ECA PLAYER RELEASE ANALYSIS FIFA WORLD CUP 2018TM TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION
2 Introduction The ECA Player Release Analysis is a research study undertaken by the European Club Association at the occasion of every major national team tournament, 3 Key facts & figures including but not limited to the FIFA World Cup™ and the UEFA EURO™.
5 Club Representation - Top 20 The purpose of this particular research is to highlight the number and origin of 7 Country Representation - Top 20 clubs involved in releasing players for the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia.
9 Confederation Representation Each of the 32 national teams competing in the FIFA World Cup™ is composed of 23 players bringing the total number of players present in Russia to 736. 13 Full List of Squads In accordance with the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (Annexe 1, Article 1), the release of players is mandatory for clubs. Each club is 46 Full List of Clubs obliged to release its players to the national team “(…) 14 days before the opening match of the relevant final competition.” 55 Full List of Countries
For the purpose of the analysis, please note the following: 1 2 • Reference is always made to the club with which the player was registered on @ecaeurope the 4th June.
/EuropeanClubAssociation • For players on loan, the club receiving the player on loan was considered. For example: James Rodriguez from Colombia is currently on loan from Real Madrid www.ecaeurope.com to FC Bayern München. For the analysis his current club FC Bayern München was taken into account.
• Country representation always relates to the league in which the club plays and not the actual country of origin of the club. For example: Cardiff City FC is listed as a club from England.
• The term “European clubs” makes reference to clubs from UEFA Member Associations. The same applies for Asian clubs (AFC), African clubs (CAF), etc.
This research is based on the Official Squad Lists published by FIFA on the 4th of June 2018.
The European Club Association has endeavoured to keep the information up to date, but it makes no representation or warranties of any kind, expressed or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, with respect to this information. The aim of this research is purely informative. KEY FACTS & FIGURES
Top 6 clubs releasing players
Manchester 16 players FIFA World Cup 2018 City FC players registered 74% Real Madrid 15 players with European clubs FC Barcelona 14 players
Chelsea FC 12 players
Paris Saint- 12 players Germain Tottenham 12 players 3 Hotspur FC 4 FIFA World Cup 2018 52% players registered with ECA Members Top 6 countries where players are registered
England 130 players
Spain 81 players
Germany 68 players Clubs releasing Italy 58 players 32% players that are ECA Members France 49 players
Russia 36 players CLUB REPRESENTATION - TOP 20
Manchester 16 Al-Hilal FC 9 City FC players players
15 Club Atlético 9 Real Madrid players de Madrid players
14 8 FC Barcelona AS Monaco players players
12 8 Chelsea FC Leicester City players players
5 6 Paris Saint- 12 Liverpool FC 8 Germain players players
Tottenham 12 7 Al Ahly SC Hotspur FC players players
FC Bayern 11 Arsenal FC 7 München players players
Borussia Juventus 11 7 players Dortmund players
Manchester 11 Borussia VfL 1900 7 United FC players Mönchengladbach players
9 Sporting Clube 7 Al-Ahli SC players de Portugal players COUNTRY REPRESENTATION - TOP 20
Number Number Number Number Country Country of players of clubs of players of clubs
England 130 34 USA 19 11
Spain 81 21 Belgium 16 10
Germany 68 22 Japan 15 10
Italy 58 16 Netherlands 15 6 7 8 Korea France 49 19 13 10 Republic Russia 36 10 Egypt 10 2
Saudi Arabia 30 10 Argentina 9 3
Mexico 22 13 Brazil 9 7
Turkey 22 12 Iran 9 5
Portugal 19 5 China 8 7 CONFEDERATION REPRESENTATION
CONCACAF 54 players UEFA 7% 544 players
AFC 9 74 82 players 10 % 11%
CAF 21 players CONMEBOL 35 players 3 % 5 % GROUPS
Group A Group Russia Saudi Arabia Egypt Uruguay E Brazil Switzerland Costa Rica Serbia
Group Group F B Portugal Spain Morocco Iran Germany Mexico Sweden Korea Republic 11 12
Group C Group G France Australia Peru Denmark Belgium Panama Tunisia England
Group Group D Argentina Iceland Croatia Nigeria H Poland Senegal Colombia Japan ARGENTINA
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Wilfredo Caballero (Chelsea FC) Players from Franco Armani (Club Atlético River Plate) European Clubs Nahuel Guzmán (Tigres UNAL) 18/23 DEFENDERS
Gabriel Mercado (Sevilla FC) Percentage of players Cristian Ansaldi (Torino FC) registered with ECA Federico Fazio (AS Roma) member clubs Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City FC) Marcos Rojo (Manchester United FC) 70% 13 Nicolás Tagliafico(AFC Ajax) 14 FULL LIST OF SQUADS Players from Marcos Acuña (Sporting Clube de Portugal) Argentinian clubs MIDFIELDERS 23 Javier Mascherano (Hebei China Fortune) 3/ Edoardo Salvio (SL Benfca) Lucas Biglia (AC Milan) Giovani Lo Celso (Paris Saint-Germain) Éver Banega (Sevilla FC) Manuel Lanzini (West Ham United) Maximiliano Meza (Club Atlético Independiente) Ángel Di María (Paris Saint-Germain) Cristian Pavón (Boca Juniors) UEFA FORWARDS CAF Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) CONCACAF CONMEBOL Sergio Agüero (Manchester City FC) AFC Paulo Dybala (Juventus) Free Agent Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) ECA Member Club AUSTRALIA BELGIUM
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Mathew Ryan (Brighton & Hove Albion) Players from Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea FC) Players from Brad Jones (Feyenoord Rotterdam) European Clubs Simon Mignolet (Liverpool FC) European Clubs Danny Vukovic (KRC Genk) 16/23 Koen Casteels (VfL Wolfsburg) 21/23 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS
