Michael Carrick will have had the longest England career of any outfield player since Sir Stanley Matthews if he appears at Euro 2016.
The Manchester United midfielder has only won 33 caps for his country since debuting in May 2001 but, if he features in France next summer, will become the first outfield player for more than half a century to have an international career that spanned 15 years.
Carrick, who has only played one match in a major tournament for England, is in Roy Hodgson's squad, started Friday's Euro 2016 qualifier against Lithuania and came off the bench in Tuesday's draw with Italy, when captain Wayne Rooney said he was the best player on the pitch "by a mile."
His former England teammates Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard, who made their bows in 2000 and 1999 respectively, played for their country for more than 14 years.
But while goalkeeper Peter Shilton, England's record caps holder, had an international career that lasted almost 20 years from 1970 to the 1990 World Cup, the last outfield player whose first and last appearances were separated by more than a decade and a half was Matthews.
The former Stoke and Blackpool winger, who was nicknamed "the Wizard of Dribble," won his first cap in 1934 at the age of 19 and his 54th and last in 1957, when he was 42.
Matthews, who was also named European Footballer of the Year in 1956, played on until he was 50 for Stoke.
While Carrick's England career is already longer than those of David Beckham, Bobby Moore and Bobby Charlton, the 33-year-old has won fewer caps than Shaun Wright-Phillips and as many as Kieron Dyer.