1996-1997 Big 5 European Leagues Nationalities

Nationalities 1996-1997 Big 5 European Leagues

Nationalities 1996-1997 Big 5 European Leagues Table
Rk	Nation	# Players	Min	List
1	fr France	416	620,322	Eric Cantona, Stéphane Guivarc'h, David Zitelli, Patrice Loko, Alain Caveglia, Xavier Gravelaine, Youri Djorkaeff, Corentin Martins, Sylvain Legwinski, Laurent Charvet ...
2	es Spain	411	588,387	Alfonso Pérez, Raúl, Oli, Víctor, Luis Enrique, Julen Guerrero, Cuco Ziganda, Manuel Alfaro, Jordi Lardín, Kiko ...
3	it Italy	392	473,806	Filippo Inzaghi, Fabrizio Ravanelli, Gianfranco Zola, Roberto Mancini, Vincenzo Montella, Sandro Tovalieri, Giuseppe Signori, Enrico Chiesa, Marco Negri, Pasquale Luiso ...
4	de Germany	356	436,603	Fredi Bobic, Ulf Kirsten, Stefan Kuntz, Sean Dundee, Jürgen Klinsmann, Bodo Illgner, Bernhard Winkler, Marco Bode, Stefan Beinlich, Dariusz Wosz ...
5	eng England	296	423,068	Alan Shearer, Ian Wright, Robbie Fowler, Les Ferdinand, Steve McManaman, Emile Heskey, David Beckham, Dion Dublin, Neal Ardley, Steve Claridge ...
6	br Brazil	48	84,607	Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Juninho Paulista, Sonny Anderson, Guilherme, Paulo Sérgio, Giovane Élber, Fabiano, Raí, Mazinho ...
7	ar Argentina	43	79,361	Juan Esnáider, Abel Balbo, Gabriel Batistuta, Ezequiel Castillo, Mauricio Pochettino, Fernando Gamboa, Gabriel Schürrer, Hernán Crespo, Javier Zanetti, Marcelo Ojeda ...
8	sct Scotland	35	56,031	Gary McAllister, Duncan Ferguson, Kevin Gallacher, Christian Dailly, Neil Sullivan, Colin Hendry, Colin Calderwood, Steve Clarke, Paul Telfer, Craig Burley ...
9	ie Republic of Ireland	35	45,884	Jason McAteer, Andy Townsend, Kenny Cunningham, Jeff Kenna, Gary Kelly, Curtis Fleming, Steve Staunton, Denis Irwin, Stephen Carr, David Kelly ...
10	nl Netherlands	34	48,552	Dennis Bergkamp, Clarence Seedorf, Alfred Nijhuis, Erik Meijer, Rob Maas, Michel Kreek, Adick Koot, Frank Verlaat, Johan de Kock, Harry Decheiver ...
11	hr Croatia	33	50,625	Davor Šuker, Dubravko Pavličić, Aljoša Asanović, Robert Jarni, Slaven Bilić, Zvonimir Soldo, Alen Peternac, Ardian Kozniku, Zvonimir Boban, Milan Rapaić ...
12	rs Serbia	31	47,966	Predrag Mijatović, Savo Milošević, Slaviša Jokanović, Milinko Pantić, Darko Kovačević, Vladimir Jugović, Dejan Stefanović, Siniša Mihajlović, Goran Pandurović, Branko Brnović ...
13	no Norway	23	39,696	Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Egil Østenstad, Alf-Inge Haaland, Henning Berg, Øyvind Leonhardsen, Kjetil Rekdal, Claus Lundekvam, Ronny Johnsen, Thomas Gill ...
14	pl Poland	22	31,433	Piotr Świerczewski, Marek Jóźwiak, Tomasz Wałdoch, Andrzej Juskowiak, Dariusz Kubicki, Jacek Bąk, Piotr Nowak, Tomasz Wieszczycki, Grzegorz Lewandowski, Wojciech Kowalczyk ...
15	wls Wales	21	43,044	Gary Speed, Mark Pembridge, Mark Hughes, Ian Rush, Dean Saunders, John Hartson, Neville Southall, Andy Melville, Mark Crossley, Ryan Giggs ...
16	ru Russia	20	32,986	Vladimir Beschastnykh, Yuriy Nikiforov, Valeri Karpin, Viktor Onopko, Aleksandr Mostovoi, Igor Lediakhov, Andrei Kanchelskis, Igor Simutenkov, Dmitri Radchenko, Sergei Yuran ...
17	uy Uruguay	19	34,680	Gus Poyet, Luis Diego López, Marcelo Otero, Fernando Correa, Rubén Sosa, Ricardo Canals, Álvaro Gutiérrez, Darío Silva, José Zalazar, Paolo Montero ...
18	se Sweden	19	20,266	Kennet Andersson, Patrik Andersson, Martin Dahlin, Jörgen Pettersson, Jonas Thern, Stefan Schwarz, Håkan Mild, Nemanja Miljanović, Jesper Blomqvist, Pontus Kåmark ...
