The Start of European season it’s a good time to review the different elite of the world football teams and find out what they are countries with the highest representation in these clubs. For this article, the 10 clubs leading the UEFA rankings were taken: Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Barcelona, PSG, Juventus, Atletico Madrid and Manchester United.
Then the numbers by nationality when analyzing it 302 players who are part of these ten teamscounting only those players who have already made their debut in the top flight.
The countries with the most players in world football’s elite
The country with the highest representation is England, with 46 playersfollowed by Spain, with 41. Although of course both have the advantage that seven out of ten equipment of the mentioned Top 10 of the UEFA ranking is exactly from these championships: four from the Premier League and three from La Liga.
He appears behind them France, with 37 players, despite having only one team in the elite (PSG). fourth figure Brazil, with 24 representatives which make it the country with the most players outside the European powers. Germany Fill in the first five positions with 18 players.
It’s back Italy with 17, Portugal with 14while Argentina and the Netherlands (11 each) are the others that appear in double digits.
Senegal (6) Leads among African countries and USA (3) between those from Concacaf, while they exist a representative of Asia: Iraq, led by youngster Zidane Iqbal, who has already played a Champions League game with Manchester United. Oceania has no players.
Among the 32 selected players for the World Cup, there are those who do not have players in the elite Qatar, Ecuador, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Australia, Japan and South Korea.
| Country | Players |
|---|---|
| England | 46 |
| Spain | 41 |
| France | 37 |
| Brazil | 24 |
| Germany | 18 |
| Italy | 17 |
| Portugal | 14 |
| Argentina | eleven |
| Netherlands | eleven |
| Croatia | 8 |
| Belgium | 6 |
| Senegal | 6 |
| Uruguay | 5 |
| Colombia | 4 |
| Morocco | 4 |
| Scotland | 4 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 |
| Denmark | 3 |
| Serbian | 3 |
| USA | 3 |
| Austria | two |
| Cameroon | two |
| Guinea | two |
| Poland | two |
| Sweden | two |
| Welsh | two |
| Albanian | 1 |
| Algeria | 1 |
| Bosnian | 1 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 |
| Central African Republic | 1 |
| Canada | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 1 |
| The Czech Republic | 1 |
| Dominican representative | 1 |
| Egypt | 1 |
| Gabon | 1 |
| Ghana | 1 |
| Hellas | 1 |
| Ireland | 1 |
| Iraq | 1 |
| Montenegro | 1 |
| Mozambique | 1 |
| Norway | 1 |
| Slovenia | 1 |
| Swiss | 1 |
| Tunisia | 1 |
| Ukraine | 1 |
