The Knowledge | Premier League players representing countries with the lowest Fifa ranking
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“Chris Wood is having a pretty good season,” begins Iain Cargill. “Being from New Zealand, whose Fifa ranking is 104, which Premier League players come from countries with lower Fifa rankings?”
“If we discount players at clubs who have yet to make their first league appearance yet then Wood is the player from the second lowest-ranked country currently represented in the Premier League,” writes Tom Reed. “Marvelous Nakamba at Luton comes from 122nd-ranked Zimbabwe (all rankings measured from the current list).
Gunnar Nielsen Manchester City 2009-10, ranked 125th with Faroe Islands
Gaël Bigirimana Newcastle 2012-13, ranked 135th with Burundi
Stéphane Sessègnon Sunderland 2011-12, ranked 136th with Benin
Florent Hadergjonaj Huddersfield 2018-19, ranked 141st with Kosovo
Helder Costa Wolves 2018-19, ranked 142nd with Angola in January 2019
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing Cardiff 2018-19, ranked 149th with Guatemala
El Hadji Ba – Sunderland 2013-14, ranked 159th with Mauritania
Alex Nimely Manchester City 2009-10, ranked 161st with Liberia
Dexter Blackstock Southampton 2004-05, ranked 163rd with Antigua and Barbuda
Al Bangura and Albert Jarrett Watford 2006-07, ranked 165th with Sierra Leone
Bobby Bowry Crystal Palace 1994-95, ranked 176th with St Kitts and Nevis
Jason Roberts Blackburn 2007-08, ranked 176th with Grenada
Zesh Rehman Fulham 2004-05, ranked 178th with Pakistan
Emerson Boyce Wigan 2012-13, ranked 178th with Barbados
Modou Barrow Swansea 2016-16, ranked 179th with Gambia
Onel Hernández Norwich 2019-20, ranked 179th with Cuba
Vurnon Anita Newcastle 2013-13, ranked 183rd with Curaçao
Kyle Lightbourne Coventry 1997-98, ranked 184th with Bermuda
Mesca Fulham 2013-14, ranked 184th with Guinea-Bissau
Neil Danns Blackburn 2003-04, ranked 185th with Guyana
Jordi Amat Swansea 2016-17, ranked 191st with Indonesia
Frédéric Nimani Burnley 2009-10, ranked 202nd with Central African Republic
Ruel Fox Spurs 1998-99 ranked, 202nd with Montserrat
