List of foreign Premier League players

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This is a list of foreign players in the Premier League, which commenced play in 1992. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:

  1. Have played at least one Premier League game. Players who were signed by Premier League clubs, but only played in lower league, cup and/or European games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
  2. Are considered foreign, i.e., outside the United Kingdom determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for the national teams of England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

More specifically,

  • If a player has been capped on international level, the national team is used; if he has been capped by more than one country, the highest level (or the most recent) team is used. These include British players with dual citizenship.
  • If a player has not been capped on international level, his country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from British parents or moved to the United Kingdom at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.

Clubs listed are those for which the player has played at least one Premier League game—and seasons are those in which the player has played at least one Premier League game. Note that seasons, not calendar years, are used. For example, "1992–95" indicates that the player has played in every season from 1992–93 to 1994–95, but not necessarily every calendar year from 1992 to 1995. Therefore, a player should always have a listing under at least two years — for instance, a player making his debut in 2011, during the 2011–12 season, will have '2011–12' after his name. This follows general practice in expressing sporting seasons in the UK.

Up to now, 103 different foreign FIFA-affiliated nations have been represented in the Premier League. Burkina Faso was the most recent nation to be represented officially on the field by Bertrand Traoré making a substitute appearance for Chelsea on 5 December 2015, while Kosovar footballer Bersant Celina made his Premier League debut on 6 February 2016, officially representing Norway since Kosovo was not a FIFA member at the time. Both Gibraltar and Kosovo are the latest nations to be represented on the whole, retroactively by Danny Higginbotham and Bersant Celina respectively, following both nations' accession to FIFA on 13 May 2016.

In bold: players who have played at least one Premier League game in the current season (2015–16), and are still at the clubs for which they have played. This does not include current players of a Premier League club who have not played a Premier League game in the current season.

Details correct as of 15 May 2016

Albania Albania

Algeria Algeria

Angola Angola

Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina Argentina

Carlos Tevez won the Premier League at Manchester United and Manchester City
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Sergio Agüero has won two Premier League titles with Manchester City, and was the top scorer in 2014–15

Australia Australia

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Mark Schwarzer is the only player from outside the United Kingdom to play over 500 Premier League matches

Austria Austria

Barbados Barbados

Belarus Belarus

Belgium Belgium

Vincent Kompany captained Manchester City to win the Premier League title in 2012, earning him the accolade of Player of the Season
Eden Hazard was voted the Player of the Season after helping Chelsea to the Premier League title in 2015

Benin Benin

Bermuda Bermuda

Bolivia Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil Brazil

Edu was a member of the Arsenal "Invincibles" team which won the Premier League in 2004
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Anderson won four Premier League titles with Manchester United
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Rafael won three Premier League titles with Manchester United

Bulgaria Bulgaria

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso

Burundi Burundi

Cameroon Cameroon

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Geremi Njitap won two consecutive Premier League titles with Chelsea

Canada Canada

Cape Verde Cape Verde

Chile Chile

China PR China

Colombia Colombia

Congo Republic of the Congo

Costa Rica Costa Rica

Croatia Croatia

Curaçao Curaçao

Cyprus Cyprus

Czech Republic Czech Republic

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Petr Čech won four Premier League titles with Chelsea and holds the most Premier League clean sheets

Denmark Denmark

Peter Schmeichel won 5 Premier League titles with Manchester United and is the only goalkeeper to be voted Player of the Season

DR Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ecuador Ecuador

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Antonio Valencia won the Premier League twice with Manchester United

Egypt Egypt

Estonia Estonia

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

Finland Finland

France France

With 175 goals, all for Arsenal, Thierry Henry is the highest-scoring foreign player in Premier League history
Nicolas Anelka won the Premier League at Arsenal and Chelsea
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Gaël Clichy has won the Premier League with Arsenal and Manchester City. His part in Arsenal's 2004 triumph makes him the youngest player with a winner's medal
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Patrice Evra won the Premier League five times with Manchester United

Gabon Gabon

Gambia The Gambia

Georgia Georgia (country)

Germany Germany

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Jens Lehmann, goalkeeper for Arsenal during their undefeated season in 2003–04
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André Schürrle won the Premier League with Chelsea

Ghana Ghana

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Michael Essien won the Premier League twice with Chelsea

Gibraltar Gibraltar

Greece Greece

Grenada Grenada

Guinea Guinea

Guyana Guyana

Honduras Honduras

Hungary Hungary

Iceland Iceland

Iran Iran

Israel Israel

Italy Italy

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast

Didier Drogba scored 104 Premier League goals, the most by any African player, winning four league titles for Chelsea.

