Russia ranks 25th in the ranking of countries in terms of the number of players in foreign leagues
Russia ranks 25th in the ranking of countries in terms of the number of players in foreign leagues
International Center for Energy Research (CIES) ranked countries by the number of players playing in the US championships. The study was based on an analysis of the 80 most popular associations and 135 football leagues.
Thus, the increase in the number of players in foreign leagues was Brazil – the representation of this country in foreign championships consists of 1219 players. In second place is France (978). Argentina closes the top three (815).
Russia occupies the 25th place in this rating – 157 Russians play in the French championships. By the way, the same indicator is in Ireland, which is in 24th place. In the championship of Ukraine, 186 players took part in foreign championships – she took 20th place in the ranking.
Ranking of countries by the number of players playing abroad:
- Brazil – 1219 players
- France – 978 players
- Argentina – 815 players
- England – 525 players
- Germany – 441 players
- Colombia – 425 players
- Spain – 409 players
- Croatia – 400 players
- Serbia – 379 players
- Netherlands – 367 players
- Uruguay – 340 players
- Nigeria – 339 players
- Portugal – 300 players
- Ghana – 293 players
- Belgium – 267 players
- Denmark – 215 players
- Cote d’Ivoire – 208 players
- Sweden – 205 players
- Senegal – 192 players
- Ukraine – 186 players
- Bosnia and Herzegovina – 180 football players
- Austria – 169 players
- Japan – 165 players
- Ireland – 157 players
- Russia – 157 players
- Italy – 152 players
- Switzerland – 145 players
- Slovakia – 145 players
- USA – 142 players
- Paraguay – 140 players
UEFA Thanks! Ban of Russia for only a year is definitely not a disaster