Harry Kane Set For 100th Cap – The Numbers Behind His Success

Captain Harry Kane will become just the 10th man to make 100 England appearances when the Three Lions face Finland in the Nations League at Wembley on Tuesday.

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Harry Kane Set For 100th Cap - The Numbers Behind His Success.

Captain Harry Kane will become just the 10th man to make 100 England appearances when the Three Lions face Finland in the Nations League at Wembley on Tuesday.

The 31-year-old made his debut in 2015 and is his country’s all-time top scorer with 66 goals in 99 games.

BBC Sport takes a look at some of his numbers on his journey towards the landmark.

Bayern Munich striker Kane will become the first person since Wayne Rooney in November 2014 to earn a 100th cap for England.

Rooney went on to earn 120 caps, putting him second on the all-time appearance list behind former goalkeeper Peter Shilton (125).

The others to have surpassed the century of appearances are David Beckham (115), Steven Gerrard (114), Bobby Moore (108), Ashley Cole (107), Bobby Charlton (106), Frank Lampard (106) and Billy Wright (105).

“When you look at the list [of players with 100 caps] it is a list of some our greatest players,” Kane said.

“I’m sure when I’m retired I’ll look back on this with immense pride.”

Kane said he will next target reaching 100 goals after making his 100th England appearance.

“I’ve done around 15, 16, 17 caps a year whereas a normal year would be 10,” he added.

“The goals were similar. I felt I was on 30 goals and then I went to 50 and then 60.

“It is definitely there and definitely possible. I feel like I am in a good place and these are good targets to try to reach.

“Some people may see them as unrealistic but I would rather go for something unrealistic and not quite make it rather than be comfortable just saying I will be happy with 70 or 80 goals.”

It all started for Kane with a goal just 79 seconds into his debut.

Starting on the bench in a Euro 2016 qualifier against Lithuania in March 2015, a 21-year-old Kane came on with the Three Lions 3-0 up and headed in his first goal for his country.

Since then he has scored 46 more goals than any other England player. He has also provided more assists than any other player in that time with 17.

Of his 99 caps, 29 have come at major tournaments for England (11 at the World Cup, 18 at the Euros), more than any other player.

As well as being England’s record scorer, he also has the most goals for England at major tournaments, with 15.

Kane has scored five hat-tricks for England – against Panama, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Albania and San Marino. Only Jimmy Greaves has scored more with six.

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