List of foreign Premier League players

This is a list of foreign players in the Premier League, which commenced play in 1992.

For example, "1992–95" indicates that the player has played in every season from 1992–93 to 1994–95, but not necessarily every calendar year from 1992 to 1995.

This follows the general practice in expressing sporting seasons in the UK.

On 25 January 2025, Uzbekistan became the most recent country to be represented, when Abdukodir Khusanov played for Manchester City.

For each country, the leading appearance-maker is indicated by the number of matches that he played in the Premier League.

Riyad Mahrez was voted PFA Player of the Year after helping Leicester win the title in 2016
Geremi won two consecutive Premier League titles with Chelsea
In 2017–18, Mohamed Salah won the PFA Players' Player of the Year and was the top scorer with a record breaking 32 goals
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was the joint-top goalscorer in the Premier League in 2018–19, scoring 22 goals for Arsenal
Michael Essien won the Premier League twice with Chelsea
Didier Drogba scored 104 Premier League goals and won four league titles with Chelsea
Mikel John Obi won two Premier League titles for Chelsea
Sadio Mané scored the quickest Premier League hat-trick, netting three goals in 176 seconds
Mark Schwarzer is the only player from outside the United Kingdom to play over 500 Premier League matches
Sun Jihai is the first East Asian to score a Premier League goal when he scored for Manchester City in 2002
Shinji Kagawa won a Premier League title with Manchester United in 2013
Shinji Okazaki won the Premier League with Leicester City in 2016
Park Ji-Sung won four Premier League titles with Manchester United in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011
Son Heung-min became the first Asian to reach 100 Premier League goals in 2023 with Tottenham Hotspur
Vincent Kompany captained Manchester City to win the Premier League title in 2012, earning him the accolade of Player of the Season
Eden Hazard was voted the Player of the Season after helping Chelsea to the Premier League title in 2015
Kevin De Bruyne has won five Premier League titles with Manchester City, and was named Player of the Season twice
Dimitar Berbatov won two Premier League titles with Manchester United, and was the league's top scorer in 2010–11
Petr Čech won four Premier League titles with Chelsea and holds the most Premier League clean sheets
Peter Schmeichel won five Premier League titles with Manchester United and is the only goalkeeper to be voted Player of the Season
With 175 goals, all for Arsenal, Thierry Henry is the second highest-scoring foreign player in Premier League history
Nicolas Anelka won the Premier League at Arsenal and Chelsea
Eric Cantona captained Manchester United
Patrice Evra won the Premier League five times with Manchester United
Jens Lehmann , goalkeeper for Arsenal during their undefeated season in 2003–04
İlkay Gündoğan won five Premier League titles with Manchester City
Mario Balotelli is the only Italian to win the Premier League, doing so with Manchester City in 2012
Edwin van der Sar is the holder of the record for the longest Premier League clean sheet streak, while playing for Manchester United
Robin van Persie was Premier League top scorer in two consecutive seasons for two different clubs – Arsenal and Manchester United
Ruud van Nistelrooy was the top scorer and Player of the Season in 2002–03
Ole Gunnar Solskjær won six Premier League titles for Manchester United, a record for a player from outside the British Isles
Erling Haaland scored a Premier League record 36 goals for Manchester City in the 2022–23 season
Wojciech Szczęsny played over 100 Premier League matches for Arsenal, and kept the most clean sheets in the 2013–14 season
Cristiano Ronaldo won a hat-trick of Premier League titles with Manchester United, was twice voted Player of the Season and is the only player to win the FIFA World Player of the Year while playing in the Premier League
Ricardo Carvalho won three Premier League titles with Chelsea
Roy Keane won seven Premier League titles with Manchester United, including four as captain
Robbie Keane played for six different Premier League clubs and scored a total of 126 goals
Shay Given kept a total of 113 Premier League clean sheets
Dan Petrescu was selected as the right defender of the Premier League 10 Seasons Awards Overseas team
Andrey Arshavin became the first player in Premier League history to score four goals in an away game at Anfield
Nemanja Vidić won five Premier League titles for Manchester United and was voted Player of the Season twice
Fernando Torres was signed by Chelsea from Liverpool in 2011 for £50 million, then the most ever paid by a Premier League club
Cesc Fàbregas recorded 111 Premier League assists, the second most ever by a non-British player, and won two league titles with Chelsea
Pepe Reina of Liverpool had the most Premier League clean sheets in three consecutive seasons
Freddie Ljungberg won two Premier League titles with Arsenal and was named Player of the Season in 2002
Wes Morgan captained Leicester's title-winning team in 2016
Javier Hernández won the Premier League twice with Manchester United
Dwight Yorke scored 123 Premier League goals, a record for a player from North America
Brad Friedel appeared in a record 310 consecutive Premier League matches during spells at Blackburn, Aston Villa, and Tottenham
Chris Wood has made over 200 Premier League appearances and played for five different clubs
Carlos Tevez won the Premier League at Manchester United and Manchester City
Sergio Agüero won five Premier League titles with Manchester City, and is the highest scoring foreign player in Premier League history
Edu was a member of the Arsenal "Invincibles" team which won the Premier League in 2004
Anderson won four Premier League titles with Manchester United
Roberto Firmino is the highest-scoring Brazilian in Premier League history, and won a title with Liverpool
Alexis Sánchez scored 60 Premier League goals for Arsenal
Antonio Valencia won the Premier League twice with Manchester United
Luis Suárez was the top scorer in the 2013–14 Premier League , with a then record-equalling 31 goals