19	dk Denmark	18	29,722	Peter Schmeichel, Allan Nielsen, Jacob Laursen, Thomas Helveg, Henrik Andersen, Mikkel Beck, Jan Heintze, Marc Rieper, Christian Lønstrup, Peter Nielsen ...
20	nir Northern Ireland	17	22,312	Michael Hughes, Ian Nolan, Neil Lennon, Jim Magilton, Keith Gillespie, Iain Dowie, Phil Gray, Maik Taylor, Keith Rowland, Steve Lomas ...
21	pt Portugal	16	27,724	Vítor Baía, Luís Figo, Fernando Nélson, Paulo Bento, Rui Costa, Abel Xavier, Daniel Kenedy, Fernando Couto, Hugo Porfírio, Hélder ...
22	ng Nigeria	16	25,987	Jonathan Akpoborie, Finidi George, Christopher Ohen, Efan Ekoku, Victor Ikpeba, Godwin Okpara, Sunday Oliseh, Mutiu Adepoju, Taribo West, Wilson Oruma ...
23	ro Romania	12	23,422	Dan Petrescu, Gheorghe Mihali, Dorinel Munteanu, Ion Vlădoiu, Gheorghe Popescu, Gheorghe Craioveanu, Ioan Lupescu, Corneliu Papură, Daniel Prodan, Florin Răducioiu ...
24	cz Czech Republic	12	23,083	Pavel Nedvěd, Luděk Mikloško, Vladimír Šmicer, Radek Bejbl, Jan Suchopárek, Jiří Němec, Radoslav Látal, Patrik Berger, Pavel Srníček, Karel Poborský ...
25	at Austria	12	20,925	Toni Polster, Andreas Herzog, Harald Cerny, Franz Wohlfahrt, Heimo Pfeifenberger, Michael Hatz, Markus Schopp, Otto Konrad, Wolfgang Feiersinger, Michael Wagner ...
Rk	Nation	# Players	Min	List
26	au Australia	12	9,122	Robbie Slater, Mark Bosnich, Stan Lazaridis, Paul Okon, Aurelio Vidmar, Ned Zelić, Mark Schwarzer, Damian Mori, Steve Mautone, Harry Kewell ...
27	be Belgium	11	16,797	Gilbert Bodart, Luís Oliveira, Marc Wilmots, Philippe Albert, Georges Grün, Enzo Scifo, Philippe Léonard, Bertrand Crasson, Régis Genaux, Dominique Lemoine ...
28	ch Switzerland	11	16,010	Stéphane Chapuisat, Marco Walker, Ciriaco Sforza, Alain Sutter, Ramon Vega, Stéphane Henchoz, Marco Pascolo, Guerino Gottardi, Sébastien Fournier, Marc Hottiger ...
29	bg Bulgaria	9	12,635	Lyuboslav Penev, Krasimir Balakov, Georgi Donkov, Daniel Borimirov, Yordan Letchkov, Hristo Stoichkov, Antonio Ananiev, Petar Hubchev, Engibar Engibarov
30	ba Bosnia and Herzegovina	9	11,700	Vladimir Gudelj, Hasan Salihamidžić, Meho Kodro, Milorad Ratković, Sergej Barbarez, Vlatko Glavaš, Mirsad Hibić, Zdenko Miletić, Alen Bajkuša
31	za South Africa	8	6,205	Lucas Radebe, Mark Fish, Sizwe Motaung, Eric Tinkler, Pierre Issa, David Nyathi, Quinton Fortune, Delron Buckley
32	us United States	8	6,188	Kasey Keller, David Regis, Thomas Dooley, Jovan Kirovski, David Wagner, Michael Mason, Claudio Reyna, Matt Okoh
33	dz Algeria	7	11,095	Moussa Saïb, Ali Benarbia, Abdelkader Ferhaoui, Youssef Salimi, Abdelhafid Tasfaout, Maamar Mamouni, Mehdi Méniri
34	gh Ghana	7	5,590	Abedi Pele, Samuel Kuffour, Mohammed Gargo, Ibrahim Tanko, Tony Yeboah, Joachim Yaw, Mallam Yahaya
35	cm Cameroon	6	11,237	Jacques Songo'o, Rigobert Song, Marc-Vivien Foé, Fabrice Moreau, Patrick M'Boma, Pierre Womé
36	jm Jamaica	6	10,653	Marcus Gayle, Robbie Earle, Darryl Powell, Frank Sinclair, Jason Euell, Jamie Lawrence
37	sk Slovakia	6	8,492	Alexander Vencel, Ľubomír Moravčík, Miloš Glonek, Peter Dubovský, Vladimír Kinder, Robert Kocis
38	ma Morocco	6	7,535	Mohammed Chaouch, Noureddine Naybet, Karim M'Ghoghi, Saïd Chiba, Hassan Kachloul, Aziz Rabbah
