🇮🇹 Italians in Premier League: record numbers, full list + bonus 📊

The acquisitions of Leoni to Liverpool, Savona to Nottingham Forest, Coppola to Brighton, and Donnarumma to Manchester City significantly increase the number of Italians in the Premier League .

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With 11 players + one coach, Italy now enters the TOP 10 of the most represented nations in the Premier League , on par with Wales, which provides the league with 12 players.

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Let's now look at the list of Italians in England plus a bonus list: those who are "Italian" thanks to their passport. To this list, we add another player registered in the Premier League , who is currently on loan.

The Italian player who has been in the Premier League the longest is Wilfried Gnonto : since the summer of 2022 when he moved from Zurich to Leeds, a club that was relegated to the Championship and then promoted in 2025.

However, in absolute terms, Maresca is the longest-serving Italian in the Premier League : from 2020 to 2021 he coached Manchester City's Under 23, then returned to England as Guardiola's assistant coach in 2022 and subsequently went to Leeds and Chelsea.

Let's remember that in 2025, Ogbonna's adventure in England also ended after 10 years between West Ham and Watford (last year in the Championship).

There are also players who do not play for Italy but have an Italian passport, there are 7:

Luca Koleosho will not play in the Premier League this year but is formally registered with Burnley, which has loaned him to Espanyol. The USA-born forward played in last summer's Under 21 European Championship with the Azzurri.

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