Best players from these countries/regions?

Melion

So best players from these countries/regions to ever play in the premiership? Bit of fun to pass the afternoon.

England: Alan Shearer
Ireland: Roy Keane
Spain: Xabi Alonso
France: Thierry Henry
Holland: Dennis Bergkamp
Portgual: Ronaldo
Germany: Jurgen Klinsmann
South America: Nolberto Solano
Scandinavia: Peter Schmeichel
Italy: Gianfranco Zola
Africa: JayJay Okocha
Asia: Park Ji-Sung

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England: Steven Gerrard
Ireland: Roy Keane
Spain: Cesc Fabregas
France: Eric Cantona
Holland: Dennis Bergkamp
Portgual: Ronaldo
Germany: Jurgen Klinsmann
South America: Lucas Leiva (lol)
Scandinavia: Peter Schmeichel
Italy: Paolo DiCanio
Africa: Ali Dia
Asia: Park Ji-Sung

Xavi6

What about North America and Oceania?

Melion

Xavi6 wrote: »

What about North America and Oceania?

Not enough to choose from IMO

fullstop

Xavi6 wrote: »

What about North America and Oceania?

And Wales and Scotland and Northern Ireland and Switzerland and Romania and Greece.

Samurai

England: Steven Gerrard
Ireland: Paul McGrath
Spain: Cesc Fabregas
France: Thierry Henry
Holland: Dennis Bergkamp
Portgual: Cristiano Ronaldo
Germany: Jurgen Klinsmann
South America: Robinho
Scandinavia: Henrik Larsson
Italy: Gianfranco Zola
Africa: JayJay Okocha
Asia/Australia: Harry Kewell
North America: Brad Friedel

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Samurai wrote: »

Scandinavia: Henrik Larsson

He only played less than half a season in the Premier League

Samurai

fullstop wrote: »

He only played less than half a season in the Premier League

best players from these countries/regions to ever play in the premiership?

Kingp35

England: Alan Shearer
Ireland: Paul McGrath
Spain: Cesc Fabregas
France: Thierry Henry
Holland: Dennis Bergkamp
Portgual: Christiano Ronaldo
Germany: Jurgen Klinsmann
South America: Faustino Asprilla
Scandinavia: Henrik Larsson
Italy: Gianfranco Zola
Africa: Tony Yeboah
Asia/Australia: Mark Viduka

Carroller16

England: Steven Gerrard
Ireland: Roy Keane
Spain: Cesc Fabregas
France: Thierry Henry
Holland: Dennis Bergkamp
Portgual: Cristiano Ronaldo
Germany: Jurgen Klinnsmann
South America: Carlos Tevez
Scandinavia: Peter Schmeichel
Italy: Paolo Di Canio
Africa: Michael Essien
Asia/Australia: Tim Cahill
North America: Brad Freidel

Mr. Presentable

England: Alan Shearer
Ireland: Paul McGrath
Spain: Xabi Alonso
France: Laurent Blanc
Holland: Dennis Bergkamp
Portgual: Ronaldo
Germany: Jurgen Klinsmann
South America: Asprilla
Scandinavia: Peter Schmeichel
Italy: Di Canio
Africa: Yeboah
Asia: Nakata

3hn2givr7mx1sc

England: Steven Gerrard
Ireland: Roy Keane
Spain: Cesc Fabregas
France: Eric Cantona
Holland: Dennis Bergkamp
Portgual: Cristiano Ronaldo
Germany: Jurgen Klinnsmann
South America: Robinho
Scandinavia: Peter Schmeichel/Henrik Larsson
Italy: Paolo Di Canio
Africa: Michael Essien
Asia: Park Ji-Sung
Australia: Tim Cahill/Mark Viduka

speedboatchase

"France: Laurent Blanc"

LOL wut?


England: Alan Shearer
Ireland: Roy Keane
Spain: Cesc Fabregas
France: Thierry Henry / Patrick Viera
Holland: Dennis Bergkamp
Portgual: Cristiano Ronaldo
Germany: Jurgen Klinsmann
South America: Faustino Asprilla
Scandinavia: Peter Schmeichel
Italy: Gianfranco Zola
Oceania: Dwight Yorke? Where is T&T?!

