Most expensive football players, by country.
February 8, 2008
I read somewhere that Dimitar Berbatov was the most expensive Bulgarian of all time and it got me thinking– who is the most expensive player from other places in the world? So, with the help of some free time, a couple of messageboard, and an utter lack of a life, I’ve started compiling this list which is SORELY lacking on the internet. I’ll try and keep this list updated as people move.
AND PLEASE, if you see any errors, let me know at tabqwer [at!] gmail [dot!] com so I can fix them ASAP! Thanks! First Column is country, second column is player, and third column is there in case there’s a contreversy on the various boards I’ve been talking about it.
| COUNTRY | PLAYER | OR??? | |
| Angola | - | Manucho | |
| Argentina | - | Hernan Crespo | |
| Australia | - | Mark Bresciano | |
| Belarus | - | Aliaksandr Hleb | |
| Belgium | - | Daniel Van Buyten | Vincent Kompany? |
| Brazil | - | Ronaldo | |
| Bulgaria | - | Dimitar Berbatov | |
| Cameroon | - | Samuel Eto’o | |
| Chile | - | Marcelo Salas | |
| Colombia | - | Juan Pablo Angel | Ivan Cordova? |
| Croatia | - | Eduardo | |
| Cyprus | - | Michalis Constantinou | |
| Czech Republic | - | Pavel Nedved | |
| Denmark | - | Jesper Grønkjær | |
| Egypt | - | Mido | |
| England | - | Rio Ferdinand | Wayne Rooney? |
| Finland | - | Mikael Forsell | |
| France | - | Zinedine Zidane | |
| Germany | - | Miroslav Klose | Jorg Heinrich? |
| Ghana | - | Mickael Essien | |
| Greece | - | Georgios Samaras | |
| Iceland | - | Eidur Gudjohnsen | |
| Ireland | - | Damien Duff | |
| Italy | - | Gianluigi Buffon | |
| Ivory Coast | - | Didier Drogba | |
| Japan | - | Hidetoshi Nakata | |
| Lichtenstein | - | Mario Frick | |
| Mali | - | Mahamadou Diarra | |
| Mexico | - | Nery Castillo | |
| Montenegro | - | Dejan Savicevic | At the time, was Yugoslavia. |
| Nigeria | - | John Obi Mikel | martins, yakubu, or okocha? |
| Northern Ireland | - | Keith Gillespie | David Healy, Steven Davis? |
| Norway | - | Tore Andre Flo | |
| Paraguay | - | Oscar Cardozo | |
| Poland | - | Dawid Janczyk | |
| Portugal | - | Luis Figo | |
| Romania | - | Adrian Mutu | |
| Russia | - | Andrei Kanchelskis | |
| Scotland | - | Craig Gordon/Alan Hutton | |
| Serbia | - | Nemanja Vidic | |
| Slovakia | - | Martin Skrtel | |
| South Korea | - | Ji-Sung Park | |
| Spain | - | Sergio Ramos | |
| Spain (Basque) | - | Gaizka Mendieta | |
| Sweden | - | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | |
| The Netherlands | - | Arjen Robben | Marc Overmars? |
| Togo | - | Emmanuel Adebayor | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | Dwight Yorke | |
| Turkey | - | Fatih Tekke | |
| Ukraine | - | Andriy Shevchenko | |
| Uruguay | - | Diego Forlan | Alvaro Recoba? |
| USA | - | Tim Howard | Claudio Reyna? |
| Zimbabwe | - | Benjani |
I like A. Shevchenko. I think he is the best player