Matthew Jurman (Suwon Samsung Bluewings) Percentage of players Dedryck Boyata (Celtic FC) Percentage of players Milos Degenek (Yokahoma F. Marinos) registered with ECA Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur FC) registered with ECA Trent Sainsbury (Grasshopper Club Zurich) member clubs Thomas Meunier (Paris Saint-Germain) member clubs Aziz Behich (Bursaspor) Leander Dendoncker (RSC Anderlecht) James Meredith (Millwall FC) 22% Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur FC) 87% 15 Joshua Risdon (Western Sydney Wanderers FC) Vincent Kompany (Manchester City FC) 16 Players from Thomas Vermaelen (FC Barcelona) Players from MIDFIELDERS Australian clubs Belgian clubs Dimitri Petratos (Newcastle United Jets FC) 23 MIDFIELDERS 23 Mile Jedinak (Aston Villa) 3/ Yannick Carrasco (Dalian Yifang FC) 1/ Robbie Kruse (VfL Bochum 1848) Axel Witsel (Tianjin Quanjian FC) Mark Milligan (Al-Ahli SC) Youri Tielemans (AS Monaco) Aaron Mooy (Huddersfeld Town) Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United FC) Massimo Luongo (Queens Park Rangers) Nacer Chadli (West Bromwich Albion) Jackson Irvine (Hull City) Moussa Dembélé (Tottenham Hotspur FC) Tom Rogić (Celtic FC) Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City FC) Daniel Arzani (Melbourne City FC) Thorgan Hazard (Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach) Andrew Nabbout (Urawa Red Diamonds) FORWARDS UEFA UEFA FORWARDS CAF Eden Hazard (Chelsea FC) CAF Tim Cahill (Millwall FC) CONCACAF Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad de Fútbol) CONCACAF CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Jamie Maclaren (SV Darmstadt 98) Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United FC) AFC AFC Tomi Juric (FC Luzern) Free Agent Michy Batshuayi (Borussia Dortmund) Free Agent Matthew Leckie (Hertha BSC) ECA Member Club Dries Mertens (SSC Napoli) ECA Member Club BRAZIL COLOMBIA
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Cassio Ramos (SC Corinthians) Players from David Ospina (Arsenal FC) Players from Ederson Santana de Moraes (Manchester City FC) European Clubs Camilo Vargas (Deportivo Cali) European Clubs Alisson Becker (AS Roma) 19/23 José Fernando Cuadrado (Once Caldas) 14/23 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS
Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain) Percentage of players Cristián Zapata (AC Milan) Percentage of players Danilo Luiz da Silva (Manchester City FC) registered with ECA Santiago Arias (PSV Eindhoven) registered with ECA Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain) member clubs Frank Fabra (Boca Juniors) member clubs Fagner Conserva Lemos (SC Corinthians) Dávinson Sánchez (Tottenham Hotspur FC) Filipe Luís Kasmirski (Club Atlético de Madrid) 83% Yerry Mina (FC Barcelona) 43% 17 Marcelo (Real Madrid CF) Óscar Murillo (CF Pachuca) 18 Pedro Geromel (Gremio) Players from Johan Mojica (Girona FC) Players from Brasilian clubs Colombian clubs Miranda De Souza Filho (FC Internazionale Milano) 23 MIDFIELDERS 23 MIDFIELDERS 3/ Carlos Sánchez (RCD Espanyol) 3/ Carlos Henrique Casemiro (Real Madrid CF) Abel Aguilar (Deportivo Cali) Paulinho (FC Barcelona) James Rodriguez (FC Bayern München) Renato Augusto Soares de Oliveira Mateus Uribe (CF América) (Beijing Sinobo Guoan) Wílmar Barrios (Boca Juniors) Fernandinho (Manchester City FC) Jefferson Lerma (Levante UD) Philippe Coutinho (FC Barcelona) Juan Fernando Quintero (Club Atlético River Plate) Fred (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) Willian Borges da Silva (Chelsea FC) FORWARDS UEFA UEFA FORWARDS CAF Radamel Falcao (AS Monaco) CAF Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City FC) CONCACAF Carlos Bacca (Villarreal CF) CONCACAF CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Roberto Firmino (Liverpool FC) Miguel Borja (SE Palmeiras) AFC AFC Taison Barcellos Freda (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) Free Agent Luis Fernando Muriel (Sevilla FC) Free Agent Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain) ECA Member Club José Izquierdo (Brighton & Hove Albion) ECA Member Club Douglas Costa (Juventus) COSTA RICA CROATIA
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Keylor Navas (Real Madrid CF) Players from Lovre Kalinić (KAA Gent) Players from Patrick Pemberton (LD Alajuelense) European Clubs Danijel Subašić (AS Monaco) European Clubs Leonel Moreira (CS Herediano) 10/23 Dominik Livaković (GNK Dinamo Zagreb) 23/23 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS
Giancarlo González (Bologna FC) Percentage of players Ivan Strinić (UC Sampdoria) Percentage of players Johnny Acosta (Rionegro Águilas) registered with ECA Šime Vrsaljko (Club Atlético de Madrid) registered with ECA Ian Smith (IFK Norrköping) member clubs Dejan Lovren (Liverpool FC) member clubs Bryan Oviedo (Sunderland AFC) Vedran Ćorluka (FC Lokomotiv Moskva) Francisco Calvo (Minnesota United) 13% Josip Pivarić (FC Dynamo Kyiv) 96% 19 Kendall Waston (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) Duje Caleta-Car (FC Red Bull Salzburg) 20 Rónald Matarrita (New York City FC) Players from Tin Jedvaj (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) Players from Costa Rican clubs Croatian clubs Cristian Gamboa (Celtic FC) Domagoj Vida (Beşiktaş JK) Óscar Duarte (RCD Espanyol) 23 23 6/ MIDFIELDERS 2/ MIDFIELDERS Luka Modrić (Real Madrid CF) Celso Borges (Deportivo La Coruña) Ivan Rakitić (FC Barcelona) Cristian Bolaños (Deportivo Saprissa) Mateo Kovačić (Real Madrid CF) Randall Azofeifa (CS Herediano) Filip Bradarić (NK Rijeka) David Guzmán (Portland Timbers) Marcelo Brozović (FC Internazionale Milano) Rodney Wallace (New York City FC) Milan Badelj (ACF Fiorentina) Yeltsin Tejeda (FC Lausanne-Sport) FORWARDS Bryan Ruiz (Sporting Clube de Portugal) UEFA Andrej Kramaric (1899 Hoffenheim) UEFA FORWARDS CAF Ivan Perišić (FC Internazionale Milano) CAF Daniel Colindres (Deportivo Saprissa) CONCACAF Ante Rebić (Eintracht Frankfurt) CONCACAF CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Joel Campbell (Real Betis) Marko Pjaca (FC Schalke 04) AFC AFC Johan Venegas (Deportivo Saprissa) Free Agent Nikola Kalinić (AC Milan) Free Agent Marco Ureña (Los Angeles FC) ECA Member Club Mario Mandžukić (Juventus) ECA Member Club DENMARK EGYPT
