Dries Mertens - Century of International Appearances (original) (raw)

The outstanding Belgian player, who obtained 109 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 6- 5-1987 in Leuven Country: Belgium Caps: 109 (W73-D20-L16 - GF251-GA97 - %76.15) Goals: 21 Age First Cap: 23 yr 279 d 9- 2-2011 vs. Finland 1-1 Age Last Cap: 35 yr 209 d 1-12-2022 vs. Croatia 0-0 National Team Career: 11 yr 295 d

Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition 1 9- 2-11 Gent Finland 1-1
2 3- 6-11 Bruxelles Turkey 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 3 10- 8-11 Ljubljana Slovenia 0-0 4 2- 9-11 Baku Azerbaijan 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 5 6- 9-11 Brussel United States 1-0
6 7-10-11 Bruxelles Kazakhstan 4-1 European Champ. Qual. 7 11-10-11 D�sseldorf Germany 1-3 European Champ. Qual. 8 11-11-11 Li�ge Romania 2-1
9 25- 5-12 Brussel Montenegro 2-2 10 2- 6-12 London England 0-1 11 15- 8-12 Bruxelles Netherlands 4-2 12 7- 9-12 Cardiff Wales 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 13 11- 9-12 Brussel Croatia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 14 12-10-12 Beograd Serbia 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 15 16-10-12 Bruxelles Scotland 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 16 14-11-12 Bucuresti Romania 1-2 [] 17 6- 2-13 Brugge Slovakia 2-1 18 26- 3-13 Brussel Macedonia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 19 29- 5-13 Cleveland United States 4-2 20 14- 8-13 Bruxelles France 0-0 21 14-11-13 Brussel Colombia 0-2 22 19-11-13 Bruxelles Japan 2-3 23 5- 3-14 Brussel Ivory Coast 2-2 24 1- 6-14 Stockholm Sweden 2-0 25 7- 6-14 Bruxelles Tunisia 1-0 26 17- 6-14 Belo Horizonte Algeria 2-1 World Cup
27 22- 6-14 Rio de Janeiro Russia 1-0 World Cup
28 26- 6-14 S�o Paulo South Korea 1-0 World Cup
29 1- 7-14 Salvador United States 2-1 aet World Cup
30 5- 7-14 Bras�lia Argentina 0-1 World Cup
31 4- 9-14 Li�ge Australia 2-0 32 10-10-14 Brussel Andorra 6-0 European Champ. Qual. 33 13-10-14 Zenica Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 34 12-11-14 Bruxelles Iceland 3-1 35 16-11-14 Brussel Wales 0-0 European Champ. Qual. 36 28- 3-15 Bruxelles Cyprus 5-0 European Champ. Qual. 37 7- 6-15 Paris France 4-3 38 12- 6-15 Cardiff Wales 0-1 European Champ. Qual. 39 3- 9-15 Brussel Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-1 European Champ. Qual. 40 6- 9-15 Lefkosia Cyprus 1-0 European Champ. Qual. 41 10-10-15 Andorra La V. Andorra 4-1 European Champ. Qual. 42 13-10-15 Bruxelles Israel 3-1 European Champ. Qual. 43 29- 3-16 Leiria Portugal 1-2 44 28- 5-16 Gen�ve Switzerland 2-1 45 1- 6-16 Brussel Finland 1-1 46 5- 6-16 Bruxelles Norway 3-2 47 13- 6-16 Lyon Italy 0-2 European Championship 48 18- 6-16 Bordeaux Ireland 3-0 European Championship 49 22- 6-16 Nice Sweden 1-0 European Championship 50 26- 6-16 Toulouse Hungary 4-0 European Championship 51 1- 7-16 Lille Wales 1-3 European Championship 52 7-10-16 Brussel Bosnia-Herzegovina 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 53 10-10-16 Faro Gibraltar 6-0 World Cup Qualifier 54 9-11-16 Amsterdam Netherlands 1-1
