1997-1998 Big 5 European Leagues Nationalities

Nationalities 1997-1998 Big 5 European Leagues

Nationalities 1997-1998 Big 5 European Leagues Table
Rk	Nation	# Players	Min	List
1	fr France	397	531,154	Stéphane Guivarc'h, David Ginola, Lilian Laslandes, Jocelyn Gourvennec, Bruno Rodriguez, Laurent Blanc, Stéphane Ziani, Gérald Baticle, Frank Leboeuf, Robert Pirès ...
2	it Italy	383	468,533	Vincenzo Montella, Alessandro Del Piero, Paolo Di Canio, Roberto Baggio, Francesco Baiano, Christian Vieri, Filippo Inzaghi, Dario Hübner, Carmine Esposito, Benito Carbone ...
3	es Spain	349	433,770	Luis Enrique, Joseba Etxeberria, Raúl, Enrique Romero, Alfonso Pérez, Gaizka Mendieta, Loren, Fran, César Sánchez, Imanol Etxeberria ...
4	de Germany	318	401,564	Oliver Bierhoff, Ulf Kirsten, Thomas Häßler, Roy Präger, Olaf Marschall, René Tretschok, Stefan Kuntz, Fredi Bobic, Michael Preetz, Bernhard Winkler ...
5	eng England	266	387,010	Dion Dublin, Michael Owen, Chris Sutton, David Beckham, Steve McManaman, Andy Cole, Emile Heskey, Neil Redfearn, Steve Guppy, Teddy Sheringham ...
6	br Brazil	56	84,831	Ronaldo, Rivaldo, José Sinval de Campos, Fabiano, Paulo Sérgio, Everton Giovanella, Roberto Carlos, Raí, Mazinho, Giovane Élber ...
7	ar Argentina	50	74,916	Gabriel Batistuta, Gabriel Amato, Óscar Alcides Mena, Roberto Pompei, Claudio López, Abel Balbo, Mauricio Pochettino, Juan Esnáider, Gabriel Schürrer, Fernando Gamboa ...
8	nl Netherlands	46	69,319	Dennis Bergkamp, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Marc Overmars, Clarence Seedorf, Ruud Hesp, Johan de Kock, Gerald Vanenburg, Ken Monkou, Frank Verlaat, Roy Makaay ...
9	rs Serbia	39	52,275	Darko Kovačević, Jovan Stanković, Miroslav Đukić, Slaviša Jokanović, Nenad Sakić, Predrag Mijatović, Savo Milošević, Zoran Mirković, Slobodan Komljenović, Siniša Mihajlović ...
10	sct Scotland	35	45,928	Kevin Gallacher, Matt Elliott, Duncan Ferguson, Paul Telfer, Neil Sullivan, Colin Hendry, Christian Dailly, Steve Clarke, David Robertson, Colin Calderwood ...
11	ie Republic of Ireland	33	42,320	Gary Kelly, Jeff Kenna, Stephen Carr, Kenny Cunningham, Lee Carsley, Keith Branagan, Gary Breen, Steve Staunton, Damien Duff, Denis Irwin ...
12	no Norway	30	43,620	Alf-Inge Håland, Egil Østenstad, Øyvind Leonhardsen, Thomas Gill, Tore André Flo, Gunnar Halle, Trond Egil Soltvedt, Claus Lundekvam, Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Kjetil Rekdal ...
13	hr Croatia	30	35,624	Alen Peternac, Robert Jarni, Davor Šuker, Zvonimir Soldo, Alen Bokšić, Ante Čović, Goran Vlaović, Mario Stanić, Zoran Mamić, Dubravko Pavličić ...
14	pt Portugal	28	35,851	Pauleta, Luís Figo, Paulo Bento, Rui Costa, Bruno Ribeiro, Abel Xavier, Jorge Cadete, Fernando Nélson, César Brito, Paulo Sousa ...
15	uy Uruguay	25	27,019	Fernando Correa, Juan González, Gonzalo de los Santos, Nelson Abeijón, Washington Tais, Gustavo Méndez, Paolo Montero, Luis Diego López, Gus Poyet, Sebastián Abreu ...
