International career Gary Cahill

cahill warming england in 2009

cahill 1 of number of uncapped players in stuart pearce s first squad england u21 coach did not feature in match, played on 6 february 2007, against spain. first under-21 cap england first match @ new wembley stadium, partnered anton ferdinand @ centre of england defence. final of 3 caps came in 2007 uefa european under-21 championship, made 1 appearance.

cahill called england squad match against kazakhstan on 4 june 2009 following withdrawal of rio ferdinand, had wait on year first cap, until came on second-half substitute michael dawson on 3 september 2010 against bulgaria in 4–0 win @ wembley stadium. in doing so, became first bolton wanderers player play england since michael ricketts in 2002. on 29 march 2011, cahill made first start national team against ghana in friendly ended 1–1.

until cahill played england, eligible play republic of ireland through irish grandparent. however, manager @ bolton , former ireland international, owen coyle, said cahill wanted represent england.

cahill playing england in 2012

on 2 september 2011, in first competitive start, cahill scored first international goal england against bulgaria in qualifying rounds of uefa euro 2012 in 13th minute. in netting opening goal, cahill became first bolton player score england since ray parry against northern ireland in 1959.

on 29 february 2012, cahill scored goal @ wembley against netherlands make score 1–2, england losing 2–3.

on 16 may 2012, named in new england manager roy hodgson s uefa euro 2012 squad. on 2 june, during 1–0 friendly win against belgium @ wembley, pushed belgium player dries mertens , collided england goalkeeper joe hart, , ruled out of euro 2012 broken jaw. replaced liverpool defender martin kelly.

cahill headed in leighton baines corner score third international goal in 3–0 wembley win on peru on 30 may 2014.

on 12 may 2014, cahill named in 23-man england squad 2014 fifa world cup. started 3 matches england eliminated @ group stage. in september 2014, named england s vice-captain wayne rooney, after international retirements of steven gerrard , frank lampard. on 9 october 2015, team qualified, captained england first time in 2–0 home win on estonia in uefa euro 2016 qualifying.