Countries Represented in 11 European Club Giants

So I was just wondering from which countries do the European club giants get their players?  Using ESPN's Money article from May of this year, it seems that these are the top 11 highest payrolls in football (- I was going to keep it at top 10, but traditional powerhouse Juventus was at #11 and hey, they just won their league).  I'll go through each club, and mark down which different international sides all first team (according to the team's official website and/or wikipedia) players played for this past season.  These 11 teams make sense - the big 5 English teams, the 3 Italian giants, the 2 Spanish powerhouses, and the 1 big spending German side.

1) Barcelona $217m
Spain 13
Argentina 2
Brazil 2
Chile 1
France 1
Mali 1
Netherlands 1 

2) Real Madrid $195m
Spain 8
Portugal 4
France 3
Argentina 2
Brazil 2
German 2
Turkey 2

3) Manchester City $185m
England 7
Argentina 3
France 2
Ivory Coast 2
Belgium 1
Bosnia 1
Chile 1
Italy 1
Montenegro 1
Netherlands 1
Serbia 1
Spain 1
Romania 1

4) Bayern Munich $170m
Germany 13
Brazil 3
Croatia 2
Austria 1
Belgium 1
France 1
Japan 1
Netherlands 1
Ukraine 1

5) Chelsea $170m
England 9
Brazil 3
Portugal 3
Spain 3
France 2
Belgium 1
Czech Republic 1
Ghana 1
Nigeria 1
Serbia 1

6) AC Milan $153m
Italy 11
Brazil 3
France 2
Ghana 2
Algeria 1
Colombia 1
Netherlands 1
Sierra Leone 1
Sweden 1

7) Inter Milan $143m
Italy 8
Argentina 7
Brazil 4
Colombia 2
Netherlands 2
Japan 1
Nigeria 1
Romania 1
Serbia 1
Uruguay 1

8) Manchester United $138m
England 9
Brazil 3
Bulgaria 1
Ecuador 1
France 1
Mexico 1
Northern Ireland 1
Portugal 1
Scotland 1
Serbia 1
South Korea 1
Spain 1
Wales 1

9) Arsenal $132m
France 5
England 4
Poland 2
Spain 2
Belgium 1
Brazil 1
Cameroon 1
Czech Republic 1
Finland 1
Germany 1
Ghana 1
Israel 1
Ivory Coast 1
Morocco 1
Netherlands 1
South Korea 1
Switzerland 1
Wales 1

10) Liverpool $131m
England 10
Brazil 2
Scotland 2
Spain 2
Uruguay 2
Argentina 1
Australia 1
Denmark 1
Slovakia 1
Wales 1

11) Juventus $117m
Italy 17
Austria 1
Chile 1
Montenegro 1
Netherlands 1
Paraguay 1
Serbia 1
Switzerland 1
Uruguay 1


Totals:

39 English - every single one plays in England.  Perhaps none are good enough to play anywhere else?  Interesting that Arsenal has more French (5) than English (4).

37 Italians - 36 in the Big 3 of Serie A, 1 (Balotelli) in Man C.  Interestingly, Juve has 17 and only 8 non-Italians on their team.  However, Inter nearly has as many Argentinians (7) as Italians (8).

30 Spaniards - 21 at Bar/RM, the other 9 among the five English teams.  None in the big 3 Italians or at Bayern.

23 Brazilians - 9 in England (none on Man City surprisingly), 7 at the Serie A Three, 4 at Bar/RM, 3 at Bayern.

17 French - 10 in England (5 on Arsenal), 4 at Bar/RM, 2 at Italy Big 3, 1 at Bayern

15 Argentinians - 7 in Italy, 4 at Bar/RM, 4 in England

16 Germans - 13 play for Bayern.  2 in Madrid.  1 at Arsenal.

8 Portuguese - 4 at RM, 3 at Chelsea, 1 at Man U

8 Dutch - These 8 play for 7 different teams.  They just can't co-exist, can they?

5 - Serbia

4 - Belgium, Ghana, Uruguay

3 - Chile, Colombia, Ivory Coast, Scotland, Wales

2 - Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Japan, Montenegro, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Switzerland, Turkey

1 - Algeria, Australia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Northern Ireland, Paraguay, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine


Random Observations

- 6 of the 8 teams left in Euro '12 are represented in the top 6 European countries in the totals above, except for the disappointing Dutch of course, who have been replaced by Czech Rep.  The upstart Greeks don't have a single player plying his trade in the Big 11 clubs.  Seriously, if we could replace Czech Rep and Greece with Brazil and Argentina, we'd have the greatest tourney of all time.

- If Yugoslavia still existed - the Serbians, Croatians, Bosnians, Montenegrins - would have combined for 10 players - a force to be reckoned with at a Euro Cup to be sure.

- 14 players from countries in Africa.  If they combined into the United States of Africa, they'd be a powerhouse.

- Arsenal are the most international with 18 countries represented.  How does Wenger communicate?  And how can they get away with having so few English players?

- Juventus is the most nationalistic, with 17 Italians.  Coming in 2nd, Barcelona has 13 Spaniards and Bayern has 13 Germans.

-Manchester City is the only squad that contains players from all the big 3 leagues - England, Spain, Italy.  But most interestingly, they have no Brazilians.

- So my question is, how the heck do teams like Romania and S. Korea each have 2 in the big 11 clubs, and the USA has ZERO?  Let's go Dempsey!