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First player born & raised in the Bahamas to make the NBA [84] [85] Bahamas United States: Mychel Thompson: F 2011–2012: 1 Born in the United States by Bahamian parents [86] Belarus United States: Maalik Wayns: G 2012–2014: 2 Born in the United States, became a naturalized Belarusian citizen, represents Belarus internationally. [87] [88 ...
Compared to other major professional sports leagues in North America, the National Football League (NFL) has the lowest share of players born outside the United States. [1] In 2017, roughly 3% of active players were born outside the US. [2] In recent drafts, teams have made efforts to search for prospects internationally.
Born and grew up in the United States, became a naturalized Belarusian citizen and represented Belarus internationally since 2017. [52] Belarus United States: Lindsey Harding: G 2007–2014, 2016: 9 Born and grew up in the United States, became a naturalized Belarusian citizen and represented Belarus internationally since 2015. [53]
The percentage of Major League Baseball players born outside the 50 states dipped slightly to 27.8%, its lowest level since 2016. There were 264 players from 19 nations and territories outside of ...
[6] [7] And in another example, Marcus Stroman played for the United States in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, but played for Puerto Rico in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. [8] As such, player representation by birth spans to 25 countries as of the 2022 MLB season, with the United States topping the list at 1,057 players called up to 26-man ...
Mark Pope’s first Kentucky basketball team will add to the all-time list of Wildcats born outside the United States. Kentucky goes international. Here’s every UK men’s basketball player born ...
OLBG compiled a ranking of the countries outside the United States with the most active NFL players using data from Pro Football Reference. A player's birthplace was used to determine their ...
Born in the Independent State of Croatia [3] Croatia: Tony Donlic: 7 0 1977 1977 Born in the SFR Yugoslavia [4] Croatia: Fred Grgurev: 14 1 1973 1976 Born in the SFR Yugoslavia [4] Croatia: Mark Liveric: 16 3 1973 1980 Born in the SFR Yugoslavia [4] Croatia: Njego Pesa: 7 0 1979 1982 Immigrated to the U.S. as a youth. Born in the SFR Yugoslavia ...