Let’s take a detailed look at the list of African players who have been registered for this season’s Premier League.
African Players have taken the English top-flight by storm in recent years. Following the footsteps of the likes of Didier Drogba and Jay-Jay Okocha, many African footballers have recently achieved great success in the Premier League.
Football fans are familiar enough with some of these stars to know their nationalities. Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, and Riyad Mahrez have consistently displayed great performances for their national teams in recent years.
However, you might be surprised to see some African players who play for rival clubs share the same nationality. So let’s find out how many players each nation has in the Premier League.
Algeria 🇩🇿 (2)
- Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
- Said Benrahma (West Ham United)
Zambia 🇿🇲 (2)
- Enock Mwepu (Brighton & Hove Albion)
- Patson Daka (Leicester City)
Mali 🇲🇱 (2)
- Yves Bissouma (Brighton & Hove Albion)
- Moussa Djenepo (Southampton)
DR Congo 🇨🇩 (2)
- Yoane Wissa (Brentford)
- Arthur Masuaku (West Ham United)
Egypt 🇪🇬 (3)
- Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal)
- Trezeguet (Aston Villa)
- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Morocco 🇲🇦 (3)
- Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea)
- Adam Masina (Watford)
- Romain Saiss (Wolves)
Senegal 🇸🇳 (5)
- Sadio Mane (Liverpool)
- Edouard Mendy (Chelsea)
- Cheikhou Kouyate (Crystal Palace)
- Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City)
- Ismaila Sarr (Watford)
Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 (6)
- Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal)
- Maxwel Cornet (Burnley)
- Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace)
- Jean-Philippe Gbamin (Everton)
- Eric Bailly (Manchester United)
- Amad Diallo (Manchester United)
Ghana 🇬🇭 (6)
- Thomas Partey (Arsenal)
- Daniel Amartey (Leicester City)
- Tariqe Fosu-Henry (Brentford)
- Jeffery Schlupp (Crystal Palace)
- Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace)
- Mohammed Salisu (Southampton)
Nigeria 🇳🇬 (8)
- Frank Onyeka (Brentford)
- Alex Iwobi (Everton)
- Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City)
- Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City)
- William Troost-Ekong (Watford)
- Peter Etebo (Watford)
- Emmanuel Dennis (Watford)
- Willy Boly (Wolves)
Players from other African Nations
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) – Gabon 🇬🇦
- Marvelous Nakamba (Aston Villa) – Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
- Bertrand Traore (Aston Villa) – Burkina Faso 🇧🇫
- Naby Keita (Liverpool) – Guinea 🇬🇳
- Joel Matip (Liverpool) – Cameroon 🇨🇲
- Hannibal Mejbri (Manchester United) – Tunisia 🇹🇳
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