He was selected to the squads that won the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2002 FIFA World Cup (and the 2006 World Cup, still not fully recovered from knee surgery), but only appeared in two games in final stages, the 3–2 win against Mexico in the first tournament and the 4–1 triumph over Japan in the third.
Ia terpilih untuk regu yang memenangkan Piala Konfederasi FIFA 1997 dan Piala Dunia FIFA 2002 (dan Piala Dunia FIFA 2006, masih belum sepenuhnya pulih dari operasi lutut), tetapi hanya muncul dalam dua game di tahap akhir, 3–2 menang melawan Meksiko di turnamen pertama dan kemenangan 4–1 atas Jepang di ketiga.