England and Saudi Arabia became the only ones who managed the players only their championship.

Nowadays, more and more players are playing in a country that is not native to their own country, and they are sent to conquer stronger or financially profitable championships.

The percentage of players who perform outside the homeland, among all football players of the World Cup teams that participated in the qualification, varies from 0% to 100%.

The CIES Football Observatory reports that in the national teams of Sweden, Iceland and Croatia there are no players who compete in the championships of these countries (at the moment, as Dynamo player Josip Pivaric took part in the qualification of the World Cup, being a football player of Dynamo Zagreb).

At the same time, teams of England and Saudi Arabia have managed only players playing in the domestic championship.

Most of the "legionaries" appear in teams representing CONMEBOL. Asian countries least rely on visiting players.

Let's notice, that most of all in qualification players of English Premier-league - 164. More than 44% of all players represent TOP-5 European championships, and in total 57 football associations.

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