[Football] Nationalities to have never played in the English Football League(s)

[Smoky McPot]

Are there any countries which have never had a player play in the top four devisions?

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Tuvalu...


Probably

 

[SeagullinExile]

Khmer

To be fair, there’s probably more countries that haven’t had a player in the English league pyramid than have.

 

[Eeyore]

Isle of Wightian

 

[Marty McFly]

Tuvalu...


Probably

South Pacific could feature heavily here. Vanuatu?

 

[Scappa]

Isle of Wightian

Lee Bradbury

 

[Juan Albion]

Any Indonesians?

 

[Razzoo]

No Mongolian has

 

[Goldstone1976]

A little closer to home: Moldova?

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Any Indonesians?

Elkan Baggott currently plays for Blackpool on loan from Ipswich

In reverse, I once watched Lee Hendrie play in the Indonesian Premier League. He was sent off

 

[BadFish]

Fiji?

 

[Eeyore]

Elkan Baggott currently plays for Blackpool on loan from Ipswich

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In reverse, I once watched Lee Hendrie play in the Indonesian Premier League. He was sent off

Sounds more like a character from Lord of the Rings

 

[Eeyore]

Greenland (Red White and Blue Land)

 

[The Optimist]

San Marino? Vatican City?

 

[AZ Gull]

San Marino? Vatican City?

Ben Pope was on our books in the academy but was released at U-16 level without being offered a scholarship.

Frankie Pope is a current U-15 so there's a chance yet....

 

[smillie's garden]

Bhutan: (land)locked in.

 

[Bring back Bryan wade!!]

Papua New Guinea?

 

[Chicken Run]

Tibet

 

[FCB]

I've counted 140 countries but there are a few where players were only part of a team without playing in any actual PL match.

Premier League - Players from foreign countries

This statistic show the foreign players' countries which are represented in the season 24/25 in the Premier League. The table is sorted in descending order by the number of players of each country.

www.transfermarkt.com

Out of European countires no Andorra, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, Monaco, San Marino and Vatican City. No surprises really.

Any Indonesians?

Jordi Amat though he only acquired Indonesian citizenship a few years after he left Swansea.

 

[Butch Willykins]

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