2008-2009 Big 5 European Leagues Nationalities

Nationalities 2008-2009 Big 5 European Leagues

Nationalities 2008-2009 Big 5 European Leagues Table
Rk	Nation	# Players	Min	List
1	it Italy	352	485,301	Marco Di Vaio, Antonio Cassano, Alberto Gilardino, Sergio Pellissier, Gaetano D'Agostino, Simone Tiribocchi, Alessandro Del Piero, Fabrizio Miccoli, Sergio Floccari, Michele Fini ...
2	es Spain	351	499,923	David Villa, Xavi, Raúl, Juan Mata, Álvaro Negredo, José Barkero, Javier Camuñas, José Manuel Jurado, Fernando Llorente, Aritz Aduriz ...
3	fr France	335	497,472	André-Pierre Gignac, Yoann Gourcuff, Steve Savidan, Kévin Gameiro, Nicolas Anelka, Karim Benzema, Guillaume Hoarau, Thierry Henry, Fabrice Abriel, David Hellebuyck ...
4	de Germany	202	254,842	Mario Gómez, Patrick Helmes, Stefan Kießling, Kevin Kurányi, Piotr Trochowski, Sebastian Freis, Heiko Westermann, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Christian Gentner, Simon Rolfes ...
5	eng England	189	274,368	Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Kevin Davies, Peter Crouch, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Ashley Young, Gareth Barry, Danny Murphy, Matthew Taylor, James Milner ...
6	br Brazil	148	220,933	Michel Bastos, Grafite, Kaká, Fábio Simplício, Robinho, Dani Alves, Jeda, Denílson, Alexandre Pato, Nenê ...
7	ar Argentina	91	137,360	Lionel Messi, Diego Milito, Gonzalo Higuaín, Sergio Agüero, Mauro Zárate, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Esteban Cambiasso, Fernando Cavenaghi, Maxi Rodríguez, Javier Zanetti ...
8	uy Uruguay	38	43,859	Diego Forlán, Edinson Cavani, Juan Ángel Albín, Walter Pandiani, Guillermo Giacomazzi, Diego Godín, Luis Diego López, Carlos Valdez, Damián Macaluso, Sebastián Eguren ...
9	pt Portugal	37	56,662	Cristiano Ronaldo, Duda, Simão Sabrosa, Eliseu, José Bosingwa, Petit, Paulo Machado, Nélson Marcos, Hugo Almeida, Daniel Fernandes ...
10	sn Senegal	36	48,992	Demba Ba, Mamadou Niang, Abdoulaye Faye, Souleymane Diawara, Guirane N'Daw, Moussa Sow, Rémi Gomis, Jacques Faty, Issiar Dia, El Hadji Diouf ...
11	nl Netherlands	34	54,228	Dirk Kuyt, Robin van Persie, Arnold Bruggink, Clarence Seedorf, Arjen Robben, Joris Mathijsen, André Ooijer, Mario Melchiot, Gianni Zuiverloon, Edwin van der Sar ...
12	rs Serbia	33	41,352	Neven Subotić, Nemanja Vidić, Dejan Stanković, Milan Biševac, Marko Pantelić, Nikola Žigić, Ivica Iliev, Zdravko Kuzmanović, Nemanja Vučićević, Aleksandar Kolarov ...
13	ng Nigeria	31	32,722	Taye Taiwo, John Obi Mikel, Onyekachi Apam, Ikechukwu Uche, Rabiu Afolabi, Chinedu Obasi, Obafemi Martins, Kalu Uche, Joseph Yobo, Dickson Etuhu ...
14	ci Côte d'Ivoire	30	38,908	Gervinho, Bakari Koné, Emerse Faé, Romaric, Siaka Tiéné, Jean-Jacques Gosso, Kolo Touré, Salomon Kalou, Didier Drogba, Yaya Touré ...
