1. The new Manchester City signing Abdukodir Khusanov will be the first Uzbek player in Premier League history. Which of these former Soviet countries has been represented?

   1. Armenia

   2. Azerbaijan

   3. Kazakhstan

   4. Moldova

2. As of January 2025, 1,723 English players have featured in the Premier League. Which country is second on the all-time list?

   1. France

   2. Republic of Ireland

   3. Scotland

   4. Spain

3. Which of these four countries is yet to be represented by a Premier League player?

   1. Equatorial Guinea

   2. Guinea

   3. Guinea-Bissau

   4. Papua New Guinea

4. Former Manchester City goalkeeper Gunnar Nielsen is the only player from which national team to play in the English top flight?

   1. Estonia

   2. Faroe Islands

   3. Finland

   4. Greenland

5. What connects these four players: Junior Firpo, Mbwana Samatta, Onel Hernández and Victor Wanyama?

   1. All four players changed their nationality while playing in England

   2. They are their home countries' only representatives in the Premier League

   3. They all play for nations currently not recognised by Fifa

   4. All four were technically eligible to play for any of the UK's 'home nations'

6. Dylan Kerr, a left-back who played for Leeds in the Premier League's first season, is which country's only representative?

   1. Bermuda

   2. Gibraltar

   3. Malta

   4. Tonga

7. Up until the end of last season, which Nordic nation had seen most players turn out in the Premier League?

   1. Denmark

   2. Iceland

   3. Norway

   4. Sweden

8. The former Brighton midfielder Mahmoud Dahoud, who earned two caps for Germany, changed his allegiance to represent which nation in March 2024?

   1. Lebanon

   2. Qatar

   3. Syria

   4. Turkey

9. Frédéric Nimani, a forward who made two appearances for Burnley in 2010, earned his first cap for which African nation eight years later?

   1. Cape Verde

   2. Central African Republic

   3. Chad

   4. Comoros

10. Which of these Asian nations has not been represented in the Premier League?

    1. Bangladesh

    2. India

    3. Indonesia

    4. Pakistan

11. The Ipswich Town striker Ali Al-Hamadi is the first Premier League player from which Asian nation?

    1. Iraq

    2. Jordan

    3. Malaysia

    4. Maldives

12. At the start of the current season, which Premier League squad featured the most different nationalities?

    1. Brentford

    2. Brighton

    3. Chelsea

    4. Liverpool

13. Cardiff's 2018-19 squad featured two players who are the sole representatives of their country in the Premier League. Which two countries do they play for?

    1. Costa Rica and North Korea

    2. Guatemala and the Philippines

    3. Nicaragua and New Zealand

    4. Panama and Malaysia

14. Ryan Donk, a centre-back who featured on loan at West Brom, is the only Premier League player to represent which nation?

    1. Aruba

    2. Curaçao

    3. Luxembourg

    4. Suriname

15. Which of these countries in the Americas has produced the most Premier League players?

    1. Argentina

    2. Brazil

    3. Jamaica

    4. United States

16. Finally: which sole representative of a nation has earned the most Premier League appearances?

    1. Ali Al-Habsi (Oman)

    2. Danny Higginbotham (Gibraltar)

    3. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Armenia)

    4. Victor Wanyama (Kenya)

Solutions

1:A - Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who played for Manchester United and Arsenal, is the only Armenian to feature in the Premier League., 2:A - A total of 238 Frenchmen have appeared in the Premier League, compared to 217 Scots, 208 Irish players and 169 from Spain., 3:D - Pedro Obiang and Emmanuel Nsue (who was later ruled ineligible) have played for Equatorial Guinea; Everton's Beto and former Fulham player Mesca are from Guinea-Bissau, while six Guinea players have featured in the Premier League., 4:B - Nielsen replaced the injured Shay Given during a goalless draw with Arsenal in 2009. Greenland, who are currently applying for Concacaf membership, are yet to see an international in the Premier League – but former Chelsea winger Jesper Grønkjær was born in the capital, Nuuk., 5:B - Firpo plays for the Dominican Republic, Aston Villa's Samatta is a Tanzania international, Norwich winger Hernández represents Cuba, and Wanyama has 64 Kenya caps., 6:C - Born in Valletta, left-back Kerr made 20 appearances for Leeds before a long career in the lower leagues and in Scotland., 7:A - Eighty-four Danes have played Premier League football, compared to 76 for Norway, 74 for Sweden and 19 for Iceland, level with Finland., 8:C - 'I learned from my family early on how privileged we are to live in Germany, and how important it is at the same time to bring joy to the people in Syria,' Dahoud said of his decision, which made him retrospectively the first Syria international to play in the Premier League., 9:B - Despite the eight-year gap, Marseille-born Nimani is recognised by the Premier League as its sole representative from Central African Republic, who are currently ranked No 135 in the world., 10:B - The most populous country on earth with 1.4bn people, India has yet to produce a Premier League footballer. Leicester midfielder Hamza Choudhury now represents Bangladesh, while Jordi Amat (Swansea) has played for Indonesia and Zesh Rehman (Fulham) has earned Pakistan caps., 11:A - Al-Hamadi was born in Maysan, Iraq in 2002; his family moved to Liverpool when he was a year old. He eventually joined Tranmere's youth academy and played for Wycombe and Wimbledon before joining Ipswich last year., 12:B - The globe-scouring Seagulls scouts assembled a team with 21 different nations represented, more than Bournemouth (19), Wolves (18), Brentford and Liverpool (17). Bottom of the pile: Everton with nine., 13:B - Goalkeeper Neil Etheridge (born in Enfield) has won 82 caps for the Philippines; winger Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (born in Birmingham) was recently called up to the Guatemala team., 14:D - Donk, who went on to play for Club Brugge and Galatasaray, was called up to the Dutch squad without playing and also considered representing Turkey before playing for Suriname in 2021., 15:B - As of January 2025, 122 Brazilians have played in the Premier League, compared to 85 Argentinians. Jamaica (58) narrowly lead the USA (57) in North America., 16:B - The defender won three Gibraltar caps and played in the top flight for Man Utd, Derby, Southampton, Stoke and Sunderland, making 210 Premier League appearances – more than Wanyama (154), Al-Habsi (111) and Mkhitaryan (78).

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