England captain Harry Kane is in line to earn his a hundredth cap for the Three Lions after they tackle Finland on Tuesday night time at Wembley Stadium.
Kane will develop into the primary England man to achieve the milestone since Wayne Rooney, who notched up a century of appearances in November 2014.
He’ll develop into solely the tenth participant to achieve the landmark in England’s historical past, with Peter Shilton sitting high of the leaderboard with 125 caps.
The Soccer Affiliation have confirmed that Kane’s achievement will likely be celebrated with a novel presentation previous to England’s fixture with Finland.
In a press release, the governing physique wrote: ‘The FA pays tribute earlier than the UEFA Nations League fixture with a particular pre-match ceremony that may embrace the presentation of a gold cap.’
Harry Kane will likely be offered with a particular golden cap earlier than England tackle Finland
Kane is ready to develop into the primary participant since Wayne Rooney to achieve the 100-cap milestone
There will even be a pre-match tribute to former Three Lions boss Sven-Goran Eriksson, who handed away aged 76 final month.
Kane made his worldwide debut in March 2015, beneath Roy Hodgson, and located the web after simply 79 seconds.
He has gone on to attain an extra 65 objectives within the following 98 video games and is England males’s all-time main goalscorer.
He surpassed Rooney’s tally of 53 when he discovered the web by way of the penalty spot in opposition to Italy in March 2023.
Kane was named Three Lions captain beneath Gareth Southgate previous to the 2018 World Cup, the place he was high scorer with six objectives.
Throughout his 9 years in England colors, the striker has performed in 5 main tournaments, captaining the nation to their first two main worldwide finals since 1966.
He has performed in additional aggressive worldwide matches than any England participant in historical past, and when he leads out the aspect in opposition to Finland, they may develop into the forty fifth completely different nation he has confronted.
Kane is presently 31 years outdated, however previous to England’s victory over Eire, he insisted that he needs to steer his nation to the 2024 World Cup.
The 31-year-old captain marked his debut again in March 2015 with a objective after simply 79 seconds
He needs to comply with in Cristiano Ronaldo’s footsteps after Portuguese attacker netted 900th profession objective final week
Loads was made from Kane’s performances throughout Euro 2024 and he was hooked earlier than full-time within the ultimate in opposition to Spain, which England misplaced 2-1.
Nonetheless, following Cristiano Ronaldo’s landmark 900th objective within the sport, Kane needs to indicate he can maintain enjoying on the highest worldwide stage.
‘Cristiano is simply exhibiting this each week, each time he performs, each time he scores, so from my perspective, that is the goal,’ mentioned Kane. ‘I need to play so long as potential for England.’
‘I am certain there will likely be noise round me, like there nonetheless is round Cristiano, however so long as you retain performing and maintain doing what you already know you possibly can, that is all you are able to do.’
As regards to his type, Kane believes he isn’t the one participant who struggled through the summer time.
‘There was a variety of discuss through the Euros about me and my situation however I felt in fine condition,’ insisted Kane.
‘Did the video games go in addition to I wished them to? No not likely however I believe there was a variety of us who fell under par when it comes to particular person performances.
‘We did extraordinarily properly to get to the place we obtained to. I believe that was primarily right down to our crew spirit and the cohesion we had developed through the years.
England males’s high apperance-maker is Peter Shilton (proper) who notched up 125 caps
‘Generally when it does not go the best way you need it to go there may be all the time one thing to search for and blame.’
Kane must make 27 extra appearances for his nation if he’s to interrupt Shilton’s report, whereas he wants 22 extra to beat former captain Rooney, who made 120.
