(London) England star striker Harry Kane has been presented with a gold cap to honour his 100th appearance.e selection on Tuesday before facing Finland at Wembley, where his second-half double gave his team a 2-0 victory.
In England, every footballer receives a cap after his first selection (” cape “, in English) in red, on which appear the crest of the national team (with its three lions) and its international number.
The federation mixed tradition and innovation on Tuesday with a special headgear for current captain Harry Kane, who became the tenth Englishman to reach the age of 100, the first since Wayne Rooney in November 2014.
Bayern Munich’s number 9, who donned gold-coloured boots for the occasion, received his precious cap from Frank Lampard (106 caps). His wife and two of their children, dressed in an English “Daddy 100” jersey, were at his side.
PHOTO JUSTIN TALLIS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Harry Kane with his wife and children Ivy and Vivienne
The top scorer in the history of the “Three Lions” (66 goals) remains far from the record 125 caps of former goalkeeper Peter Shilton, but he is close to Bobby Moore (108) and Bobby Charlton (106), world champions in 1966, or David Beckham (115) and Steven Gerrard (114), for example.
Kane made his national team debut on 27 March 2015 against Lithuania at Wembley. He came on as a substitute and scored 79 seconds after coming on in the second half.
The man who became England’s all-time leading scorer, ahead of Rooney, has scored 68 goals, including 22 penalties, in nine and a half years of international career. He added two more to his collection on Tuesday (57e76e), before being replaced to the loud applause of the supporters.
In 100 selections, he wore the captain’s armband 73 times and made 87 starts.