Monday, December 15, 2008

All-Time Unique Internationals in the Premiership

If you've been coming to the blog for long enough, you may remember the unique international posts for last season and this season in the Premiership. The idea was to identify players that are the only one from their home country represented in the league.

In this post I've taken the idea a step further and have listed the All-Time Unique Internationals since the Premiership began in it's current format in 1992. These players are the only ones from their home nation to ever play in the Premier League.



Jamie Moreno - Pic from BBC


Belarus
Aliaksandr Hleb - Arsenal (2005-08)

Bolivia
Jaime Moreno - Middlesbrough FC (1995-96)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Muhamed Konjic – Coventry City (1998-01)

Congo
Christopher Samba - Blackburn Rovers (2006-09)

Estonia
Mart Poom – Derby County, Sunderland, Arsenal (1996-03, 2006-07)

Gabon
Daniel Cousin - Hull City (2008-09)

Grenada
Jason Roberts – West Bromwich Albion, Portsmouth, Wigan Athletic, Blackburn Rovers(2002-04, 2005-09)

Lithuania
Tomas Danilevicius – Arsenal (2000-01)

Montserrat
Ruel Fox – Norwich City, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur (1992-00)

Oman
Ali Al Habsi – Bolton Wanderers (2007-08)

Pakistan
Zesh Rehman – Fulham F.C. (2003-06)

Zambia
Collins Mbesuma – Portsmouth (2005-06)



Almost.... Nations with only Two Players All-Time in the Premiership

Costa Rica - Mauricio Solis, Paulo Wanchope
Cyprus - Alexis Nicolas, Nicos Papavasiliou
Iran - Karim Bagheri, Andranik Teymourian
Liberia - George Weah, Christopher Wreh
Paraguay - Diego Gavilan, Roque Santa Cruz
Sierra Leone - Al Bangura, Albert Jarrett
Togo - Emmanuel Adebayor, Moustapha Salifou

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