Harry Kane set for 100th England cap as Three Lions host Finland

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Only nine men in history have been capped 100 or more times by England, and Harry Kane is set to join them when lining up against Finland at Wembley on Tuesday night.

Kane has already etched his name in Three Lions history as the nation's greatest goalscorer, as well as joining Gary Lineker as a World Cup Golden Boot winner.

Ahead of his 100th England cap, we look back on Kane's international career.

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1st cap - Lithuania, 27th March 2015

Scoring for fun in the Europa League, Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino had little choice but to give Kane a run of games in the Premier League. It was an opportunity Kane grasped with both hands; in his first 20 Premier League starts that season, Kane had bagged a remarkable 18 goals.

Roy Hodgson rewarded Kane with a first call-up to the England squad, where he would come off the bench to replace Wayne Rooney, scoring within seconds of his introduction against Lithuania.

10th cap - Netherlands, 29th March 2016

Twelve months down the line and Kane was an indispensable member of the Tottenham squad and a regular fixture for England, having been named PFA Young Player of the Year for his breakout campaign the season before.

His first three goals had all come off the bench before scoring against Germany as England came from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in the Olympiastadion.

As Hodgson looked to rotate his best XI, Kane was brought off the bench in a friendly against the Netherlands to pick up his 10th cap.

20th cap - Malta, 1st September 2017

At club level, Kane had now been named in the PFA Team of the Year for three straight seasons. He'd also won back-to-back Premier League Golden Boots and had just been named PFA Fans' Player of the Year.

Internationally, though, even more had happened between Kane's 10th and 20th caps for England. The Three Lions fell to one of their lowest nadirs, being dumped out of Euro 2016 by Iceland; Hodgson was sacked and replaced by Sam Allardyce; Allardyce himself then left a few weeks after his first game.

Gareth Southgate was then appointed, with Kane given the armband for the first time in the memorable 2-2 draw with Scotland at Hampden Park.

Kane had notched eight time for England by this point, and added two more to his collection as the Three Lions ran out 4-0 winners over Malta.

30th cap - Belgium, 14th July 2018

Cast your minds back to the World Cup of 2018. The nation had forgotten what rain felt like, Gareth Southgate had brought waistcoats back into fashion, and England looked like they might actually win the World Cup.

All of that happened before Kane had won his 30th cap, but on the back of two seasons of 29 and 30 goals for Tottenham, much was expected of England's talisman.

Kane actually entered the 2018 World Cup on just 24 caps and 13 goals but would go on to score six more as he won the Golden Boot, now England's permanent skipper.

England heartbreakingly lost the semi-final to Croatia though, casting them into a third-place play-off with Belgium, where they fell to a 2-0 defeat.

40th cap - Bulgaria, 7th September 2019

A year after his 30th cap, Kane would suffer more heartbreak. An injury ruled Kane out of the UEFA Champions League semi-final meaning he missed out on the legendary comeback against Ajax, and though he was just about fit for the final, Tottenham lost 2-0 to Liverpool as their wait for a trophy went on.

Kane scored a hat-trick against Bulgaria in his 40th England outing, notching his 23rd, 24th and 25th international goals as he neared the halfway mark of Rooney's total...

50th cap - Belgium, 15th November 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic saw Euro 2020 postponed a year but the Nations League returned that autumn as England were beaten by Belgium once again.

By his 50th cap, Kane had got himself to 32 goals, overtaking Nat Lofthouse, Alan Shearer and Tom Finney, climbing to seventh on the all-time list.

60th cap - Denmark, 7th July 2021

After a 12-month delay, the Euros had arrived and England had the chance to avenge their World Cup heartbreak.

Kane didn't have as much success as at the World Cup in front of goal, blanking throughout the group stage, but did score a game-clinching goal to beat Germany 2-0, before netting twice against Ukraine in the quarter-finals to set up a semi-final with Denmark.

Having fallen behind, England quickly levelled with a Simon Kjaer own goal, but the Three Lions failed to find a winner in 90 minutes.

Awarded a penalty towards the end of the first half of extra-time, Kane saw his spot-kick kept out by Kasper Schmeichel. Fortunately for Kane, the rebound fell kindly and the skipper could score at the second time of asking to land a place in the Euro 2020 final.

70th cap - Hungary, 4th June 2022

With just 70 caps to his name, Kane was already on 49 goals. He'd tied Michael Owen on 40 against Andorra, Jimmy Greaves on 44 with a hat-trick against Albania, and Gary Lineker with four more goals in his very next game against San Marino. A goal in the game after that saw Kane tie Sir Bobby Charlton on 49, with only four more needed to catch Rooney.

By now, it felt like a matter of when rather than if.

Kane would land his 70th cap against Hungary during the Three Lions' ill-fated 2022/23 campaign, where England would fail to record a single victory, but records were now very much in his sight.

80th cap - France, 10th December 2023

Two late goals in two games against Germany got Kane within touching distance of Rooney, whose record he only needed two goals to match. Despite a World Cup group containing Iran, the USA and Wales, Kane failed to find the net even as the Three Lions managed to score nine.

Kane did score in the last-16 tie with Senegal to get within one of Rooney, who he'd match with a penalty against France in the quarter-finals.

But Kane, normally so reliable from 12 yards, would get a second go at team-mate Hugo Lloris, only to blaze high over the bar. Kane's - and England's - wait would go on.

90th cap - Bosnia and Herzegovina, 3rd June 2024

Despite more heartbreak for Kane, he would at least break Rooney's goalscoring record in his very next England outing, scoring from the spot - as Rooney did - to become England's all-time top goalscorer.

Kane would add eight more for his country and now he's left breaking his own record. Now plying his trade with Bayern Munich, Kane scored his 63rd goal in his 90th England appearance as the Three Lions coasted to a 3-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina in a friendly.

99th cap - Ireland, 7th September 2024

Though Kane wouldn't find the net against Ireland - who he was actually eligible to represent via his father's place of birth - he would move within one match of the most illustrious company.

Still captaining the national side now, Kane has led his country out 75 times, with only Billy Wright and Bobby Moore (90 each) eclipsing the centre forward.

While it will be extremely difficult to ever overtake Kane's goalscoring record, he may well be eyeing up other landmarks...

Kane typically features around 20 times each tournament cycle for England; he's only 21 appearances behind Rooney, and if he extends his international career beyond the next World Cup in 2026, he'll likely overtake Rooney as England's most-capped outfield player, and quite possibly Peter Shilton, as England's most capped player of all time.