This season, so far, 45 African players are registered to feature in the English Premier League. The New African Soccer awards are here again, and we thought to give you a guide to all the African players we will be looking at, and which we will want all readers to keep an eye on, week in week out.
Here are the 45 players. Note that Arsenal, Manchester United and Sunderland do not have a single African player on their books. Crystal Palace has the highest number of African players, with 6 in their squad.
Idrissa Gueye - Senegal - Aston Villa
Jordan Ayew - Ghana - Aston Villa
Rudy Gestede - Benin - Aston Villa
Tokelo Rantie - South Africa - Bournemouth
Max Gradel - Ivory Coast - Bournemouth
Christian Atsu - Ghana - Bournemouth
John Obi Mikel - Nigeria - Chelsea
Bertrand Traore - Burkina Faso - Chelsea
Victor Moses - Nigeria - Chelsea
Yannick Bolasie - DR Congo - Crystal Palace
Bakary Sako - Mali - Crystal Palace
Kwesi Appiah - Ghana - Crystal Palace
Pape Souaré - Senegal - Crystal Palace
Marouane Chamakh - Morocco - Crystal Palace
Adlène Guedioura - Algeria - Crystal Palace
Arouna Koné - Ivory Coast - Everton
Steven Pienaar - South Africa - Everton
Jeff Schlupp - Ghana - Leicester
Riyad Mahrez - Algeria - Leicester
Kolo Toure - Ivory Coast - Liverpool
Wilfried Bony - Ivory Coast - Manchester City
Yaya Toure - Ivory Coast - Manchester City
Kelechi Iheanacho - Nigeria - Manchester City
Papiss Cissé - Senegal - Newcastle United
Chancel Mbemba - DR Congo - Newcastle United
Cheick Tioté - Ivory Coast - Newcastle United
Mehdi Abeid - Algeria - Newcastle United
Sebastian Bassong - Cameroon - Norwich
Youssouf Mulumbu - DR Congo - Norwich
Sadio Mané - Senegal - Southampton
Victor Wanyama - Kenya - Southampton
Peter Odemwingie - Nigeria - Stoke City
Mame Biram Diouf - Senegal - Stoke City
Andre Ayew - Ghana - Swansea
Modou Barrow - Gambia - Swansea
Nabil Bentaleb - Algeria - Tottenham
Allan Nyom - Cameroon - Watford
Odion Ighalo - Nigeria - Watford
Essaïd Belkalem - Algeria - Watford
Brown Ideye - Nigeria - West Brom
Victor Anichebe - Nigeria - West Brom
Stéphane Sessègnon - Benin - West Brom
Cheikhou Kouyaté - Senegal - West Ham
Diafra Sakho - Senegal - West Ham
Modibo Maïga - Mali - West Ham
