Foreign Players in the English Premiership

Since the inception of the FA Premiership in 1992, the number of foreign 
players have increased spectacularly. This is a list of all players
between then and the end of February 2000 to have made at least
one appearance.  Note that players born in the Republic of Ireland or
anywhere in the United Kingdom are not included.
  
ALGERIA
Moussa Saib (Tottenham Hotspur)
  
ARGENTINA
Fabian Caballero (Arsenal)
Horacio Carbonari (Derby County)
Juan Cobian (Sheffield Wednesday)
Esteban Fuertes (Derby County)
Carlos Arturo Marinelli (Middlesbrough)
Mauricio Taricco (Tottenham Hotspur)
Nelson Vivas (Arsenal)
  
AUSTRALIA
John Aloisi (Coventry City)
Mark Bosnich (Aston Villa and Manchester United)
Chris Coyne (West ham Utd)
John Filan (Coventry City and Blackburn Rovers)
Jason Kearton (Everton)
Harry Kewell (Leeds Utd)
Stan Lazaridis (West Ham Utd)
Steve Mautone (West Ham Utd)
Kevin Muscat (Crystal Palace)
David Oldfield (Leicester City)
Andy Petterson (Ipswich Town and Charlton Athletic)
Adem Poric (Sheffield Wednesday)
Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough)
Robbie Slater (Blackburn Rovers, West Ham Utd and Southampton)
Carl Veart (Crystal Palace)
Ned Zelic (QPR)

AUSTRIA
Martin Hiden (Leeds Utd)
Alex Manninger (Arsenal)
Christian Mayrleb (Sheffield Wednesday)
  
BARBADOS
Gregory Goodridge (QPR) 

BELGIUM
Philippe Albert (Newcastle Utd)
Adrian Bakalli (Watford)
Philippe Clement (Coventry City)
Gilles De Bilde (Sheffield Wednesday)
Marc Degryse (Sheffield Wednesday)
Regis Genaux (Coventry City)
Cedric Roussel (Coventry City)
Branko Strupar (Derby County)   

BERMUDA
Kyle Lightbourne (Coventry City)

BOLIVIA 
Jaime Moreno (Middlesbrough)
  
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
Muhamed Konjic (Coventry City) 
  
BRAZIL
Branco (Middlesbrough)
Emerson (Middlesbrough)
Jose Antunes Fumaca (Newcastle Utd)
Isaias (Coventry City) 
Juninho (Middlesbrough, 2 spells)
Silvinho (Arsenal)
Emerson Thome (Sheffield Wednesday and Chelsea)
  
BULGARIA 
Bontcho Guentchev (Ipswich Town)

CAMEROON
Marc-Vivien Foe (West Ham Utd)
Rigobert Song (Liverpool)

CANADA
Craig Forrest (Ipswich Town, Chelsea and West Ham Utd)

CHILE 
Javier Margas (West Ham Utd) 

COLOMBIA
Faustino Asprilla (Newcastle Utd)
Hamilton Ricard (Middlesbrough)

CONGO  
Michel Ngonge (Watford)

COSTA RICA
Mauricio Solis (Derby County)
Paulo Wanchope (Derby County and West Ham Utd)

CROATIA 
Aljosa Asanovic (Derby County)
Slaven Bilic (West Ham Utd and Everton)
Jovo Bosancic (Barnsley)
Nicola Jerkan (Nottingham Forest)
Silvio Maric (Newcastle Utd)
Igor Stimac (Derby County and West Ham Utd)  
Davor Suker (Arsenal)

CYPRUS
Nicos Papavasiliou (Newcastle Utd)

CZECH REPUBLIC
Patrik Berger (Liverpool)
Ludek Miklosko (West Ham Utd)
Karel Poborsky (Manchester Utd)
Vladimir Smicer (Liverpool)
Pavel Srnicek (Newcastle Utd and Sheffield Wednesday)
Jan Stejskal (QPR)
  
