National goalkeeper Manuel Neuer played his 53rd international match as DFB captain on Saturday and drew level with Philipp Lahm in the list of record captains. Neuer was in the starting lineup in the Nations League game against Italy in Bologna.
For the goalkeeper from the German record champions Bayern Munich, it was the 110th appearance for the national soccer team.
The record captains of the DFB at a glance:
1. Lothar Matthäus 75 games as captain/150 overall
2.Michael Ballack 55/98
3. Philipp Lahm 53/113
3. Manuel Neuer 53/110
5. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 51/95
6. Franz Beckenbauer 50/103
7. Oliver Kahn 49/86
8. Uwe Seeler 40/72
9. Jurgen Klinsmann 36/108
10. Paul Janes 31/71