PCros

Carroller16 wrote: »

Asia/Australia: Tim Cahill

Tim Cahill hype!

Mark Viduka!

The Hustler

England: Alan Shearer
Ireland: Roy Keane
Spain: Fernando Torres
France: Thierry Henry
Holland: Dennis Bergkamp
Portgual: Ronaldo
Germany: Jurgen Klinsmann
South America: Faustino Asprilla
Scandinavia: Peter Schmeichel
Italy: Gianfranco Zola
Africa: Lucas Radebe
Asia: Park Ji-Sung
Australia - Harry Kewell

PCros

speedboatchase wrote: »

Oceania: Dwight Yorke? Where is T&T?!

Caribbean...

8-10

speedboatchase wrote: »

Oceania: Dwight Yorke? Where is T&T?!

Caribbean! Quite far away. Though he did play for Sydney I think...

Mr. Presentable

speedboatchase wrote: »

"France: Laurent Blanc"

LOL wut?

Yeah I know. I always liked him as a defender. Man U was not his best period, but it's the best player - not the player's best season. And Henry is so bloody obvious

Why are these polls limited to starting from 1992?

eZe^

Cantona above Henry? Lollerskates.

Bodhidharma

England: Alan Shearer
Ireland: Roy Keane
Spain: Cesc Fabregas
France: Eric Cantona
Holland: Dennis Bergkamp
Portgual: Cristiano Ronaldo
Germany: Jurgen Klinnsmann
South America: Juninho
North America: Brian McBride
Scandinavia: Peter Schmeichel
Italy: Gianfranco Zola
Africa: Michael Essien
Asia: Park Ji-Sung
Australia: Tim Cahill
Russia: Andrei Kanchelskis

8-10

England: John Barnes
Ireland: Roy Keane
Spain: Fernando Hierro
France: Thierry Henry
Holland: Dennis Bergkamp
Portgual: Luis Boa Morte
Germany: Didi Hamann
South America: Juninho
Scandinavia: Jari Litmanen
Italy: Gianfranco Zola
Africa: Marcel Desailly
Asia: Ronny Rosenthal

Kingp35

nipplenuts wrote: »

Why are these polls limited to starting from 1992?

Because football didn't exist before the Premiership.

8-10 wrote:

Asia: Ronny Rosenthal

Isn't Rosenthal from Israel?

Xavi6

England: Stephen Gerrard
Ireland: Stephen Ireland
Spain: Cesc Fabregas
France: Thierry Henry
Holland: Dennis Bergkamp
Portugal: Ricardo Carvalho
Germany: Dietmar Hamann
South America: Robinho
North America: John Harkes
Scandinavia: Brian Laudrup
Italy: Gianfranco Zola
Africa: Michael Essien
Asia: Hidetoshi Nakata
Australia: Mark Schwarzer

These are fun

8-10

Kingp35 wrote: »

Isn't Rosenthal from Israel?

Isn't Israel in western Asia?

CR 7

England: Chris Eagles
Ireland: Clinton Morrison
Spain: Luis Garcia
France: Djibril Cissé
Holland: Ruud van Nistelrooy
Portgual: Cristiano Ronaldo
Germany: Kevin-Prince Boateng
South America: Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira
North America: Clint Dempsey
Scandinavia: Peter Schmeichel
Italy: Federico Macheda
Africa: Michael Essien
Asia: Park Ji-Sung
Australia: Tim Cahill Kevin Muscat:P

Kingp35

8-10 wrote: »

Isn't Israel in western Asia?

