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The Full History of Bolton's World Cup Players

• June 12, 2014 | By Chris Mann
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The 2014 FIFA World Cup is just a matter of hours away, so we've taken a look back at which Bolton players have made the tournament in the past.

Lee Chung-Yong will represent South Korea in Brazil over the next month, as he participates in his second World Cup finals. He will be the only Wanderers man on display this summer, marking the lowest number of Trotters players travelling to the competition since 1994 - when Jason McAteer featured in the Republic of Ireland squad.

Four years ago, Chung-Yong was joined by Stuart Holden and Danny Shittu in South Africa. The Wanderers winger featured in four games in 2010, scoring twice - in games against Argentina and Uruguay, respectively. Holden was restricted to just one substitute appearance, in USA's 1-1 draw with England, while Shittu played three times as Nigeria were eliminated at the group stage.

The very first Bolton player to play at the World Cup was Nat Lofthouse, who represented England twice in the 1954 tournament. Lofthouse scored three times that summer, the last of which came in the Three Lions' quarter-final defeat to Uruguay.

Including the aforementioned names, a total of 14 different Wanderers players have made it to the World Cup finals. Next week, Chung-Yong will almost certainly become the first to feature in two tournaments whilst under contract at Bolton.

Here, we look at a full list of who has gone to the World Cup and how successful they were in their countries' quest for glory. These statistics do not display data from before or after a player's time at the club.

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