15	cm Cameroon	27	40,966	Samuel Eto'o, Achille Emaná, Jean Makoun, Carlos Kameni, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Sébastien Bassong, Landry N'Guémo, Stéphane Mbia, Christian Bekamenga, Alexandre Song ...
16	ch Switzerland	27	37,003	Tranquillo Barnetta, Alexander Frei, Gökhan Inler, Stéphane Grichting, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Diego Benaglio, Blerim Džemaili, Marco Padalino, Valon Behrami, Ludovic Magnin ...
17	ie Republic of Ireland	27	35,906	Stephen Ireland, Robbie Keane, Rory Delap, Shay Given, Andy O'Brien, Damien Duff, Richard Dunne, Keith Andrews, Andy Reid, John O'Shea ...
18	hr Croatia	24	35,441	Vedran Ćorluka, Luka Modrić, Ivan Jurić, Ivica Olić, Mate Bilić, Mladen Petrić, Josip Šimunić, Ivan Klasnić, Dario Šimić, Ivan Rakitić ...
19	cz Czech Republic	22	42,708	Martin Fenin, Pavel Nedvěd, Jaroslav Plašil, David Jarolím, Petr Čech, Tomáš Ujfaluši, Marek Jankulovski, Jaroslav Drobný, Michal Kadlec, Zdeněk Grygera ...
20	ml Mali	21	30,965	Frédéric Kanouté, Mohamed Fofana, Modibo Maïga, Cédric Kanté, Mamadou Bagayoko, Drissa Diakité, Adama Coulibaly, Mohamed Sissoko, Seydou Keita, Mamady Sidibé ...
21	ma Morocco	21	25,309	Youssouf Hadji, Marouane Chamakh, Nabil Baha, Houssine Kharja, Jamel Aït Ben Idir, Kamel Chafni, Hassane Alla, Abdeslam Ouaddou, Michaël Chrétien, Hoalid Regragui ...
22	dk Denmark	21	24,721	Thomas Kahlenberg, Thomas Sørensen, Nicklas Bendtner, Simon Kjær, Michael Gravgaard, Martin Laursen, Dennis Sørensen, Per Krøldrup, Daniel Agger, Christian Poulsen ...
23	dz Algeria	19	27,124	Mehdi Lacen, Nassim Akrour, Karim Matmour, Abdelkader Ghezzal, Nadir Belhadj, Karim Ziani, Yazid Mansouri, Sofiane Feghouli, Antar Yahia, Habib Bellaïd ...
24	ro Romania	19	19,240	Adrian Mutu, Maximilian Nicu, Paul Codrea, Ciprian Marica, Emil Jula, Cosmin Contra, Daniel Niculae, Cristian Chivu, Ștefan Radu, Sergiu Radu ...
25	tr Türkiye	18	19,871	Mevlüt Erdinç, Tuncay Şanlı, Mehmet Aurélio, Halil Altıntop, Çağdaş Atan, Nuri Şahin, Tugay Kerimoğlu, Sinan Kaloğlu, Nihat Kahveci, Hamit Altıntop ...
Rk	Nation	# Players	Min	List
26	pl Poland	16	24,737	Artur Wichniarek, Ludovic Obraniak, Ireneusz Jeleń, Damien Perquis, Jakub Błaszczykowski, Dariusz Dudka, Mariusz Kukiełka, Eugen Polanski, Sebastian Boenisch, Jacek Krzynówek ...
27	gh Ghana	16	16,988	John Paintsil, Sulley Muntari, Moussa Narry, Kwadwo Asamoah, Isaac Vorsah, Godfried Aduobe, André Ayew, John Mensah, Michael Essien, Asamoah Gyan ...
28	be Belgium	15	20,717	Vincent Kompany, Marouane Fellaini, Filip Daems, Gaby Mudingayi, Kevin Mirallas, Roland Lamah, Eden Hazard, Daniel Van Buyten, Logan Bailly, Anthony Vanden Borre ...
