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African Players in the Serie A

447 players all-time · 28 now · 21 clubs

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Playing in the Serie A now (28)

PlayerNationClubPosition
Stephan El Shaarawy EgyptGenoa CFCWinger
Manuel Akanji NigeriaInter MilanDefender
Franck Kessié Ivory CoastAtalanta BCMidfielder
André-Frank Zambo Anguissa CameroonSSC NapoliMidfielder
Keita Balde SenegalAC MonzaForward
Samuel Chukwueze NigeriaAC MilanWing half
Ismaël Bennacer AlgeriaAC MilanMidfielder
Loïs Openda MoroccoJuventus FCForward
Pierre Kalulu DR CongoJuventus FCDefender
Odilon Kossounou Ivory CoastAtalanta BCCentre-back
Zakaria Aboukhlal MoroccoTorino FCForward
Pape Matar Sarr SenegalJuventus FCMidfielder
Boulaye Dia SenegalSS LazioForward
Amadou Diawara GuineaAS RomaMidfielder
Anass Salah-Eddine MoroccoAS RomaDefender
Jérémie Boga Ivory CoastUS Sassuolo CalcioMidfielder
Adam Masina MoroccoUdinese CalcioFull-back
Oussama El Azzouzi MoroccoBologna F.C. 1909
Akor Adams NigeriaVenezia F.C.Forward
Kévin Malcuit MoroccoSSC NapoliDefender
Zinédine Machach AlgeriaSSC NapoliMidfielder
Ebrima Colley GambiaAtalanta BCMidfielder
Mohamed Farès AlgeriaSS LazioDefender
Bobby Adekanye NigeriaSS LazioForward
Fisayo Dele-Bashiru NigeriaSS Lazio
Jeff Ekhator NigeriaJuventus FCForward
Moustapha Cissé GuineaAtalanta BCForward
Samuel Wiafe GhanaGenoa CFCMidfielder

Where they come from

ZimbabweZambiaYemenUzbekistanUnited Arab EmiratesUgandaTurkmenistanTurkeyTunisia: 18 playersTogo: 3 playersTanzaniaSyriaeSwatiniS. SudanSudanSpainSouth Africa: 10 playersSomalia: 2 playersSierra Leone: 6 playersSeychellesSenegal: 42 playersSaudi ArabiaSão Tomé and PrincipeRwandaQatarPortugalPakistanOmanNigeria: 65 playersNigerNamibiaMozambique: 2 playersMorocco: 35 playersW. SaharaMauritiusMauritaniaMaltaMali: 16 playersMalawiMadagascarLibya: 3 playersLiberia: 2 playersLesothoLebanonKuwaitKenya: 2 playersJordanItalyIsraelPalestineIraqIranGuinea-Bissau: 4 playersGuinea: 9 playersGreeceGhana: 69 playersGambia: 8 playersGabon: 6 playersFranceEthiopiaEritreaEq. Guinea: 2 playersEgypt: 8 playersDjiboutiCyprusCôte d'Ivoire: 41 playersDem. Rep. Congo: 12 playersCongo: 4 playersComorosChadCentral African Rep.: 4 playersCabo VerdeCameroon: 36 playersBurundiBurkina Faso: 7 playersBotswanaBeninBahrainAngola: 7 playersAlgeria: 19 playersAfghanistan
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By nationality

NationAll-timeNow
Ghanaian players in the Serie A691
Nigerian players in the Serie A656
Senegalese players in the Serie A423
Ivorian players in the Serie A413
Cameroonian players in the Serie A361
Moroccan players in the Serie A356
Algerian players in the Serie A193
Tunisian players in the Serie A180
Malian players in the Serie A160
DR Congo players in the Serie A121
South African players in the Serie A100
Guinean players in the Serie A92
Gambian players in the Serie A81
Egyptian players in the Serie A81
Burkinabé players in the Serie A70
Angolan players in the Serie A70
Sierra Leonean players in the Serie A60
Gabonese players in the Serie A60
Bissau-Guinean players in the Serie A40
Congolese players in the Serie A40
Central African players in the Serie A40
Togolese players in the Serie A30
Libyan players in the Serie A30
Somalia20
Liberia20
Kenya20
Equatorial Guinea20
Mozambique20

Best-known African players in the Serie A

Mohamed Salah Mohamed SalahEgypt · Trabzonspor George Weah George WeahLiberia · b. 1966 Mario Balotelli Mario BalotelliGhana · Al-Ittifaq F. C. Samuel Eto'o Samuel Eto'oCameroon · b. 1981 Sami Khedira Sami KhediraTunisia · b. 1987 Achraf Hakimi Achraf HakimiMorocco · Paris Saint-Germain FC Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Pierre-Emerick AubameyangGabon · Deportivo de A Coruña Patrice Evra Patrice EvraSenegal · b. 1981 Samuel Umtiti Samuel UmtitiCameroon · b. 1993 Michael Essien Michael EssienGhana · b. 1982 Kevin-Prince Boateng Kevin-Prince BoatengGhana · b. 1987 Marcel Desailly Marcel DesaillyGhana · b. 1968 Asamoah Gyan Asamoah GyanGhana · b. 1985 Blaise Matuidi Blaise MatuidiAngola · b. 1987 Adil Rami Adil RamiMorocco · b. 1985 Sulley Muntari Sulley MuntariGhana · b. 1984 Victor Osimhen Victor OsimhenNigeria · Galatasaray S.K. Stephan El Shaarawy Stephan El ShaarawyEgypt · Genoa CFC Gervinho GervinhoIvory Coast · b. 1987 Brahim Díaz Brahim DíazMorocco · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol Medhi Benatia Medhi BenatiaMorocco · b. 1987 Andrcu Onana Andrcu OnanaCameroon · Trabzonspor Victor Moses Victor MosesNigeria · FC Kaisar Kalidou Koulibaly Kalidou KoulibalySenegal · Al Hilal SFC