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Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City) Players from Essam El-Hadary (Al-Taawoun) Players from Frederik Rønnow (Brøndby IF) European Clubs Mohamed El-Shenawy (Al Ahly SC) European Clubs Jonas Lössl (Huddersfeld Town) 23/23 Sherif Ekramy (Al Ahly SC) 10/23 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS
Jens Stryger Larsen (Udinese Calcio) Percentage of players Ali Gabr (West Bromwich Albion) Percentage of players Jannik Vestergaard (Borussia VfL 1900 registered with ECA Ahmed Elmohamady (Aston Villa) registered with ECA Mönchengladbach) member clubs Omar Gaber (Los Angeles FC) member clubs Simon Kjær (Sevilla FC) Ayman Ashraf (Al Ahly SC) Andreas Christensen (Chelsea FC) 70% Ahmed Hegazi (West Bromwich Albion) 13% 21 Henrik Dalsgaard (Brentford FC) Ahmed Fathi (Al Ahly SC) 22 Mathias Zanka Jørgensen (Huddersfeld Town) Players from Mohammed Abdel-Shafy (Al-Fateh FC) Players from Danish clubs Egyptian clubs Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich Town FC) Saad Samir (Al Ahly SC) 23 Mahmoud Hamdy (Zamalek SC) 23 MIDFIELDERS 3/ 8/ Michael Krohn-Dehli (Deportivo La Coruña) MIDFIELDERS William Kvist (FC København) Tarek Hamed (Zamalek SC) Thomas Delaney (SV Werder Bremen) Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal FC) Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur FC) Mahmoud Trezeguet (Kasımpaşa SK) Lasse Schöne (AFC Ajax) Abdallah Said (KuPS) Pione Sisto (Celta Vigo) Ramadan Sobhy (Stoke City) Lukas Lerager (Girondins Bordeaux) Sam Morsy (Wigan Athletic FC) Mahmoud Shikabala (Al-Raed) FORWARDS UEFA Mahmoud Kahraba (Al-Ittihad) UEFA Kasper Dolberg (AFC Ajax) CAF Amr Warda (Atromitos FC) CAF Martin Braithwaite (Girondins Bordeaux) CONCACAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Viktor Fischer (FC København) FORWARDS AFC AFC Nicolai Jørgensen (Feyenoord Rotterdam) Free Agent Marwan Mohsen (Al Ahly SC) Free Agent Andreas Cornelius (Atalanta BC) ECA Member Club Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) ECA Member Club Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig) ENGLAND FRANCE
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Jack Butland (Stoke City) Players from Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur FC) Players from Jordan Pickford (Everton FC) European Clubs Steve Mandanda (Olympique de Marseille) European Clubs Nick Pope (Burnley FC) 23/23 Alphonse Areola (Paris Saint-Germain) 23/23 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS
Kyle Walker (Manchester City FC) Percentage of players Benjamin Pavard (VfB Stuttgart) Percentage of players Gary Cahill (Chelsea FC) registered with ECA Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint-Germain) registered with ECA John Stones (Manchester City FC) member clubs Benjamin Mendy (Manchester City FC) member clubs Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool FC) % Lucas Hernandez (Club Atlético de Madrid) % Phil Jones (Manchester United FC) 91 Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid CF) 100 23 Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur FC) Djibril Sidibé (AS Monaco) 24 Harry Maguire (Leicester City) Players from Samuel Umtiti (FC Barcelona) Players from English clubs French clubs Kieran Trippier (Tottenham Hotspur FC) Adil Rami (Olympique de Marseille) Ashley Young (Manchester United FC) 23 23 23/ MIDFIELDERS 9/ MIDFIELDERS Corentin Tolisso (FC Bayern München) Jesse Lingard (Manchester United FC) Steven Nzonzi (Sevilla FC) Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur FC) N’Golo Kanté (Chelsea FC) Jordan Henderson (Liverpool FC) Paul Pogba (Manchester United FC) Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur FC) Blaise Matuidi (Juventus) Fabian Delph (Manchester City FC) FORWARDS Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea FC) Florian Thauvin (Olympique de Marseille) FORWARDS UEFA Ousmane Dembélé (FC Barcelona) UEFA Raheem Sterling (Manchester City FC) CAF Olivier Giroud (Chelsea FC) CAF Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur FC) CONCACAF Antoine Griezmann (Club Atlético de Madrid) CONCACAF CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Danny Welbeck (Arsenal FC) Nabil Fekir (Olympique Lyonnais) AFC AFC Marcus Rashford (Manchester United FC) Free Agent Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) Free Agent Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) ECA Member Club Thomas Lemar (AS Monaco) ECA Member Club GERMANY ICELAND
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Manuel Neuer (FC Bayern München) Players from Hannes Halldórsson (Randers FC) Players from Kevin Trapp (Paris Saint-Germain) European Clubs Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson (FC Nordsjælland) European Clubs Marc-André ter Stegen (FC Barcelona) 23/23 Frederik Schram (FC Roskilde) 23/23 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS
Jérôme Boateng (FC Bayern München) Percentage of players Birkir Sævarsson (Valur Reykjavik) Percentage of players Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea FC) registered with ECA Ragnar Sigurðsson (FC Rostov) registered with ECA Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern München) member clubs Kári Árnason (Aberdeen FC) member clubs Jonas Hector (1. FC Köln) Sverrir Ingason (FC Rostov) Mats Hummels (FC Bayern München) 91% Hördur Magnússon (Bristol City FC) 43% 25 Marvin Plattenhardt (Hertha BSC) Holmar Eyjolfsson (PFC Levski Sofa) 26 Matthias Ginter (Borussia VfL 1900 Players from Samuel Fridjonsson (Vålerenga IF) Players from German clubs Icelandic clubs Mönchengladbach) Ari Skúlason (KSC Lokeren) Niklas Süle (FC Bayern München) 23 23 15/ MIDFIELDERS 1/ MIDFIELDERS Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) Toni Kroos (Real Madrid CF) Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa) Mesut Özil (Arsenal FC) Arnór Traustason (Malmö FF) Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) Rúrik Gíslason (SV Sandhausen) Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) Jóhann Gudmundsson (Burnley FC) Sami Khedira (Juventus) Gylfi Sigurdsson(Everton FC) Leon Goretzka (FC Schalke 04) Ólafur Skúlason (Kardemir Karabükspor) Julian Brandt (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) Emil Hallfredsson (Udinese Calcio) Sebastian Rudy (FC Bayern München) UEFA UEFA FORWARDS Julian Draxler (Paris Saint-Germain) CAF CAF CONCACAF Jón Bödvarsson (Reading FC) CONCACAF Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City FC) CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Albert Gudmundsson (PSV Eindhoven) AFC AFC FORWARDS Free Agent Björn Sigurdarson (FC Rostov) Free Agent Mario Gómez (VfB Stuttgart) ECA Member Club Alfred Finnbogason (FC Augsburg) ECA Member Club Timo Werner (RB Leipzig) iran JAPAN