29	se Sweden	15	20,061	Zlatan Ibrahimović, Petter Hansson, Johan Elmander, Kim Källström, Jonas Olsson, Markus Rosenberg, Olof Mellberg, Matias Concha, Per Nilsson, Martin Olsson ...
30	wls Wales	14	20,080	Simon Davies, Danny Collins, Sam Ricketts, Boaz Myhill, Craig Bellamy, Ryan Giggs, Jack Collison, James Collins, Gareth Bale, Jason Koumas ...
31	tn Tunisia	14	12,875	Fahid Ben Khalfallah, Yohan Benalouane, David Jemmali, Chaouki Ben Saada, Yassin Mikari, Lassad Nouioui, Sofian Chahed, Francileudo Santos, Karim Haggui, Saber Ben Frej ...
32	us United States	13	20,019	Carlos Bocanegra, Tim Howard, Clint Dempsey, Brad Friedel, Jermaine Jones, Michael Bradley, Steve Cherundolo, Jonathan Spector, Jozy Altidore, Landon Donovan ...
33	gr Greece	13	11,786	Nikos Liberopoulos, Vangelis Moras, Stathis Tavlaridis, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Alexandros Tziolis, Giourkas Seitaridis, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Ioannis Amanatidis, Theofanis Gekas, Angelos Charisteas ...
34	co Colombia	12	23,474	Carlos Sánchez, Mario Yepes, Faryd Mondragón, Iván Córdoba, Juan Pablo Pino, Juan Zúñiga, David Ospina, Luis Amaranto Perea, Cristián Zapata, Aquivaldo Mosquera ...
35	au Australia	12	18,836	Tim Cahill, Mark Schwarzer, Lucas Neill, Mark Bresciano, Joshua Kennedy, Brett Emerton, Brad Jones, Richard Garcia, Vince Grella, Mark Viduka ...
36	sk Slovakia	12	11,203	Marek Hamšík, Stanislav Šesták, Róbert Vittek, Martin Škrtel, Peter Pekarík, Filip Šebo, Matej Krajčík, Tomáš Košický, Marek Čech, Marián Kelemen ...
37	at Austria	11	17,453	György Garics, Paul Scharner, Emanuel Pogatetz, Christian Fuchs, Andreas Ibertsberger, Sebastian Prödl, Jürgen Säumel, Alex Manninger, Ümit Korkmaz, Ramazan Özcan ...
38	ba Bosnia and Herzegovina	11	13,120	Edin Džeko, Zvjezdan Misimović, Sejad Salihović, Vedad Ibišević, Ivan Radeljić, Hasan Salihamidžić, Miralem Pjanić, Haris Medunjanin, Asmir Begović, Said Husejinović ...
39	cl Chile	10	15,357	Carlos Carmona, Mauricio Isla, Arturo Vidal, David Pizarro, Mark González, Alexis Sánchez, Jaime Valdés, Matías Fernández, Carlos Villanueva, Luis Jiménez
40	si Slovenia	9	16,018	Milivoje Novaković, Mišo Brečko, Robert Koren, Samir Handanović, Valter Birsa, Boštjan Cesar, Bojan Jokić, Branko Ilić, Jan Koprivec
41	bg Bulgaria	9	11,145	Dimitar Berbatov, Stiliyan Petrov, Dimitar Rangelov, Stanislav Angelov, Valeri Domovchiyski, Chavdar Yankov, Valeri Bojinov, Martin Petrov, Hristo Yanev
42	mx Mexico	9	9,137	Andrés Guardado, Rafael Márquez, Ricardo Osorio, Pável Pardo, Aarón Galindo, Guillermo Franco, Carlos Vela, Omar Bravo, Giovani dos Santos
