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International Players Breakdown

By Official Relase
Posted Oct 30 2008 1:51PM

As of October 28, 2008, official rosters for the 2007-08 NBA season featured 75 international players from 32 countries and territories:

SOUTH AMERICA (8 players)

• Argentina (5): Emanuel "Manu" Ginobili, San Antonio Spurs; Walter Herrmann, Detroit Pistons; Andres Nocioni, Chicago Bulls; Fabricio Oberto, San Antonio Spurs; Luis Scola, Houston Rockets

Brazil (3):
Anderson Varejao, Cleveland Cavaliers; Leandro Barbosa, Phoenix Suns; Nene, Denver Nuggets

NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA/CARIBBEAN (11 players)

• Canada (4): Joel Anthony, Miami Heat; Samuel Dalembert, Philadelphia 76ers; Jamaal Magloire, Miami Heat; Steve Nash, Phoenix Suns

• Dominican Republic (2): Francisco Garcia, Sacramento Kings, Al Horford, Atlanta Hawks

Mexico (1): Eduardo Najera, New Jersey Nets

Puerto Rico (1): Jose Juan Barea, Dallas Mavericks

St. Vincent and Grenadines (1): Adonal Foyle, Orlando Magic

U.S. Virgin Islands (2): Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs; Raja Bell, Phoenix Suns

AFRICA (5 players)

Cameroon (1): Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Milwaukee Bucks

Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) (1): Didier "DJ" Ilunga-Mbenga, Los Angeles Lakers

Senegal (3): DeSagana Diop, Dallas Mavericks; Mouhammed "Saer" Sene, Oklahoma City Thunder; Cheikh Samb, Detroit Pistons

ASIA-PACIFIC (7 players)

• Australia (2): Andrew Bogut, Milwaukee Bucks; Nathan Jawai, Toronto Raptors

• China (3): Yao Ming, Houston Rockets; Yi Jianlian, New Jersey Nets; Sun Yue, Los Angeles Lakers

Iran (1): Hamed Haddadi, Memphis Grizzlies

New Zealand (1): Sean Marks, New Orleans Hornets

EUROPE (44 players)

• Croatia (1): Roko Ukic, Toronto Raptors

• France (9): Alexis Ajinca, Charlotte Bobcats; Nicolas Batum, Portland Trail Blazers; Boris Diaw, Phoenix Suns; Yakhouba Diawara, Miami Heat; Ian Mahinmi, San Antonio Spurs; Tony Parker, San Antonio Spurs; Johan Petro, Oklahoma City Thunder; Mickael Pietrus, Orlando Magic; Ronny Turiaf, Golden State Warriors

• Georgia (1): Zaza Pachulia, Atlanta Hawks

• Germany (1): Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks

• Great Britain (2): Luol Deng, Chicago Bulls; Kelenna Azubuike, Golden State Warriors

• Italy (3): Andrea Bargnani, Toronto Raptors; Marco Belinelli, Golden State Warriors, Danilo Gallinari, New York Knicks

• Latvia (1): Andris Biedrins, Golden State Warriors

Lithuania (3): Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Cleveland Cavaliers; Linas Kleiza, Denver Nuggets; Darius Songaila, Washington Wizards

Netherlands (2): Francisco Elson, Milwaukee Bucks; Dan Gadzuric, Milwaukee Bucks

Poland (1): Marcin Gortat, Orlando Magic

Russia (1): Andrei Kirilenko, Utah Jazz

Serbia (5): Marko Jaric, Memphis Grizzlies; Darko Milicic, Memphis Grizzlies; Aleksandar Pavlovic, Cleveland Cavaliers; Vladimir Radmanovic, Los Angeles Lakers; Predrag "Peja" Stojakovic, New Orleans Hornets

Slovenia (4): Goran Dragic, Phoenix Suns; Radoslav "Rasho" Nesterovic, Indiana Pacers; Beno Udrih, Sacramento Kings; Sasha Vujacic, Los Angeles Lakers

Spain (5): Jose Manuel Calderon, Toronto Raptors; Rudy Fernandez, Portland Trail Blazers; Pau Gasol, Los Angeles Lakers; Marc Gasol, Memphis Grizzlies; Sergio Rodriguez, Portland Trail Blazers

Switzerland (1): Thabo Sefolosha, Chicago Bulls

Turkey (2): Mehmet Okur, Utah Jazz; Hidayet "Hedo" Turkoglu, Orlando Magic

Ukraine (2): Kyrylo Fesenko, Utah Jazz; Oleksiy Pecherov, Washington Wizards

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