UEFA Euro 2012 Finals Players by National Leagues

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Here are the 368 players who will participate in the Euro 2012 Finals according to the National Leagues in which they play...

 

England 79

Germany 48

Spain 33

Italy 31

Russia 29

Ukraine 27

France 25

Greece 17

Netherlands 16

Portugal 12

Turkey* 9

Czech Republic 8

Denmark 8

Poland 6

Croatia 4

Scotland* 4

Sweden 3

Belgium* 3

Cyprus* 1

Israel* 1

Romania* 1

Saudi Arabia* 1

Switzerland* 1

United States of America* 1

Republic of Ireland 0

Total Players (16 squads of 23) 368

 

*Country not competing in Finals

 

Full details of club affiliations for all 368 players can be found here:

 

http://www.myfootballfacts.com/Euro_2012_Finals.html

[Peter H]

That just says that there are a bunch of foreigners in the Prem.

[pete0]

That just says that there are a bunch of foreigners in the Prem.

Which could be read as the domestic players not being very good, which is backed up by Henderson being in the national squad.

[c1982]

That just says that there are a bunch of foreigners in the Prem.

 

Partially that but if there was a list of non EU players then England would be further down the list due to work permit regulations that other EU countries don't seem to have. Think it'd probably balance out overall.

[Matt]

anyone got a list of teams that didnt qualify?

[Peter H]

 

 

Partially that but if there was a list of non EU players then England would be further down the list due to work permit regulations that other EU countries don't seem to have. Think it'd probably balance out overall.

 

But are there that many foreigners in the other leauges? Spain and germany are domestic player heavy. Italy have a few. Holland have loads. I think the prem have quite a few. Look at Everton. Howard, Distin, Heitinga, fellaini, Pienaar or Drenthe, cahill, Jelavic. And thats 7/8 out of a possible starting 11.

[Guest Nikica]

But are there that many foreigners in the other leauges? Spain and germany are domestic player heavy. Italy have a few. Holland have loads. I think the prem have quite a few. Look at Everton. Howard, Distin, Heitinga, fellaini, Pienaar or Drenthe, cahill, Jelavic. And thats 7/8 out of a possible starting 11.

 

England has dual problems: the fact that so many foreigners play in the league and also that their domestic players never leave for foreign leagues. English players are generally working-class and unwilling to broaden their horizons (at least in contemporary times). Look at Gazza and Beckham - both went abroad and made a dog's dinner of learning the language and integrating into Italy and Spain respectively because they're both thick and English boys at heart.

 

What this means is that the English national team is extremely homogeneous, and the players only know how to play in the Premier League styles e.g. fast, powerful, lots of running etc, and/or extremely solid and defensive (but performed to a less effective degree than in the Italian way). That's fine in its natural environment and culture i.e. the Premier League, but on the international stage you meet a variety of different styles. Most nations have players playing abroad and therefore have a much more heterogeneous style and are influence by different footballing cultures. Even the nations who are generally almost entirely-domestic in squad composition take influences from across the world, something England doesn't seem to do. Even if they didn't, the styles of football in Germany and especially Italy and Spain are much more transferable to the international arena than the English style.

 

This is going to sound like another dig at England, but it isn't. it's actually constructive criticism. I genuinely believe that if the likes of Gerrard and Lampard had moved abroad earlier in their careers, their game would have been refined and they'd have been influenced by different styles. This would have made them better players and more able to transfer their strengths to the international stage.

 

Like everything in life, a lack of diversity is a bad thing.

Edited June 16, 2012 by Nikica