How many England internationals were born in your region? | Football News

Lee Carsley could hand three London-born players a first-team debut in the upcoming Nations League matches. But is London a breeding ground for talent?

Carsley called upon a London-born trio who were not framed Noni Madueke, Tino Delivery And Angel Gomes for the upcoming matches against the Republic of Ireland and Finland – alongside the West Midlands-born Morgan Gibbs-White.

Sky Sport looked at the birthplaces of all 1,282 players who have represented England since 1872 to find out whether the capital has produced more caps and international matches than any other region.

North versus South

England is traditionally divided into nine regions. For the purposes of this study, we have divided them into five northern regions and four southern regions.

Since 1872, the North of England has produced more than twice as many England internationals as the South. A total of 841 were born in the Northern regions, compared to 399 in the South.

The data shows the Northwest has produced 295 England internationals, making it the most successful region.

The other northern regions are West Midlands (165), the Northeast (144), Yorkshire and the Humber (126) and East Midlands (111).

In the south, London has delivered 207 internationals, followed by the South East (101), East England (50) and the Southwest (41) – a region that has produced only two more players than those born outside England.

What about caps?

Players born in the Northwest have collected a top 3,232 caps – making the region England’s breeding ground for talent, followed by London (2,966), Yorkshire and the Humber (1,460), the Northeast (1,412), West Midlands (1,183) and East Midlands (1,094).

Near you?

You can use the zoom button on the interactive map below to see which internationals were born in your region…

Players born outside England

A total of 39 players were born outside England, including the Channel Islands And Wales (two each) and Scotland (one player) – while the origins of three players could not be verified.

Matt Le Tissier (Guernsey) and Graeme Le Saux (Jersey) were born in the Channel Islandsthat are not part of England.

One Scottish-born player has represented England: John Bain played his only match against his native country in 1877.

Two Wrexham-born Welshmen have also worn the England shirt, the most recent being Liverpool defender Rob Jones, who played for England six times between 1992 and 1996, while Fred Green made his only appearance against Scotland in 1876.

Marc Guehi is the most recent foreign-born England national team debutant.

*Place of birth data from Sky Sports databases, englandfootballonline.com and englandstats.com