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 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,
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 general practice in expressing sporting seasons in the UK.
111 of the 207 foreign FIFA-affiliated nations have been represented in the Premier League. On 1 February 2020, Tanzania became the most recent country to be represented, with Mbwana Samatta making his league debut for Aston Villa against Bournemouth.
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.

Albania

Until 2010 Netherlands Antilles
Until 1992 Czechoslovakia
won four Premier League titles with Chelsea and holds the most Premier League clean sheets
Until 2019 named Republic of Macedonia
Until 2003 FR Yugoslavia, from 2003 to 2006 Serbia and Montenegro
won five Premier League titles for Manchester United and was voted Player of the Season twice