JAKARTA - Winning the World Cup is the most desired thing for any player or team.
Even the best players like Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar Jr. just never won it.
Not only that, playing for the national team in an event as big as this is also a big achievement.
There are a number of players who have bagged 20 or more caps at the World Cup. Who are they?
Former Germany captain Lothar Matthaus holds the record for most appearances at the World Cup.
He made 25 appearances across five World Cups from 1982 to 1998 and was part of the winning squad in 1990.
Miroslav Klose, also from Germany, sits in second place with 24 appearances. He collected these appearances in four Cups from 2002 to 2014.
As for the Italian centre-back, Paolo Maldini is in third place with 23 appearances during 1990-2002.
In fourth to 10th place are occupied by:
Uwe Seeler (Germany) - 21 appearancesDiego Maradona (Argentina) - 21 appearancesWladyslaw Zmuda (Poland) - 21 appearancesCafu (Brazil) - 20 appearancesbastian Schweinsteiger (Germany) 20 appearancesPhilipp Lahm (Germany) - 20 appearancesGrzegorz Lato (Poland) - 20 appearances
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