They play under the UEFA Organisation.

gustavo

England: Wayne Rooney
Ireland: Roy Keane
Spain: Fernando Torres
France: Thierry Henry
Holland: Dennis Bergkamp
Portgual: Cristiano Ronaldo
Germany: Michael Ballack
South America: Robinho
Scandinavia: Peter Schmeichel
Italy: Gianfranco Zola
Africa: Michael Essien
Asia: Park Ji-Sung

Jayob10

the_pm_of_17 wrote: »

England: Chris Eagles
Ireland: Clinton Morrison
Spain: Luis Garcia
France: Djibril Cissé
Holland: Ruud van Nistelrooy
Portgual: Cristiano Ronaldo
Germany: Kevin-Prince Boateng
South America: Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira
North America: Clint Dempsey
Scandinavia: Peter Schmeichel
Italy: Federico Macheda
Africa: Michael Essien
Asia: Park Ji-Sung
Australia: Tim Cahill

Ireland: Liam Daish
Spain: Josemi
France: William Prunier
Holland: Glen Helder
Portgual: Helder Postiga
Germany: Moriz Volz
South America: Fabricio Coloccini
North America: Joe Max Moore
Scandinavia: Thomas Brolin
Italy: Massimo Maccarone
Africa: Alex Nyarko
Asia: Dong Fangzhou
Australia: Kevin Muscat

CR 7

Jayob10 wrote: »

Ireland: Liam Daish
Spain: Josemi
France: William Prunier
Holland: Glen Helder
Portgual: Helder Postiga
Germany: Moriz Volz
South America: Fabricio Coloccini
North America: Joe Max Moore
Scandinavia: Thomas Brolin
Italy: Massimo Maccarone
Africa: Alex Nyarko
Asia: Dong Fangzhou
Australia: Kevin Muscat

I didn't think Kevin Muscat ever played in England?

Mr. Presentable

Kingp35 wrote: »

Because football didn't exist before the Premiership.

I thought that was when it ended!

Jayob10

the_pm_of_17 wrote: »

I didn't think Kevin Muscat ever played in England?

He sure did.

With Wolves and Crystal Palace. Oh yeah and Millwall.

RustySpoon

England: Alan Shearer
Ireland: Roy Keane
Spain: Fernando Torres
France: Patrick Viera
Holland: Denis Bergkamp
Portgual: Cristiano Ronaldo
Germany: Markus Babel
South America: Juninho
North America: Brian McBride
Scandinavia: Freddie Ljundberg
Italy: Gianfranco Zola
Africa: Didier Drogba
Australia: Mark Viduka

CR 7

Jayob10 wrote: »

He sure did.

With Wolves and Crystal Palace. Oh yeah and Millwall.

wikipedia wrote:

Muscat was branded a “lowlife” and a “nobody” by ex-England striker Ian Wright, then of Nottingham Forest, in September 1999. Wright claimed he was about to shoot when he heard Dougie Freedman, Forest's other striker, shout "leave it". Wright stepped over the ball to allow Freedman to hit it, but instead Muscat (who had, according to Wright, merely impersonated Freedman) appeared to clear the ball.

They hate him in Australia anyway, never knew he made it to the premiership though. Must edit my list now.:D

8-10

Kingp35 wrote: »

They play under the UEFA Organisation.

So? Australia play under AFC these days (Asian Football Confederation), I can select Tim Cahill as my Asian representative if it makes you feel better?

Melion

I'm surprised how few people picked Cantona

Jayob10

Melion wrote: »

I'm surprised how few people picked Cantona

i'd question anyone who did pick Cantona. I'd imagine they'd be United fans who remember his impact in helping United end their title drought. Great in the premier league while he was around but on a wider scale in a european and international sense he didn't make as big an impact as say Thierry Henry.

