Since Swede Stefan Rehn became Everton’s first foreign player in 1989, some 67 overseas players from 31 different countries have played for Everton.
Many of their careers have been fleeting, others have been more successful. Joseph Yobo has the most appearances of an overseas player with 240 appearances during his nine-year Goodison career; Anderson Da Silva has the least, with a single two-minute substitute cameo to his name.
The countries represented are as follows:
- Netherlands (six players);
- France, Sweden and Denmark (five);
- Nigeria, the USA (four);
- Brazil, Italy, Portugal, Australia (three);
- Norway, China, Russia, Switzerland, Croatia, Germany (two);
- Argentina, Greece, Slovakia, South Africa, Iceland, Ecuador, Belgium, Poland, Yugoslavia, Switzerland, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Israel, Canada, Spain (one each).
The players (in chronological order of appearance):
Stefan Rehn Sweden 1989-90
Raymond Atteveld Netherlands 1989-92
Robert Warzycha Poland 1991-94
Predrag Radosavljevic (Preki) Yugoslavia 1992-94
Jason Kearton Australia 1993-94
Anders Limpar Sweden 1994-97
Daniel Amokachi Nigeria 1994-96
Andrei Kanchelskis Russia 1995-97
Marc Hottiger Switzerland 1996-97
Claus Thomsen Denmark 1997-98
Slaven Bilic` Croatia 1997-00
Mickael Madar France 1997-99
Thomas Myhre Norway 1997-01
Marco Materazzi Italy 1998-99
Oliver Dacourt France 1998-99
Peter Degn Denmark 1999-01
Ibrahima Bakayoko Ivory Coast 1998-99
Abel Xavier Portugal 199-02
Joe Max Moore USA 1999-02
Alessandro Pistone Italy 2000-07
Alex Nyarko Ghana 2000-04
Niclas Alexandersson Sweden 2000-04
Thomas Graveson Denmark 2000-03 & 2007-08
Idan Tal Israel 2000-03
Tomasz Radzinski Canada 2001-04
Jesper Blomqvist Sweden 2001-02
Tobias Linderoth Sweden 2002-04
David Ginola France 2002
Joseph Yobo Nigeria 2002-
Li Wei Feng China 2002
Li Tie China 2002-06
Julian Rodrigo Brazil 2002-03
Brian McBride USA 2003
Espen Barrdsen Norway 2003
Tim Cahill Australia 2004-
Mike Arteta Spain 2005-11
Per Kroldrup Denmark 2005-06
Matteo Ferrari Italy 2005-06
Nuno Valente Portugal 2005-09
Andy Van Der Meyde Netherlands 2005-09
Sander Westerveld Netherlands 2006
Victor Anichebe Nigeria 2006-
Tim Howard USA 2006-
Anderson Da Silva Brazil 2007-08
Manuel Ferdandes Portugal 2007 & 2008
Steven Pienaar South Africa 2007-11 & 2012-
Yakubu Aiyegbeni Nigeria 2007-11
Stefan Wessels Germany 2007-08
Bjarni Vidarsson Iceland 2004-08
Lars Jacobsen Denmark 2008-09
Segundo Castillo Ecuador 2008-09
Louis Saha France 2008-12
Marouane Fellaini Belgium 2008-
Jo Brazil 2009
Johnny Heitinga Netherlands 2009-
Dinyar Bilyaletdinov Russia 2009-12
Lucas Neill Australia 2009-10
Sylvian Distin France 2009-
Shkodran Mustafi Germany 2009-12
Landon Donovan USA 2010 & 2012
Phillipe Senderos Switzerland 2010
Apostolos Velios Greece 2010-
Magaya Gueye France 2010-
Jan Mucha Slovakia 2010-
Denis Stracqualursi Argentina 2011-
Royston Drenthe Netherlands 2011-
Nikica Jelavic Croatia 2012-