Greece ranked 33rd in the world in football player exports

A recent study by the CIES Football Observatory on player exports places Greece as 33rd amongst 186 nations.

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A recent study conducted by the CIES (International Center for Sports Studies) Football Observatory ranked the top countries in the world by the number of footballers they export. 

The study took into account 186 national football federations, which had at least one player from a country playing abroad. This covered 141 leagues in 93 countries. 

Greece figured highly in the list, ranking as 33rd thanks to the 146 players from the nation that play their football in foreign countries. In terms of confederation, Greece were 20th amongst all UEFA nations.  Greece finished just behind the likes of Mexico, Ireland, Paraguay, Switzerland, Japan, Austria, the USA, and Cameroon.

Greece did manage to beat out other notable countries, finishing ahead of such nations such as Scotland (134 player exports), Australia (124), South Korea (121), Venezuela (113), Romania (112), Slovenia (110), and the Czech Republic (105) amongst others. 

Perhaps with little surprise, Brazil took the top spot on the list. The South American country and traditional football superpower has an unbelievable 1,600 players featuring in teams all over the world. Rounding out the top five is France (1,027), Argentina (927), England (565), and Spain (559). 

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