page_title: List of foreign Premier League players
section_title: France
hierarchical_section_title: List of foreign Premier League players / France
caption_attribution_description: Thierry Henry applauding Arsenal fans after his return on loan.
context_page_description: This is a list of foreign players in the Premier League, which commenced play in 1992. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:
  Have played at least one Premier League game. Players who were signed by Premier League clubs, but only played in lower league, cup and/or European games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
  Are considered foreign, i.e., outside the United Kingdom determined by the following:
  A player is considered foreign if his allegiance is not to play for the national teams of England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
  More specifically,
  If a player has been capped at international level, the national team is used; if he has been capped by more than one country, the highest level team is used. These include British players with dual citizenship.
  If a player has not been capped at international level, his country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from British parents or moved to the United Kingdom at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.
context_section_description: Samassi Abou – West Ham United – 1997–99
  Didier Agathe – Aston Villa – 2006–07
  Ibrahim Amadou – Norwich City – 2019–20
  Morgan Amalfitano – West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United – 2013–15
  Jordan Amavi – Aston Villa – 2015–16
  Jérémie Aliadière – Arsenal, West Ham United, Middlesbrough – 2001–09
  Bernard Allou – Nottingham Forest – 1998–99
  Pierre-Yves André – Bolton Wanderers – 2002–03
  Nicolas Anelka – Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion – 1996–99, 2001–05, 2006–12, 2013–14
  Pegguy Arphexad – Leicester City, Liverpool – 1997–2000, 2001–02
  Cédric Avinel – Watford – 2006–07
  El Hadji Ba – Sunderland – 2013–14
  Ibrahim Ba – Bolton Wanderers – 2003–04
  Tiémoué Bakayoko – Chelsea – 2017–18
  Fabien Barthez – Manchester United – 2000–03
  David Bellion – Sunderland, Manchester United, West Ham United – 2001–06
  Hatem Ben Arfa – Newcastle United, Hull City – 2010–15
  Olivier Bernard – Newcastle United, Southampton – 2001–05
  Mathieu Berson – Aston Villa – 2004–05
  Laurent Blanc – Manchester United – 2001–03
  Patrick Blondeau – Sheffield Wednesday – 1997–98
  Willy Boly – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 2018–20
  Thierry Bonalair – Nottingham Forest – 1998–99
  Jérôme Bonnissel – Fulham – 2003–04
  Alexandre Bonnot – Watford – 1999–2000
  Jean-Alain Boumsong – Newcastle United – 2004–06
  Yohan Cabaye – Newcastle United, Crystal Palace – 2011–14, 2015–18
  Rémy Cabella – Newcastle United – 2014–15
  Zoumana Camara – Leeds United – 2003–04
  Vincent Candela – Bolton Wanderers – 2004–05
  Eric Cantona – Leeds United, Manchester United – 1992–97
  Étienne Capoue – Tottenham Hotspur, Watford – 2013–20
  Patrice Carteron – Sunderland – 2000–01
  Johan Cavalli – Watford – 2006–07
  Cyril Chapuis – Leeds United – 2003–04
  Laurent Charvet – Chelsea, Newcastle United, Manchester City – 1997–2001
  Bruno Cheyrou – Liverpool – 2002–04
  Pascal Chimbonda – Wigan Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur, Sunderland, Blackburn Rovers – 2005–11
  Philippe Christanval – Fulham – 2005–08
  Gérald Cid – Bolton Wanderers – 2007–08
  Djibril Cissé – Liverpool, Sunderland, Queens Park Rangers – 2004–06, 2008–09, 2011–13
  Édouard Cissé – West Ham United – 2002–03
  Aly Cissokho – Liverpool, Aston Villa – 2013–16
  Gaël Clichy – Arsenal, Manchester City – 2003–17
  Patrick Colleter – Southampton – 1998–2000
  Francis Coquelin – Arsenal – 2011–13, 2014–18
  Laurent Courtois – West Ham United – 2001–02
  Pascal Cygan – Arsenal – 2002–06
  Ousmane Dabo – Manchester City – 2006–07
  Olivier Dacourt – Everton, Leeds United, Fulham – 1998–99, 2000–03, 2008–09
  Stéphane Dalmat – Tottenham Hotspur – 2003–04
  Loïc Damour – Cardiff City – 2018–19
  Jean-Claude Darcheville – Nottingham Forest – 1998–99
  Mickaël Debève – Middlesbrough – 2001–02
  Mathieu Debuchy – Newcastle United, Arsenal – 2012–17
  Moussa Dembélé – Fulham – 2013–14
  Marcel Desailly – Chelsea – 1998–2004
  Didier Deschamps – Chelsea – 1999–2000
  Abou Diaby – Arsenal – 2005–14
  Adama Diakhaby – Huddersfield Town – 2018–19
  Modibo Diakité – Sunderland – 2013–14
  Alou Diarra – West Ham United – 2012–13
  Lassana Diarra – Chelsea, Arsenal, Portsmouth – 2005–09
  Didier Digard – Middlesbrough – 2008–09
  Lucas Digne – Everton – 2018–20
  Bernard Diomède – Liverpool – 2000–01
  Issa Diop – West Ham United – 2018–20
  Sylvain Distin – Newcastle United, Manchester City, Portsmouth, Everton, Bournemouth – 2001–16
  Martin Djetou – Fulham, Bolton Wanderers – 2002–04, 2005–06
  Youri Djorkaeff – Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers – 2001–05
  Didier Domi – Newcastle United, Leeds United – 1998–2001, 2003–04
  Abdoulaye Doucouré – Watford – 2016–20
  Pierre Ducrocq – Derby County – 2001–02
  Christophe Dugarry – Birmingham City – 2002–04
  Franck Dumas – Newcastle United – 1999–2000
  Mario Espartero – Bolton Wanderers – 2001–02
  Patrice Evra – Manchester United, West Ham United – 2005–14, 2017–18
  Julien Faubert – West Ham United – 2007–11
  Fabrice Fernandes – Southampton, Bolton Wanderers – 2001–06
  Jean-Michel Ferri – Liverpool – 1998–99
  Mathieu Flamini – Arsenal, Crystal Palace – 2004–08, 2013–17
  Marc-Antoine Fortuné – West Bromwich Albion – 2008–09, 2010–12
  Dimitri Foulquier – Watford – 2019
caption: With 175 goals, all for Arsenal, Thierry Henry is the second highest-scoring foreign player in Premier League history
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