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African Players in the USL Championship

253 players all-time · 7 now · 43 clubs

Playing in the USL Championship now (7)

PlayerNationClubPosition
Kwadwo Poku GhanaTampa Bay RowdiesMidfielder
Yamikani Chester MalawiNorth Carolina FCForward
Abdi Mohamed KenyaMemphis 901 FCDefender
Chancel Ndaye BurundiLas Vegas Lights FCCentre-back
Femi Hollinger-Janzen BeninFC TulsaForward
Ates Diouf SenegalAustin Bold FCForward
Gaoussou Samaké Ivory CoastLoudoun United FCDefender

Where they come from

Zimbabwe: 5 playersZambiaYemenUzbekistanUnited Arab EmiratesUganda: 6 playersTurkmenistanTurkeyTunisia: 2 playersTogo: 5 playersTanzania: 6 playersSyriaeSwatiniS. SudanSudanSpainSouth Africa: 13 playersSomaliaSierra Leone: 8 playersSeychellesSenegal: 18 playersSaudi ArabiaSão Tomé and PrincipeRwandaQatarPortugalPakistanOmanNigeria: 23 playersNigerNamibiaMozambiqueMorocco: 3 playersW. SaharaMauritiusMauritaniaMaltaMali: 3 playersMalawi: 2 playersMadagascarLibya: 2 playersLiberia: 10 playersLesotho: 2 playersLebanonKuwaitKenya: 7 playersJordanItalyIsraelPalestineIraqIranGuinea-BissauGuinea: 7 playersGreeceGhana: 50 playersGambia: 12 playersGabonFranceEthiopiaEritreaEq. GuineaEgyptDjiboutiCyprusCôte d'Ivoire: 13 playersDem. Rep. Congo: 9 playersCongo: 2 playersComorosChadCentral African Rep.Cabo Verde: 5 playersCameroon: 23 playersBurundi: 2 playersBurkina FasoBotswanaBenin: 3 playersBahrainAngola: 2 playersAlgeria: 3 playersAfghanistan
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By nationality

NationAll-timeNow
Ghanaian players in the USL Championship501
Nigerian players in the USL Championship230
Cameroonian players in the USL Championship230
Senegalese players in the USL Championship181
Ivorian players in the USL Championship131
South African players in the USL Championship130
Gambian players in the USL Championship120
Liberian players in the USL Championship100
DR Congo players in the USL Championship90
Sierra Leonean players in the USL Championship80
Guinean players in the USL Championship70
Kenyan players in the USL Championship71
Ugandan players in the USL Championship60
Tanzanian players in the USL Championship60
Zimbabwean players in the USL Championship50
Cape Verdean players in the USL Championship50
Togolese players in the USL Championship50
Moroccan players in the USL Championship30
Beninese players in the USL Championship31
Algerian players in the USL Championship30
Malian players in the USL Championship30
Angola20
Congo20
Malawi21
Lesotho20
Burundi21
Tunisia20
Libya20

Best-known African players in the USL Championship

Didier Drogba Didier DrogbaIvory Coast · b. 1978 Freddy Adu Freddy AduGhana · b. 1989 Tani Oluwaseyi Tani OluwaseyiNigeria · Villarreal CF Christian Bassogog Christian BassogogCameroon · b. 1995 Florentin Pogba Florentin PogbaGuinea · Atlanta United FC Haminu Draman Haminu DramanGhana · b. 1986 Isaac Promise Isaac PromiseNigeria · b. 1987 Adama Mbengue Adama MbengueSenegal · b. 1993 Pa Konate Pa KonateGuinea · b. 1994 Fanendo Adi Fanendo AdiNigeria · Minnesota United FC S Souleymane YoulaGuinea · b. 1981 P Parfait MandandaDR Congo · b. 1989 Baye Djiby Fall Baye Djiby FallSenegal · b. 1985 K Khalil AzmiMorocco · b. 1964 Micheal Azira Micheal AziraUganda · Chicago Fire FC Kenny Mansally Kenny MansallyGambia · b. 1989 Dominic Oduro Dominic OduroGhana · San Jose Earthquakes Rayan Elloumi Rayan ElloumiTunisia · b. 2007 J Jerome Ngom MbekeliCameroon · b. 1998 Laryea Kingston Laryea KingstonGhana · b. 1980 A Adjoa BayorGhana · b. 1979 Bright Dike Bright DikeNigeria · b. 1987 Dominique Badji Dominique BadjiSenegal · Nashville SC Éamon Zayed Éamon ZayedLibya · b. 1983