55 13-11-16 Bruxelles Estonia 8-1 World Cup Qualifier 56 25- 3-17 Brussel Greece 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 57 28- 3-17 Sochi Russia 3-3 58 5- 6-17 Bruxelles Czech Republic 2-1 [] 59 9- 6-17 Tallinn Estonia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 60 31- 8-17 Li�ge Gibraltar 9-0 World Cup Qualifier 61 3- 9-17 Piraeus Greece 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 62 7-10-17 Sarajevo Bosnia-Herzegovina 4-3 World Cup Qualifier 63 10-10-17 Brussel Cyprus 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 64 10-11-17 Bruxelles Mexico 3-3 65 14-11-17 Brugge Japan 1-0 66 27- 3-18 Brussel Saudi Arabia 4-0 67 2- 6-18 Bruxelles Portugal 0-0 68 6- 6-18 Brussel Egypt 3-0 69 11- 6-18 Bruxelles Costa Rica 4-1 70 18- 6-18 Sochi Panama 3-0 World Cup 71 23- 6-18 Moskva Tunisia 5-2 World Cup 72 28- 6-18 Kaliningrad England 1-0 World Cup 73 2- 7-18 Rostov-na-Donu Japan 3-2 World Cup 74 10- 7-18 St. Peterburg France 0-1 World Cup 75 14- 7-18 St. Peterburg England 2-0 World Cup 76 7- 9-18 Glasgow Scotland 4-0 77 11- 9-18 Reykjav�k Iceland 3-0 UEFA Nations League A 78 12-10-18 Brussel Switzerland 2-1 UEFA Nations League A 79 16-10-18 Bruxelles Netherlands 1-1 80 15-11-18 Brussel Iceland 2-0 UEFA Nations League A 81 18-11-18 Luzern Switzerland 2-5 UEFA Nations League A 82 21- 3-19 Bruxelles Russia 3-1 European Champ. Qual. 83 24- 3-19 Lefkosia Cyprus 2-0 European Champ. Qual. 84 8- 6-19 Brussel Kazakhstan 3-0 European Champ. Qual. 85 11- 6-19 Bruxelles Scotland 3-0 European Champ. Qual. 86 6- 9-19 San Marino San Marino 4-0 European Champ. Qual. 87 9- 9-19 Glasgow Scotland 4-0 European Champ. Qual. 88 10-10-19 Brussel San Marino 9-0 European Champ. Qual. 89 13-10-19 Nur-Sultan Kazakhstan 2-0 European Champ. Qual. 90 16-11-19 St. Peterburg Russia 4-1 European Champ. Qual. 91 5- 9-20 København Denmark 2-0 UEFA Nations League A 92 8- 9-20 Brussel Iceland 5-1 UEFA Nations League A 93 15-11-20 Heverlee England 2-0 UEFA Nations League A 94 18-11-20 Heverlee Denmark 4-2 UEFA Nations League A 95 24- 3-21 Heverlee Wales 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 96 27- 3-21 Praha Czech Republic 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 97 3- 6-21 Brussel Greece 1-1 98 6- 6-21 Bruxelles Croatia 1-0 99 12- 6-21 Skt. Peterburg Russia 3-0 European Championship 100 17- 6-21 København Denmark 2-1 European Championship 101 27- 6-21 Sevilla Portugal 1-0 European Championship 102 2- 7-21 München Italy 1-2 European Championship 103 13-11-21 Bruxelles Estonia 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 104 3- 6-22 Bruxelles Netherlands 1-4 UEFA Nations League A 105 14- 6-22 Warszawa Poland 1-0 UEFA Nations League A 106 22- 9-22 Brussel Wales 2-1 UEFA Nations League A 107 18-11-22 Kuwait City Egypt 1-2 108 27-11-22 Doha Morocco 0-2 World Cup 109 1-12-22 Al-Rayyan Croatia 0-0 World Cup

[*] matches are not recognized as full A by FIFA, but they are for the Belgian FA

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 109 73 20 16 251- 97 166 76.15

Types of Matches Friendlies 37 European Champ. Qual. 22
World Cup Qualifiers 17 World Cup 13 UEFA Nations League A 11 European Championship 9

Total 109

Goals:

Cap 11 1 goal Cap 17 1 goal Cap 25 1 goal Cap 26 1 goal Cap 31 1 goal Cap 32 2 goals Cap 42 1 goal Cap 53 1 goal Cap 55 2 goals Cap 59 1 goal Cap 60 1 goal Cap 69 1 goal Cap 70 1 goal Cap 79 1 goal Cap 84 1 goal Cap 86 1 goal Cap 91 1 goal Cap 92 1 goal Cap 93 1 goal

Total: 21 goals

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Author: Karel Stokkermans Last updated: 31 Dec 2022