A total of 19 Orient players have represented their country at full international level, from Englishman Owen Williams in 1923 to Zimbabwe’s Macauley Bonne on 8th November 2017 against Lesotho and 11th November 2017 against Namibia.
HOME COUNTRIES
ENGLAND
John Townrow – 2 caps
V Scotland 1925
V Wales 1926
Owen Williams – 2 caps
V Northern Ireland 1923
V Wales 1923
NORTHERN IRELAND
Ciaran Toner – 2 caps
V Italy 2003
V Spain 2003
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND (EIRE)
Anthony Grealish – 7 caps
V Norway 1976
V Poland 1976
V Norway 1978
V Denmark 1978
V N. Ireland 1979
V England 1979
V West Germany 1979
Grealish gained a total of 45 full caps for his country during his playing career, scoring eight goals.
WALES
Thomas Evans – 3 caps
V Scotland 1927
V England 1928
V Scotland 1928
Evans gained a total of four caps for his country during his playing career
Glyn Garner – 1 cap
V Trinidad & Tobago 2006
Edward Lawrence – 1 cap
V Northern Ireland 1930
Lawrence gained a total of two caps for his country during his playing career.
Malcolm Lucas – 4 caps
V Northern Ireland 1962
V Mexico 1962
V Scotland 1963
V England 1963
Thomas Mills – 2 caps
V England 1934
V Northern Ireland 1934
Mills gained a total of four caps for his country during his playing career.
Ernest Morley – 3 caps
V England 1929
V Scotland 1929
V Northern Ireland 1929
Morley gained a total of four caps for his country during his playing career.
Philip Woosnam – 1 cap
V Scotland 1958
Woosnam gained a total of 17 caps for his country during his playing career.
OTHER COUNTRIES
BARBADOS
Matthew Joseph – 2 caps
V Guatemala 2000
V USA 2000
CYPRUS
Jason Demetriou – 3 caps
v Serbia 2009
v Slovakia 2009
v Canada 2009
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Gabriel Zakuani – 1 cap
V Guinea 2005
JAMAICA
Jobi McAnuff – 16 caps
2014
V Venezuela November 12
V Antigua & Barbuda November 14
V Haiti November 16
V Trinidad & Tobago November 18
2015
V Venezuela March 27
V Uruguay June 13
V Paraguay June 16
V Argentina June 29
V Costa Rica July 2
V Canada July 11
V El Salvador July 14
V Haiti July 19
V USA July 22
V Mexico July 27
2016
V Costa Rica March 26
V Costa Rica March 30
McAnuff won three more caps in June 2016 against Venezuela, Mexico and Uruguay, but had already left O’s.
McAnuff gained a total of 32 caps for his country, scoring one goal up to December 31, 2016.
NEW ZEALAND
Christopher Zoricich – 3 caps
V Fiji 1992
V Vanuatu 1992
V Vanuatu 1992
Zoricich gained a total of 57 caps for his country during his playing career, scoring three goals.
NIGERIA
Tunji Banjo – 7 caps
V Tunisia 1981
V Tanzania 1981
V Tanzania 1981
V Guinea 1981
V Guinea 1981
V Algeria 1982
V Algeria 1982
John Chiedozie – 7 caps
V Tunisia 1981
V Tanzania 1981
V Tanzania 1981
V Guinea 1981
V Guinea 1981
V Algeria 1982
V Algeria 1982
Chiedozie gained a total of nine caps for his country during his playing career.
Zimbabwe
Macauley Bonne
V Lesotho 2017
V Namibia 2017
The top five O’s international players
16 caps | Jamaica | Jobi McAnuff | 2014-2016 |
7 caps | Eire | Tony Grealish | 1976-1979 |
7 caps | Nigeria | Tunji Banjo | 1981-1982 |
7 caps | Nigeria | John Chiedozie | 1981-1982 |
4 caps | Wales | Malcolm Lucas | 1962-1963 |