With his first appearance in the Bundesliga…
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… FC Bayern’s João Cancelo joins a closed club. Before him, only 20 players have ever played games in Europe’s top 4 leagues – Bundesliga, Premier League, LaLiga and Serie A.
As of February 5, 2023
sorted by total number of games
Pepe Reina (Bayern, Liverpool, A.Villa, Villarreal, Barca, Napoli, Milan, Lazio)
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Bundesliga: 3 games
Premier League: 297 games
LaLiga: 144 games
Serie A: 190 matches
Total number of missions: 634
K.-P. Boateng (Hertha, SGE, S04, BVB, Spurs, Portsmouth, Barca, Las Palmas, Milan, Sassuolo, Florence)
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Bundesliga: 156 games, 16 goals
Premier League: 36 games, 3 goals
LaLiga: 31 games, 10 goals
Serie A: 112 games, 16 goals
Total number of missions: 335
Philippe Coutinho (Bayern, A.Villa, Liverpool, Barca, Espanyol, Inter)
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Bundesliga: 23 games, 8 goals
Premier League: 189 games, 46 goals
LaLiga: 92 games, 21 goals
Serie A: 28 games, 3 goals
Total number of missions: 332
Antonio Ruediger (VfB Stuttgart, Chelsea FC, Real Madrid, Roma)
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Bundesliga: 66 games, 2 goals
Premier League: 133 games, 9 goals
LaLiga: 17 games, 1 goal
Serie A: 56 games, 2 goals
Total number of missions: 272
Shkodran Mustafi (Schalke, Arsenal, Valencia, Levante, Sampdoria)
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Bundesliga: 13 games, 1 goal
Premier League: 102 games, 7 goals
LaLiga: 75 games, 7 goals
Serie A: 50 games, 1 goal
Total number of missions: 240
Bojan Krkic (Mainz 05, Stoke City, Barca, Alavés, Rome, Milan)
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Bundesliga: 11 games, 1 goal
Premier League: 53 games, 14 goals
LaLiga: 117 games, 26 goals
Serie A: 52 games, 10 goals
Total number of missions: 233
Christian Poulsen (Schalke, Liverpool, Sevilla FC, Juventus)
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Bundesliga: 111 games, 3 goals
Premier League: 12 games, 0 goals
LaLiga: 62 games, 4 goals
Serie A: 48 games, 1 goal
Total number of missions: 233
Also played in Ligue 1: 24 games, 0 goals for FC Évian
Jonathan de Guzman (SBU, Swansea, Villarreal, Mallorca, Napoli, Carpi, Chievo)
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Bundesliga: 52 games, 3 goals
Premier League: 71 games, 9 goals
LaLiga: 53 games, 5 goals
Serie A: 55 games, 6 goals
Total number of missions: 231
Stevan Jovetic (Hertha, Man City, Sevilla, Inter, Florence)
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Bundesliga: 26 games + 2x relegation, 7 goals
Premier League: 30 games, 8 goals
LaLiga: 21 games, 6 goals
Serie A: 147 games, 41 goals
Total number of missions: 224
Also played and scored in the French Ligue 1: 61 games, 18 goals for AS Monaco
Joao Cancelo (Bayern, Man City, Valencia, Juventus, Inter)
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Bundesliga: 1 game, 0 goals
Premier League: 98 games, 5 goals
LaLiga: 74 games, 2 goals
Serie A: 51 games, 2 goals
Total number of missions: 224
Obafemi Martins (Wolfsburg, Newcastle, Birmingham, Levant, Inter)
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Bundesliga: 16 games, 6 goals
Premier League: 92 games, 28 goals
LaLiga: 21 games, 7 goals
Serie A: 88 games, 28 goals
Total number of missions: 217
Matija Nastasić (Schalke 04, Man City, RCD Mallorca, AC Forenz)
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Bundesliga: 122 games, 1 goal
Premier League: 34 games, 0 goals
LaLiga: 7 matches, 0 goals
Serie A: 31 games, 2 goals
Total number of missions: 194
Pierre Womé (Cologne, Werder, Fulham, Espanyol, Bologna, Rome, Vicenza)
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Bundesliga: 58 games, 2 goals
Premier League: 14 games, 1 goal
LaLiga: 26 games, 1 goal
Serie A: 86 games, 6 goals
Total number of missions: 184
Florin Raducioiu (VfB, West Ham, Espanyol, Milan, Brescia, Hellas, Bari)
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Bundesliga: 19 games, 4 goals
Premier League: 11 games, 2 goals
LaLiga: 42 games, 13 goals
Serie A: 96 games, 22 goals
Total number of missions: 168
Also played and scored in the French Ligue 1: 12 games, 2 goals for AS Monaco
Jon Dahl Tomasson (VfB Stuttgart, Newcastle, Villarreal, Milan)
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Bundesliga: 30 games, 8 goals
Premier League: 23 games, 3 goals
LaLiga: 36 games, 7 goals
Serie A: 75 games, 22 goals
Total number of missions: 164
Abel Xavier (Hanover, Everton, Liverpool, M’Boro, Oviedo, Bari, Rome)
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Bundesliga: 5 games, 0 goals
Premier League: 75 games, 2 goals
LaLiga: 58 games, 0 goals
Serie A: 11 games, 0 goals
Total number of missions: 149
Gheorghe Popescu (Hanover 96, Tottenham, Barça, US Lecce)
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Bundesliga: 14 games, 1 goal
Premier League: 23 games, 3 goals
LaLiga: 66 games, 9 goals
Serie A: 28 games, 3 goals
Total number of missions: 131
Victor Obinna (Darmstadt 98, West Ham, Málaga, Chievo, Inter)
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Bundesliga: 2 games, 0 goals
Premier League: 25 games, 3 goals
LaLiga: 26 games, 4 goals
Serie A: 69 games, 14 goals
Total number of missions: 122
Maniche (1. FC Cologne, Chelsea, Atlético Madrid, Inter)
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Bundesliga: 26 games, 2 goals
Premier League: 8 games, 0 goals
LaLiga: 64 games, 7 goals
Serie A: 8 games, 1 goal
Total number of missions: 106
Eduardo Vargas (Hoffenheim, QPR, Valencia, Napoli)
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Bundesliga: 29 games, 2 goals
Premier League: 21 games, 3 goals
LaLiga: 17 games, 3 goals
Serie A: 19 games, 0 goals
Total number of missions: 86
Lucas Piazon (SBU, Chelsea FC, Malaga FC, Chievo Verona)
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Bundesliga: 22 games, 2 goals
Premier League: 1 game, 0 goals
LaLiga: 11 games, 0 goals
Serie A: 4 games, 0 goals
Total number of missions: 38