DENMARK
Mikkel Beck (Middlesbrough and Derby County)
Peter Degn (Everton)
Ronnie Ekelund (Southampton and Manchester City)
Per Frandsen (Bolton Wanderers)
Carsten Fredgaard (Sunderland)  
Bjarne Goldbæk (Chelsea)
Jes Høgh (Chelsea)
John Jensen (Arsenal)  
Martin Johansen (Coventry City)
Michael Johansen (Bolton Wanderers)
Jakob Kjeldbjerg (Chelsea)
Brian Laudrup (Chelsea)
Jacob Laursen (Derby County)
Jan Mølby (Liverpool)
Allan Nielsen (Tottenham Hotspur)
Per Pedersen (Blackburn Rovers)
Torben Piechnik (Liverpool)
Marc Rieper (West Ham Utd)
Peter Schmeichel (Manchester Utd)
Thomas Sørensen (Sunderland)
Claus Thomsen (Ipswich Town and Everton) 
Jon Dahl Tomasson (Newcastle Utd)

ESTONIA
Mart Poom (Derby County)

FINLAND
Petr Enckelman (Aston Villa)
Mikael Forssell (Chelsea)
Sami Hyypiä (Liverpool)
Mixu Paatelainen (Bolton Wanderers)

FRANCE
Samassi Abou (West Ham Utd)  
Bernard Allou (Nottingham Forest)
Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal)
Pegguy Arphexad (Leicester City)  
Patrick Blondeau (Sheffield Wednesday)
Thierry Bonalair (Nottingham Forest)
Alexandre Bonnot (Watford)
Eric Cantona (Leeds Utd and Manchester Utd)
Laurent Charvet (Chelsea and Newcastle Utd)
Patrick Colleter (Southampton)
Olivier Dacourt (Everton) 
Jean Claude Darcheville (Nottingham Forest)
Marcel Desailly (Chelsea)   
Didier Deschamps (Chelsea)
Kaba Diawara (Arsenal)
Didier Domi (Newcastle Utd)
Franck Dumas (Newcastle Utd)
Jean-Michel Ferri (Liverpool)
Rémi Garde (Arsenal)
David Ginola (Newcastle Utd and Tottenham Hotspur)
Alain Goma (Newcastle Utd)
Xavier Gravelaine (Watford)
Gilles Grimandi (Arsenal)
David Grondin (Arsenal)
Stéphane Guivarc'h (Newcastle Utd)
Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
Valérien Ismael (Crystal Palace)
Frederic Kanoute (West Ham Utd)
Marc Keller (West Ham Utd) 
Bernard Lama (West Ham Utd)
Bernard Lambourde (Chelsea) 
Pierre Laurent (Leeds Utd)
Frank Leboeuf (Chelsea)
Matthieu Louis-Jean (Nottingham Forest)
Mickael Madar (Everton)
Lionel Perez (Sunderland)
Sébastien Perez (Blackburn Rovers)
Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal)
William Prunier (Manchester Utd)
Bruno Rodriguez (Bradford City)
Franck Rolling (Leicester City)
Eric Roy (Sunderland)
Louis Saha (Newcastle Utd)
Mickael Silvestre (Manchester Utd)
David Terrier (West Ham Utd)
Patrick Valery (Blackburn Rovers)
Patrick Vieira (Arsenal)  
Jean-Guy Wallemme (Coventry City)

GEORGIA
Mikhail Kavelashvili (Manchester City) 
Temuri Ketsbaia (Newcastle Utd) 
Georgi Kinkladze (Manchester City and Derby County) 
  
GERMANY  
Stefan Beinlich (Aston Villa)   
Matthias Breitkreutz (Aston Villa)
Sean Dundee (Liverpool)
Steffen Freund (Tottenham Hotspur)  
Michael Frontzeck (Manchester City)
Maurizio Gaudino (Manchester City) 
Dietmar Hamann (Newcastle Utd and Liverpool)
Thomas Helmer (Sunderland)
Eike Immel (Manchester City)    
Stefan Karl (Manchester City)
Jürgen Klinsmann (Tottenham Hotspur, 2 spells) 
Lars Leese (Barnsley) 
Stefan Malz (Arsenal)
Alberto Mendez (Arsenal)
Karl Heinz Riedle (Liverpool)
Uwe Rösler (Manchester City)
Stefan Schnoor (Derby County)
Christian Ziege (Middlesbrough)