Jamaica Jamaica

Japan Japan

Kenya Kenya

Korea Republic South Korea

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Park Ji-Sung won the Premier League four times with Manchester United

Kosovo Kosovo

Latvia Latvia

Liberia Liberia

Lithuania Lithuania

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Mali Mali

Mexico Mexico

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Javier Hernández won the Premier League twice with Manchester United

Montenegro Montenegro

Montserrat Montserrat

Morocco Morocco

Netherlands Netherlands

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Edwin van der Sar is the holder of the record for the longest Premier League clean sheet streak, while playing for Manchester United
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Robin van Persie was Premier League top scorer in two consecutive seasons for two different clubs — Arsenal and Manchester United
Ruud van Nistelrooy was the top scorer and Player of the Season in 2002–03

New Zealand New Zealand

Nigeria Nigeria

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John Obi Mikel has won two Premier League titles for Chelsea

Norway Norway

Ole Gunnar Solskjær won 6 Premier League titles for Manchester United, a record for a player from outside the British Isles

Oman Oman

Pakistan Pakistan

Paraguay Paraguay

Peru Peru

Poland Poland

Portugal Portugal

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Cristiano Ronaldo won a hat-trick of Premier League titles with Manchester United, was twice voted Player of the Season and is the only player to win the FIFA World Player of the Year whilst playing in the Premier League.
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Ricardo Carvalho won three Premier League titles with Chelsea

Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland

Roy Keane won seven Premier League titles with Manchester United, including four as captain
Robbie Keane played for six different clubs and scored a total of 126 goals
As of the end of 2015–16, Shay Given has kept a total of 116 clean sheets

Romania Romania

Russia Russia

Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis

Senegal Senegal

Serbia Serbia

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Nemanja Vidić won five Premier League titles for Manchester United and was voted Player of the Season twice

Seychelles Seychelles

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone

Slovakia Slovakia

Slovenia Slovenia

South Africa South Africa

Spain Spain

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Fernando Torres was signed by Chelsea from Liverpool in 2011 for £50 million, then the most ever paid by a Premier League club
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Pepe Reina of Liverpool had the most Premier League clean sheets in three consecutive seasons

Sweden Sweden

Switzerland Switzerland

Togo Togo

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago

Dwight Yorke scored 123 Premier League goals, a record for a player from the Americas

Tunisia Tunisia

Turkey Turkey

Ukraine Ukraine

United States United States

Brad Friedel appeared in a record 310 consecutive Premier League matches during spells at Blackburn, Aston Villa, and Tottenham

Uruguay Uruguay

Luis Suárez was the top scorer in the 2013–14 Premier League, with a record-equalling 31 goals.

