveira
|
Portugal
|
17
|
2
|
2019
|
2012-2017
|
| Matt Miazga
|
United States
|
28
|
1
|
2019, 2019-2020
|
2015-Present
|
| Lucas João
|
Portugal
|
2
|
0
|
2019-2023
|
2015
|
| Angola[b POR]
|
5
|
1
|
2022-Present
|
| Rafael Cabral
|
Brazil
|
3
|
0
|
2019–2022
|
2012
|
| Pelé
|
Guinea-Bissau[b POR]
|
23
|
1
|
2019–2020
|
2017-2022
|
| George Pușcaș
|
Romania
|
46
|
11
|
2019–2023
|
2018-Present
|
| Charlie Adam
|
Scotland
|
26
|
0
|
2019–2020
|
2007–2015
|
| Ayub Masika
|
Kenya
|
35
|
5
|
2020
|
2012-Present
|
| Coniah Boyce-Clarke
|
Jamaica[b ENG]
|
1
|
0
|
2020-2025
|
2023-Present
|
| Nahum Melvin-Lambert
|
Saint Lucia[b ENG]
|
1
|
0
|
2020-2023
|
2023-Present
|
| Alfa Semedo
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
35
|
2
|
2020-2021
|
2021-Present
|
| Mamadi Camará
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
7
|
0
|
2021-Present
|
2022-Present
|
| Andy Carroll
|
England
|
9
|
2
|
2021-2022, 2022-2023
|
2010–2012
|
| Jeriel Dorsett
|
Montserrat[b ENG]
|
7
|
0
|
2021-Present
|
2023-Present
|
| Danny Drinkwater
|
England
|
3
|
0
|
2021-2022
|
2016
|
| Alen Halilović
|
Croatia
|
10
|
0
|
2021-2022
|
2013-2019
|
| Junior Hoilett
|
Canada
|
68
|
17
|
2021-2023
|
2015-Present
|
| Baba Rahman
|
Ghana
|
52
|
1
|
2021-2022, 2022-2023
|
2017-Present
|
| Karl Hein
|
Estonia
|
45
|
0
|
2022
|
2020-Present
|
| Ørjan Nyland
|
Norway
|
67
|
0
|
2022
|
2013-Present
|
| Terell Thomas
|
Saint Lucia[b ENG]
|
18
|
1
|
2022
|
2022-Present
|
| Jeff Hendrick
|
Republic of Ireland
|
79
|
2
|
2022-2023
|
2013-2023
|
| Mamadou Loum
|
Senegal
|
3
|
0
|
2022-2023
|
2019-Present
|
| Basil Tuma
|
Malta[b UGA]
|
8
|
0
|
2022-Present
|
2024-Present
|
| Tyler Bindon
|
New Zealand
|
21
|
2
|
2023-2025
|
2023-Present
|
| Ben Elliott
|
Cameroon[b ENG]
|
5
|
0
|
2023-Present
|
2023-Present
|
| Charlie Savage
|
Wales[b ENG]
|
2
|
0
|
2023-Present
|
2023-Present
|
| Liam Fraser
|
Canada
|
19
|
0
|
2025-Present
|
2019-Present
|
| Paddy Lane
|
Northern Ireland
|
4
|
0
|
2025-Present
|
2022-Present
|
| Derrick Williams
|
Republic of Ireland[b GER]
|
3
|
1
|
2025-Present
|
2018-219
|
| Matt Ritchie
|
Scotland[b ENG]
|
16
|
3
|
2025-Present
|
2015-2018
|
| Andy Rinomhota
|
Zimbabwe[b ENG]
|
13
|
0
|
2018-2022, 2025-Present
|
2023-Present
|
|
|
|
International tournaments
World Cup
The following were part of World Cup squads while playing for Reading.
CAF Africa Cup of Nations
The following were part of African Cup of Nations squads while playing for Reading.
CONCACAF Gold Cup
The following were part of Gold Cup squads while playing for Reading.
OFC Men's Nations Cup
The following were part of OFC Men's Nations Cup squads while playing for Reading.
UEFA European Championship
The following were part of European Championship squads while playing for Reading.
References
- ^ "Steve Archibald". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
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