Former national team players honoured by UEFA

Four former Malta national team players were presented with a commemorative cap and medal as part of a special award by UEFA for all European national team players who have reached the 100-cap mark. The presentation was held before the EURO 2012 qualifier between Malta and Israel.

Gilbert Agius, David Carabott, Carmel Busuttil and Joe Brincat were presented with the cap and medal by MFA Chief Executive Officer Bjorn Vassallo and Youth Football Association President Fr Hilary Tagliaferro.

David Carabott played 122 matches, followed by Gilbert Agius on 119, Carmel Busuttil on 113 and Joe Brincat on 103.

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The 109 players which were honoured by UEFA are:
Armenia: Sargis Hovsepyan
Austria: Andreas Herzog
Bulgaria Borislav Mihaylov, Stiliyan Petrov
Croatia: Dario Šimi?
Cyprus: Yiannis Okkas
Czech Republic: Karel Poborský
Denmark: Peter Schmeichel, Jon Dahl Tomasson, Dennis Rommedahl, Thomas Helveg, Michael Laudrup, Morten Olsen, Martin Jørgensen
England: Peter Shilton, David Beckham, Bobby Moore, Sir Bobby Charlton, Billy Wright
Estonia: Martin Reim, Marko Kristal, Mart Poom, Andres Oper, Kristen Viikmäe, Raio Piiroja, Indrek Zelinski
Finland: Jari Litmanen, Sami Hyypiä, Jonatan Johansson, Ari Hjelm
France: Lilian Thuram, Thierry Henry, Marcel Desailly, Zinédine Zidane, Patrick Vieira, Didier Deschamps
FYROM: Goce Sedloski
Germany: Lothar Matthäus, Miroslav Klose, Jürgen Klinsmann, Jürgen Kohler, Franz Beckenbauer, Joachim Streich, Thomas Hässler, Ulf Kirsten, Hans-Jürgen Dörner
Greece: Theodoros Zagorakis, Giorgos Karagounis, Angelos Basinas
Hungary: József Bozsik
Iceland: Rúnar Kristinsson
Italy: Fabio Cannavaro, Paolo Maldini, Dino Zoff, Gianluigi Buffon
Latvia: Vit?lijs Astafjevs, Andrejs Rubins, Juris Laiz?ns, Imants Bleidelis, Mihails Zemlinskis, Igors Stepanovs
Liechtenstein: Mario Frick
Malta: Gilbert Agius, David Carabott, Carmel Busuttil, Joe Brincat
Netherlands: Edwin van der Sar, Frank de Boer, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Phillip Cocu
Northern Ireland: Pat Jennings
Norway: Thorbjørn Svenssen, Henning Berg
Poland: Micha? ?ew?akow, Grzegorz Lato
Portugal: Luís Figo, Fernando Couto
Republic of Ireland: Shay Given, Kevin Kilbane, Robbie Keane, Steve Staunton
Romania: Dorinel Munteanu, Gheorghe Hagi, Gheorghe Popescu, László Bölöni
Russia: Viktor Onopko
Scotland: Kenny Dalglish
Serbia: Savo Miloševi?
Slovakia: Miroslav Karhan
Spain: Andoni Zubizarreta, Iker Casillas, Raúl González, Xavi Hernández
Sweden: Thomas Ravelli, Roland Nilsson, Björn Nordqvist, Anders Svensson, Niclas Alexandersson, Henrik Larsson, Olof Mellberg
Switzerland: Heinz Hermann, Alain Geiger, Stéphane Chapuisat
Turkey: Rü?tü Reçber, Hakan ?ükür, Bülent Korkmaz
Ukraine: Oleh Blokhin, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, Andriy Shevchenko