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Internationalists

Over the years St. Mirren have had 45 players capped at full international level, representing 13 different nations.

 

28 of them for Scotland, three for Northern Ireland, two each for Iceland, Australia and the Republic of Ireland and one player has represented the teams of Wales, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Haiti, Uganda, Kenya and New Zealand.

The first Saints players capped were Andrew Brown and James 'Daddy' Dunlop who represented Scotland against Wales on the 22nd March 1890.
 
Most capped is Keanu Baccus with eighteen for the Australian national team. Billy Thomson and Iain Munro hold seven caps each for Scotland as the most capped Scottish players while at the club.


The most capped Scottish player to play for the Saints is Roy Aitken who gained 57 caps during his career, although only one of those was whilst at Love Street. The most capped player ever to wear the stripes is Mo Camara, who won 79 caps for Guinea prior to signing for Saints.
The most capped former Saint is Sander Puri who played for Estonia 92 times, although only one was as a Saint.


Only one St. Mirren player has had the honour of captaining Scotland and that was back in 1905 when Thomas Jackson skippered the team against Wales in Wrexham.
Icelander Therolf Beck had the honour of captaining his country against Finland in August 1964.

Two players have scored for Scotland. Bobby Rankin with two goals leads the way from Tommy Gemmell with one.

Alex Greive and Therolf Beck have both scored twice for their countries while Keanu Baccus, Duckens Nazon and Conor McMenamin have scored once for theirs.

Paul Fenwick became the first Saint to play in an international tournament when he lined up for Canada in the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Keanu Baccus became the first Saints player to play in the World Cup when he played for Australia against France on the 22nd of November 2022. In January 2024 he played in his second international tournament, The AFC Asian Cup.

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c- captain

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Keanu Baccus

18 Caps

25/09/2022   v New Zealand (s)

22/11/2022   v France (s) (WC-Grp)
26/11/2022   v Tunisia (s) (WC-Grp
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30/11/2022   v Denmark (s) (WC-Grp)

03/12/2022   v Argentina (WC-R16)

24/03/2023   v Ecuador

15/06/2023   v Argentina
10/09/23   v Mexico
13/10/23   v England

17/10/2023   v New Zealand

16/11/2023   v Bangladesh

21/11/2023   v Republic of Ireland

13/01/2024   v India (Asian Cup Grp)

18/01/2024   v Syria (s) (Asian Cup Grp)

23/01/2024   v Uzbekistan (Asian Cup Grp)

28/01/2024   v Indonesia (Asian Cup R16)

02/02/2024   v South Korea (Asian Cup QF)

21/03/2024   v Lebanon (g)

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Alex Greive

11 Caps

28/01/2022   v Jordan (s)
25/03/2022   v North Caledonia (2g)
27/03/2022   v Tahiti (s)
30/03/2022   v Solomon Islands
05/06/2022   v Peru
14/06/2022   v Costa Rica
25/09/2022   v Australia (s)

23/03/2023   v China (s)

26/03/2023   v China

16/06/2023   v Sweden
17/10/2023 v Australia

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Billy Thompson

7 Caps

16/05/1980   v N.Ireland
19/05/1981   v N.Ireland
25/03/1981   v N.Ireland (s)
18/11/1981   v Portugal
24/05/1983   v N.Ireland
12/06/1983   v Canada 
16/11/1983   v E.Germany

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Jamie McGrath

6 Caps (12)

03/06/2021   v Andorra (s)
01/09/2021   v Portugal
07/09/2021   v Serbia
09/10/2021   v Azerbaijan (s)
12
/10/2021   v Qatar

11/11/2021 v Portugal

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John Miller

5 Caps

28/03/1931   v England
20/05/1931   v Italy
24/05/1931   v Switzerland
08/05/1932   v France
14/04/1934   v England

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Ryan Strain

5 Caps

25/09/2022   v New Zealand (s)

15/06/2023   v Argentina (s)
13/10/2023   v England
17/10/2023   v New Zealand

21/11/2023   v Republic of Ireland

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George Walker

4 Caps

18/05/1930   v France
21/02/1931   v N.Ireland
16/05/1931   v Austria
24/05/1931   v Switzerland

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Willie Cunningham

4 Caps (30)

07/03/1951   v Wales
04/10/1952   v England
03/10/1953   v Scotland
03/11/1954   v Scotland

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Robert Rankin

3 Caps

26/05/1929   v Norway (G)
01/06/1929   v Germany
04/06/1929   v Holland (G)

