Kane set for 100th cap - the numbers behind his success

Captain Harry Kane will go conscionable nan 10th man to make 100 England appearances erstwhile nan Three Lions look Finland successful nan Nations League astatine Wembley connected Tuesday.

The 31-year-old made his debut successful 2015 and is his country's all-time apical scorer pinch 66 goals successful 99 games.

BBC Sport takes a look astatine immoderate of his numbers connected his travel towards nan landmark.

Bayern Munich striker Kane will go nan first personification since Wayne Rooney successful November 2014 to gain a 100th headdress for England.

Rooney went connected to gain 120 caps, putting him 2nd connected nan all-time quality database down erstwhile goalkeeper Peter Shilton (125).

The others to person surpassed nan period of appearances are David Beckham (115), Steven Gerrard (114), Bobby Moore (108), Ashley Cole (107), Bobby Charlton (106), Frank Lampard (106) and Billy Wright (105).

"When you look astatine nan database [of players pinch 100 caps] it is simply a database of immoderate our top players," Kane said.

"I'm judge erstwhile I'm retired I'll look backmost connected this pinch immense pride."

It each started for Kane pinch a extremity conscionable 79 seconds into his debut.

Starting connected nan chair successful a Euro 2016 qualifier against Lithuania successful March 2015, a 21-year-old Kane came connected pinch nan Three Lions 3-0 up and headed successful his first extremity for his country.

Since past he has scored 46 much goals than immoderate different England player. He has besides provided much assists than immoderate different subordinate successful that clip pinch 17.

Of his 99 caps, 29 person travel astatine awesome tournaments for England (11 astatine nan World Cup, 18 astatine nan Euros), much than immoderate different player.

As good arsenic being England's grounds scorer, he besides has nan astir goals for England astatine awesome tournaments, pinch 15.

Kane has scored 5 hat-tricks for England - against Panama, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Albania and San Marino. Only Jimmy Greaves has scored much pinch six.

His 99 caps person travel nether 4 different managers. He made his debut pinch Roy Hodgson arsenic leader and played 16 times for him, scoring 5 goals.

Kane played successful Sam Allardyce’s only crippled successful 2016 earlier making 81 appearances and scoring 61 goals nether Gareth Southgate.

He past started connected Saturday successful Lee Carsley’s first crippled successful complaint against nan Republic of Ireland.

Asked astir what has been nan astir difficult point to beryllium capable to support playing astatine nan highest level, Kane told BBC Radio 5 live: "I deliberation to beryllium capable to support producing awesome numbers, support producing awesome moments is astir apt nan hardest point to do, because location are galore players who are trying to return your spot and to return your place.

"It is patient to person that but to beryllium capable to get my 100th headdress successful 9 years, fundamentally shows awesome consistency."

Last week, Portugal awesome Cristiano Ronaldo reached nan landmark of 900 profession goals for nine and state astatine nan property of 39.

Kane is 8 years younger than Ronaldo and nan Bayern Munich striker says he sees nan erstwhile Manchester United and Real Madrid guardant arsenic inspiration for really agelong his ain profession tin go.

"I consciousness successful really bully shape, some physically and mentally, astatine a highest successful my career," he said.

"Watching different players, Ronaldo scoring his 901st extremity [against Scotland connected Sunday], seeing him compete astatine 39 years aged inspires maine to play for arsenic agelong arsenic possible.

"I emotion this game, I emotion representing England much than thing and I don't want it to extremity immoderate clip soon. For me, personally, now it's astir continuing to amended and being accordant some successful an England garment and astatine nine level.

"I'm quiet for more. I'm wished to support pushing nan boundaries."

On Tuesday, Finland will go nan 45th different state Kane has faced pinch England.

He has scored aliases assisted against each but 10 of nan 44 countries he has played against, scoring nan astir against Germany pinch 4 goals successful 4 appearances.

Kane has played against Italy nan most, facing them six times and scoring 3 goals against them.

Should he people against Finland past he will go conscionable nan 3rd subordinate to people connected his 100th England appearance, aft Wayne Rooney (versus Slovenia successful 2014) and Bobby Charlton (against Northern Ireland successful 1970)