The footballer with the most appearances in soccer is Peter Shilton. Peter Shilton played football for 31 years. He made 954 appearances in all competitions, scoring 42 goals. Shilton was born on January 25, 1957 in St Albans, England. He was a goalkeeper for both club and country. Nicknamed "Peter Pan", he played for Nottingham Forest, Liverpool, Southampton and New York Cosmos of the American Soccer League before moving to America where he finished his career. He made his debut for England against Northern Ireland in March 1978 and kept goal as England won 2-1. Shilton was the first player to appear in an international match after making his debut. He was selected for another eight games until 1980 when he broke his arm during a 1-0 defeat to Northern Ireland at Wembley Stadium. After recovering from his injury, Shilton went on to win the Golden Glove award as the best goalkeeper in English football. After retiring from playing, he became the goalkeeping coach at Southampton then moved to New York where he worked with the Cosmos as their goalkeeper coach until 1995 when he returned to England to take over as goalkeeping coach at Leeds United.