For the stattos amongst you.

[Eckingtonian]

How many different nationalities have represented the Blades?Just wondering like,I have'nt got a clue.

 

[Sensiblade]

Now thats a stat i'd like to know.
but only if it included detailed lists of all the players and their nationallities

 

[Eckingtonian]

Good point.I meant playing staff.

How many different nationalities have represented the Blades?Just wondering like,I have'nt got a clue.

 

[happyhippy]

Nationalities, or full internationals?

 

[Eckingtonian]

Different nationalities.

Nationalities, or full internationals?

 

[Come from away]

If we do have stats people here, it would be neat to know how many full internationals (for England) have played for the Blades while playing for England (not including the Hendries of this world). Cheers.

 

[happyhippy]

Nationalities at face value would be one for United's very own "Bearded Wonder*", Andy Kirkham, and even then would have to have some restrictions, probably to first-team appearances.

As for the number of United players who have represented England in a full international whilst on the books at the Lane, the answer is 34, the last being Brian Deane.

(* RIP Bill "Bearders" Frindall)

 

[Zlatan]

We should post all the ones we can think of. Apart from the UK and Ireland...

Jean Calve! - France
Johannes Ertl - Austria
Jan Age Fjortoft - Norway
Daniel Bogdanovic - Malta
Claude Davis - Jamaica
Paul Ifill - Barbados
Mikele Leigertwood - Antigua & Barbuda
Paul Peschisolido - Canada
Mihkel Aksalu - Estonia (never played a league game)
Dries Boussatta - Holland
Ahmed Fathy - Egypt
Marcelo - Brazil
Alex Sabella - Argentina
Peter Ndlovu - Zimbabwe
Georges Santos - Cape Verde
Gus Uhlenbeek - Suriname
Patrick Suffo - Cameroon
Henri Camara - Senegal
Olivier Tebily - Ivory Coast
Shaun Murphy - Australia
Vassilis Borbokis/Traianos Dellas - Greece
Davy Gysbrechts - Belgium
Lee Baxter - Sweden
Emanuele Gabrieli - Italy
Sun Jihai - China

 

[happyhippy]

Petr Kachouro - Belarus
Paul Casey was born in Germany
Jack Gibson - USA
Arthur Wharton - Gold Coast (now Ghana)

 

[rotweissler]

and Bert's all time fave Laurent D'Jaffo - Benin

 

[happyhippy]

D'Jaffo was born in France, but did live in, and represent Benin.

 

[bricktop]

Toni Kallio - Finland

 

[bricktop]

Lee Baxter is was Scottish i think.

Jonas Wirmola was a Swede though

 

[Trigger Blade]

Lee Baxter is was Scottish i think.

Oof, you'd like to think we've had a better sweaty on the books than Lee over the years. And we've surely had the occasional Welshman and two sorts of Irishman? Or are we so cosmopolitan, we don't even count the home nations (and Ireland) as foreign anymore?

 

[judge]

ugo ehiougu was from swaziland

 

[torridon]

axel smeets - dutch, doug hodgson - australia.

 

[Zlatan]

Lee Baxter is was Scottish i think.

Jonas Wirmola was a Swede though

Lee Baxter is definitely Swedish. He was born in Helsingborg.

ugo ehiougu was from swaziland

Or London even...

 

[torridon]

len de goey was dutch i think, pedro verde - argentina, wilko vogts - dutch, arturo lupoli - italy.

 

[torridon]

how hai dong - china, sun ji hai - china?

 

[happyhippy]

Oof, you'd like to think we've had a better sweaty on the books than Lee over the years. And we've surely had the occasional Welshman and two sorts of Irishman? Or are we so cosmopolitan, we don't even count the home nations (and Ireland) as foreign anymore?

I can assure you, that as an Irishman, I most certainly count Ireland as a distinct country from the UK

We all know that there have been umpteen players from all of the Home Countries and the Republic to have played, so listing them is a bit pointless

 

[torridon]

and the portugese bloke bruno ribeiro ( i think thats his name ) and did'nt we have another french left or right back a few years ago?, his name escapes me. david carney - australia.

 

[torridon]

was'nt jeff bourne from the usa?

 

[Vancouver]

Can't believe you've missed off the most obvious 'Sweaty' Ian 'Jock' Bryson.

 

[jpblade]

and the portugese bloke bruno ribeiro ( i think thats his name ) and did'nt we have another french left or right back a few years ago?, his name escapes me. david carney - australia.

Nicolas Webber - or something like that.

 

[torridon]

terry curran - twatland.

 

[jpblade]

Georges Donis - Greece

Anders Jacobson - Iceland I think, well somewhere up that way - may have been Danish come to think of it.

 

[Trigger Blade]

I can assure you, that as an Irishman, I most certainly count Ireland as a distinct country from the UK

We all know that there have been umpteen players from all of the Home Countries and the Republic to have played, so listing them is a bit pointless

Thanks for confirming my understanding that Ireland is indeed a separate nation state ;-)

The original question was how many nationalities have represented The Blades. Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland weren't on the list, so I thought I'd mention it. I agree, listing all the non-English players would be a pointless exercise.

 

[DP8789]

Colin Kazim Richards? Turkish.

 

[Bristol Blade]

If we do have stats people here, it would be neat to know how many full internationals (for England) have played for the Blades while playing for England (not including the Hendries of this world). Cheers.

http://www.sufc.co.uk/page/FactsFigures/0,,10418~1081220,00.html

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[happyhippy]

Thanks for confirming my understanding that Ireland is indeed a separate nation state ;-)

The original question was how many nationalities have represented The Blades. Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland weren't on the list, so I thought I'd mention it. I agree, listing all the non-English players would be a pointless exercise.

Sláinte!