Top Flight...So Premiership or "old" 1st Division.
2006-09-07 22:49:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football ➔ English Football
julio arca
veron
2006-09-07 22:55:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure how many but the first most high profile South Americans had to be the Argentinians Ricardo Villa and Oswaldo Ardiles for Spurs during the eighties.
The kind of hype surrounding the signing of the two Argentinians for the Hammers now is nothing compared to that of Villa and Ardiles back in the eighties where foreign footballers were a novelty to the English game.
2006-09-07 23:01:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it started 28 years ago with Ossie Ardiles and Ricardo Villa but just how many are here at the present I am not sure but I have found these Hernan Crespo on loan from chelsea to Internazionale, Juan Pablo Angel Arango at Aston Villa, Gilberto Silva at Arsenal, Pedro Mendes at Portsmouth.
2006-09-07 23:46:19 · answer #3 · answered by madge 51 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tarantini for Birmingham City
Villa and Ardilles for Spurs
Maragoni and Arca for Sunderland
Solano and Miradinhina for Newcastle
Roque Jnr for Leeds
D'Alessandro for Portsmouth
Sabella for Sheff Utd.
are just a few, not includung the West Ham two and Arsenal Brazilian two.
2006-09-07 23:02:13 · answer #4 · answered by brogdenuk 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know the answer but noticed that no one listed George Robledo who played for Newcastle in the 50s played in two cup finals and scored the winning goal against Arsenal in1952 He was Chilean as was his brother Ted who also played in that game.
2006-09-10 10:31:35 · answer #5 · answered by jim 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There have been a lot, but it all started with Ricardo Villa and Ossie Ardiles who signed for Spurs after the 1978 World Cup (I
think)
2006-09-07 22:58:46 · answer #6 · answered by David C 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Juan Pablo Angel-Columbia
Ulises De la Cruz -Ecuador
Solano- Peru? theres loads
2006-09-08 07:43:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too many to list. These are few recent ones that come to my mind...
Mirandinha was the first Brazilian in England.
Carlos Tevez(ARG), Mascerano(ARG) are yet to play. But they're in West Ham. Also Julio Baptista(BRA) in Arsenal.
Juan Sebastian Veron(ARG) played for Manchester United and Chelsea.
Hernan Crespo(ARG) - Chelsea
Juninho Paulista(BRA), Rochemback(BRA) - Boro
Kleberson(BRA), Gabriel Heinze(ARG) - ManU
Edu(BRA), Gilberto(BRA) - Arsenal
Roque Junior(BRA) - Leeds
2006-09-07 23:21:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Even before Tarantino went to Birmingham, there were two brothers at the Villa called Arce! ( seriously... Oscar Arce and Hector Arce ) but they pronounced it 'ar-chay'.
2006-09-09 06:26:15 · answer #9 · answered by Fabien Tempest™ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dave
2006-09-07 22:52:47 · answer #10 · answered by Big Hands 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