Trailing Brazil, Argentina, France and Serbia on the list, Nigeria emerged the fifth biggest exporter of footballers in the world.
According to the CIES Football Observatory monthly report, Nigeria is also the biggest supplier of football talent in Africa with 596 players scattered across the world.
Other African countries mentioned in this report are Senegal (10th in the world, 377), Cote d’Ivoire (11th, 370), Cameroun (12th, 366) and Ghana (13th, 365).
In total, 18,660 foreign players of 194 origins were recorded in the leagues taken into account in the analysis.