List of foreign Premier League players


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:
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 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.
122 of the 211 foreign FIFA-affiliated nations have been represented in the Premier League. On 5 September 2025, Haiti became the most recent country to be represented, when Jean‐Ricner Bellegarde switched and played for Haiti national football team.
In bold: players who have played at least one Premier League game in the current season, 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.

Africa (CAF)

Algeria

Angola

Benin

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Congo

DR Congo

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Ivory Coast

Kenya

Liberia

Mali

Mauritania

Morocco

Mozambique

Nigeria

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Asia (AFC)

Australia

Bangladesh

China PR

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Japan

Korea Republic

Oman

Pakistan

Philippines

Uzbekistan

Europe (UEFA)

Albania

Armenia

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Faroe Islands

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Gibraltar

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Israel

Italy

Kosovo

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Montenegro

Netherlands

North Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Republic of Ireland

Romania

Russia

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF)

Antigua and Barbuda

Barbados

Bermuda

Canada

Costa Rica

Cuba

Curaçao

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Guatemala

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Jamaica