A look at the list of 47 African footballers playing the English Premier League, with Nigeria & Ivory Coast leading Senegal very slightly…

The English Premier League is what every young African footballer dreams of, and certainly millions of African fans love to see one of their own competing in.

The 2019/20 season has seen an increase of five players moving to England after last season’s 42. While it is super easy to name our most popular stars like Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon and of course the Liverpool duo of Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) as well Sadio Mane (Senegal), but who else is there representing the continent? 

Full list by nation:

Nigeria 🇳🇬

• Wilfred Ndidi – Leicester City
• Alex Iwobi – Everton
• Kelechi Iheanacho – Leicester City
• Isaac Success – Watford 
• Leon Balogun – Brighton & Hove Albion
• Tom Dele-Bashiru – Watford

Cote D’Ivoire 🇮🇪

• Nicolas Pepe – Arsenal
• Jean-Philippe Gbamin – Everton
• Wilfried Zaha – Crystal Palace
• Eric Bailly – Manchester United
• Serge Aurier – Tottenham Hotspur
• Jonathan Kodjia – Aston Villa

Senegal 🇸🇳

• Sadio Mané – Liverpool 
• Ismaïla Sarr – Watford
• Cheikhou Kouyaté – Crystal Palace
• Oumar Niasse – Everton
• Henri Saivet – Newcastle

Ghana 🇬🇭 

• Jeffrey Schlupp – Crystal Palace
• Jordan Ayew – Crystal Palace
• Daniel Amartey – Leicester City
• Christian Atsu – Newcastle
• Phil Ofosu-Ayeh – Wolves

Egypt 🇪🇬 

• Mohamed Salah- Liverpool 
• Mohamed Elneny – Arsenal 
• Trezeguet – Aston Villa
• Ahmed Elmohamady – Aston Villa

Democratic Republic of Congo 🇨🇩

• Yannick Bolasie – Everton
• Arthur Masuaku – West Ham United
• Beni Baningime – Everton
• Aaron Tshibola – Aston Villa

Mali 🇲🇱 

• Yves Bissouma – Brighton & Hove Albion
• Moussa Djenepo – Southampton
• Fousseni Diabaté – Leicester City
• Bakary Sako – Crystal Palace

Morocco 🇲🇦 

• Sofiane Boufal – Southampton
• Romain Saïss – Wolves
• Achraf Lazaar – Newcastle

Algeria 🇩🇿 

• Riyad Mahrez – Manchester City
• Rachid Ghezzal – Leicester City
• Islam Slimani – Leicester City

Cameroon 🇨🇲 

• Joel Matip – Liverpool
• Gaëtan Bong – Brighton & Hove Albion

Gabon 🇬🇦 

• Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Arsenal
• Mario Lemina – Southampton

Kenya 🇰🇪 

• Victor Wanyama – Tottenham Hotspur.

Guinea 🇬🇳 

• Naby Keïta – Liverpool 

Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 

• Marvelous Nakamba – Aston Villa.

FUTAA Sourced