Monday, June 7, 2010

Where Do They Play?

Following up an earlier discussion of the provisional squads, I've posted up tables below showing the country where each of the 23 players on each final World Cup national team plays professionally (interesting trivia: New Zealand has 2 players who apparently do not play professionally, Australia has one). More than half of the players in the World Cup play in the top six European leagues, and the English, German and Italian squads are each populated entirely by domestically-based players. Source for team data: FIFA (pdf).







Summary# in WC%in WC% Domestic
England11816.0%100%
Germany8511.5%100%
Italy7810.6%100%
Spain516.9%87%
France476.4%48%
Netherlands334.5%39%










WORLD CUP TEAM















EnglandFranceGermanyGhanaGreeceHondurasItalyJapan
Belgium









1



China









1



Cyprus







1





Czech Republic















Egypt





1







England237

413



France

11

2





1
Germany

12332



1
Ghana





3







Greece

1



14





Honduras









14



Italy





433231
Japan













19
Netherlands





1







Norway





1







Qatar





1







Romania







1





Russia













1
Scotland







1





South Africa





1







Spain

3

1







Switzerland





1







United States









1

















WORLD CUP TEAM















Korea DPRKorea RepublicMexicoNetherlandsNew ZealandNigeriaParaguayPortugal
Argentina











3

Austria









1



Australia







4





Belgium











1

Brazil











1

China

1











Columbia











1

Denmark







1





Equador











1

England

2255624
France

1





4

1
Germany

155

231
Greece













1
Israel









3



Italy





2



1

Japan22











Mexico



14





4

New Zealand







9





Netherlands



39

1



North Korea20













Paraguay











4

Portugal











18
Russia11





3

1
Saudi Arabia

1











Scotland

1

1







South Korea

131







7
Spain





1

21

Turkey



1









Ukraine









1



United States







2



















WORLD CUP TEAM















SerbiaSloveniaSlovokiaSouth AfricaSpainSwitzerlandUnited StatesUruguay
Argentina













1
Belgium12

1







Brazil













1
Chile













3
Columbia













1
Czech Republic



1









Denmark











1

England4133328

France

2





211
Germany545



73

Greece

11









Israel

1

1







Italy342



414
Mexico











2

Netherlands1311

1

2
Norway











1

Poland111









Portugal11









3
Romania



2









Russia2111







Scotland



1





2

Slovenia

2











Slovokia



2









South Africa





16







Spain2





20



3
Sweden













1
Switzerland









7



Turkey



3







1
Ukraine



1









United States











4

Uruguay













2










WORLD CUP TEAM       
 AlgeriaArgentinaAustraliaBrazilCameroonChileCôte d'IvoireDenmark
Algeria3       
Argentina 6   1  
Australia  1     
Belgium  1   1 
Brazil   2 1  
Bulgaria1       
Cameroon    1   
Chile     7  
Côte d'Ivoire      1 
Denmark       7
England34723164
France71 16 6 
Germany3112412 
Greece1  1 1 3
Israel      1 
Italy262811 3
Japan  2     
Mexico     1  
Netherlands 12 1 15
Portugal11 2 1  
Romania      1 
Russia  1  1  
Scotland1   1 1 
Spain13 43331
Switzerland  1     
Turkey  3131  
UAE  1  1 




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