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Evans was handed his international debut by former boss Nigel Worthington when he started the 3-0 friendly defeat to Italy in Pisa on 6 June 2009 aged just 18 years and 311 days, however the majority of his caps, 34 to be precise, have been won under current manager Michael O’Neill.

During his half-century of internationals the former Manchester United trainee has been on a winning Northern Ireland side on 15 occasions. He has tasted defeat in a green shirt 25 times, while the remaining 10 matches have ended in stalemate.

The 28-year-old has played a total of 20 internationals at the National Football Stadium at Windsor Park, being on the winning side in exactly half of them. He has suffered defeat in six of those matches while the remaining four have ended in draws, three of them scoreless.

Corry became the 38th player to win 50 caps for Northern Ireland when he captained his country against Bosnia & Herzegovina last month. Reaching that landmark also meant he and Jonny became only the second set of brothers after England’s Gary and Phil Neville to both make 50 or more international appearances for any of the Home Nations.

Evans has only been cautioned five times during his Northern Ireland career. The last time he was shown a yellow card was in the 1-0 World Cup 2018 play-off defeat to Switzerland in Belfast last November when he was adjudged to have ‘handled’ the ball, which led to the decisive penalty!

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