43	cg Congo	9	6,601	Christopher Samba, Oscar Ewolo, Lucien Aubey, Francis N'Ganga, Chris Malonga, Prince Oniangué, Delvin N'Dinga, Amine Linganzi, Juvhel Tsoumou
44	no Norway	8	16,324	Brede Hangeland, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Thorstein Helstad, John Carew, John Arne Riise, Daniel Braaten, Fredrik Strømstad, Erik Nevland
45	hu Hungary	8	11,832	Tamás Hajnal, Pál Dárdai, Márton Fülöp, Szabolcs Huszti, Zoltán Gera, Krisztián Vadócz, Péter Halmosi, Zsolt Lőw
46	sct Scotland	8	10,468	James Morrison, Phil Bardsley, Darren Fletcher, Richard Hughes, Craig Gordon, Alan Hutton, Graham Dorrans, Craig Beattie
47	fi Finland	8	9,353	Jussi Jääskeläinen, Mikael Forssell, Teemu Tainio, Sami Hyypiä, Petri Pasanen, Berat Sadik, Toni Kallio, Teemu Pukki
48	gn Guinea	8	9,016	Kamil Zayatte, Ibrahima Camara, Fodé Mansaré, Karba Bangoura, Alhassane Keita, Larsen Touré, Pascal Feindouno, Abdoul Camara
49	cd Congo DR	8	6,012	Hérita Ilunga, Cédric Mongongu, Joël Sami, Larrys Mabiala, Youssouf Mulumbu, Arnold Mvuemba, Kazenga LuaLua, Cédric Baseya
50	za South Africa	7	8,564	Nasief Morris, Steven Pienaar, Benni McCarthy, Aaron Mokoena, Bradley Carnell, Delron Buckley, Siyabonga Nkosi
Rk	Nation	# Players	Min	List
51	nir Northern Ireland	6	8,985	Aaron Hughes, Chris Brunt, Jonny Evans, George McCartney, David Healy, Chris Baird
52	al Albania	6	8,854	Ervin Skela, Lorik Cana, Mërgim Mavraj, Erjon Bogdani, Edmond Kapllani, Altin Lala
53	ca Canada	6	8,818	Rob Friend, Daniel Imhof, Kevin McKenna, Paul Stalteri, Julian de Guzmán, David Edgar
54	py Paraguay	6	8,366	Édgar Barreto, Nelson Valdez, Roque Santa Cruz, Justo Villar, Jonathan Santana, Marcelo Estigarribia
55	tt Trinidad and Tobago	6	8,342	Jlloyd Samuel, Kenwyne Jones, Justin Hoyte, Carlos Edwards, Dwight Yorke, Gavin Hoyte
56	ir IR Iran	6	7,966	Javad Nekounam, Masoud Shojaei, Ashkan Dejagah, Vahid Hashemian, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Andranik Teymourian
57	kr Korea Republic	6	6,991	Park Chu-young, Park Ji-sung, Lee Young-pyo, Kim Do-heon, Seol Ki-hyeon, Cho Won-hee
58	is Iceland	6	6,803	Grétar Steinsson, Hermann Hreiðarsson, Eiður Guðjohnsen, Emil Hallfreðsson, Veigar Páll Gunnarsson, Heiðar Helguson
59	il Israel	6	6,741	Yossi Benayoun, Dudu Aouate, Roberto Colautti, Tal Ben Haim, Gal Alberman, Tamir Cohen
60	bf Burkina Faso	6	6,125	Habib Bamogo, Jonathan Pitroipa, Charles Kaboré, Bakary Soro, Wilfried Sanou, Alain Traoré
61	jp Japan	6	5,870	Takayuki Morimoto, Makoto Hasebe, Junichi Inamoto, Daisuke Matsui, Shinji Ono, Yoshito Ōkubo
62	ge Georgia	6	4,832	Levan Kobiashvili, Aleksandre Iashvili, Kakha Kaladze, Levan Mchedlidze, Zurab Khizanishvili, Levan Kenia
63	pe Peru	5	10,401	Jefferson Farfán, Claudio Pizarro, Paolo Guerrero, Juan Manuel Vargas, Santiago Acasiete
