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Premier League Foreign Players 1992-2012

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  1. THFC6061

    THFC6061 Well-Known Member

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    A total of 1,347 Foreign (i.e, non-British Isles) players from 94 different countries have made at least one Premier League appearance from season 1992-93 to 2011-12.

    Here is the total number of Foreign Players arranged according to club affiliations (some players will have played for more than one club):

    102 Chelsea
    95 Manchester City
    89 West Ham United
    89 Bolton Wanderers
    89 Arsenal
    87 Liverpool

    82 Fulham
    79 Blackburn Rovers
    77 Tottenham Hotspur
    76 Newcastle United
    75 Portsmouth
    62 Everton
    61 Manchester United
    57 Aston Villa

    55 Sunderland
    51 Wigan Athletic
    50 Middlesbrough
    48 Derby County
    44 West Bromwich Albion
    43 Birmingham City
    38 Southampton
    33 Charlton Athletic
    30 Leeds United
    29 Coventry City
    26 Crystal Palace
    26 Sheffield Wednesday
    22 Watford
    21 Wolverhampton Wand
    19 Ipswich Town
    19 Queens Park Rangers
    17 Hull City
    16 Stoke City
    16 Leicester City
    16 Nottingham Forest
    15 Reading
    14 Wimbledon
    13 Sheffield United
    13 Norwich City
    11 Barnsley
    9 Burnley
    8 Swansea City
    7 Bradford City
    7 Blackpool
    3 Oldham Athletic
    2 Swindon Town


    And here are the 94 different countries:

    152 France
    88 Netherlands
    59 Spain
    54 Italy
    52 Norway
    52 Sweden
    47 Denmark
    45 Brazil
    43 Portugal
    42 Australia
    41 Argentina
    34 United States of America
    33 Germany
    28 Jamaica
    26 Nigeria
    25 Belgium
    22 Senegal
    21 Cameroon
    21 Czech Republic
    21 Serbia
    19 Croatia
    18 Switzerland
    17 Finland
    17 Greece
    15 Iceland
    15 Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
    14 Ghana
    13 Israel
    12 Poland
    12 Slovakia
    12 South Africa
    12 Uruguay
    11 Algeria
    11 Morocco
    10 Hungary
    10 Trinidad and Tobago
    10 Turkey
    9 Canada
    9 Korea, South
    9 Romania
    8 Austria
    8 Chile
    8 Ecuador
    8 Mali
    8 Mexico
    8 Russia
    7 Bulgaria
    6 Egypt
    6 New Zealand
    5 China
    5 Colombia
    5 Congo DR
    5 Georgia
    5 Honduras
    5 Paraguay
    5 Slovenia
    5 Ukraine
    4 Guinea
    4 Japan
    4 Latvia
    4 Peru
    4 Saint Kitts & Nevis
    3 Barbados
    3 Bosnia & Herzegovina
    3 Costa Rica
    3 FYR Macedonia
    3 Togo
    3 Tunisia
    3 Zimbabwe
    2 Belarus
    2 Bermuda
    2 Bolivia
    2 Congo
    2 Cyprus
    2 Grenada
    2 Iran
    2 Liberia
    2 Montenegro
    2 Sierra Leone
    1 Albania
    1 Angola
    1 Antigua and Barbuda
    1 Benin
    1 Cape Verde
    1 Curaçao
    1 Estonia
    1 Faroe Islands
    1 Gabon
    1 Lithuania
    1 Montserrat
    1 Oman
    1 Pakistan
    1 Seychelles
    1 Zambia
    1,347 Total Foreign Players

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  2. Erik

    Erik Well-Known Member

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    Get in! We had the only Gabonese player!

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  3. Toby

    Toby GC's Life Coach

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    Racist **** <grr>
     
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  4. Glesgabhoy67

    Glesgabhoy67 Well-Known Member

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    I'm surprised it is as low as that
     
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  5. Otto Flayshow

    Otto Flayshow Well-Known Member

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    What's your point, caller?
     
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  6. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    How many of them were tims?
     
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  7. Bib Fortuna's Maw

    Bib Fortuna's Maw Well-Known Member

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    Who was the Pakistani?
     
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  8. THFC6061

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    Zesh Rehman &#8211; Fulham &#8211; 2003&#8211;06
     
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