Harry Kane has reached another significant England milestone by equalling Peter Shilton's 36-year-old record as the most-capped Three Lions player. The Bayern Munich striker made his 125th appearance for the national team against the Czech Republic in the Nations League on Tuesday. Kane is already his country's record scorer with 89 goals in 124 appearances in a full international career he started by opening his account 79 seconds into his debut.
He may be 33 but remains a key player for club and country. BBC Sport has a look at the origins story of the England captain. England's greatest international?
Kane is now a serious contender When a six-year-old Harry Kane arrived for trials with Ridgeway Rovers in 1999, the youth side - who a generation earlier had produced David Beckham - thought they had found themselves a new goalkeeper. Dave Bricknell, former Ridgeway Rovers coach: "We're doing a little shooting session, and I ask for a lad who can go in goal. "This little boy puts his hand up and says: 'I'll go in goal.' We give him some gloves, and he performs heroics - makes some fantastic saves.
He's tipping it round the post, tipping a couple over the bar. "I'm thinking this is great, we've got a goalkeeper. And then this woman came up to me and said he's better on the pitch.
"We put him on pitch and he smacked goals in left, right and centre. So he ends up being our centre forward." Kane's prolific form for Ridgeway Rovers and his Waltham Forest district side caught the attention of professional scouts. Arsenal initially snapped up the youngster but decided not to keep him, while Watford also passed up the opportunity to sign Kane.
Trevor Bailey, Kane's manager at Waltham Forest: "Harry could have done nothing all game, but if that chance came up it was in the onion bag. "He was always on the move up front. When he got a chance, guaranteed four out of five he was going to score or set someone up." Alex Welsh, former academy coach at Arsenal: "I first met Harry in the academy and he was a very competent goalkeeper, but his real desire was to score goals.
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