GHANA
Nii Lamptey (Aston Villa and Coventry City)
Tony Yeboah (Leeds Utd)

GREECE
Vassilis Borbokis (Derby County)
Nikos Dabizas (Newcastle Utd)
George Donis (Blackburn Rovers)
George Georgiadis (Newcastle Utd)
Theo Zagorakis (Leicester City)

GUINEA
Titi Camara (Liverpool)

HONDURAS
Milton Núñez

HUNGARY
Istvan Kozma (Liverpool)

ICELAND
Gudni Bergsson (Tottenham Hotspur and Bolton Wanderers)
Arnar Gunnlaugsson (Bolton Wanderers and Leicester City)
Heidar Helguson (Watford)
Hermann Hreidarsson (Crystal Palace and Wimbledon)
Thorvaldur Orlygsson (Nottingham Forest)

ISRAEL
Walid Badir (Wimbledon)
Eyal Berkovic (Southampton and West Ham Utd)
Najwan Ghrayib (Aston Villa)
Avi Nimni (Derby County)
Ronny Rosenthal (Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur)
Itzhik Zohar (Crystal Palace)

ITALY
Gabriele Ambrosetti (Chelsea)
Francesco Baiano (Derby County)
Nicola Berti (Tottenham Hotspur)
Patrizio Billio (Crystal Palace)
Ivano Bonetti (Crystal Palace)
Marco Branca (Middlesbrough)
Benito Carbone (Sheffield Wednesday and Aston Villa)
Pierluigi Casiraghi (Chelsea)
Carlo Cudicini (Chelsea) 
Samuel Dalla Bona (Chelsea) 
Paolo Di Canio (Sheffield Wednesday and West Ham Utd)
Roberto Di Matteo (Chelsea)     
Stefano Eranio (Derby County)
Gianluca Festa (Middlesbrough)
Stefano Gioacchini (Coventry City)  
Attilio Lombardo (Crystal Palace)  
Dario Marcolin (Blackburn Rovers)  
Marco Materazzi (Everton) 
Michele Padovano (Crystal Palace)
Alessandro Pistone (Newcastle Utd)
Fabrizio Ravanelli (Middlesbrough)
Francesco Sanetti (Sheffield Wednesday)
Andrea Silenzi (Nottingham Forest)
Massimo Taibi (Manchester Utd)
Paolo Tramezzani (Tottenham Hotspur)
Gianluca Vialli (Chelsea)
Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea)

IVORY COAST 
Ibrahima Bakayoko (Everton)

JAMAICA
Deon Burton (Derby County)
Robbie Earle (Wimbledon) 
Marcus Gayle (Wimbledon)
Paul Hall (Coventry City)
Danny Maddix (QPR)
Darryl Powell (Derby County)
Fitzroy Simpson (Manchester City)

LATVIA
Marian Pahars (Southampton)

LIBERIA
George Weah (Chelsea)
Christophe Wreh (Arsenal)

MACEDONIA
Valdo Bozinoski (Ipswich Town)
Georgi Hristov (Barnsley)
Goce Sedloski (Sheffield Wednesday)

MOROCCO
Youssef Chippo (Coventry City) 
Mustapha Hadji (Coventry City)
Hassan Kachloul (Southampton)
Tahar El-Khalej (Southampton)
Nayim (Tottenham Hotspur)

