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Quiz! Can you name guess the players to have gone to four or more World Cups?

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100 players at the ready – tell us the stars who went to four World Cup tournaments

Ronaldo Nazario looks at his 2002 FIFA World Cup winners trophy for Brazil during a photo session on March 12, 2018 in Madrid, Spain.
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The list of players who have played at four separate World Cups is an elite club.

You have to have a decent level of longevity, for sure. These tournaments only come around every four years, so to play four of them, you have to be good enough to represent your nation for 16 years.

Not many footballers can manage to keep up the same level from the age of 18 to 34, for example. Consider too that few nations can have a lasting influence over four tournaments and you're starting to realise why only one player has won the trophy three times. 

We've listed 100 players of varying levels of stickability. Did they play four tournaments or more? Only 40 tick that box.

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Mark White
Mark White
Content Editor

Mark White has been at on FourFourTwo since joining in January 2020, first as a staff writer before becoming content editor in 2023. An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also represented FFT at both FA Cup and League Cup finals (though didn't receive a winners' medal on either occasion) and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. He has written cover features for the mag on Mikel Arteta and Martin Odegaard, and is assisted by his cat, Rosie, who has interned for the brand since lockdown.