Soccer-Kane matches Shilton's England appearance mark on milestone Wembley night

Soccer Football - Nations League - Group A3 - England v Czech Republic - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - October 6, 2026 England's Harry Kane during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Toby Melville

LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Captain Harry ⁠Kane matched Peter Shilton's England men's record of 125 appearances ⁠when he led the side against the Czech Republic in the ‌Nations League at Wembley on Tuesday.

The latest milestone came at the stadium where Kane's England journey began more than 11 years ago.

The Bayern Munich striker, already his country's all-time leading ​scorer with 89 goals, made an instant impact ⁠on his 2015 debut when ⁠he came off the bench against Lithuania in a European Championship qualifier and ⁠scored ‌79 seconds later.

"I think it's always special, even just walking out now and seeing the stadium, just the excitement of what's to ⁠come," Kane told ITV on Tuesday. "I try and never ​take it for ‌granted. It's obviously a special night tonight, but as always, we've got ⁠to focus ​on the job."

Kane has become one of the defining figures of the national team, breaking Wayne Rooney's scoring record and surpassing him as England's most-capped outfield player ⁠at the World Cup earlier this year.

The 33-year-old ​also broke Gary Lineker's England men's World Cup scoring record this past summer, drawing level on 10 with a double against Croatia, then moving clear with ⁠a goal against Panama. By the end of the tournament, Kane had extended the record to 14 World Cup goals.

Shilton, whose cap record has stood since 1990, posted a congratulatory message on X.

"You will go on and beat (the ​record) in November, I'm sure of that, and ⁠maybe go on and set a record that will never be beaten," he ​said in a video. "Because you're still going ‌strong, Harry, still playing well and scoring ​goals, and I know how much dedication and hard work you've actually put into achieving this."

(Reporting by Lori EwingEditing by Toby Davis)

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伦敦，10 月 6 日（路透社）——周二，在温布利球场举行的欧洲国家联赛中，队长哈里·凯恩率领英格兰队对阵捷克共和国，追平了彼得·希尔顿保持的英格兰男足出场 125 次的纪录。

凯恩迎来了他职业生涯的最新里程碑，而这座球场正是他11年前开启英格兰国家队征程的地方。

这位拜仁慕尼黑前锋已经是该国历史上进球最多的射手，共打入 89 球。他在 2015 年首次代表国家队出战，在对阵立陶宛的欧洲杯预选赛中替补登场，79 秒后便取得进球，立即展现了自己的实力。

“我觉得这总是很特别，即使现在只是走出球场，看到这座体育场，想到即将发生的一切，就令人兴奋不已，”凯恩周二告诉ITV。“我尽量不把这一切视为理所当然。今晚显然是个特殊的夜晚，但和往常一样，我们必须专注于比赛。”

凯恩已成为国家队的标志性人物之一，在今年早些时候的世界杯上打破了韦恩·鲁尼的进球纪录，并超越鲁尼成为英格兰队出场次数最多的非门将球员。

这位33岁的球员在今年夏天还打破了加里·莱因克尔保持的英格兰男足世界杯进球纪录。他在对阵克罗地亚的比赛中梅开二度，将自己的进球数追平至10个，随后又在对阵巴拿马的比赛中攻入一球，从而拉开了与莱因克尔的差距。到本届世界杯结束时，凯恩的世界杯进球数已达到14个。

希尔顿的工资帽纪录自 1990 年以来一直保持至今，他在 X 上发布了一条祝贺信息。

“我相信你会在11月打破（纪录），甚至可能创造一个永远无法被打破的纪录，”他在一段视频中说道。“因为你依然状态火热，哈里，依然表现出色，依然进球不断，我知道你为了取得这样的成绩付出了多少努力和心血。”

（Lori Ewing报道，Toby Davis编辑）

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