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West African countries dominated the list of footballers playing outside their association with Nigeria in the top 10 ahead of Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
Nigeria has been ranked as the African country with the most expatriates in football in the World ahead of Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
Pulse Sports Nigeria can report that Nigeria has been ranked ninth in the world out of 100 associations.
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This placed Nigeria ahead of the likes of Ghana with 318 footballers, Ivory Coast with 227 and Senegal with 211.
A breakdown of Nigeria’s numbers according to different age grades shows that about 153 of the players are aged 23 years old or under.
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145 of them are between the ages of 23-26, 57 are aged between 27-30 while there are 30 football players aged 30 years and above from Nigeria.
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The Samba nation has a total of 1289 expatriates, closely followed by France with 1033 football players.
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Argentina (905), England (535), and Spain (458) complete the top five. Other countries in the top ten bracket include Colombia (448), Germany (446), Croatia (407), Nigeria (385) and Serbia (380) players.
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Top 10 African countries
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- Nigeria (385)
- Ghana (318)
- Ivory Coast (227)
- Senegal (211)
- Cameroon (135)
- Mali (90)
- Gambia (55)
- Guinea (52)
- Algeria (51)
- Morocco (46)
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