The Premier League attracts some of the biggest stars in world football.
Year after year, clubs in England’s top flight raid the divisions of the rest of Europe and indeed the world in order to bring the finest in footballing talent to their doorsteps.
It is something that has caused controversy over the years, with many arguing that the Premier League’s interest in foreign players has contributed to the downfall of the England national side and hence the league should focus more on home grown talent.
But some of those who have set foot in England are amongst the world’s most experienced and travelled footballers.
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Here is a list of the Premier League’s five most traveled players of the Premier League era to help add to your plethora of football knowledge and help your case to be the biggest Super Football Fan ….
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Not only is Zlatan Ibrahimovic one of the most well traveled players in the current Premier League crop, he is also without doubt one of the most highly decorated. The big Swede has won a major European league title with six different clubs – Ajax, Juventus, Barcelona, Inter, AC Milan and PSG – and he is the only player in history to amount to such a feat.
He is also his country’s all-time leading goalscorer, having netted 62 times in 116 appearances for Sweden. The list goes on and on and the striker is continuing to break records with current club Manchester United, with whom he has already lifted the EFL Cup and Community Shield this season.
Nicolas Anelka
The Frenchman’s career may have taken a turn for the worse during it’s latter stages during spells at West Bromwich Albion and Mumbai City, but it is easy to forget that Anelka was once a Premier League and European great.
The striker has played for a whopping 12 different clubs during his career, including Real Madrid, Arsenal, Bolton Wanderers and Chelsea, the club where he undoubtedly enjoyed the greatest success. Anelka has 125 Premier League goals to his name.
Andy Cole
Another of the great Premier League strikers, former Manchester United and Newcastle striker Andy Cole also makes the list of the most well travelled Premier League players of all time.
The third highest scoring player in the league’s history has played for 12 different clubs and scored a total of 271 goals in a silverware drenched career.
Cole never stretched his wings outside the UK, only getting as far as Portsmouth between 2006-2007.
Ade Akinbiyi
A player who succeeded greatly at the lower levels of English football but generally failed to replicate that form when given the chance in the top flight.
The former Leicester City striker had played for 15 different sides come the end of his career, including Houston Dynamo in the USA and Colwyn Bay of Wales.
The striker has been the club record signing for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Leicester City and Sheffield United, and he failed to validate the then huge transfer fees paid for his signature at all of them.
Marcus Bent
Marcus Bent never spent more than three years at any one club and ended up playing for 16 different clubs during his career.
While Bent does have 113 career goals to his name, he appears to have been a bit of bad omen for many of the clubs he played for – he was relegated from the Premier League four times with Birmingham, Crystal Palace, Ipswich and Leicester.
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