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Rashid Mazaheri (Zob Ahan Isfahan FC) Players from Eiji Kawashima (FC Metz) Players from Alireza Beiranvand (Persepolis FC) European Clubs Kosuke Nakamura (Kashiwa Reysol) European Clubs Amir Abedzadeh (Club Sport Maritimo) 12/23 Masaaki Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka) 14/23 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS
Pejman Montazeri (Esteghlal FC) Percentage of players Gen Shoji (Kashima Antlers) Percentage of players Majid Hosseini (Esteghlal FC) registered with ECA Tomoaki Makino (Urawa Red Diamonds) registered with ECA Milad Mohammadi (Akhmat Grozny) member clubs Yuto Nagatomo (Galatasaray AS) member clubs Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh (Padideh Khorasan FC) Maya Yoshida (Southampton FC) Ramin Rezaeian (KV Oostende) 26% Wataru Endo (Urawa Red Diamonds) 26% 27 Roozbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal FC) Naomichi Ueda (Kashima Antlers) 28 Morteza Pouraliganji (Al-Sadd SC) Players from Hiroki Sakai (Olympique de Marseille) Players from Iranian clubs Japanese clubs Gōtoku Sakai (Hamburger SV) MIDFIELDERS 23 23 Saeid Ezatolahi (FC Amkar Perm) 9/ MIDFIELDERS 8/ Mehdi Torabi (Saipa FC) Takashi Inui (SD Eibar) Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal FC) Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund) Vahid Amiri (Persepolis FC) Makoto Hasebe (Eintracht Frankfurt) Masoud Shojaei (AEK Athens) Gaku Shibasaki (Getafe CF) Ehsan Haji Safi(Olympiacos FC) Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka) Mehdi Taremi (Al-Gharafa SC) Ryota Oshima (Kawasaki Frontale) Ashkan Dejagah (Nottingham Forest FC) Keisuke Honda (CF Pachuca) Karim Ansarifard (Olympiacos FC) Genki Haraguchi (Fortuna Düsseldorf) UEFA Takashi Usami (Fortuna Düsseldorf) UEFA FORWARDS CAF CAF Saman Ghoddos (Östersunds FK) CONCACAF FORWARDS CONCACAF CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Sardar Azmoun (FC Rubin Kazan) Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City) AFC AFC Reza Ghoochannejhad (sc Heerenveen) Free Agent Yuya Osako (1. FC Köln) Free Agent Alireza Jahanbakhsh (AZ Alkmaar) ECA Member Club Yoshinori Muto (Mainz 05) ECA Member Club KOREA REPUBLIC SAUDI ARABIA
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Kim Jin-hyeon (Cerezo Osaka) Players from Abdullah Al-Mayouf (Al-Hilal FC) Players from Kim Seung-gyu (Vissel Kobe) European Clubs Yasser Al-Mosailem (Al-Ahli SC) European Clubs Cho Hyun-woo (Daegu FC) 5/23 Mohammed Al-Owais (Al-Ahli SC) 3/23 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS
Kim Min-woo (Sangju Sangmu FC) Percentage of players Osama Hawsawi (Al-Hilal FC) Percentage of players Yun Yung-sun (Seongnam FC) registered with ECA Ali Al-Bulayhi (Al-Hilal FC) registered with ECA Jang Hyun-soo (FC Tokyo) member clubs Mansour Al-Harbi (Al-Ahli SC) member clubs Kim Young-gwon (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao FC) Omar Othman (Al-Nassr) Oh Ban-suk (Jeju United FC) 9% Yasser Al-Shahrani (Al-Hilal FC) 4% 29 Lee Yong (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) Motaz Hawsawi (Al-Ahli SC) 30 Jung Seung-hyun (Sagan Tosu) Players from Mohammed Al-Burayk (Al-Hilal FC) Players from Korean clubs Saudi Arabian clubs Go Yo-Han (FC Seoul) Abdullah Al-Khaibri (Al-Shabab FC) Park Joo-ho (Ulsan Hyundai FC) 23 23 12/ MIDFIELDERS 20/ Hong Chul (Sangju Sangmu FC) Taisir Al-Jassim (Al-Ahli SC) MIDFIELDERS Salman Al-Faraj (Al-Hilal FC) Ju Se-jong (Asan Mugunghwa FC) Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri (Al-Hilal FC) Koo Ja-cheol (FC Augsburg) Abdullah Otayf (Al-Hilal FC) Ki Sung-yueng (Swansea City) Yahya Al-Shehri (CD Leganés) Moon Seon-min (Incheon United) Salem Al-Dawsari (Villarreal CF) Lee Jae-sung (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) Hattan Bahbir (Al-Shabab FC) Jung Woo-Young (Vissel Kobe) Mohamed Kanno (Al-Hilal FC) Lee Seung-woo (Hellas Verona) UEFA Hussain Al-Moqahwi (Al-Ahli SC) UEFA CAF CAF FORWARDS CONCACAF FORWARDS CONCACAF CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Hwang Hee-chan (FC Red Bull Salzburg) Mohammed Al-Sahlawi (Al-Nassr) AFC AFC Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur FC) Free Agent Muhannad Assiri (Al-Ahli SC) Free Agent Kim Shin-wook (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) ECA Member Club Fahad Al-Muwallad (Levante UD) ECA Member Club MOROCCO MEXICO
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Munir Mohand Mohamedi (CD Numancia) Players from José Corona (Cruz Azul FC) Players from Yassine Bounou (Girona FC) European Clubs Alfredo Talavera (Deportivo Toluca FC) European Clubs Ahmed Tagnaouti (Ittihad Tanger) 20/23 Guillermo Ochoa (Royal Standard de Liège) 12/23 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS
Nabil Dirar (Fenerbahçe SK) Percentage of players Edson Alvarez (CF América) Percentage of players Romain Saïss (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC) registered with ECA Jesús Gallardo (Pumas UNAM) registered with ECA Hamza Mendyl (LOSC Lille) member clubs Hugo Ayala (Tigres UNAL) member clubs Achraf Hakimi (Real Madrid CF) Miguel Layún (Sevilla FC) Manuel da Costa (İstanbul Başakşehir) 52% Carlos Salcedo (Eintracht Frankfurt) 26% 31 Medhi Benatia (Juventus) Héctor Moreno (Real Sociedad de Fútbol) 32 Players from Diego Reyes (FC Porto) Players from MIDFIELDERS Moroccan clubs Mexican clubs Mbark Boussoufa (Al Jazira) 23 MIDFIELDERS 23 Karim El Ahmadi (Feyenoord Rotterdam) 2/ Jonathan dos Santos (LA Galaxy) 8/ Younès Belhanda (Galatasaray AS) Andrés Guardado (Real Betis) Fayçal Fajr (Getafe CF) Héctor Herrera (FC Porto) Youssef Aït Bennasser (SM Caen) Rafael Marquez (CF Atlas) Sofyan Amrabat (Feyenoord Rotterdam) Marco Fabián (Eintracht Frankfurt) Amine Harit (FC Schalke 04) Giovani dos Santos (LA Galaxy)