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Elvis Bwomono

2 Caps (8)

22/03/2024   v Comoros
26/03/2024   v Ghana

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Tommy Gemmell

2 Caps

04/05/1955   v Portugal (G)
15/05/1955   v Yugoslavia

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Willie O'Hagan

2 Caps

25/10/1919   v England
14/02/1920   v Wales 

Also played several matches for the Irish Free State during the early 1920's

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Roy Aitken

1 Cap (57)

16/10/1991   v Romania (s)

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John Cameron

1 Cap (2)

26/03/1904   v Ireland

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Johnny Deakin

1 Cap

23/01/1946   v Belgium

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James Dunlop

1 Cap

22/03/1890   v Wales

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James Howieson

1 Cap

26/02/1927   v N.Ireland

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Denis Lawson

1 Cap

14/04/1923   v England

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Edward McBain

1 Cap

24/03/1894   v Wales

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Hugh Morgan

1 Cap (2)

19/03/1898   v Wales

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Duckens Nazon

1 Cap (50)

24/03/2019   v Cuba (g)

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Charles Pringle

1 Cap

12/02/1921   v Wales

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Alex Gogic

17 Caps (29)

24/03/2022   v Estonia
29/03/2022   v Estonia
24/09/2022   v Greece (s)
27/09/2022   v Kosovo (s)
16/11/2022   v Bulgaria
20/11/2022   v Israel

25/03/2023   v Scotland

17/06/2023   v Georgia

20/06/2023   v Norway

08/09/2023   v Scotland (s)

12/09/2023   v Spain
12/10/2023   v Norway
15/10/2023   v Georgia

16/11/2023   v Spain

19/11/2023   v Lithuania

21/03/2024   v Latvia

25/03/2024   v Serbia

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Iain Munro

7 Caps

02/06/1979   v Argentina
07/06/1979   v Norway
12/09/1979   v Peru
17/10/1979   v Austria
21/11/1979   v Belgium
21/05/1980   v Wales
24/05/1980   v England

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Conor McMenamin

7 Caps (13)

07/09/2023   v Slovenia

10/09/2023   v Kazakhstan
14/10/2023   v San Marino (s)(g)

17/10/2023   v Slovenia (s)

20/11/2023   v Denmark (s)

22/03/2024   v Romania (s)

26/03/2024   v Scotland (s)

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Thomas Jackson

6 Caps

12/03/1904   v Wales
26/03/1904   v Ireland
09/04/1904   v England
06/03/1905   v Wales (C)
04/03/1907   v Wales
16/03/1907   v Ireland

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Therolf Beck

5 Caps (20)

09/07/1962   v Norway
12/08/1962   v Republic of Ireland
02/09/1962   v Republic of Ireland
10/08/1964   v Bermuda (2g)
23/08/1964   v Finland (C)

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Guðmundur Torfason

4 Caps (26)

23/08/1989   v Austria
06/09/1989   v E.Germany
30/05/1990   v Albania
20/11/1991   v France

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Peter Weir

4 Caps (6)

16/05/1980   v N.Ireland
21/05/1980   v Wales
28/05/1980   v Poland (S)
31/05/1980   v Hungary

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Paul Fenwick

3 Caps (33)

10/01/1996   v Honduras (Gold Cup - Grp)
05/06/1996
   v Costa Rica

06/04/1997   v El Salvador

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Andrew Brown

2 Caps

22/03/1890   v Wales
21/03/1891   v Wales

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David Crawford

2 Caps (3)

24/03/1894   v Wales
31/03/1894   v Ireland

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Davie McCrae

2 Caps

26/05/1929   v Norway
01/06/1929   v Germany

 

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John Patrick

2 Caps

20/03/1897   v Wales

03/04/1897   v England

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Jonah Ayunga

1 Cap

23/03/2024   v Malawi (s)

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Trevor Carson

1 Cap (8)

12/06/2022   v Cyprus

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Andy Dorman

1 Cap (3)

23/05/2010   v Croatia

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James Hamilton

1 Cap

01/03/1924   v N.Ireland

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Richard Hunter

1 Cap

29/03/1890   v Ireland

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David Lindsay

1 Cap

21/03/1903   v Ireland

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Tom Morrison

1 Cap

02/04/1927   v England

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Sander Puri

1 Cap (92)

22/03/2013   v Netherlands

Some sources credit caps against Belarus,
Trinidad & Tobago and Kyrgyzstan
at the start of June 2013 as being
while a registered St Mirren player

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Willie Summers

1 Cap

17/04/1926   v England

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Willie Telfer

1 Cap

04/11/1953   v Wales

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John Taylor

1 Cap (4)

30/03/1895   v Ireland

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