5 most surprising players to have played for England since 2000

#3 Jay Bothroyd

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Position: Striker

Appearances for England: 1

Current club: Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

Another one-cap wonder, Jay Bothroyd was the first Cardiff City player to feature for England and was the first Football League player since David Nugent to feature for the English national team. An absolute nomad of a footballer, Bothroyd has featured for no less than 12 clubs across the globe and currently plays for Japanese club Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo.

To think that a player who has scored only 7 times in around 60 odd games in the English top flight was given an English cap is baffling, considering the fact that the English striker roster in 2010 when Bothroyd won his cap, contained the likes of Micheal Owen, Jermaine Defoe, Peter Crouch and Darren Bent to name a few.

One of those who will be forever remembered as a disastrous selection to the English national team and as another dubious addition to the list of one cap players, Bothroyd is one of the symbols of the mediocrity that has become synonymous with the English national team over the years.