List of foreign Premier League goalscorers

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This is a list of foreign Premier League goalscorers. The Premier League, which began in its current guise in 1992, has been represented by 116 foreign FIFA affiliated nations in total. As of March 2024, when Junior Firpo was called up and played for Dominican Republic, 102 different foreign FIFA affiliated nations have been represented in the Premier League scorelist.

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The following players meet both of the following two criteria:

  1. Have scored at least one Premier League goal. Players who were contracted to Premier League clubs, but only scored in lower league, cup and/or European games, or did not score in competitive games at all, are not included.
  2. Are considered foreign, i.e., outside the United Kingdom, determined by whether or not he is alleged to play for the national teams of England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, 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 (or the most recent) 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.

Clubs listed are those for which the player has scored at least one Premier League goal.

In bold: Players who have scored at least one goal in the Premier League in the current season (2023–24), and are still at a club for which they have scored. This does not include current players of a Premier League club who have not scored a goal in the Premier League in the current season.

For each country, the leading scorer is indicated by the number of goals that he scored in the Premier League. [1]

Details correct as of 23 March 2024.

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Sergio Aguero is the highest scoring non-English player in Premier League history Kun Aguero vs West Ham.png
Sergio Agüero is the highest scoring non-English player in Premier League history

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Romelu Lukaku is the highest scoring Belgian in Premier League history Lukaku 2021.jpg
Romelu Lukaku is the highest scoring Belgian in Premier League history

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Roberto Firmino is the highest scoring Brazilian in Premier League history Spartak Moscow- Liverpool Firmino.jpg
Roberto Firmino is the highest scoring Brazilian in Premier League history

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Nikica Jelavic is the highest scoring Croatian in Premier League history Nikica Jelavic Everton 2013.jpg
Nikica Jelavić is the highest scoring Croatian in Premier League history

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Christian Eriksen is the highest scoring Dane in Premier League history Eriksen Spurs (cropped).jpg
Christian Eriksen is the highest scoring Dane in Premier League history

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Mohamed Salah is the highest scoring African in the Premier League Mohamed Salah, Liverpool FC gegen 1. FSV Mainz 05 (Testspiel 23. Juli 2021) 26.jpg
Mohamed Salah is the highest scoring African in the Premier League

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Thierry Henry scored 175 Premier League goals, all for Arsenal Thierry Henry applauding 2012.jpg
Thierry Henry scored 175 Premier League goals, all for Arsenal

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İlkay Gündoğan is the highest scoring German in Premier League history

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Italy Flag of Italy.svg

Paolo Di Canio is the highest scoring Italian in Premier League history Paolo Di Canio playing at Tony Carr's testimonial, May 2010.jpg
Paolo Di Canio is the highest scoring Italian in Premier League history

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Didier Drogba scored 104 Premier League goals, all for Chelsea Didier aug 2014.jpg
Didier Drogba scored 104 Premier League goals, all for Chelsea

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Son Heung-min is the highest scoring Asian in the Premier League Son Heung-min 2016.jpg
Son Heung-min is the highest scoring Asian in the Premier League

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Robin van Persie is the highest scoring Dutchman in Premier League history, with 144 goals Robin Van Persie captain cropped.jpg
Robin van Persie is the highest scoring Dutchman in Premier League history, with 144 goals

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Chris Wood is the highest scoring player from the OFC region in the Premier League Chris Wood Training.jpg
Chris Wood is the highest scoring player from the OFC region in the Premier League

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In the 2022-23 season, Erling Haaland broke the record for the most goals scored in a single Premier League campaign, with 36 Erling Haaland 2023 (cropped-v2).jpg
In the 2022–23 season, Erling Haaland broke the record for the most goals scored in a single Premier League campaign, with 36

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Cristiano Ronaldo scored 103 Premier League goals for Manchester United, a record for a Portuguese player Cr7 11 September 2021.jpg
Cristiano Ronaldo scored 103 Premier League goals for Manchester United, a record for a Portuguese player

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With 126 goals, Robbie Keane is the highest Premier League scorer from the Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane vs Chelsea.jpg
With 126 goals, Robbie Keane is the highest Premier League scorer from the Republic of Ireland

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Sadio Mané holds the record for the fastest Premier League hat-trick

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Fernando Torres scored 85 Premier League goals, making him the highest scoring Spaniard in the competition's history FernandoTorres.jpg
Fernando Torres scored 85 Premier League goals, making him the highest scoring Spaniard in the competition's history

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Dwight Yorke scored 123 Premier League goals, a record for a player from the CONCACAF region

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Luis Suarez scored 69 Premier League goals for Liverpool, making him the competition's highest scoring Uruguayan Luis Suarez Diaz.jpg
Luis Suárez scored 69 Premier League goals for Liverpool, making him the competition's highest scoring Uruguayan

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References

  1. "Players Index". PremierLeague.com. Premier League. Retrieved 15 March 2016.