Claudio André Mergen Taffarel - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Brazilian 'keeper, who obtained 101 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

  
Caps   Date     Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition
  1   7/ 7/88   Melbourne       Australia       1-0     Bicentenary Cup
  2  10/ 7/88   Melbourne       Argentina       0-0     Bicentenary Cup
  3  13/ 7/88   Melbourne       Saudi Arabia    4-1     Bicentenary Cup
  4  17/ 7/88   Sydney          Australia       2-0     Bicentenary Cup
  5  28/ 7/88   Oslo            Norway          1-1     
  6   4/ 8/88   Wien            Austria         2-0     
  7  12/10/88   Antwerpen       Belgium         2-1     
  8  21/ 6/89   Basel           Switzerland     0-1     
  9   1/ 7/89   Salvador        Venezuela       3-1     Copa America
 10   3/ 7/89   Salvador        Peru            0-0     Copa America
 11   7/ 7/89   Salvador        Colombia        0-0     Copa America
 12   9/ 7/89   Recife          Paraguay        2-0     Copa America
 13  12/ 7/89   Rio de Janeiro  Argentina       2-0     Copa America
 14  14/ 7/89   Rio de Janeiro  Paraguay        3-0     Copa America
 15  16/ 7/89   Rio de Janeiro  Uruguay         1-0     Copa America
 16  23/ 7/89   Rio de Janeiro  Japan           1-0     
 17  30/ 7/89   Caracas         Venezuela       4-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 18  13/ 8/89   Santiago        Chile           1-1     World Cup Qualifier 
 19  20/ 8/89   São Paulo       Venezuela       6-0     World Cup Qualifier
 20   3/ 9/89   Rio de Janeiro  Chile           2-0 (1) World Cup Qualifier 
 21  14/10/89   Bologna         Italy           1-0     
 22  14/11/89   João Pessoa     Yugoslavia      0-0     
 23  20/12/89   Rotterdam       Netherlands     1-0     
 24  28/ 3/90   London          England         0-1     
 25   5/ 5/90   Campinas        Bulgaria        2-1     
 26  13/ 5/90   Rio de Janeiro  East Germany    3-3 
 27  10/ 6/90   Torino          Sweden          2-1     World Cup 
 28  16/ 6/90   Torino          Costa Rica      1-0     World Cup 
 29  20/ 6/90   Torino          Scotland        1-0     World Cup 
 30  24/ 6/90   Torino          Argentina       0-1     World Cup 
 31  27/ 2/91   Campo Grande    Paraguay        1-1     
 32  27/ 6/91   Curitiba        Argentina       1-1     
 33   9/ 7/91   Viña del Mar    Bolivia         2-1     Copa America
 34  11/ 7/91   Viña del Mar    Uruguay         1-1     Copa America
 35  13/ 7/91   Viña del Mar    Colombia        0-2     Copa America
 36  15/ 7/91   Viña del Mar    Ecuador         3-1     Copa America
 37  17/ 7/91   Santiago        Argentina       2-3     Copa America
 38  19/ 7/91   Santiago        Colombia        2-0     Copa America
 39  21/ 7/91   Santiago        Chile           2-0     Copa America
 40  11/ 9/91   Cardiff         Wales           0-1     
 41  26/ 8/92   Paris           France          2-0     
 42  16/12/92   Porto Alegre    Germany         3-1     
 43  17/ 2/93   Buenos Aires    Argentina       1-1     
 44   6/ 6/93   New Haven       USA             2-0     US Cup
 45  10/ 6/93   Washington      Germany         3-3     US Cup
 46  13/ 6/93   Washington      England         1-1     US Cup
 47  18/ 6/93   Cuenca          Peru            0-0     Copa America
 48  14/ 7/93   Rio de Janeiro  Paraguay        2-0     
 49  18/ 7/93   Guayaquil       Ecuador         0-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 50  25/ 7/93   La Paz          Bolivia         0-2     World Cup Qualifier 
 51   1/ 8/93   San Cristóbal   Venezuela       5-1     World Cup Qualifier 
 52   8/ 8/93   Rio de Janeiro  Mexico          1-1     
 53  15/ 8/93   Montevideo      Uruguay         1-1     World Cup Qualifier 
 54  22/ 8/93   São Paulo       Ecuador         2-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 55  29/ 8/93   Recife          Bolivia         6-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 56   5/ 9/93   Belo Horizonte  Venezuela       4-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 57  19/ 9/93   Rio de Janeiro  Uruguay         2-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 58   5/ 6/94   Edmonton        Canada          1-1     