FORWARDS FORWARDS Youssef En-Nesyri (Malaga CF) Oribe Peralta (CF América)
Khalid Boutaïb (Yeni Malatyaspor) UEFA Javier Aquino (Tigres UNAL) UEFA Hakim Ziyach (AFC Ajax) CAF Javier Hernández (West Ham United) CAF Noureddine Amrabat (CD Leganés) CONCACAF Carlos Vela (Los Angeles FC) CONCACAF CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Aziz Bouhaddouz (FC St Pauli) Raúl Jiménez (SL Benfca) AFC AFC Ayoub El Kaabi (Renaissance Berkane) Free Agent Jesús Corona (FC Porto) Free Agent Mehdi Carcela (Royal Standard de Liège) ECA Member Club Hirving Lozano (PSV Eindhoven) ECA Member Club NIGERIA PERU
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Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Enyimba FC) Players from José Carvallo (Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca) Players from Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United FC) European Clubs Pedro Gallese (Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz) European Clubs Francis Uzoho (Deportivo La Coruña) 19/23 Carlos Cáceda (Deportivo Municipal) 5/23 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS
Abdullahi Shehu (Bursaspor) Percentage of players Luis Advincula (Lobos BUAP) Percentage of players William Troost-Ekong (Bursaspor) registered with ECA Christian Ramos (Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz) registered with ECA Leon Balogun (Mainz 05) member clubs Aldo Corzo (Club Universitario de Deportes) member clubs Kenneth Omeruo (Kasımpaşa SK) Miguel Trauco (CR Flamengo) Tyronne Ebuehi (ADO Den Haag) 39% Alberto Rodriguez (Atlético Junior) 13% 33 Bryan Idowu (FC Amkar Perm) Miguel Araujo (Alianza Lima) 34 Elderson Echiéjilé (Cercle Brugge KSV) Players from Nilson Loyola (FBC Melgar) Players from Nigerian clubs Peruvian clubs Anderson Santamaría (Club Puebla) MIDFIELDERS 23 23 John Obi Mikel (Tianjin Teda) 1/ MIDFIELDERS 4/ Oghenekaro Etebo (UD Las Palmas) Christian Cueva (São Paulo FC) Ogenyi Onazi (Trabzonspur AS) Renato Tapia (Feyenoord Rotterdam) John Ogu (Hapoel Beer-Sheva) Andy Polo (Portland Timbers) Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) Yoshimar Yotun (Orlando City) Joel Obi (Torino FC) Edison Flores (Aalborg BK) Paolo Hurtado (Vitoria SC) FORWARDS Pedro Aquino (Lobos BUAP) Chidozie Awaziem (Nantes FC) Wilder Cartagena (Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz) Simeon Nwankwo (FC Crotone) UEFA UEFA Ahmed Musa (PFC CSKA Moskva) CAF FORWARDS CAF Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) CONCACAF Paolo Guerrero (CR Flamengo) CONCACAF CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Alex Iwobi (Arsenal FC) Jefferson Farfán (FC Lokomotiv Moskva) AFC AFC Victor Moses (Chelsea FC) Free Agent Raúl Ruidíaz (Monarcas Morelia) Free Agent Odion Ighalo (Changchun Yatai) ECA Member Club André Carrillo (Watford FC) ECA Member Club PANAMA POLAND
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Jaime Penedo (Dinamo București) Players from Wojciech Szczęsny (Juventus) Players from José Calderón (Chorillo FC) European Clubs Bartosz Bialkowski (Ipswich Town FC) European Clubs Álex Rodríguez (San Francisco FC) 4/23 Łukasz Fabiański (Swansea City) 23/23 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS
Michael Murillo (New York Red Bulls) Percentage of players Bartosz Bereszyński (UC Sampdoria) Percentage of players Fidel Escobar (New York Red Bulls) registered with ECA Łukasz Piszczek (Borussia Dortmund) registered with ECA Román Torres (Seattle Sounders FC) member clubs Kamil Glik (AS Monaco) member clubs Adolfo Machado (Houston Dynamo) Michał Pazdan (Legia Warszawa SA) Eric Davis (Dunajská Streda) 4% Artur Jędrzejczyk (Legia Warszawa SA) 65% 35 Luis Ovalle (CD Olimpia) Thiago Cionek (SPAL 2013) 36 Felipe Baloy (CSD Municipal) Players from Jan Bednarek (Southampton FC) Players from Panamanian clubs Polish clubs Harold Cummings (San Jose Earthquakes) 23 MIDFIELDERS 23 MIDFIELDERS 3/ Grzegorz Krychowiak (West Bromwich Albion) 4/ Édgar Bárcenas (Tapachula) Maciej Rybus (FC Lokomotiv Moskva) Valentin Pimentel (Plaza Amador) Jakub Blaszczykowski (VfL Wolfsburg) Gabriel Gómez (Atlético Bucaramanga) Kamil Grosicki (Hull City) Armando Cooper (Universidad de Chile) Rafal Kurzawa (Górnik Zabrze) Alberto Quintero (Club Universitario de Deportes) Jacek Góralski (PFC Ludogorets Razgrad) Aníbal Godoy (San Jose Earthquakes) Slawomir Peszko (Lechia Gdańsk) José Luis Rodriguez (KAA Gent) Piotr Zieliński (SSC Napoli) Karol Linetty (UC Sampdoria) FORWARDS UEFA UEFA Blas Pérez (CSD Municipal) CAF FORWARDS CAF Gabriel Torres (Huachipato) CONCACAF Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) CONCACAF CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Luis Tejada (Sport Boys) Dawid Kownacki (UC Sampdoria) AFC AFC Abdiel Arroyo (LD Alajuelense) Free Agent Łukasz Teodorczyk (RSC Anderlecht) Free Agent Ismael Diaz (Deportivo La Coruña) ECA Member Club Arkadiusz Milik (SSC Napoli) ECA Member Club PORTUGAL RUSSIA
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António Alberto Bastos Pimparel (Göztepe SK) Players from Vladimir Gabulov (Club Brugge) Players from Anthony Lopes (Olympique Lyonnais) European Clubs Igor Akinfeev (PFC CSKA Moskva) European Clubs Rui Patrício (Sporting Clube de Portugal) 22/23 Andrei Lunev (FC Zenit St Petersburg) 23/23 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS
