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Well, we couldn't put it off any longer; that thing somewhere in the desert had to get a mention somewhere along the line...

23 players have appeared in the World Cup Finals whilst with United:

1950 George Robledo (Chile)
1950 Jackie Milburn (England)
1954 Ivor Broadis (England)
1958 Tommy Casey (Northern Ireland)
1958 Dick Keith (Northern Ireland)
1958 Alf McMichael (Northern Ireland)
1986 Peter Beardsley (England)
1986 David McCreery (Northern Ireland)
1986 Ian Stewart (Northern Ireland)
1990 Roy Aitken (Scotland)
1998 Alan Shearer (England)
1998 David Batty (England)
1998 Rob Lee (England)
2002 Kieron Dyer (England)
2002 Shay Given (Republic of Ireland)
2002 Diego Gavilan (Paraguay)
2006 Michael Owen (England)
2006 Craig Moore (Australia)
2010 Jonas Gutierrez (Argentina)
2014 Mathieu Debuchy (France)
2014 Moussa Sissoko (France)
2014 Cheick Tiote (Ivory Coast)
2018 Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia)*

2022 Nick Pope (England) tbc
2022 Kieran Trippier (England) tbc
2022 Callum Wilson (England) tbc
2022 Fabian Schar (Switzerland) tbc
2022 Bruno Guimaraes (Brazil) tbc

France 1998 winner Stephane Guivarc'h is omitted, as he didn't formally agree to become a Magpie after the conclusion of that tournament.

* Aleksandar Mitrovic was officially a Newcastle player at WC 2018, with his loan period at Fulham expiring before the tournament and a permanent move to Craven Cottage not completed until afterwards.


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