16	dk Denmark	24	31,081	Per Frandsen, Michael Schjønberg, Allan Nielsen, Peter Schmeichel, Jan Heintze, Thomas Gravesen, Jacob Laursen, Thomas Helveg, Jon Dahl Tomasson, Brian Jensen ...
17	se Sweden	23	32,707	Jörgen Pettersson, Kennet Andersson, Klas Ingesson, Pontus Kåmark, Patrik Andersson, Roland Nilsson, Gary Sundgren, Stefan Schwarz, Jesper Blomqvist, Håkan Mild ...
18	pl Poland	23	26,580	Jacek Dembiński, Sławomir Majak, Piotr Świerczewski, Marek Koźmiński, Tomasz Wałdoch, Waldemar Kryger, Marek Jóźwiak, Tomasz Hajto, Radosław Gilewicz, Andrzej Juskowiak ...
19	wls Wales	21	35,612	John Hartson, Nathan Blake, Ryan Giggs, Gary Speed, Paul Jones, Darren Barnard, Mark Hughes, Mark Pembridge, Robbie Savage, Ben Thatcher ...
20	ru Russia	17	25,361	Aleksandr Mostovoi, Valeri Karpin, Vladimir Beschastnykh, Viktor Onopko, Yuriy Nikiforov, Dmitri Popov, Vladimir But, Sergei Yuran, Igor Lediakhov, Vladislav Radimov ...
21	cz Czech Republic	17	19,934	Pavel Nedvěd, Miroslav Kadlec, Vladimír Šmicer, Jiří Němec, Radoslav Látal, Radek Bejbl, Pavel Kuka, Jan Suchopárek, Luděk Mikloško, Patrik Berger ...
22	ng Nigeria	17	17,396	Victor Ikpeba, Finidi George, Jonathan Akpoborie, Godwin Okpara, Taribo West, Christopher Ohen, Efan Ekoku, Mutiu Adepoju, Celestine Babayaro, Peter Rufai ...
23	ro Romania	15	23,116	Dan Petrescu, Dorinel Munteanu, Constantin Gâlcă, Bogdan Stelea, Gheorghe Mihali, Adrian Ilie, Gheorghe Craioveanu, Ioan Lupescu, Gabriel Popescu, Daniel Prodan ...
24	be Belgium	15	20,500	Luís Oliveira, Marc Wilmots, Danny Boffin, Gunther Schepens, Johan Walem, Philippe Albert, Michaël Goossens, Bertrand Crasson, Philippe Léonard, Christophe Kinet ...
25	at Austria	15	19,686	Toni Polster, Franz Wohlfahrt, Michael Konsel, Harald Cerny, Wolfgang Feiersinger, Andreas Herzog, Dietmar Kühbauer, Heimo Pfeifenberger, Martin Hiden, Walter Kogler ...
Rk	Nation	# Players	Min	List
26	gh Ghana	15	7,838	Tony Yeboah, Abedi Pele, Alex Nyarko, Samuel Kuffour, Arthur Moses, Stephen Appiah, Bashiru Gambo, Mohammed Gargo, Ibrahim Tanko, Junior Agogo ...
27	nir Northern Ireland	13	18,993	Neil Lennon, Steve Lomas, Michael Hughes, Ian Nolan, Keith Gillespie, Jim Magilton, Gerry Taggart, Iain Dowie, Alan Fettis, Keith Rowland ...
28	ma Morocco	13	13,367	Noureddine Naybet, Rachid Neqrouz, Youssef Rossi, Salaheddine Bassir, Saïd Chiba, Abderrahim Ouakili, Karim M'Ghoghi, Mustapha Hadji, Aziz Rabbah, Abdelkrim Jinani ...
29	ch Switzerland	12	19,618	Stéphane Chapuisat, Ciriaco Sforza, Stéphane Henchoz, Raphaël Wicky, Ramon Vega, Marco Grassi, Murat Yakin, Marco Walker, Guerino Gottardi, Gaetano Giallanza ...