Mario Rui (SSC Napoli) Percentage of players Fedor Kudryashov (FC Rubin Kazan) Percentage of players Bruno Alves (Rangers FC) registered with ECA Vladimir Granat (FC Rubin Kazan) registered with ECA Cedric Soares (Southampton FC) member clubs Ilya Kutepov (FC Spartak Moskva) member clubs Ruben Dias (SL Benfca) Sergey Ignashevich (PFC CSKA Moskva) Pepe (Beşiktaş JK) 83% Mario Fernandes (PFC CSKA Moskva) 91% 37 Raphael Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund) Andrey Semenov (Akhmat Grozny) 38 Ricardo Pereira (FC Porto) Players from Igor Smolnikov (FC Zenit St Petersburg) Players from Portuguese clubs Russian clubs José Fonte (Dalian Yifang FC) 23 MIDFIELDERS 23 MIDFIELDERS 6/ Aleksandr Erokhin (FC Zenit St Petersburg) 21/ João Mário (West Ham United) Iuri Gazinskiy (FK Krasnodar) Manuel Fernandes (FC Lokomotiv Moskva) Aleksandr Golovin (PFC CSKA Moskva) Bruno Fernandes (Sporting Clube de Portugal) Alan Dzagoev (PFC CSKA Moskva) João Moutinho (AS Monaco) Yury Zhirkov (FC Zenit St Petersburg) Bernardo Silva (Manchester City FC) Roman Zobnin (FC Spartak Moskva) Adrien Silva (Leicester City) Aleksandr Samedov (FC Spartak Moskva) William Carvalho (Sporting Clube de Portugal) Anton Miranchuk (FC Lokomotiv Moskva) Denis Cheryshev (Villarreal CF) FORWARDS UEFA Daler Kuzyaev (FC Zenit St Petersburg) UEFA Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid CF) CAF CAF Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia CF) CONCACAF FORWARDS CONCACAF CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Ricardo Quaresma (Beşiktaş JK) Aleksey Miranchuk (FC Lokomotiv Moskva) AFC AFC Gelson Martins (Sporting Clube de Portugal) Free Agent Artem Dzyuba (FC Arsenal Tula) Free Agent André Silva (AC Milan) ECA Member Club Fedor Smolov (FK Krasnodar) ECA Member Club SENEGAL SPAIN
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Alfred Gomis (SPAL 2013) Players from Kepa Arrizabalaga (Athletic Club) Players from Khadim N’Diaye (Horoya) European Clubs David De Gea (Manchester United FC) European Clubs Abdoulaye Diallo (Stade Rennais FC) 22/23 Pepe Reina (SSC Napoli) 23/23 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS
Moussa Wagué (K.A.S. Eupen) Percentage of players Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid CF) Percentage of players Lamine Gassama (Alanyaspor) registered with ECA Gerard Piqué (FC Barcelona) registered with ECA Salif Sané (Hannover 96) member clubs Jordi Alba (FC Barcelona) member clubs Saliou Ciss (Valenciennes) Nacho (Real Madrid CF) Kara Mbodji (RSC Anderlecht) 48% Nacho Monreal (Arsenal FC) 96% 39 Youssouf Sabaly (Girondins Bordeaux) Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid CF) 40 Kalidou Koulibaly (SSC Napoli) Players from César Azpilicueta (Chelsea FC) Players from Senegalese clubs Spanish clubs Álvaro Odriozola (Real Sociedad de Fútbol) MIDFIELDERS 23 23 Idrissa Gueye (Everton FC) 0/ MIDFIELDERS 17/ Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) Sergio Busquets (FC Barcelona) Cheikh N’Doye (Birmingham City) Isco (Real Madrid CF) Pape Alioune N’Diaye (Stoke City) Andrés Iniesta (FC Barcelona) Ismalia Sarr (Stade Rennais FC) Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid CF) Alfred N’Diaye (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC) Thiago Alcântara (FC Bayern München) David Silva (Manchester City FC) FORWARDS Marco Asensio (Real Madrid CF) Diafra Sakho (Stade Rennais FC) Saúl Ñíguez (Club Atlético de Madrid) Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City) UEFA Koke Resurrección (Club Atlético de Madrid) UEFA Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) CAF CAF Moussa Sow (Bursaspor) CONCACAF FORWARDS CONCACAF CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Moussa Konaté (Amiens) Diego Costa (Club Atlético de Madrid) AFC AFC Keita Baldé (AS Monaco) Free Agent Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo) Free Agent Mbaye Niang (Torino FC) ECA Member Club Rodrigo Moreno Machado (Valencia CF) ECA Member Club SERBIA SWITZERLAND
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Vladimir Stojković (FK Partizan) Players from Yvon Mvogo (RB Leipzig) Players from Predrag Rajković (Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC) European Clubs Roman Bürki (Borussia Dortmund) European Clubs Marko Dmitrović (SD Eibar) 23/23 Yann Sommer (Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach) 23/23 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS
Branislav Ivanović (FC Zenit St Petersburg) Percentage of players Johan Djourou (Antalyaspor) Percentage of players Antonio Rukavina (Villarreal CF) registered with ECA Michael Lang (FC Basel 1893) registered with ECA Milan Rodic (FK Crvena Zvezda) member clubs Fabian Schär (Deportivo La Coruña) member clubs Dusko Tošić (Beşiktaş JK) François Moubandje (Toulouse FC) Uros Spajic (RSC Anderlecht) 83% Manuel Akanji (Borussia Dortmund) 70% 41 Aleksander Kolarov (AS Roma) Ricardo Rodriguez (AC Milan) 42 Nikola Milenkovic (ACF Fiorentina) Players from Nico Elvedi (Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach) Players from Serbian clubs Swiss clubs Milos Veljkovic (SV Werder Bremen) Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus) 23 23 MIDFIELDERS 3/ MIDFIELDERS 1/ Sergej Milinković-Savić (SS Lazio) Remo Freuler (Atalanta BC) Dušan Tadić (Southampton FC) Valon Behrami (Udinese Calcio) Nemanja Matić (Manchester United FC) Steven Zuber (1899 Hoffenheim) Luka Milivojević (Crystal Palace FC) Gelson Fernandes (Eintracht Frankfurt) Filip Kostić (Hamburger SV) Granit Xhaka (Arsenal FC) Marko Grujic (Liverpool FC) Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke City) Nermanja Radonjic (FK Crvena Zvezda) Blerim Džemaili (Bologna FC) Adem Ljalić (Torino FC) Josip Drmić (Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach) Andrija Zivkovic (SL Benfca) UEFA UEFA CAF FORWARDS CAF FORWARDS CONCACAF Breel Embolo (FC Schalke 04) CONCACAF CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Luka Jovic (Eintracht Frankfurt) Denis Zakaria (Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach) AFC AFC Aleksandar Mitrović (Newcastle United FC) Free Agent Haris Seferović (SL Benfca) Free Agent Aleksandar Prijović (PAOK FC) ECA Member Club Mario Gavranović (GNK Dinamo Zagreb) ECA Member Club SWEDEN TUNISIA
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Robin Olsen (FC København) Players from Aymen Mathlouthi (Al-Batin FC) Players from Kristoffer Nordfeldt (Swansea City) European Clubs Moez Hassen (LB Chateauroux) European Clubs Karl-Johan Johnsson (En Avant de Guingamp) 21/23 Farouk Ben Mustapha (Al-Shabab FC) 10/23 DEFENDERS DEFENDERS
