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11 de junio de 2024

European countries producing the most Premier League players

Countries that have produced the most Premier League players, according to new study

England tops the list, with 267 players this season
France and Brazil tie in second place, with 30 players each in the 23/24 Premier League
Portugal produces more players than Scotland and Wales, with 22 players in the league, placing them third

Players from a total of 65 countries have participated in the 23/24 season of the Premier League – but which of those countries have produced the most players?

Experts at CasionAlpha.com have analysed the nationalities of current Premier League players in the 23/24 season to determine which countries have produced the most overall.

England is in first place, with 267 players in the Premier League this season. With the league’s homegrown rule requiring 17 out of a team’s 25 of players to be domestic, star players such as Ollie Watkins and Phil Foden have proven their value.

France and Brazil tie in second place, obtaining 30 players each, with valuable players such as William Saliba from France and Thiago Silva from Brazil maintaining top statistics for their clubs.

Portugal is third on the list, with 22 players; their most valuable player is Rúben Dias whose market value is £80,000,000.

With 19 players each, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain and Scotland tie in the fourth spot. Spain is the only country out of the four to have a player reach the top ten most valuable; Rodrigo Cascante shares the title of most valuable defensive midfielder in the Premier League with Declan Rice, both having a market value of £110,000,000.

Belgium sits at number five with 16 players in the league; this includes the Premier League’s highest earning player, Kevin De Bruyne, who has a salary of £20,800,000.

Wales appears in sixth place, with 15 players in the English Premier League. Brennan Johnson proves to be Wales’ most valuable player following his transfer from Nottingham Forrest to Tottenham Hotspur, with a fee of £55,000,000.

2022 World Cup winners Argentina have produced 14 players in this season’s Premier League, placing them seventh on the list. Argentinian Julián Álvarez has contributed 10 goals to potential league winners Manchester City.

Denmark takes eighth place, with 13 football players achieving a spot in the Premier League. This includes Joachim Andersen, who has played the most minutes out of all of Denmark’s players with over 3,000 spent on the field.

Placing ninth is Germany, with 10 players in the league. One of Germany’s star players includes Kai Havertz who has a market value of £60,000,000.

In tenth place is Italy, with 9 players making it to the highest division of English football. Italy’s Destiny Udogie is the most valuable left-back in the league with a market value of £45,000,000.

Rank	Country	Number of Players
1	England	267
2	France, Brazil	30
3	Portugal	22
4	Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Scotland	19
5	Belgium	16
6	Wales	15
7	Argentina	14
8	Denmark	13
9	Germany	10
10	Italy	9

A spokesperson from CasinoAlpha.com has commented on the findings: "It's incredible to see that England has over eight times the number of players than France and Brazil in second place. It’s also interesting that a non-European country, Brazil, has more players in the division than British nations Scotland and Wales.

“We hope to see even more players from British nations make it to the Premier League in the future as grassroots football clubs in the UK progress.”

This information has been provided by CasinoAlpha.com, an online casino review and comparison site, which offers advice and tips.

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Methodology

A list of Premier League players and their nationality from the 23/24 season was obtained before calculating the countries with the most players.

Sources:

https://www.premierleague.com/players

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/

Full data set:

Rank	Country	Number of Players
1	England	267
2	France, Brazil	30
3	Portugal	22
4	Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Scotland	19
5	Belgium	16
6	Wales	15
7	Argentina	14
8	Denmark	13
9	Germany	10
10	Italy	9
11	Nigeria	8
12	Ghana, Poland, Sweden, United States	7
13	Northern Ireland, Senegal, Jamaica, Cote De I'voire, Colombia	6
14	Ukraine	5
15	Switzerland, Mali, Japan, Greece, Cameroon	4
16	Canada, Croatia, Paraguay, South Korea, Turkey, Uruguay	3
17	Tunisia, Slovakia,Serbia, Romania, New Zealand, Morocco, Mexico, Iceland, Hungary, Ecuador, Egypt, DR Congo, Czech Republic, Chile, Burkina Faso, Australia, Algeria, Albania	2
18	Bosnia & Herzegovina, Estonia, Finland, Gabon, Grenada, Iran, Israel, Kosovo, Lithuania, South Africa	1