CHD

England: Frank Lampard
Ireland: Damian Duff
Spain: Albert Ferrer
France: Marcel Desailly
Holland: Arjen Robben
Portugal: Ricardo Carvalho
Germany: Michael Ballack
South America: Alex
Scandinavia: Brian Laudrup
Italy: Gianfranco Zola
Africa: Michael Essien
Australia: Mark Bosnich

Jayob10

CHD wrote: »

England: Frank Lampard
Ireland: Damian Duff
Spain: Albert Ferrer
France: Marcel Desailly
Holland: Arjen Robben
Portugal: Ricardo Carvalho
Germany: Michael Ballack
South America: Alex
Scandinavia: Brian Laudrup
Italy: Gianfranco Zola
Africa: Michael Essien
Australia: Mark Bosnich

Ireland: Steve Finnan
Spain: Fernando Torres
France: Djibril Cisse
Holland: Ryan Babel
Portugal:Abel Xavier
Germany: Didi Hamann
South America: Fabio Aurelio
Scandinavia: Sami Hyypia
Italy: Andrea Dossena
Africa: Momo Sisokko
Australia: Harry Kewell

Mr.Nice Guy

England: Alan Shearer
Ireland: Roy Keane
Spain: Fernando Torres
France: Eric Cantona
Holland: Dennis Bergkamp
Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo
Germany: Jurgen Klinsmann
South America: Juninho
North America: Kasey Keller
Scandinavia: Peter Schmeichel
Italy: Gianfranco Zola
Africa: Didier Drogba
Asia: Park Ji-Sung
Australia: Tim Cahill

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eZe^ wrote: »

Cantona above Henry? Lollerskates.

Well we can all pick the exact same players as each other....or try to mix it up a bit. Is my choice ok with you Mr. eZe^ or do I need to change it?

Jayob10 wrote: »

i'd question anyone who did pick Cantona. I'd imagine they'd be United fans who remember his impact in helping United end their title drought. Great in the premier league while he was around but on a wider scale in a european and international sense he didn't make as big an impact as say Thierry Henry.

I am not a United fan...as my sig suggests

greendom

Cantona's impact when he came to the Premiership was massive. He was at the vanguard of the importation of French players, and with his attitude and character he created such an aura about him. (Not a bad player either)

Henry was around for a lot longer and broke all sorts of records, and was consistently among the top scorers in the league.

Henry's impact was more tangible in terms of stats and so I'd say it would be him. It's just an opinion though

Rekop dog

George Weah was the best African player that played in the premiership albeit him being rubbish when he was their.

Esse85

England: Alan Shearer
Ireland: Roy Keane
Spain: Torres
France: Thierry Henry
Holland: Dennis Bergkamp
Portgual: Ronaldo
Germany: Jurgen Klinsmann
South America: Juninho
Scandinavia: Peter Schmeichel
Italy: Ravenelli
Africa: JayJay Okocha
Asia: Park Ji-Sung

Mr. Presentable

greendom wrote: »

Cantona's impact when he came to the Premiership was massive. He was at the vanguard of the importation of French players,

Hardly vanguard. Didier Six was at Villa 84-85......

flahavaj

Rekop dog wrote: »

George Weah was the best African player that played in the premiership albeit him being rubbish when he was their.

Came in to say this. Absolutely unplayable at his peak.

greendom

nipplenuts wrote: »

Hardly vanguard. Didier Six was at Villa 84-85......

He was reconnaissance

Mr Maroon

England: Alan Shearer
Ireland: Roy Keane
Spain:Fernando Torres
France: Thierry Henry
Holland: Dennis Bergkamp
Portgual: Cristiano Ronaldo
Germany: Jurgen Klinsmann
South America: Diego Forlan
Scandinavia: Peter Schmeichel
Italy: Gianfranco Zola
Africa: Michael Essien
Asia: Hidetoshi Nakata

SlickRic

England: David Nugent
Ireland: Paul McShane
Spain: Nando Morientes
France: Stephane Guivarc'h
Holland: Jan Venegoor of Hesselink (give it 2 weeks )
Portgual: Hugo Viana
Germany: Steffen Freund (couldn't think of any horrendous Germans to play in England!)
South America: Kleberson
Scandinavia: Torben Piechnik
Italy: Massimo Maccarone
Africa: Manucho
Asia: Dong

i enjoyed that.

i purposely tried to get players who are/were internationals too. frightening really.

Headshot

Dong

good times

mink_man

zheng zhi for charlton!

Xavi6

SlickRic wrote: »

Germany: Steffen Freund (couldn't think of any horrendous Germans to play in England!)

Michael Frontzeck