List of foreign Premier League players

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This is a list of foreign players in the Premier League, which commenced play in 1992. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:

  1. Have played at least one Premier League game. Players who were signed by Premier League clubs, but only played in a lower league, cup, and/or European games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
  2. Are considered foreign, i.e., outside the United Kingdom determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if his allegiance is not to play for the national teams of England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

More specifically,

  • If a player has been capped at an international level, the national team is used; if he has been capped by more than one country, the highest level (or the most recent) team is used. These include British players with dual citizenship.
  • If a player has not been capped at the international level, his country of birth is used, except for those who were born abroad from British parents or moved to the United Kingdom at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.

Clubs listed are those for which the player has played at least one Premier League game – and seasons are those in which the player has played at least one Premier League game. Note that seasons, not calendar years, are used. For example, "1992–95" indicates that the player has played in every season from 1992–93 to 1994–95, but not necessarily every calendar year from 1992 to 1995. Therefore, a player should always have a listing under at least two years – for instance, a player making his debut in 2011, during the 2011–12 season, will have '2011–12' after his name. This follows the general practice in expressing sporting seasons in the UK.

120 of the 211 foreign FIFA-affiliated nations have been represented in the Premier League. On 25 March 2025, Bangladesh became the most recent country to be represented, when Hamza Choudhury was called up and played for Bangladesh.

In bold: players who have played at least one Premier League game in the current season (2024–25), and are still at a club for which they have played. This does not include current players of a Premier League club who have not played a Premier League game in the current season.

For each country, the leading appearance-maker is indicated by the number of matches that he played in the Premier League.[1]

Details correct as of 25 May 2025.

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Africa (CAF)

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Riyad Mahrez was voted PFA Player of the Year after helping Leicester win the title in 2016

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Geremi won two consecutive Premier League titles with Chelsea

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In 2017–18, Mohamed Salah won the PFA Players' Player of the Year and was the top scorer with a record breaking 32 goals

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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was the joint-top goalscorer in the Premier League in 2018–19, scoring 22 goals for Arsenal

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Michael Essien won the Premier League twice with Chelsea

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Didier Drogba scored 104 Premier League goals and won four league titles with Chelsea

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Mikel John Obi won two Premier League titles for Chelsea

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Sadio Mané scored the quickest Premier League hat-trick, netting three goals in 176 seconds

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Mark Schwarzer is the only player from outside the United Kingdom to play over 500 Premier League matches

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Sun Jihai is the first East Asian to score a Premier League goal when he scored for Manchester City in 2002

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Shinji Kagawa won a Premier League title with Manchester United in 2013
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Shinji Okazaki won the Premier League with Leicester City in 2016

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Park Ji-Sung won four Premier League titles with Manchester United in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011
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Son Heung-min became the first Asian to reach 100 Premier League goals in 2023 with Tottenham Hotspur

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Vincent Kompany captained Manchester City to win the Premier League title in 2012, earning him the accolade of Player of the Season
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Eden Hazard was voted the Player of the Season after helping Chelsea to the Premier League title in 2015
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Kevin De Bruyne has won five Premier League titles with Manchester City, and was named Player of the Season twice

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Dimitar Berbatov won two Premier League titles with Manchester United, and was the league's top scorer in 2010–11

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Petr Čech won four Premier League titles with Chelsea and holds the most Premier League clean sheets

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Peter Schmeichel won five Premier League titles with Manchester United and is the only goalkeeper to be voted Player of the Season

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With 175 goals, all for Arsenal, Thierry Henry is the second highest-scoring foreign player in Premier League history
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Nicolas Anelka won the Premier League at Arsenal and Chelsea
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Eric Cantona captained Manchester United
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Patrice Evra won the Premier League five times with Manchester United

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Jens Lehmann, goalkeeper for Arsenal during their undefeated season in 2003–04
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İlkay Gündoğan won five Premier League titles with Manchester City

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Mario Balotelli is the only Italian to win the Premier League, doing so with Manchester City in 2012

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Edwin van der Sar is the holder of the record for the longest Premier League clean sheet streak, while playing for Manchester United
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Robin van Persie was Premier League top scorer in two consecutive seasons for two different clubs – Arsenal and Manchester United
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Ruud van Nistelrooy was the top scorer and Player of the Season in 2002–03

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Ole Gunnar Solskjær won six Premier League titles for Manchester United, a record for a player from outside the British Isles
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Erling Haaland scored a Premier League record 36 goals for Manchester City in the 2022–23 season

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Wojciech Szczęsny played over 100 Premier League matches for Arsenal, and kept the most clean sheets in the 2013–14 season

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Cristiano Ronaldo won a hat-trick of Premier League titles with Manchester United, was twice voted Player of the Season and is the only player to win the FIFA World Player of the Year while playing in the Premier League
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Ricardo Carvalho won three Premier League titles with Chelsea

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Roy Keane won seven Premier League titles with Manchester United, including four as captain
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Robbie Keane played for six different Premier League clubs and scored a total of 126 goals
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Shay Given kept a total of 113 Premier League clean sheets

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Dan Petrescu was selected as the right defender of the Premier League 10 Seasons Awards Overseas team

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Andrey Arshavin became the first player in Premier League history to score four goals in an away game at Anfield

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Nemanja Vidić won five Premier League titles for Manchester United and was voted Player of the Season twice

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Fernando Torres was signed by Chelsea from Liverpool in 2011 for £50 million, then the most ever paid by a Premier League club
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Cesc Fàbregas recorded 111 Premier League assists, the second most ever by a non-British player, and won two league titles with Chelsea
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Pepe Reina of Liverpool had the most Premier League clean sheets in three consecutive seasons

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Freddie Ljungberg won two Premier League titles with Arsenal and was named Player of the Season in 2002

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Wes Morgan captained Leicester's title-winning team in 2016

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Javier Hernández won the Premier League twice with Manchester United

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Dwight Yorke scored 123 Premier League goals, a record for a player from North America

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Brad Friedel appeared in a record 310 consecutive Premier League matches during spells at Blackburn, Aston Villa, and Tottenham

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Chris Wood has made over 200 Premier League appearances and played for five different clubs

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Carlos Tevez won the Premier League at Manchester United and Manchester City
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Sergio Agüero won five Premier League titles with Manchester City, and is the highest scoring foreign player in Premier League history

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Edu was a member of the Arsenal "Invincibles" team which won the Premier League in 2004
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Anderson won four Premier League titles with Manchester United
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Roberto Firmino is the highest-scoring Brazilian in Premier League history, and won a title with Liverpool

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Alexis Sánchez scored 60 Premier League goals for Arsenal

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Antonio Valencia won the Premier League twice with Manchester United

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Luis Suárez was the top scorer in the 2013–14 Premier League, with a then record-equalling 31 goals

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