NETHERLANDS
Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal)
Regi Blinker (Sheffield Wednesday) 
George Boateng (Coventry City and Aston Villa)  
Jeroen Boere (West Ham Utd)
Marco Boogers (West Ham Utd)    
Jordi Cruyff (Manchester Utd)   
Fabian De Freitas (Bolton Wanderers)
Arjan De Zeeuw (Barnsley)
Ed De Goey (Chelsea)
Sieb Dykstra (QPR)
Alphonse Groenendijk (Manchester City) 
Ruud Gullit (Chelsea)
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Leeds Utd)
Glenn Helder (Arsenal)
Wim Jonk (Sheffield Wednesday)
John Karelse (Newcastle Utd)
Willem Korsten (Leeds Utd and Tottenham Hotspur)
Mario Melchiot (Chelsea)
Erik Meijer (Liverpool)
Robert Molenaar (Leeds Utd)
Luc Nijholt (Swindon Town)
Marc Overmars (Arsenal)
Bryan Roy (Nottingham Forest)
Hans Segers (Wimbledon and Tottenham Hotspur)
Gerard Sibon (Sheffield Wednesday)
Richard Sneekes (Bolton Wanderers)
Jaap Stam (Manchester Utd)
Laurens Ten Heuvel (Barnsley)
Orlando Trustfull (Sheffield Wednesday)
Raimond Van Der Gouw (Manchester Utd)
Robin Van Der Laan (Derby County)
Ulrich Van Gobbel (Southampton)
Pierre Van Hooijdonk (Nottingham Forest)
Michel Vonk (Manchester City)
Sander Westerveld (Liverpool)
Clyde Wijnhard (Leeds Utd)
Ron Willems (Derby County)
Richard Witschge (Blackburn Rovers)
Nordin Wooter (Watford)

NEW ZEALAND
Lee Norfolk (Ipswich Town)

NIGERIA
Daniel Amokachi (Everton)
Celestine Babayaro (Chelsea)
Efan Ekoku (Norwich City and Wimbledon)
Nwankwo Kanu (Arsenal)

NORWAY
Trond Andersen (Wimbledon) 
Martin Andresen (Wimbledon)
Espen Baardsen (Tottenham Hotspur)
Eirik Bakke (Leeds Utd)
Henning Berg (Blackburn Rovers and Manchester Utd)
Stig Inge Bjørnebye (Liverpool)
Lars Bohinen (Nottingham Forest, Blackburn Rovers and Derby County)
Jan Age Fjørtoft (Swindon Town, Middlesbrough and Barnsley)
Jostein Flo (Sheffield Utd)
Tore Andre Flo (Chelsea)
Frode Grodås (Chelsea)
Alf Inge Håland (Nottingham Forest and Leeds Utd)
Gunnar Halle (Oldham Athletic, Leeds Utd and Bradford City)
Vegard Heggem (Liverpool)
Jon Olav Hjelde (Nottingham Forest) 
Kare Ingebritsen (Manchester City)
Steffen Iversen (Tottenham Hotspur)
Stig Johansen (Southampton)
Erland Johnsen (Chelsea)
Ronny Johnsen (Manchester Utd)
Bjorn Tore Kvarme (Liverpool)
Oyvind Leonhardsen (Wimbledon, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur)
Andreas Lund (Wimbledon)
Claus Lundekvam (Southampton)   
Pål Lydersen (Arsenal)
Thomas Myhre (Everton)
Erik Nevland (Manchester Utd)
Roger Nilsen (Sheffield Utd and Tottenham Hotspur)
Runar Normann (Coventry City) 
Egil Østenstad (Southampton) 
Tore Pedersen (Oldham Athletic, Blackburn Rovers and Wimbledon)
Petter Rudi (Sheffield Wednesday) 
Stale Solbakken (Wimbledon)
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Manchester Utd)
Trond Egil Soltvedt (Coventry City and Coventry City)
Stale Stensaas (Nottingham Forest)
Frank Strandli (Leeds Utd)
Jo Tessem (Southampton)
Erik Thorstvedt (Tottenham Hotspur)

PARAGUAY
Diego Gavilan (Newcastle Utd)

PERU
Nolberto Solano (Newcastle Utd)
Ysrael Zúñiga (Coventry City)   

POLAND
Detsi Kruszynski (Coventry City)
Dariusz Kubicki (Aston Villa and Sunderland)
Robert Warzycha (Everton) 

PORTUGAL
Marco Almeida (Southampton) 
Paulo Alves (West Ham Utd)
Luis Boa Morte (Arsenal and Southampton)
Jorge Cadete (Bradford City)
Dani (West Ham Utd) 
Jose Dominguez (Tottenham Hotspur)
Paulo Futre (West Ham Utd)
Rodrigues Helder (Newcastle Utd)
Fernando Nélson (Aston Villa)
Hugo Porfirio (West Ham Utd and Nottingham Forest)
Bruno Ribeiro (Leeds Utd)
Dani Rodrigues (Southampton) 
Abel Xavier (Everton)  