30	au Australia	12	11,346	Stan Lazaridis, Harry Kewell, Mark Bosnich, Ned Zelić, Paul Agostino, Kevin Muscat, John Filan, Robbie Slater, Carl Veart, Adem Poric ...
31	dz Algeria	12	8,633	Abdelhafid Tasfaout, Ali Benarbia, Brahim Hemdani, Moussa Saïb, Abdelkader Ferhaoui, Yazid Mansouri, Kamel Kaci-Saïd, Rafik Mezriche, Samir Beloufa, Maamar Mamouni ...
32	bg Bulgaria	9	11,803	Lyuboslav Penev, Krasimir Balakov, Marian Hristov, Daniel Borimirov, Georgi Donkov, Adalbert Zafirov, Hristo Yovov, Hristo Stoichkov, Martin Zafirow
33	cm Cameroon	9	11,034	Jacques Songo'o, Rigobert Song, Marc-Vivien Foé, Marcel Mahouvé, Joseph-Désiré Job, Alphonse Tchami, Salomon Olembé, Patrick Suffo, François Omam-Biyik
34	ci Côte d'Ivoire	9	9,904	Joël Tiéhi, Ibrahima Bakayoko, Cyril Domoraud, Lassina Diabaté, Olivier Tébily, Saliou Lassissi, Hamed Modibo Diallo, Alain Gouaméné, Élie Kroupi
35	sn Senegal	9	6,286	Samba N'Diaye, Ferdinand Coly, Amara Traoré, Salif Diao, Oumar Sané, Mamadou Faye, Moussa N'Diaye, Habib Beye, Tony Sylva
36	ba Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	12,462	Hasan Salihamidžić, Sergej Barbarez, Meho Kodro, Sead Kapetanović, Muhamed Konjić, Zdenko Miletić, Vladimir Gudelj, Milorad Ratković
37	jm Jamaica	8	9,448	Robbie Earle, Marcus Gayle, Deon Burton, Frank Sinclair, Jason Euell, Darryl Powell, Darren Byfield, Damien Francis
38	za South Africa	7	8,144	Phil Masinga, Lucas Radebe, Mark Fish, Eric Tinkler, Pierre Issa, Delron Buckley, Quinton Fortune
39	tr Türkiye	7	4,081	Muzzy Izzet, Neşat Gülünoğlu, Yıldıray Baştürk, Hasan Vural, Özkan Gümüş, Tuncay Nadaroğlu, Oktay Kuday
40	us United States	6	10,436	David Regis, Kasey Keller, Claudio Reyna, Brad Friedel, Jovan Kirovski, Chad Deering
41	gn Guinea	6	9,097	Morlaye Soumah, Pablo Thiam, Titi Camara, Kaba Diawara, Mo Camara, Lansana Soumah
42	il Israel	6	8,093	Eyal Berkovic, Haim Revivo, Tal Banin, Itzik Zohar, Avi Nimni, Ronen Harazi
43	mg Madagascar	6	7,687	Stéphane Collet, Franck Rabarivony, Éric Rabésandratana, Hamada Jambay, Hervé Arsène, Tahina Randria
44	si Slovenia	6	5,264	Matjaž Florijančič, Džoni Novak, Ermin Šiljak, Aleš Križan, Robert Englaro, Adem Kapič
45	hu Hungary	6	3,803	Gábor Király, Krisztián Lisztes, Pál Dárdai, Lajos Szűcs, János Hrutka, Mihály Tóth
46	mk North Macedonia	6	3,751	Toni Mičevski, Gjorgji Hristov, Mitko Stojkovski, Goce Sedloski, Borislav Tomovski, Saša Ilić
47	me Montenegro	5	6,398	Anto Drobnjak, Miladin Bečanović, Damir Čakar, Vladimir Popović, Miodrag Vukotić
48	xc Commonwealth of Independent States	5	5,976	Igor Kolyvanov, Dmitri Cheryshev, Sergei Mandreko, Igor Shalimov, Sergei Kiriakov
49	lr Liberia	5	4,695	George Weah, Prince Daye, Christopher Wreh, James Debbah, Victor Konwlo