 59   8/ 6/94   San Diego       Honduras        8-2     
 60  20/ 6/94   Palo Alto       Russia          2-0     World Cup 
 61  24/ 6/94   Palo Alto       Cameroon        3-0     World Cup 
 62  28/ 6/94   Detroit         Sweden          1-1     World Cup 
 63   4/ 7/94   Palo Alto       USA             1-0     World Cup 
 64   9/ 7/94   Dallas          Netherlands     3-2     World Cup 
 65  13/ 7/94   Pasadena        Sweden          1-0     World Cup 
 66  17/ 7/94   Pasadena        Italy           0-0 (2) World Cup 
 67  22/ 2/95   Fortaleza       Slovakia        5-0     
 68  13/ 7/95   Rivera          Colombia        3-0     Copa America
 69  17/ 7/95   Rivera          Argentina       2-2 (3) Copa America
 70  20/ 7/95   Maldonado       USA             1-0     Copa America
 71  23/ 7/95   Montevideo      Uruguay         1-1 (4) Copa America
 72   2/ 4/97   Brasília        Chile           4-0     
 73  30/ 4/97   Miami           Mexico          4-0     
 74  31/ 5/97   Oslo            Norway          2-4     
 75   3/ 6/97   Lyon            France          1-1     Tournoi de France
 76   8/ 6/97   Lyon            Italy           3-3     Tournoi de France
 77  10/ 6/97   Paris           England         1-0     Tournoi de France
 78  13/ 6/97   Santa Cruz      Costa Rica      5-0     Copa America
 79  16/ 6/97   Santa Cruz      Mexico          3-2     Copa America
 80  19/ 6/97   Santa Cruz      Colombia        2-0     Copa America
 81  22/ 6/97   Santa Cruz      Paraguay        2-0     Copa America
 82  26/ 6/97   Santa Cruz      Peru            7-0     Copa America
 83  29/ 6/97   La Paz          Bolivia         3-1     Copa America
 84  10/ 8/97   Seoul           South Korea     2-1     
 85   9/10/97   Belém           Morocco         2-0     
 86  11/11/97   Brasília        Wales           3-0     
 87   3/ 2/98   Miami           Jamaica         0-0     Gold Cup
 88   5/ 2/98   Miami           Guatemala       1-1     Gold Cup
 89   8/ 2/98   Los Angeles     El Salvador     4-0     Gold Cup
 90  10/ 2/98   Los Angeles     USA             0-1     Gold Cup
 91  15/ 2/98   Los Angeles     Jamaica         1-0     Gold Cup
 92  25/ 3/98   Stuttgart       Germany         2-1     
 93  29/ 4/98   Rio de Janeiro  Argentina       0-1     
 94   3/ 6/98   Saint Ouen      Andorra         3-0     
 95  10/ 6/98   Paris St.Denis  Scotland        2-1     World Cup
 96  16/ 6/98   Nantes          Morocco         3-0     World Cup 
 97  23/ 6/98   Marseille       Norway          1-2     World Cup 
 98  27/ 6/98   Paris           Chile           4-1     World Cup
 99   3/ 7/98   Nantes          Denmark         3-2     World Cup 
100   7/ 7/98   Marseille       Netherlands     1-1 (5) World Cup 
101  12/ 7/98   Paris St.Denis  France          0-3     World Cup 

Remarks:

(1) Chile abandoned the field when Brazil were winning 1-0; the match was
    awarded 2-0 to Brazil by FIFA.
(2) Brazil won 3-2 on penalty kicks.
(3) Brazil won 4-2 on penalty kicks.
(4) Brazil lost 3-5 on penalty kicks.
(5) Brazil won 4-2 on penalty kicks.

Note: The matches against Sweden (31/ 7/88), Argentina (30/ 8/88) and 
      Mexico ( 5/ 9/99), in which Taffarel played, are not considered
      full internationals and therefore not included here.

Total Record  

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
   101    62   27   12  198-  70     151      74.75

Types of Matches
Friendlies             31      
World Cup Qualifiers   12      
Copa America           25      
World Cup              18      
Other Tournaments      15

Total                 101    
Goals conceded:        70  (0.69 per match)


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Prepared and maintained by Roberto Mamrud for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Roberto Mamrud (robert@elsitio.net)
Last updated: 26 May 2001

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