There was once a time, during Antonio Conte's ill-fated second season, when Tottenham had as few as eight internationals representing their respective countries, such was the lack of quality within the Italian's squad.
And while the Lilywhites are only months removed from a season in which they finished 17th in the Premier League table, there's been a notable increase in the collective level of personnel at the manager's disposal.
An ambitious summer window saw multiple bona fide internationals arrive through the door at Hotspur Way, while improved runs of form from others in 2025 has seen them garner recognition from their national team coaches.
Spurs have so far navigated one international break without issue this season, and Thomas Frank will be desperate for his players to return to north London unscathed. A gauntlet run of fixtures is on the horizon for the Lilywhites.
Here's an overview of the Tottenham players representing their countries this month.
19 Tottenham players in action during October international break
We've had 16 players called up for senior international duty this October 🌍 pic.twitter.com/cIIVAY0TEG
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) October 6, 2025
Spurs have had 16 players called up to senior squads, and another three appearing for their respective U21 sides.
Mathys Tel and Wilson Odobert will once again feature for a France U21 team laden with talent, while Archie Gray remains in the England U21 setup.
Off the back of his maiden call-up last month and subsequent cap, Djed Spence has kept his place in Thomas Tuchel's England squad. The versatile full-back is the sole Three Lions representative from N17.
Destiny Udogie is back with the Italy squad, joining Guglielmo Vicario, while Xavi Simons and Micky van de Ven (Netherlands), João Palhinha (Portugal), Pedro Porro (Spain), Lucas Bergvall (Sweden), as well as Kevin Danso (Austria) should all be involved in UEFA World Cup qualifiers over the break.
The Netherlands and England are well placed to qualify automatically for next summer's tournament in North America. The others either still have work to do or only started their qualifying campaign last month.
Richarlison's Brazil have already booked their place, although the five-time world champions endured a miserable qualifying campaign. They have two friendlies this month, as do Uruguay, who opted not to pick some of their core players, including Rodrigo Bentancur, for their upcoming games. Cristian Romero is with his beloved Argentina.
Pape Matar Sarr's Senegal are on the cusp of securing their World Cup place, but Yves Bissouma's Mali are unlikely to make it. Having missed out on the African Cup of Nations, Mohammed Kudus's Ghana look set to atone by qualifying for the big one.