Venezuela Venezuela

Zambia Zambia

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

Notes

  1. ^ Kosovar Albanian. Born in Kosovo (then part of Yugoslavia)
  2. ^ Born in France
  3. ^ Born in the Netherlands
  4. ^ Born in England
  5. ^ Born in Macedonia (then part of Yugoslavia)
  6. ^ Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaïre)
  7. ^ Born in Croatia (then part of Yugoslavia)
  8. ^ Capped for the Morocco national football team
  9. ^ Capped for the Canada men's national under-20 soccer team
  10. ^ Born in Somalia
  11. ^ Born in Jamaica
  12. ^ Born in Poland
  13. ^ Born in Portugal
  14. ^ Born in South Africa
  15. ^ Born in Belgium
  16. ^ Born in Burundi
  17. ^ Bosnian Croat. Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of Yugoslavia)
  18. ^ Born in Brazil
  19. ^ Born in West Germany (now part of Germany)
  20. ^ Born in Greenland (autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark)
  21. ^ Born in Austria
  22. ^ Born in the Ivory Coast
  23. ^ Born in Sweden
  24. ^ Born in Ghana
  25. ^ Born in Réunion (Overseas department of the French Republic)
  26. ^ Born in Guadeloupe (Overseas department of the French Republic)
  27. ^ Capped for the Guadeloupe national football team
  28. ^ Born in Senegal
  29. ^ Born in Cameroon
  30. ^ Born in French Guiana (Overseas department of the French Republic)
  31. ^ Capped for the French Guiana national football team
  32. ^ Born in New Caledonia (Overseas territory of the French Republic)
  33. ^ Capped for the Poland national under-18 football team
  34. ^ Born in Martinique (Overseas department of the French Republic)
  35. ^ Capped for the Martinique national football team
  36. ^ Born in the Central African Republic
  37. ^ Born in Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia)
  38. ^ Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of Yugoslavia)
  39. ^ Born in Uganda
  40. ^ Capped for the Germany national under-21 football team
  41. ^ Capped for the England national under-17 football team
  42. ^ Capped for the Netherlands national under-21 football team
  43. ^ Capped for the France national under-21 football team
  44. ^ Capped for the England national under-21 football team
  45. ^ Born in Slovakia (then part of Czechoslovakia)
  46. ^ Born in Denmark
  47. ^ Born in Switzerland
  48. ^ Born in Algeria
  49. ^ Born in Argentina
  50. ^ Born in the United States
  51. ^ Capped for the England national football B team
  52. ^ Born in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union)
  53. ^ Capped for the France national under-19 football team
  54. ^ Born in Nigeria
  55. ^ Born in Curaçao (constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands [then part of the Netherlands Antilles])
  56. ^ Born in Suriname (then part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
  57. ^ Capped for the Catalonia national football team
  58. ^ Born in Canada
  59. ^ Born in Liberia
  60. ^ Capped for the Denmark national under-21 football team
  61. ^ Capped for the England national under-19 football team
  62. ^ Born in Uzbekistan (then part of the Soviet Union)
  63. ^ Capped for the England national under-20 football team
  64. ^ Capped for the France national under-18 football team
  65. ^ Born in Mozambique (then Portuguese Mozambique)
  66. ^ Born in Angola (then Portuguese Angola)
  67. ^ Born in Cape Verde
  68. ^ Born in Australia
  69. ^ Bosnian Serb. Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of Yugoslavia)
  70. ^ Capped for the Basque Country national football team
  71. ^ Born in Serbia (then part of Yugoslavia)
  72. ^ Capped for the Galicia national football team
  73. ^ Capped for the Switzerland national under-21 football team
  74. ^ Capped for the Samoa national under-20 association football team (then Western Samoa)
  75. ^ Born in Scotland
  76. ^ Capped for the Germany national football team
  77. ^ Capped for the Spain national under-19 football team
  78. ^ Born in Kosovo (then part of Yugoslavia)
  79. ^ Born in Suriname
  80. ^ Born in Germany
  81. ^ Capped for the Brazil national football team
  82. ^ Capped for the England national football C team
  83. ^ Capped for the Brazil national under-17 football team
  84. ^ Capped for the Belgium national under-17 football team
  85. ^ Capped for the Switzerland national under-18 football team
  86. ^ Born in Guinea-Bissau
  87. ^ Born in Spain
  88. ^ Capped for the England national under-18 football team
  89. ^ Born in Northern Ireland
  90. ^ Capped for the Northern Ireland national under-21 football team
  91. ^ Capped for the Cayman Islands national football team
  92. ^ Capped for the Scotland national under-21 football team
  93. ^ Capped for the Turkey national under-21 football team
  94. ^ Capped for the Paraguay national football team
  95. ^ Capped for the Northern Ireland national football B team
  96. ^ Capped for the Brazil national under-20 football team
  97. ^ Capped for the France national under-16 football team
  98. ^ Capped for the Scotland national football B team
  99. ^ Capped for the Portugal national under-21 football team
  100. ^ Capped for the Switzerland national under-16 football team
  101. ^ Capped for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-21 football team
  102. ^ Capped for the Argentina national under-20 football team
  103. ^ Capped for the France national under-20 football team
  104. ^ Capped for the Norway national under-21 football team

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