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The Guardian - UK
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Premier League players representing countries with the lowest Fifa ranking

Clockwise from left; Gunnar Nielsen, Ruel Fox, Chris Wood and Stéphane Sessègnon.
Clockwise from left; Gunnar Nielsen, Ruel Fox, Chris Wood and Stéphane Sessègnon. Composite: Getty, Shutterstock

“Chris Wood is having a pretty good season,” begins Iain Cargill. “Being from New Zealand, whose Fifa ranking is 104, which Premier League players come from countries with lower Fifa rankings?”

“If we discount players at clubs who have yet to make their first league appearance then Wood is the player from the second lowest-ranked country currently represented in the Premier League,” writes Tom Reed. “Marvelous Nakamba at Luton comes from 122nd-ranked Zimbabwe (all rankings measured from the current list).

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