39	xc Commonwealth of Independent States	6	7,057	Igor Kolyvanov, Dmitri Cheryshev, Sergei Kiriakov, Igor Dobrovolski, Igor Shalimov, Sergey Shustikov
40	mg Madagascar	5	11,852	Éric Rabésandratana, Stéphane Collet, Hamada Jambay, Franck Rabarivony, Hervé Arsène
41	gn Guinea	5	7,295	Morlaye Soumah, Titi Camara, Kaba Diawara, Pablo Thiam, Lansana Soumah
42	tg Togo	5	5,601	Bachirou Salou, Komlan Assignon, Yao Mawuko Sènaya, Djima Oyawolé, Yao Aziawonou
43	gr Greece	5	3,816	Vasilios Tsiartas, Giorgos Donis, Petros Marinakis, Paschalis Seretis, Lampros Choutos
44	sn Senegal	5	2,318	Amara Traoré, Mamadou Faye, Ali Dia, Sylvain N'Diaye, Salif Diao
45	dd Germany DR	4	8,206	Perry Bräutigam, Burkhard Reich, Ralf Hauptmann, Uwe Weidemann
46	lr Liberia	4	7,658	Christopher Wreh, George Weah, James Debbah, Victor Konwlo
47	co Colombia	4	6,186	Faustino Asprilla, Carlos Navarro Montoya, Adolfo Valencia, John Harold Lozano
48	tn Tunisia	4	6,168	David Jemmali, Adel Sellimi, Mehdi Ben Slimane, Marouene Guezmir
49	me Montenegro	4	6,031	Anto Drobnjak, Miladin Bečanović, Igor Gluščević, Miodrag Vukotić
50	tr Türkiye	4	3,530	Muzzy Izzet, Neşat Gülünoğlu, Tuncay Nadaroğlu, Ahmet Usman
Rk	Nation	# Players	Min	List
51	ci Côte d'Ivoire	3	6,655	Ibrahima Bakayoko, Cyril Domoraud, Saliou Lassissi
52	si Slovenia	3	5,068	Rudi Istenič, Džoni Novak, Ermin Šiljak
53	il Israel	3	4,783	Eyal Berkovic, Haim Revivo, Ronny Rosenthal
54	yu Yugoslavia	3	3,596	Risto Vidaković, Dejan Savićević, Vlada Stošić
55	eg Egypt	3	3,447	Hany Ramzy, Yasser Radwan, Hazem Emam
56	mk North Macedonia	3	2,784	Mitko Stojkovski, Toni Mičevski, Goran Markov
57	cr Costa Rica	3	834	Rónald Gómez, Paulo Wanchope, Mauricio Solís
58	hu Hungary	3	615	Géza Mészöly, Krisztián Lisztes, Miklós Lendvai
59	lu Luxembourg	3	465	Jeff Strasser, Manuel Cardoni, Jonathan Joubert
60	tt Trinidad and Tobago	2	4,632	Dwight Yorke, Shaka Hislop
61	pe Peru	2	3,269	José del Solar, Flavio Maestri
62	cl Chile	2	2,753	Iván Zamorano, Francisco Rojas Rojas
63	py Paraguay	2	2,692	Miguel Ángel Benítez, Virgilio Ferreira
64	cd Congo DR	2	1,948	Roger Hitoto, Zico Tumba
65	ua Ukraine	2	1,902	Viktor Skrypnyk, Oleksandr Yevtushok
66	gp Guadeloupe	2	1,837	David Sommeil, Philippe Durpes
67	ht Haiti	2	1,347	Wagneau Eloi, Ernst Atis-Clotaire
68	am Armenia	2	337	Éric Assadourian, Michel Der Zakarian
69	td Chad	1	2,914	Japhet N'Doram
70	bo Bolivia	1	2,678	Juan Manuel Peña
71	bj Benin	1	2,551	Jean-Marc Adjovi-Bocco
72	mq Martinique	1	2,130	Charles-Édouard Coridon
73	ms Montserrat	1	1,767	Ruel Fox
74	pa Panama	1	1,489	Julio Dely Valdés
75	cv Cape Verde	1	1,481	Sandro Mendes
Rk	Nation	# Players	Min	List
76	cg Congo	1	1,382	Macchambes Younga-Mouhani
77	gq Equatorial Guinea	1	1,333	Benjamín Zarandona
78	lt Lithuania	1	1,271	Valdas Ivanauskas
79	zw Zimbabwe	1	1,117	Peter Ndlovu
80	is Iceland	1	429	Þórður Guðjónsson
81	ee Estonia	1	315	Mart Poom
82	ml Mali	1	266	David Coulibaly
83	ca Canada	1	235	Craig Forrest
84	re Réunion	1	217	Éric Assati
85	cy Cyprus	1	183	Rainer Rauffmann
86	su Soviet Union	1	135	Yuri Savichev
87	al Albania	1	101	Igli Tare
88	ao Angola	1	88	Miguel Francisco Pereira
89	gy Guyana	1	21	Carl Cort
90	jp Japan	1		Nobuyuki Zaizen
91	mu Mauritius	1		Jacques-Désiré Périatambée
92	ve Venezuela	1		José Luis Mosquera

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