64	jm Jamaica	5	8,377	Ricardo Fuller, Marlon King, Ricardo Gardner, Nyron Nosworthy, Tyrone Mears
65	ve Venezuela	5	7,183	Juan Arango, Fernando Amorebieta, Julio Álvarez, Jeffrén Suárez, Tomás Rincón
66	tg Togo	5	6,372	Alaixys Romao, Emmanuel Adebayor, Serge Gakpé, Mathieu Dossevi, Thomas Dossevi
67	ru Russia	5	4,581	Konstantin Rausch, Andrey Arshavin, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Viktor Budyanskiy, Dmitri Bulykin
68	me Montenegro	4	5,487	Mirko Vučinić, Stevan Jovetić, Savo Pavićević, Nikola Nikezić
69	eg Egypt	4	5,466	Amr Zaki, Mido, Mohamed Zidan, Mohamed Shawky
70	ec Ecuador	4	4,535	Antonio Valencia, Felipe Caicedo, Joffre Guerrón, Segundo Castillo
71	mk North Macedonia	4	4,084	Goran Pandev, Oka Nikolov, Igor Mitreski, Aleksandar Vasoski
72	cv Cape Verde	4	1,384	Dady, Valdo, Pelé, Ryan Mendes
73	mq Martinique	3	6,452	Johan Audel, Rémi Maréval, Olivier Thomert
74	km Comoros	3	394	Mohamed Youssouf, Djamel Bakar, Ben Nabouhane
75	hn Honduras	2	6,135	Maynor Figueroa, Wilson Palacios
Rk	Nation	# Players	Min	List
76	lb Lebanon	2	3,985	Youssef Mohamad, Roda Antar
77	ht Haiti	2	3,420	Jean-Jacques Pierre, Johny Placide
78	bj Benin	2	3,194	Stéphane Sessègnon, Khaled Adénon
79	ga Gabon	2	3,168	Éric Mouloungui, Daniel Cousin
80	nz New Zealand	2	3,119	Ryan Nelsen, Chris Wood
81	sl Sierra Leone	2	2,971	Curtis Davies, Rodney Strasser
82	ua Ukraine	2	2,577	Andriy Voronin, Andriy Shevchenko
83	xk Kosovo	2	821	Faton Toski, Samir Ujkani
84	gp Guadeloupe	2	137	David Sommeil, Livio Nabab
85	mg Madagascar	1	3,183	Jérémy Morel
86	zm Zambia	1	2,654	Christopher Katongo
87	gi Gibraltar	1	2,553	Danny Higginbotham
88	bb Barbados	1	2,320	Emmerson Boyce
89	er Eritrea	1	2,016	Henok Goitom
90	lt Lithuania	1	1,884	Marius Stankevičius
91	gd Grenada	1	1,728	Jason Roberts
92	pf Tahiti	1	1,632	Marama Vahirua
93	bi Burundi	1	1,562	Mohamed Tchité
94	ke Kenya	1	1,483	Dennis Oliech
95	cf Central African Republic	1	1,475	Frédéric Nimani
96	na Namibia	1	1,356	Collin Benjamin
97	sr Suriname	1	1,255	Ryan Donk
98	gq Equatorial Guinea	1	1,085	Rodolfo Bodipo
99	li Liechtenstein	1	1,047	Mario Frick
100	gf French Guiana	1	1,010	Ludovic Baal
Rk	Nation	# Players	Min	List
101	gy Guyana	1	845	Leon Cort
102	by Belarus	1	730	Alexander Hleb
103	ao Angola	1	674	Manucho
104	cw Curaçao	1	550	Shelton Martis
105	zw Zimbabwe	1	550	Benjani
106	cn China PR	1	274	Shao Jiayi
107	ug Uganda	1	246	Savio Nsereko
108	re Réunion	1	187	Bertrand Robert
109	sc Seychelles	1	176	Michael Mancienne
110	qa Qatar	1	92	Dame Traoré
111	kz Kazakhstan	1	60	Sergei Karimov
112	so Somalia	1	2	Ayub Daud

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