Premier League Foreign Players 1992-2012

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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

Premier League Foreign Players 1992-2012

[King Jela 20,390]

Swindon Town the racist bastards.

[The Godfather 72,053]

Blackpool with only 7 considering they have played in the PL is amazing.

Who was they guy from the Seychelles?

[ayrshireger 523]

Blackpool with only 7 considering they have played in the PL is amazing.

Who was they guy from the Seychelles?

Kevin Betsy I think.

[norniron1992 61]

Surprised Arsenal didn't have more, United is quite low for a big club. Strange seeing Portsmouth and Bolton so high as well.

[Davy Vandenbroucke 26,204]

Surprised Arsenal didn't have more, United is quite low for a big club. Strange seeing Portsmouth and Bolton so high as well.

Portsmouth and Arsenal were the first teams to play each other with both teams having no english players. No surprise really.

[derek1872 548]

Amazing to see United and Spurs so low on that list. Nice to see