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19 Players Who Are Their Country’s Only Premier League Winners by focusnow: 6:08am On May 13, 2017
The premier league is one of the most exciting football leagues in the world. So imagine being the only man from your country who’s got his hands on one of the little shiny medals you get for winning it. These 19 men are actually proud to be their country"s only winner of the league. Take a look:
1 Alex Manninger (Austria)
Kept clean sheets in a row as cover for Big Dave Seaman in the Arsenal double-winning team of 1997-8. He was actually in goal for that famous 1-0 win away at Old Trafford that virtually sealed the league.
2 Edin Dzeko (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
He actually won it twice and chipped in with 30 goals in the process. Then he inexplicably turned a bit s*** and can now be found scoring one in four for Roma in Serie A.
3 Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgaria)
If Stoichkov had come to England, he’d almost certainly become the first Bulgarian to win the Premier League. But he didn’t, so it was left to this man who won it twice without ever really contributing satisfactorily.
4 Juan Cuadrado (Colombia)
He wasn’t even here long enough to call it a gap year and still he beat living legends like Faustino Asprilla and Juan Pablo Angel to become the first Colombian to trouser a Premier League winners medal.
5 Antonio Valencia (Ecuador)
Cristiano Ronaldo’s replacement has picked up two winners medals (2011 and 2013) so far and we’re pretty confident in predicting they will be his last.
6 Michael Essien (Ghana)
When he wasn’t sleeping or getting injured, he was winning titles. He took two Premier League crowns, rather surprisingly four years apart, in 2006 and 2010.
7 Eidur Gudjohnssen (Iceland)
Most of Eidur’s big football achievements weren’t even unique in his own house, what with his Dad Arnor being an Icelandic international. But you never won a Premier League title, did you Gudjohnsen Senior? So there.
8 Mario Balotelli (Italy)
Hard to believe that of all the great Italians to have played in England (your Ravanellis, your Casiraghis, your Zolas, your Viallis), this man is the only one to have won the title. Life’s not fair.
9 Shinji Kagawa (Japan)
Besides a bitter resentment towards Sir Alex Ferguson, Shinji has at least one other souvenir to remember his time in England by.
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Re: 19 Players Who Are Their Country’s Only Premier League Winners by chukkystar(m): 6:52am On May 13, 2017
Nice one
Re: 19 Players Who Are Their Country’s Only Premier League Winners by def111(m): 7:02am On May 13, 2017
focusnow:
The premier league is one of the most exciting football leagues in the world. So imagine being the only man from your country who’s got his hands on one of the little shiny medals you get for winning it. These 19 men are actually proud to be their country"s only winner of the league. Take a look:
1 Alex Manninger (Austria)
Kept clean sheets in a row as cover for Big Dave Seaman in the Arsenal double-winning team of 1997-8. He was actually in goal for that famous 1-0 win away at Old Trafford that virtually sealed the league.
2 Edin Dzeko (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
He actually won it twice and chipped in with 30 goals in the process. Then he inexplicably turned a bit s*** and can now be found scoring one in four for Roma in Serie A.
3 Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgaria)
If Stoichkov had come to England, he’d almost certainly become the first Bulgarian to win the Premier League. But he didn’t, so it was left to this man who won it twice without ever really contributing satisfactorily.
4 Juan Cuadrado (Colombia)
He wasn’t even here long enough to call it a gap year and still he beat living legends like Faustino Asprilla and Juan Pablo Angel to become the first Colombian to trouser a Premier League winners medal.
5 Antonio Valencia (Ecuador)
Cristiano Ronaldo’s replacement has picked up two winners medals (2011 and 2013) so far and we’re pretty confident in predicting they will be his last.
6 Michael Essien (Ghana)
When he wasn’t sleeping or getting injured, he was winning titles. He took two Premier League crowns, rather surprisingly four years apart, in 2006 and 2010.
7 Eidur Gudjohnssen (Iceland)
Most of Eidur’s big football achievements weren’t even unique in his own house, what with his Dad Arnor being an Icelandic international. But you never won a Premier League title, did you Gudjohnsen Senior? So there.
8 Mario Balotelli (Italy)
Hard to believe that of all the great Italians to have played in England (your Ravanellis, your Casiraghis, your Zolas, your Viallis), this man is the only one to have won the title. Life’s not fair.
9 Shinji Kagawa (Japan)
Besides a bitter resentment towards Sir Alex Ferguson, Shinji has at least one other souvenir to remember his time in England by.
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op you are wrong oh and again you write 19, you only mentioned 9..

Federico Macheda ( Italy ) Manchester united 2007-2008 season. only a true united fan will not forget the goal against Aston Villa, that goal worth a million shout that day
Re: 19 Players Who Are Their Country’s Only Premier League Winners by segebase(m): 7:55am On May 13, 2017
cool
Re: 19 Players Who Are Their Country’s Only Premier League Winners by Homers123(m): 10:17am On May 13, 2017
Kagawa isn't the only Japanese to do so,that Leicester player,what's name sef won it last season.Macheda won it before Balo also.

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