The Euro 2024 which is being played in Germany has seen the highest number of players of African descent playing in Europe’s biggest football competition.
DR Congo has the highest number of players while France has the highest number of players with African descent.
Below are the list of players, their country of origin and the country they are representing
France
Brice Samba – DR Congo
Ferland Mendy – Senegal and Guinea Bissau
Dayot Upamecano
William Saliba – Cameroon
Ibrahim Konate – Mali
Eduardo Camavinga – DR Congo
Aurelien Tchouameni – Cameroon
N’Golo Kante – Mali
Youssouf Fofana – Mali
Kylian Mbappe – Cameroon and Algeria
Ousmane Dembele – Mauritania and Mali
Randal Kolo Muani – DR Congo
Bradley Barcola – Togo
Belgium
Romelu Lukaku – DR Congo
Jeremy Doku – Ghana
Lois Openda – Morocco and DR Congo
Johan Bakayoko – Rwanda and Ivory Coast
Dodi Lukebakio – DR Congo
Amadou Onana – Senegal and Cameroon
Orel Mangala – DR Congo
Youri Tielemans – DR Congo
Aster jan Vranckx – DR Congo
Switzerland
Yvon Nganoma – Cameroon
Manuel Akanji – Nigeria
Denis Zakaria – DR Congo and South Sudan
Breel Embolo – Cameroon
Noah Okafor – Nigeria
Kwadwo Antwi Duah – Ghana
Dan Ndoye – Senegal
Mohammed Amdouni – Tunisia
England
Bukayo Saka – Nigeria
Kobbie Boateng Mainoo – Ghana
Eberechi Eze – Nigeria
Marc Guehi – Ivory Coast
Ezri Konsa – DR Congo
Joe Gomez – The Gambia
Germany
Antonio Rudiger – Sierra Leone
Jamal Musiala – Nigeria
Jonathan Tah – Ivory Coast
Benjamin Hendrichs – Ghana
Leroy Sane – Senegal
Netherlands
Memphis Depay – Ghana
Jeremie Frimpong – Ghana
Brian Brobbey – Ghana
Cody Gakpo – Ghana and Togo
Portugal
Nelson Semedo – Cape Verde
Danilo Pereira – Guinea Bissau
Nuno Mendes – Angola
Rafael Leao – Angola and Sao Tome and Principe
Italy
Michael Folorunsho – Nigeria
Stephan El Shaarawy – Egypt
Spain
Lamine Yamal – Morocco and Equatoria Guinea
Nico Williams – Ghana
Denmark
Yussuf Poulsen – Tanzania
Alexander Bah – The Gambia
Austria
Kevin Danso – Ghana
Phillipp Mwene – Kenya