Mikael Lustig (Celtic FC) Percentage of players Syam Ben Youssef (Kasımpaşa SK) Percentage of players Victor Nilsson Lindelöf (Manchester United FC) registered with ECA Ali Maâloul (Al Ahly SC) registered with ECA Andreas Granqvist (FK Krasnodar) member clubs Yohan Ben Alouane (Leicester City) member clubs Martin Olsson (Swansea City) Hamdi Nagguez (Zamalek SC) Ludwig Augustinsson (SV Werder Bremen) 35% Yassine Meriah (CS Sfaxien) 17% 43 Pontus Jansson (Leeds United AFC) Oussama Haddadi (Dijon) 44 Emil Krafth (Bologna FC) Players from Rami Bedoui (Étoile du Sahel) Players from Swedish clubs Tunisian clubs Filip Helander (Bologna FC) Dylan Bronn (KAA Gent) 23 23 MIDFIELDERS 0/ MIDFIELDERS 6/ Marcus Rohden (FC Crotone) Ellyes Skhiri (Montpellier Hérault Sport Club) Oscar Hiljemark (Genoa CFC) Ferjani Sassi (Al-Nassr) Sebastian Larsson (Hull City) Saifeddine Khaoui (Troyes AC) Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig) Mohamed Amine Ben Amor (Al-Ahli SC) Gustav Svensson (Seattle Sounders FC) Ghaylen Chaalali (ES Tunis) Viktor Claesson (FK Krasnodar) Anice Badri (ES Tunis) Jimmy Durmaz (Toulouse FC) Naïm Sliti (Dijon) Albin Ekdal (Hamburger SV) Bassem Srarfi(OGC Nice) UEFA Ahmed Khalil (Club Africain) UEFA FORWARDS CAF CAF Isaac Kiese Thelin (Waasland-Beveren) CONCACAF FORWARDS CONCACAF CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Marcus Berg (Al-Ain FC) Wahbi Khazri (Stade Rennais FC) AFC AFC John Guidetti (Deportivo Alavés) Free Agent Saber Khalifa (Club Africain) Free Agent Ola Toivonen (Toulouse FC) ECA Member Club Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (Al-Ettifaq FC) ECA Member Club FULL LIST OF CLUBS URUGUAY
Club Country Confederation No. players Manchester City FC ENG UEFA 16 GOALKEEPERS Real Madrid CF ESP UEFA 15 Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray AS) Players from FC Barcelona ESP UEFA 14 Martín Silva (CR Vasco da Gama) European Clubs Chelsea FC ENG UEFA 12 Martín Campaña (Club Atlético Independiente) 14/23 Paris Saint-Germain FRA UEFA 12 DEFENDERS Tottenham Hotspur FC ENG UEFA 12 FC Bayern München GER UEFA 11 Gastón Silva (Club Atlético Independiente) Percentage of players Juventus ITA UEFA 11 Diego Godín (Club Atlético de Madrid) registered with ECA José María Giménez (Club Atlético de Madrid) member clubs Manchester United FC ENG UEFA 11 Maximiliano Pereira (FC Porto) Al-Ahli SC KSA AFC 9 Guillermo Varela (Club Atlético Peñarol) 48% Al-Hilal FC KSA AFC 9 45 Sebastián Coates (Sporting Clube de Portugal) Club Atlético de Madrid ESP UEFA 9 46 Martín Cáceres (SS Lazio) Players from AS Monaco FRA UEFA 8 Uruguayan clubs Leicester City ENG UEFA 8 MIDFIELDERS 23 Liverpool FC ENG UEFA 8 Matias Vecino (FC Internazionale Milano) 2/ Al Ahly SC EGY CAF 7 Diego Laxalt (Genoa CFC) Arsenal FC ENG UEFA 7 Carlos Sanchez (Club de Fútbol Monterrey) Borussia Dortmund GER UEFA 7 Rodrigo Bentancur (Juventus) Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach GER UEFA 7 Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Cruzeiro Esporte Clube) Nahitan Nandez (Boca Juniors) Sporting Clube de Portugal POR UEFA 7 Cristian Rodriguez (Club Atlético Peñarol) Eintracht Frankfurt GER UEFA 6 Lucas Torreira (UC Sampdoria) FC Lokomotiv Moskva RUS UEFA 6 FC Zenit St Petersburg RUS UEFA 6 FORWARDS UEFA PFC CSKA Moskva RUS UEFA 6 Jonathan Urretaviscaya (Club de Fútbol Monterrey) CAF Sevilla FC ESP UEFA 6 Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona) CONCACAF CONMEBOL SSC Napoli ITA UEFA 6 Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain) AFC AC Milan ITA UEFA 5 Cristhian Stuani (Girona FC) Free Agent Deportivo La Coruña ESP UEFA 5 Maxi Gómez (Celta Vigo) ECA Member Club FC Porto POR UEFA 5 Feyenoord Rotterdam NED UEFA 5 Club Country Confederation No. players Club Country Confederation No. players SL Benfica POR UEFA 5 FC Spartak Moskva RUS UEFA 3 Stoke City ENG UEFA 5 Galatasaray AS TUR UEFA 3 UC Sampdoria ITA UEFA 5 Girona FC ESP UEFA 3 AFC Ajax NED UEFA 4 Girondins Bordeaux FRA UEFA 3 Beşiktaş JK TUR UEFA 4 Hamburger SV GER UEFA 3 Boca Juniors ARG CONMEBOL 4 Huddersfield Town ENG UEFA 3 Bologna FC ITA UEFA 4 Hull City ENG UEFA 3 Bursaspor TUR UEFA 4 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors KOR AFC 3 Celtic FC SCO UEFA 4 KAA Gent BEL UEFA 3 Esteghlal FC IRN AFC 4 Kasımpaşa SK TUR UEFA 3 FC Internazionale Milano ITA UEFA 4 Los Angeles FC USA CONCACAF 3 FC Schalke 04 GER UEFA 4 PSV Eindhoven NED UEFA 3 FK Krasnodar RUS UEFA 4 Real Sociedad de Fútbol ESP UEFA 3 Olympique de Marseille FRA UEFA 4 SV Werder Bremen GER UEFA 3 RB Leipzig GER UEFA 4 Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz MEX CONCACAF 3 RSC Anderlecht BEL UEFA 4 Tigres UNAL MEX CONCACAF 3 Southampton FC ENG UEFA 4 Toulouse FC FRA UEFA 3 47 48 Stade Rennais FC FRA UEFA 4 Udinese Calcio ITA UEFA 3 Swansea City ENG UEFA 4 Urawa Red Diamonds JPN AFC 3 Torino FC ITA UEFA 4 Zamalek SC EGY CAF 3 Villarreal CF ESP UEFA 4 1. FC Köln GER UEFA 2 West Bromwich Albion ENG UEFA 4 1899 Hoffenheim GER UEFA 2 West Ham United ENG UEFA 4 ACF Fiorentina ITA UEFA 2 Al-Nassr KSA AFC 3 Akhmat Grozny RUS UEFA 2 Al-Shabab FC KSA AFC 3 Atalanta BC ITA UEFA 2 AS Roma ITA UEFA 3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen GER UEFA 2 Aston Villa ENG UEFA 3 Brighton & Hove Albion ENG UEFA 2 Celta Vigo ESP UEFA 3 Burnley FC ENG UEFA 2 CF América MEX CONCACAF 3 CD Leganés ESP UEFA 2 Club Atlético Independiente ARG CONMEBOL 3 Cerezo Osaka JPN AFC 2 Deportivo Saprissa CRI CONCACAF 3 CF Pachuca MEX CONCACAF 2 Everton FC ENG UEFA 3 Club Africain TUN CAF 2 FC København DEN UEFA 3 Club Atlético Peñarol URU CONMEBOL 2 FC Rostov RUS UEFA 3 Club Atlético River Plate ARG CONMEBOL 2 FC Rubin Kazan RUS UEFA 3 Club de Fútbol Monterrey MEX CONCACAF 2 Club Country Confederation No. players Club Country Confederation No. players Club Universitario de Deportes PER CONMEBOL 2 Real Betis ESP UEFA 2 CR Flamengo BRA CONMEBOL 2 Royal Standard de Liège BEL UEFA 2 CS Herediano CRI CONCACAF 2 San Jose Earthquakes USA CONCACAF 2 CSD Municipal GUA CONCACAF 2 Sangju Sangmu FC KOR AFC 2 Dalian Yifang FC CHN AFC 2 SC Corinthians BRA CONMEBOL 2 Deportivo Cali COL CONMEBOL 2 SD Eibar ESP UEFA 2 Dijon FRA UEFA 2 Seattle Sounders FC USA CONCACAF 2 ES Tunis TUN CAF 2 SPAL 2013 ITA UEFA 2 FC Amkar Perm RUS UEFA 2 SS Lazio ITA UEFA 2 FC Augsburg GER UEFA 2 Valencia CF ESP UEFA 2 FC Crotone ITA UEFA 2 VfB Stuttgart