Countries Outside Africa That Produce African Internationals

Birth countries outside Africa ranked by the number of players who chose African nations.

#	Birth country	Players with African nationality
1	France	1652
2	Spain	174
3	Germany	133
4	United Kingdom	132
5	Netherlands	124
6	Belgium	114
7	Portugal	90
8	United States	46
9	Italy	37
10	Brazil	32
11	Zaire	32
12	Sweden	30
13	Switzerland	29
14	Denmark	22
15	Norway	20
16	Belgian Empire	15
17	Canada	13
18	Rhodesia	13
19	Saudi Arabia	11
20	Colombia	10
21	United Arab Emirates	7
22	Ireland	6
23	Finland	5
24	Israel	5
25	Poland	5
26	Romania	5
27	Russia	4
28	Republic of Upper Volta	4
29	Qatar	4
30	Japan	3
31	New Zealand	3
32	Greece	3
33	Argentina	3
34	Kingdom of Denmark	3
35	Australia	3
36	Iraq	2
37	Austria	2
38	Croatia	2
39	Bolivia	2
40	Ukraine	2

Data updated 2026-10-19. Goal records rely on our match-by-match database; see methodology.