This statistic displays the share of football players with a migration background on FIFA World Cups from 1930 to 2018. As of 2018, approximately 13 percent of the football players were not born in the country where they are currently playing for. This is the highest percentage in the given time period, with the lowest in 1958 and 1974 when only roughly one percent of the players that were active during the World Cup had a migration background. When looking for more in depth information on migration in Europe, please see the following
Share of football players with a migration background on FIFA World Cups from 1930 to 2018
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Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (Sport and Nation research project). (June 14, 2018). Share of football players with a migration background on FIFA World Cups from 1930 to 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 05, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/870936/share-of-football-players-with-a-migration-background-fifa-world-cups/
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (Sport and Nation research project). "Share of football players with a migration background on FIFA World Cups from 1930 to 2018." Chart. June 14, 2018. Statista. Accessed February 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/870936/share-of-football-players-with-a-migration-background-fifa-world-cups/
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (Sport and Nation research project). (2018). Share of football players with a migration background on FIFA World Cups from 1930 to 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/870936/share-of-football-players-with-a-migration-background-fifa-world-cups/
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (Sport and Nation research project). "Share of Football Players with a Migration Background on Fifa World Cups from 1930 to 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Jun 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/870936/share-of-football-players-with-a-migration-background-fifa-world-cups/
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (Sport and Nation research project), Share of football players with a migration background on FIFA World Cups from 1930 to 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/870936/share-of-football-players-with-a-migration-background-fifa-world-cups/ (last visited February 05, 2023)
Share of football players with a migration background on FIFA World Cups from 1930 to 2018 [Graph], Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (Sport and Nation research project), June 14, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/870936/share-of-football-players-with-a-migration-background-fifa-world-cups/