GER UEFA 2 FC Red Bull Salzburg AUT UEFA 2 VfL Wolfsburg GER UEFA 2 FC Shakhtar Donetsk UKR UEFA 2 Vissel Kobe JPN AFC 2 FK Crvena Zvezda SRB UEFA 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC ENG UEFA 2 Fortuna Düsseldorf GER UEFA 2 Aalborg BK DEN UEFA 1 Genoa CFC ITA UEFA 2 Aberdeen FC SCO UEFA 1 Getafe CF ESP UEFA 2 ADO Den Haag NED UEFA 1 49 50 GNK Dinamo Zagreb CRO UEFA 2 AEK Athens GRE UEFA 1 Hertha BSC GER UEFA 2 Al Jazira UAE AFC 1 Ipswich Town FC DEN UEFA 2 Al-Ain FC UAE AFC 1 Kashima Antlers JPN AFC 2 Alanyaspor TUR UEFA 1 LA Galaxy USA CONCACAF 2 Al-Batin FC KSA AFC 1 LD Alajuelense CRI CONCACAF 2 Al-Ettifaq FC KSA AFC 1 Legia Warszawa SA POL UEFA 2 Al-Fateh FC KSA AFC 1 Levante UD ESP UEFA 2 Al-Gharafa SC QAT AFC 1 Lobos BUAP MEX CONCACAF 2 Alianza Lima PER CONMEBOL 1 Mainz 05 GER UEFA 2 Al-Ittihad KSA AFC 1 Millwall FC ENG UEFA 2 Al-Raed KSA AFC 1 New York City FC USA CONCACAF 2 Al-Sadd SC QAT AFC 1 New York Red Bulls USA CONCACAF 2 Al-Taawoun KSA AFC 1 Olympiacos FC GRE UEFA 2 Amiens FRA UEFA 1 Olympique Lyonnais FRA UEFA 2 Antalyaspor TUR UEFA 1 Persepolis FC IRN AFC 2 Asan Mugunghwa FC KOR AFC 1 Portland Timbers USA CONCACAF 2 Athletic Club ESP UEFA 1 RCD Espanyol ESP UEFA 2 Atlético Bucaramanga COL CONMEBOL 1 Club Country Confederation No. players Club Country Confederation No. players Atlético Junior COL CONMEBOL 1 FC Basel 1893 SUI UEFA 1 Atromitos FC GRE UEFA 1 FC Dynamo Kyiv UKR UEFA 1 AZ Alkmaar NED UEFA 1 FC Lausanne-Sport SUI UEFA 1 Beijing Sinobo Guoan CHN AFC 1 FC Luzern SUI UEFA 1 Birmingham City ENG UEFA 1 FC Metz FRA UEFA 1 Brentford FC ENG UEFA 1 FC Nordsjælland DEN UEFA 1 Bristol City FC ENG UEFA 1 FC Roskilde DEN UEFA 1 Brøndby IF DEN UEFA 1 FC Seoul KOR AFC 1
Cardiff City FC ENG UEFA 1 FC St Pauli GER UEFA 1 CD Numancia ESP UEFA 1 FC Tokyo JPN AFC 1 CD Olimpia HON CONCACAF 1 Fenerbahçe SK TUR UEFA 1 Cercle Brugge KSV BEL UEFA 1 FK Partizan SRB UEFA 1 CF Atlas MEX CONCACAF 1 Gamba Osaka JPN AFC 1 Changchun Yatai CHN AFC 1 Górnik Zabrze POL UEFA 1 Chippa United FC RSA CAF 1 Göztepe SK TUR UEFA 1 Chorillo FC PAN CONCACAF 1 Grasshopper Club Zurich SUI UEFA 1 Club Brugge BEL UEFA 1 Gremio BRA CONMEBOL 1 51 52 Club Puebla MEX CONCACAF 1 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao FC CHN AFC 1 Club Sport Maritimo POR UEFA 1 Hannover 96 GER UEFA 1 CR Vasco da Gama BRA CONMEBOL 1 Hapoel Beer-Sheva ISR UEFA 1 Cruz Azul FC MEX CONCACAF 1 Hebei China Fortune CHN AFC 1 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube BRA CONMEBOL 1 Hellas Verona ITA UEFA 1 Crystal Palace FC ENG UEFA 1 Horoya GUI CAF 1 CS Sfaxien TUN CAF 1 Houston Dynamo USA CONCACAF 1 Daegu FC KOR AFC 1 Huachipato CHI CONMEBOL 1 Deportivo Alavés ESP UEFA 1 IFK Norrköping SWE UEFA 1 Deportivo Municipal PER CONMEBOL 1 Incheon United KOR AFC 1 Deportivo Toluca FC MEX CONCACAF 1 İstanbul Başakşehir TUR UEFA 1 Dinamo București ROU UEFA 1 Ittihad Tanger MAR CAF 1 Dunajská Streda SVK UEFA 1 Jeju United FC KOR AFC 1 En Avant de Guingamp FRA UEFA 1 K.A.S. Eupen BEL UEFA 1 Enyimba FC NGA CAF 1 Kardemir Karabükspor TUR UEFA 1 Étoile du Sahel TUN CAF 1 Kashiwa Reysol JPN AFC 1 FBC Melgar PER CONMEBOL 1 Kawasaki Frontale JPN AFC 1 FC Arsenal Tula RUS UEFA 1 KRC Genk BEL UEFA 1 Club Country Confederation No. players Club Country Confederation No. players KSC Lokeren BEL UEFA 1 Sagan Tosu JPN AFC 1 KuPS FIN UEFA 1 Saipa FC IRN AFC 1 KV Oostende BEL UEFA 1 San Francisco FC PAN CONCACAF 1 LB Chateauroux FRA UEFA 1 São Paulo FC BRA CONMEBOL 1 Lechia Gdańsk POL UEFA 1 sc Heerenveen NED UEFA 1 Leeds United AFC ENG UEFA 1 SE Palmeiras BRA CONMEBOL 1 LOSC Lille FRA UEFA 1 Seongnam FC KOR AFC 1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC ISR UEFA 1 SM Caen FRA UEFA 1 Malaga CF ESP UEFA 1 Sport Boys PER CONMEBOL 1 Malmö FF SWE UEFA 1 Sunderland AFC ENG UEFA 1 Melbourne City FC AUS AFC 1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings KOR AFC 1 Minnesota United USA CONCACAF 1 SV Darmstadt 98 GER UEFA 1 Monarcas Morelia MEX CONCACAF 1 SV Sandhausen GER UEFA 1 Montpellier Hérault Sport Club FRA UEFA 1 Tapachula MEX CONCACAF 1 Nantes FC FRA UEFA 1 Tianjin Quanjian FC CHN AFC 1 Newcastle United FC ENG UEFA 1 Tianjin Teda CHN AFC 1 Newcastle United Jets FC AUS AFC 1 Trabzonspur AS TUR UEFA 1 53 54 NK Rijeka CRO UEFA 1 Troyes AC FRA UEFA 1 Nottingham Forest FC ENG UEFA 1 UD Las Palmas ESP UEFA 1 OGC Nice FRA UEFA 1 Ulsan Hyundai FC KOR AFC 1 Once Caldas COL CONMEBOL 1 Universidad de Chile CHI CONMEBOL 1 Orlando City USA CONCACAF 1 Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca PER CONMEBOL 1 Östersunds FK SWE UEFA 1 Valenciennes FRA UEFA 1 Padideh Khorasan FC IRN AFC 1 Vålerenga IF NOR UEFA 1 PAOK FC GRE UEFA 1 Valur Reykjavik ISL UEFA 1 PFC Levski Sofia BUL UEFA 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC USA CONCACAF 1 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad BUL UEFA 1 VfL Bochum 1848 GER UEFA 1 Plaza Amador PAN CONCACAF 1 Vitoria SC POR UEFA 1 Pumas UNAM MEX CONCACAF 1 Waasland-Beveren BEL UEFA 1 Queens Park Rangers ENG UEFA 1 Watford FC ENG UEFA 1 Randers FC DEN UEFA 1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC AUS AFC 1 Rangers FC SCO UEFA 1 Wigan Athletic FC ENG UEFA 1 Reading FC ENG UEFA 1 Yeni Malatyaspor TUR UEFA 1 Renaissance Berkane MAR CAF 1 Yokahoma F. Marinos JPN AFC 1 Rionegro Águilas COL CONMEBOL 1 Zob Ahan Isfahan FC IRN AFC 1 FULL LIST OF COUNTRIES
Country No. of players No. of clubs Country No. of players No. of clubs England 130 34 Poland 4 3 Spain 81 21 Switzerland 4 4 Germany 68 22 Australia 3 3 Italy 58 16 Croatia 3 2 France 49 19 Panama 3 3 Russia 36 10 Serbia 3 2 Saudi Arabia 30 10 Sweden 3 3 Mexico 22 13 Ukraine 3 2 Turkey 22 12 Austria 2 1 Portugal 19 5 Bulgaria 2 2 USA 19 11 Chile 2 2 55 Belgium 16 10 Guatemala 2 1 56 Japan 15 10 Israel 2 2 Netherlands 15 6 Morocco 2 2 Korea Republic 13 10 Qatar 2 2 Egypt 10 2 United Arab Emirates 2 2 Argentina 9 3 Uruguay 2 1 Brzil 9 7 Finland 1 1 Iran 9 5 Guinea 1 1 China 8 7 Honduras 1 1 Denmark 8 6 Iceland 1 1 Costa Rica 7 3 Nigeria 1 1 Peru 7 6 Norway 1 1 Colombia 6 5 Romania 1 1 Scotland 6 3 South Africa 1 1 Tunisia 6 4 Slovakia 1 1 Greece 5 4