ROMANIA
Ilie Dumitrescu (Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham Utd)
Viorel Moldovan (Coventry City)
Dan Petrescu (Sheffield Wednesday and Chelsea)
Gheorghe Popescu (Tottenham Hotspur)
Florin Raducioiu (West Ham Utd)

RUSSIA 
Andrei Kanchelskis (Manchester Utd and Everton)
Dmitri Kharine (Chelsea)

SENEGAL
Ally Dia (Southampton)  

SLOVAKIA
Vladimir Kinder (Middlesbrough)

SLOVENIA
Ales Krizan (Barnsley)

SOUTH AFRICA 
Mark Fish (Bolton Wanderers) 
Quinton Fortune (Manchester Utd)
Phil Masinga (Leeds Utd)
Lucas Radebe (Leeds Utd)
Mark Tinkler (Barnsley)

SPAIN 
Albert Ferrer (Chelsea)
Elena Marcelino (Newcastle Utd)

SWEDEN
Niklas Alexandersson (Sheffield Wednesday)
Anders Andersson (Blackburn Rovers)
Andreas Andersson (Newcastle Utd)
Patrik Andersson (Blackburn Rovers)
Jesper Blomqvist (Manchester Utd)
Tomas Brolin (Leeds Utd and Crystal Palace)
Martin Dahlin (Blackburn Rovers) 
Jan Eriksson (Sunderland) 
Johann Gudmundsson (Watford)
Niklas Gudmundsson (Blackburn Rovers)
Tomas Gustafsson (Coventry City)
Magnus Hedman (Coventry City)
Klas Ingesson (Sheffield Wednesday)
Pontus Kåmark (Leicester City)
Anders Limpar (Arsenal and Everton)
Fredrik Ljungberg (Arsenal)
Peter Markstedt (Barnsley)
Roland Nilsson (Sheffield Wednesday and Coventry City)
Martin Pringle (Charlton Athletic)
Marino Rahmberg (Derby County)
Stefan Schwarz (Arsenal and Sunderland)
Jonas Wirmola (Sheffield Utd)

SWITZERLAND
Gaetano Giallanza (Bolton Wanderers)
Stephane Hénchoz (Blackburn Rovers and Liverpool) 
Marc Hottiger (Newcastle Utd and Everton)
Giuseppe Mazzarelli (Manchester City)
Ramon Vega (Tottenham Hotspur)

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Clint Marcelle (Barnsley)
Dwight Yorke (Aston Villa and Manchester Utd)

UKRAINE
Alexandr Evtushok (Coventry City)
Oleg Luzhnyi (Arsenal)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Jimmy Crawford (Newcastle Utd)
Ian Feuer (West Ham Utd)
Brad Friedel (Liverpool)
John Harkes (Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham Utd and Nottingham Forest)
Cobi Jones (Coventry City)
Kasey Keller (Leicester City)
Joe-Max Moore (Everton) 
Predrag Radosavljevic or 'Preki' (Everton)
Jürgen Sommer (QPR) 
Roy Wegerle (Blackburn Rovers and Coventry City)

URUGUAY
Adrian Paz (Ipswich Town)
Gustavo Poyet (Chelsea)

YUGOSLAVIA
Sasa Curcic (Bolton Wanderers, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace)
Sasa Ilic (Charlton Athletic and West Ham Utd)
Darko Kovacevic (Sheffield Wednesday)
Savo Milosevic (Aston Villa) 
Dejan Stefanovic (Sheffield Wednesday)

ZIMBABWE
Bruce Grobbelaar (Liverpool and Southampton)
Peter Ndlovu (Coventry City)
About this document

NB: the list is updated until the end of the 1999/2000 season
Prepared and maintained by Simon Gleave the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Simon Gleave (simon.gleave@infostradasports.com)
Last updated: 15 Aug 2000