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Every English player to have appeared in Serie A
More players are moving to Serie A from England than ever before in 2025, with eight English players now contracted to Italian clubs.
When Jamie Vardy signed for Cremonese last month, he became the 50th player born in England to sign for a Serie A club, nearly 80 years after Charles Adcock became the first.
You can see Vardy and the rest of the names all season long on DAZN, the home of Serie A, but here is a full list of every Englishman to play in Italy's top flight.
Which English players have appeared in Serie A?
Charles Adcock became the first to move to Italy in 1946 when he signed for Padova and since then 49 more players have followed in his footsteps.
Over the years, it's seen some of England's biggest names have appeared in the league, including Trevor Francis, Paul Gascoigne, David Beckham and Ashley Cole.
| Player | Team(s) |
| Charles Adcock | Padova 1946-49, Triestina 1949-50 |
| William Jordan | Juventus 1948-49 |
| Tony Marchi | Juventus 1957-59, Torino 1958-59 |
| Joe Baker | Torino 1961-62 |
| Jimmy Greeves | AC Milan 1961-62 |
| Gerry Hitchens | Inter 1961-62, Torino 1962-63, Atalanta 1965-67 |
| Trevor Francis | Sampdoria 1982-86, Atalanta 1986-87 |
| Luther Blisset | AC Milan 1983-84 |
| Ray Wilkins | AC Milan 1984-87 |
| Mark Hateley | AC Milan 1984-87 |
| Gordan Cowans | Bari 1985-86 |
| Paul Rideout | Bari 1985-86 |
| Paul Elliott | Pisa 1987-89 |
| David Platt | Bari 1991-92, Juventus 1992-93, Sampdoria 1993-95 |
| Des Walker | Sampdora 1992-93 |
| Paul Gascoigne | Lazio 1992-95 |
| Paul Ince | Inter 1995-97 |
| Franz Carr | Reggiana 1996-97 |
| Danny Dichio | Sampdoria 1997-98 |
| Lee Sharpe | Sampdoria 1998-99 |
| Jay Bothroyd | Perugia 2003-04 |
| David Beckham | AC Milan 2009 and 2010 |
| Ashley Cole | Roma 2014-15 |
| Micah Richards | Fiorentina 2014-15 |
| Nathanial Chalobah | Napoli 2015-16 |
| Joe Hart | Torino 2016-17 |
| Ben Wilmot | Udinese 2018-19 |
| Stephy Mavididi | Juventus 2018-19 |
| Chris Smalling | Roma 2019-24 |
| Ashley Young | Inter 2020-21 |
| Fikayo Tomori | AC Milan 2020-present |
| Luis Binks | Bologna 2020-24 |
| Tammy Abraham | Roma 2021-present, Milan 2024-25 |
| Ainsley Maitland-Niles | Roma 2022 |
| Harry Winks | Sampdoria 2022-23 |
| Samuel Iling-Junior | Juventus 2022-24, Bologna 2024-25 |
| Ruben Loftus-Cheek | AC Milan 2023-present |
| Djed Spence | Genoa 2023-24 |
| Kenan Davis | Udinese 2023-present |
| Dele Alli | Como 2024-25 |
| Tino Anjorin | Empoli 2024-present, Torino 2025 |
| Omari Forson | Monza 2024-25 |
| Ben Godfrey | Atalanta 2024-25 |
| Kyle Walker | AC Milan 2024-25 |
| Brooke Norton-Cuffy | Genoa 2024-present |
| Daniel Oyegoke | Verona 2024-present |
| Jonathan Rowe | Bologna 2025-present |
| Jamie Vardy | Cremonese 2025-present |
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