Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Map: Non-UK/Irish European Players in the Premiership (09/10)





Albania (1)
Lorik Cana - Sunderland

Austria (2)
Stefan Maierhofer – Wolverhampton Wanderers
Paul Scharner – Wigan Athletic

Belgium (5)
Ritchie De Laet – Manchester United
Marouane Fellaini – Everton
Vincent Kompany – Manchester City
Anthony Vanden Borre – Portsmouth
Thomas Vermaelen - Arsenal

Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
Asmir Begović - Portsmouth F.C

Bulgaria (4)
Dimitar Berbatov - Manchester United
Valeri Bojinov - Manchester City
Martin Petrov - Manchester City
Stiliyan Petrov - Aston Villa

Croatia (6)
Vedran Ćorluka – Tottenham Hotspur
Niko Kranjčar – Tottenham Hotspur
Luka Modrić – Tottenham Hotspur
Eduardo da Silva - Arsenal
Nikola Kalinić – Blackburn Rovers
Ivan Klasnić – Bolton Wanderers

Czech Republic (3)
Petr Čech – Chelsea
Radoslav Kováč – West Ham United
Tomáš Rosický - Arsenal

Denmark (4)
Daniel Agger – Liverpool
Nicklas Bendtner – Arsenal
Lars Jacobsen – Blackburn Rovers
Thomas Sørensen – Stoke City

Finland (3)
Jussi Jääskeläinen – Bolton Wanderers
Toni Kallio – Fulham
Teemu Tainio - Sunderland

France (32)
Nicolas Anelka - Chelsea
Sebastien Bassong - Tottenham Hotspur
Pascal Chimbonda - Blackburn Rovers
Gaël Clichy – Arsenal
Abou Diaby - Arsenal
Mohamed Diamé – Wigan Athletic
Sylvain Distin - Everton
Patrice Evra - Manchester United
Juilen Faubert - West Ham United
William Gallas - Arsenal
Gael Givet - Blackburn Rovers
Younes Kaboul - Portsmouth
Olivier Kapo - Wigan Athletic
Steed Malbranque - Sunderland
Florent Malouda - Chelsea
Bernard Mendy - Hull City
Steven Mouyokolo - Hull City
Arnold Mvuemba - Portsmouth
Samir Nasri - Arsenal
David N'Gog - Liverpool
Charles N'Zogbia - Wigan Athletic
Steven N'Zonzi - Blackburn Rovers
Gabriel Obertan - Manchester United
Vincent Péricard – Stoke City
Frédéric Piquionne – Portsmouth
Damien Plessis - Liverpool
Sébastien Puygrenier - Bolton Wanderers
Bacary Sagna - Arsenal
Louis Saha - Everton
Mikaël Silvestre - Arsenal
Armand Traoré - Arsenal
Grégory Vignal - Birmingham City

Germany (4)
Michael Ballack - Chelsea
Kevin-Prince Boateng - Portsmouth
Robert Huth - Stoke City
Savio Nsereko - West Ham United

Greece (2)
Angelos Basinas - Portsmouth
Sotirios Krygiakos - Liverpool

Hungary (3)
Márton Fülöp - Sunderland
Zoltán Gera - Fulham
Péter Halmosi - Hull City

Iceland (3)
Joey Guðjónsson - Wolverhampton Wanderers
Hermann Hreiðarsson - Portsmouth
Grétar Steinsson - Bolton Wanderers

Israel (3)
Yossi Benayoun - Liverpool
Tal Ben Haim - Portsmouth
Tamir Cohen - Bolton Wanderers

Italy (6)
Fabio Borini - Chelsea
Carlo Cudicini - Tottenham Hotspur
Alessandro Diamanti - West Ham United
Andrea Dossena - Liverpool
Federico Macheda - Manchester United
Vito Mannone - Arsenal

Netherlands (12)
Ryan Babel - Liverpool
George Boateng - Hull City
Jeffrey Bruma - Chelsea
Nigel de Jong - Manchester City
Daniël de Ridder - Wigan Athletic
Dirk Kuyt - Liverpool
Mario Melchiot - Wigan Athletic
Andre Ooijer - Blackburn Rovers
Edwin van der Sar - Manchester United
Robin van Persie - Arsenal
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink – Hull City
Boudewijn Zenden - Sunderland

Norway (6)
John Carew - Aston Villa
Brede Hangeland - Fulham
Christian Kalvenes - Burnley
Erik Nevland - Fulham
Morten Gamst Pedersen - Blackburn Rovers
Bjørn Helge Riise – Fulham

Poland (2)
Łukasz Fabiański - Arsenal
Tomasz Kuszczak - Manchester United

Portugal (8)
Luis Boa Morte - West Ham United
José Bosingwa – Chelsea
Ricardo Carvalho - Chelsea
Deco - Chelsea
Paulo Ferreira - Chelsea
Henrique Hilário – Chelsea
Nani - Manchester United
Ricaro Vaz Te - Bolton Wanderers

Russia (4)
Andrey Arshavin - Arsenal
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov - Everton
Roman Pavlyuchenko - Tottenham
Yuri Zhirkov - Chelsea

Serbia (4)
Branislav Ivanović – Chelsea
Nenad Milijaš - Wolverhampton Wanderers
Zoran Tošić – Manchester United
Nemanja Vidić – Manchester United

Slovakia (3)
Martin Škrtel – Liverpool
Miroslav Stoch - Chelsea
Vladimír Weiss - Manchester City

Spain (11)
Manuel Almunia - Arsenal
Mikel Arteta - Eveton
Daniel Sanchez Ayala - Liverpool
Carlos Cuellar - Aston Villa
Cesc Fabregas - Arsenal
Javier Garrido - Manchester City
Jordi Gomez - Wigan Athletic
Pepe Reina - Liverpool
Albert Riera - Liverpool
Michel Salgado - Blackburn Rovers
Fernando Torres - Liverpool

Sweden (4)
Johan Elmander - Bolton Wanderers
Sebastain Larsson - Birmingham City
Martin Olsson - Blackburn Rovers
Fredrik Stoor - Fulham

Switzerland (3)
Valon Behrami - West Ham United
Philipp Degen - Liverpool
Johan Djourou - Arsenal

Turkey (1)
Tuncay Şanlı - Stoke City

Ukraine (1)
Andriy Voronin - Liverpool


32 - France
11-20 - Netherlands (12), Spain (11)
5-10 - Belgium (5), Croatia (6), Italy (6), Norway (6), Portugal (8)
4 - Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Russia, Serbia, Sweden
3 - Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Switzerland
2 - Austria, Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, Slovakia
1 - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey, Ukraine

5 comments:

  1. Two more I noticed were not included...

    Czech Republic: Rosicky, Arsenal
    Slovakia: Vlad Weiss, Man Citeh

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  2. Good catch Peter

    I'll fix it when I get a minute, appreciate you letting me know.

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  3. you also missed Senderos at Arsenal (Switzerland)

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  4. Ahhh!
    I'm sorry guys, I threw the list together rather quickly and didn't double check anything.

    When I have time I'll go back and fix everything.

    If there's any other players missing please let me know. I'll get this post right eventually.

    Thanks.

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