50	gr Greece	5	3,148	Theodoros Zagorakis, Nikos Dabizas, Marinos Ouzounidis, Chrissovalantis Anagnostou, Lampros Choutos
Rk	Nation	# Players	Min	List
51	tn Tunisia	5	2,342	David Jemmali, Adel Sellimi, Raouf Bouzaiene, M'Saddek Senoussi, Ali Boumnijel
52	co Colombia	4	8,318	Carlos Navarro Montoya, John Harold Lozano, Miguel Guerrero, Faustino Asprilla
53	is Iceland	4	8,260	Guðni Bergsson, Eyjólfur, Hermann Hreiðarsson, Arnar Gunnlaugsson
54	sk Slovakia	4	6,318	Alexander Vencel, Samuel Slovák, Ľubomír Moravčík, Peter Dubovský
55	yu Yugoslavia	4	5,951	Vladan Lukić, Risto Vidaković, Andrej Panadić, Dragoje Leković
56	cd Congo DR	4	4,417	Michél Mazingu-Dinzey, Jason Mayélé, Alain Masudi, Ali Lukunku
57	tg Togo	4	4,311	Bachirou Salou, Yao Mawuko Sènaya, Kuami Agboh, Komlan Assignon
58	ua Ukraine	4	3,341	Viktor Skrypnyk, Serhiy Atelkin, Yuriy Maksymov, Andriy Voronin
59	dd Germany DR	3	4,913	Burkhard Reich, Ralf Hauptmann, Perry Bräutigam
60	tt Trinidad and Tobago	3	4,718	Dwight Yorke, Shaka Hislop, Clint Marcelle
61	ir IR Iran	3	3,924	Ali Daei, Khodadad Azizi, Karim Bagheri
62	eg Egypt	3	3,722	Hany Ramzy, Yasser Radwan, Hazem Emam
63	mq Martinique	3	1,824	Charles-Édouard Coridon, José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan, Ludovic Clément
64	py Paraguay	2	3,603	Roberto Acuña, Miguel Ángel Benítez
65	cr Costa Rica	2	2,946	Paulo Wanchope, Mauricio Solís
66	pe Peru	2	1,824	Pablo Zegarra, José del Solar
67	cg Congo	2	1,167	Jules Tchimbakala, Rolf-Christel Guié-Mien
68	ht Haiti	2	548	Wagneau Eloi, Ernst Atis-Clotaire
69	al Albania	2	436	Besnik Hasi, Edvin Murati
70	lu Luxembourg	2	256	Jeff Strasser, Manuel Cardoni
71	ee Estonia	1	3,240	Mart Poom
72	bo Bolivia	1	2,706	Juan Manuel Peña
73	ms Montserrat	1	2,706	Ruel Fox
74	pa Panama	1	2,536	Julio Dely Valdés
75	gq Equatorial Guinea	1	2,393	Benjamín Zarandona
Rk	Nation	# Players	Min	List
76	mw Malawi	1	1,745	Ernest Mtawali
77	ge Georgia	1	1,649	Temur Ketsbaia
78	gy Guyana	1	1,484	Carl Cort
79	gw Guinea-Bissau	1	1,255	Paulo Torres
80	ml Mali	1	1,206	Frédéric Kanouté
81	ca Canada	1	1,170	Craig Forrest
82	td Chad	1	887	Japhet N'Doram
83	kr Korea Republic	1	708	Seo Jung-won
84	cl Chile	1	524	Iván Zamorano
85	re Réunion	1	495	Éric Assati
86	bm Bermuda	1	200	Kyle Lightbourne
87	ve Venezuela	1	191	Carlos García Becerra
88	md Moldova	1	132	Alexandru Popovici
89	kn St. Kitts and Nevis	1	121	Sagi Burton
90	ao Angola	1	98	Miguel Francisco Pereira
91	lt Lithuania	1	90	Gintaras Staučė
92	ne Niger	1	59	Karim El-Khebir
93	sl Sierra Leone	1	32	Mohamed Kallon
94	gi Gibraltar	1	31	Danny Higginbotham
95	fi Finland	1	12	Teemu Tainio
96	bj Benin	1		Moussa Latoundji
97	nc New Caledonia	1		John Gope-Fenepej

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