I think I count thirteen different nationalities in the club's first team squad now. It begs the questions
1. how many nationalities have represented the club in its history (counting NIR, Wales, Scotland as separate in footballing terms)?
2. is this the most nationality-diverse squad in our history?
3. how does the current squad compare to other Championship clubs?

Off the top of my head

England
Scotland
Wales
N Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Netherlands
Germany
Belgium
Denmark
Norway
USA
Canada
Australia
Canada
Ecuador
Peru
Greece
Slovakia
Cameroon
Guineau
Cote D'Ivoire
Iceland
Sweden
Jamaica
New Zealand

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:43 pm

Off the top of my head

England
Scotland
Wales
N Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Netherlands
Germany
Belgium
Denmark
Norway
USA
Canada
Australia
Canada
Ecuador
Peru
Greece
Slovakia
Cameroon
Guineau
Cote D'Ivoire
Iceland
Sweden
Jamaica

You forgot Vatican City

Pope

And France?

Brazil

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:45 pm

You forgot Vatican City

Pope

Groan.

Bermuda

kingarthur wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:46 pm

Brazil

Of course, Vitinho.

Macedonia.

boatshed bill wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:46 pm

And France?

I know I'm missing an obvious one here but who have we had play for us who's French?

Has Darko played for Macedonia?

The Enclosure wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:49 pm

Has Darko played for Macedonia?

17 caps for North Macedonia

Plus

Albania
Guyana
Trinidad and Tobago
Czech Republic
Burma

I would have thought we'd had a Frenchman, but cant recall one.

Jean-Louis Valois

Jean Louis Valous

Carwin261 wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:55 pm

Jean Louis Valous

Of course! (Slaps forehead)

ElectroClaret wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:50 pm

I would have thought we'd had a Frenchman, but cant recall one.

Oh, he was memorable Valois.

What about The Channel Isle?

We had Howieson (New Zealand) though I'm not sure he played 1st team.

Oops, i see NZ on the list

boatshed bill wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:59 pm

We had Howieson (New Zealand) though I'm not sure he played 1st team.

That Wood fella managed a few games, though that was a while ago now.

boatshed bill wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 6:04 pm

Oops, i see NZ on the list

But only after it was edited

Kosovo for Muric

AGENT_CLARET wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:50 pm

Plus

Albania
Guyana
Trinidad and Tobago
Czech Republic
Burma

Who was Burmese/Myanmarian?

Central African Republic - Nimani
Italy - Cennamo
Hungary - Kiraly
Kosovo (Slightly cheating, Berisha played for Albania when he was with us, but declared for Kosovo when they became a UEFA nation)
Zimbabwe - Darikwa
DR Congo - Bastien

AfloatinClaret wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 6:07 pm

But only after it was edited

Added NZ just after I’d originally posted it. Was intended to go on with Australia.

I’ve not included such as Nigeria for Ade Akinbiyi. I know he played for them but he’s English.

AfloatinClaret wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 6:06 pm

That Wood fella managed a few games, though that was a while ago now.

Who the **** is Wood?

Bermuda for Nhaki Wells

kingarthur wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:47 pm

Bermuda

Nahki wells

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 6:10 pm

.

I’ve not included such as Nigeria for Ade Akinbiyi. I know he played for them but he’s English.

That's a bit like Austria and Ashley Barnes

boatshed bill wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 6:17 pm

That's a bit like Austria and Ashley Barnes

Represented them at U20 level

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:43 pm

Off the top of my head

England
Scotland
Wales
N Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Netherlands
Germany
Belgium
Denmark
Norway
USA
Canada
Australia
Canada
Ecuador
Peru
Greece
Slovakia
Cameroon
Guineau
Cote D'Ivoire
Iceland
Sweden
Jamaica
New Zealand

You've got a big head.

boatshed bill wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 6:11 pm

Who the **** is Wood?

I said it was a while ago

Armenia or Azerbijan ? Striker with Greek name.

basil6345789 wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 6:29 pm

Armenia or Azerbijan ? Striker with Greek name.

Dimi Papadopoulos?

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 6:10 pm

I’ve not included such as Nigeria for Ade Akinbiyi. I know he played for them but he’s English.

We could include Nigeria for Dele Adebola?

Sorry Uzbekistan but played for Greece. Dimitrius Papadopulus.

Again, it's probably obvious, bit who was from Denmark ?

This is developing into a what did the Romans ever do for us thread . Let's shorten it to which nations have never represented us.
Greenland.

Nonayforever wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 6:41 pm

Again, it's probably obvious, bit who was from Denmark ?

Beeeeeeast

wilks_bfc wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 6:46 pm

Beeeeeeast

Strange isn't it ? I was thinking of outfield players !

Nonayforever wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 6:41 pm

Again, it's probably obvious, bit who was from Denmark ?

Brian Jensen.

Peru

Yorkshire?

basil6345789 wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 6:29 pm

Armenia or Azerbijan ? Striker with Greek name.

Papadopoulos was born in Khazakstan

so that's 41 countries so far. If I'm correct with 13 in our current squad, that's a whopping 32% of the total within one squad


Albania
Australia
Belgium
Bermuda
Brazil
Burma
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Cote D'Ivoire
Czech Republic
Denmark
Denmark
DR Congo
Ecuador
England
France
Germany
Greece
Guinea
Guyana
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Jamaica
Kosovo
N Ireland
Netherlands
New Zealand
Northern Macedonia
Norway
Peru
Republic of Ireland
Scotland
Slovakia
Sweden
Trinidad and Tobago
USA
Uzbekistan
Wales
Zimbabwe

Ash is Austrian isn’t he by nationality? I know he could play for them

we're going by birth country

elwaclaret wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 19, 2022 6:53 pm

Peru

Diego Penny