page_title: List of foreign Premier League players
section_title: Nigeria
hierarchical_section_title: List of foreign Premier League players / Nigeria
caption_attribution_description: Türkçe: John Obi Mikel
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: Julius Aghahowa – Wigan Athletic – 2006–08
  Ola Aina – Chelsea – 2016–17
  Ade Akinbiyi – Norwich City, Leicester City, Sheffield United – 1993–95, 2000–02, 2006–07
  Hope Akpan – Reading – 2012–13
  Chuba Akpom – Arsenal – 2013–15
  Sammy Ameobi – Newcastle United – 2010–15
  Shola Ameobi – Newcastle United, Crystal Palace – 2000–09, 2010–15
  Daniel Amokachi – Everton – 1994–96
  Victor Anichebe – Everton, West Bromwich Albion, Sunderland – 2005–17
  Sone Aluko – Hull City – 2013–15
  Celestine Babayaro – Chelsea, Newcastle United – 1997–2007
  Leon Balogun – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2018–19
  Efan Ekoku – Norwich City, Wimbledon – 1992–99
  Emmanuel Emenike – West Ham United – 2015–16
  Dickson Etuhu – Sunderland, Fulham – 2007–12
  Kelvin Etuhu – Manchester City – 2007–09
  Finidi George – Ipswich Town – 2001–02
  Brown Ideye – West Bromwich Albion – 2014–15
  Odion Ighalo – Watford, Manchester United – 2015–17, 2019–20
  Kelechi Iheanacho – Manchester City, Leicester City – 2015–20
  Carl Ikeme – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 2011–12
  Alex Iwobi – Arsenal, Everton – 2015–20
  Blessing Kaku – Bolton Wanderers – 2004–05
  Nwankwo Kanu – Arsenal, West Bromwich Albion, Portsmouth – 1998–2010
  Freddie Ladapo – Crystal Palace – 2017–18
  Obafemi Martins – Newcastle United, Birmingham City – 2006–09, 2010–11
  John Obi Mikel – Chelsea – 2006–16
  Victor Moses – Wigan Athletic, Chelsea, Liverpool, Stoke City, West Ham United – 2009–19
  Ahmed Musa – Leicester City – 2016–17
  George Ndah – Crystal Palace – 1992–95
  Wilfred Ndidi – Leicester City – 2016–20
  Victor Obinna – West Ham United – 2010–11
  Peter Odemwingie – West Bromwich Albion, Cardiff City, Stoke City – 2010–16
  Jay-Jay Okocha – Bolton Wanderers – 2002–06
  Isaac Okoronkwo – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 2003–04
  Seyi Olofinjana – Stoke City, Hull City – 2008–10
  Danny Shittu – Watford, Bolton Wanderers – 2006–07, 2008–09
  Sam Sodje – Reading – 2006–07
  Isaac Success – Watford – 2016–17, 2018–20
  Taye Taiwo – Queens Park Rangers – 2011–12
  Ifeanyi Udeze – West Bromwich Albion – 2002–03
  John Utaka – Portsmouth – 2007–10
  Taribo West – Derby County – 2000–01
  Yakubu – Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton, Blackburn Rovers – 2003–12
  Joseph Yobo – Everton, Norwich City – 2002–10, 2013–14
caption: John Obi Mikel has won two Premier League titles for Chelsea
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