Johannesburg – With the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 which kicks off in under two weeks time, bettingexpert.com has collected the birthplaces of all the squad players that have participated in World Cups since the tournament’s inception in 1930.
This research was conducted to determine what city has produced the most squad players.
And according to the results of the analysis, Montevideo in Uruguay has produced the most squad players, with 95 in total. Mexico City in Mexico is in second place since it produced 72 squad players.
Meanwhile, Buenos Aires is Argentina ranked third place with 66 players born in the South American city.
When only members of the winning teams are considered, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil & São Paulo, Brazil are tied for first place, both having produced five winning players.
Lanus (Argentina), Munich (Germany), Marseille (France) and Rome (Italy) are tied for second place since all of them produced 3 winning players.
If only countries are taken into account, Brazil has produced the most squad players with a staggering 353 players in total; France is second with 342 squad players and Germany third with 303 players.
To see the full dataset, which includes interactive tables and maps with over 3 000 cities, please click here.
In order to conduct the research, World Cup squad members from 1930 until 2018 have been analysed.
If their place of birth was missing, the players were omitted from the analysis and in the case of a player participating in the tournament multiple times, they were counted only once.