Footballers born in Swansea have won more Wales caps than any other birthplace

• Players born in Swansea have won 942 caps, more than anywhere else in Wales
• Swansea has produced 47 Welsh internationals, the third highest total
• West Glamorgan is the second highest ranking county for producing Wales internationals

* “Birthplace” refers to the town or city each player was born in. Wrexham refers to the city rather than the county borough of Wrexham. Each city/town was then ranked, with boroughs, counties and regions ranked separately against fellow boroughs, counties and regions. *

Swansea is the most successful birthplace of Wales footballers. That’s according to new research conducted by Barratt Homes ahead of the opening game of the FIFA World Cup on November 20^th.

Research conducted by Barratt Homes has analysed the birthplace of over 3,000 footballers who have played for the home nations, to reveal which cities and towns are the leading hotspots for Wales footballers.

Swansea has been revealed as one of the most prominent places for producing footballers who have gone on to be capped by the Welsh national team. The 47 Wales internationals who were born in Swansea have won 942 caps for the national team, the highest total for any town or city.

Players born in Swansea have won the most Wales caps

	Birthplace	Total Number of Wales Caps
1	Swansea	942
2	Cardiff	866
3	Wrexham	468
4	Newport	349
5	Neath	307
6	Llandudno	190
7	Bangor	188
8	St Asaph	183
9	Chirk	171
10	Merthyr Tydfil	169
Birthplaces were categorised into towns/cities, boroughs/districts, counties, and regions to provide like-for-like comparisons based on the size of each birthplace.

Although both Wrexham and Cardiff can claim to be the birthplace of more Wales internationals, the 47 players born in Swansea have been capped by the national team a total of 942 times, an unmatched total by any other town or city.

The most capped player from Swansea is Dean Saunders with 75. Ivor Allchurch (68), Andy Melville (65), Cliff Jones (59), Leighton James (54) and John Hartson (51) have all won 50+ caps for the Welsh national team. Chris Coleman who won 32 caps and famously led Wales to the semi-finals of the 2016 European Championships was also born in Swansea.

The 47 players born in Swansea are:

• Dean Saunders – 75 caps
• Ivor Allchurch – 68 caps
• Andy Melville – 65 caps
• Cliff Jones – 59 caps
• Leighton James – 54 caps
• John Hartson – 51 caps
• Robbie James – 47 caps
• Jack Kelsey – 41 caps
• John Charles – 38 caps
• Trevor Ford – 38 caps
• Gary Sprake – 37 caps
• Chris Coleman – 32 caps
• Mel Charles – 31 caps
• Barrie Hole – 30 caps
• Terry Medwin – 30 caps
• Joe Rodon – 30 caps
• Ray Daniel – 21 caps
• Jeremy Charles – 19 caps
• Jeff Hopkins – 16 caps
• Barrie Jones – 15 caps
• Adam Matthews – 14 caps
• Richard Duffy – 13 caps
• Jazz Richards – 13 caps
• Mel Nurse – 12 caps
• Len Allchurch – 11 caps
• John Morgan – 10 caps
• Billy Hole – 9 caps
• Pat Glover – 7 caps
• Chris Marustik – 6 caps
• Steve Lovell – 6 caps
• Bill Harris – 6 caps
• Wilf Lewis – 6 caps
• Mark Harris – 5 caps
• Shaun MacDonald – 4 caps
• Nigel Stevenson – 4 caps
• Ernie Jones – 4 caps
• Herbie Williams – 3 caps
• Des Palmer – 3 caps
• Dudley Lewis – 1 cap
• Cyril Davies – 1 cap
• Roy Evans – 1 cap
• Michael Johnson – 1 cap
• Vic Rouse – 1 cap
• Harry Griffiths – 1 cap
• Jack Parry – 1 cap
• Jackie Roberts – 1 cap
• Harry Thomas – 1 cap

Swansea has produced the third highest number of Wales footballers

	Birthplace	Players To Play for Wales
=1	Wrexham	49
=1	Cardiff	49
3	Swansea	47
4	Merthyr Tydfil	16
5	Newport	15
6	Chirk	13
7	Neath	11
=8	Bangor	10
=8	Llandudno	10
=8	Oswestry	10
Birthplaces were categorised into towns/cities, boroughs/districts, counties, and regions to provide like-for-like comparisons based on the size of each birthplace.

47 players born in Swansea have been capped by the Welsh national team. This is the third highest total for any town or city, behind only Wrexham and Cardiff (both 49). 

Despite 2022 being only Wales’ second appearance at a World Cup, 19% of the 47 players born in Swansea have represented Wales on the biggest stage, with Joe Rodon and Mark Harris set to become the eighth and ninth this year.

West Glamorgan is the county that has produced the second most players capped by Wales

	County	Players To Play for Wales			County	Total Number of Wales Caps
1	Clwyd	151		1	Clwyd	1905
2	West Glamorgan	60		2	West Glamorgan	1328
3	South Glamorgan	52		3	South Glamorgan	901
4	Mid Glamorgan	47		4	Gwent	568
5	Gwent	38		5	Mid Glamorgan	505
6	Powys	30		6	Powys	288
7	Gwynedd	23		7	Gwynedd	271
7	Shropshire	23		8	Dyfed	256
9	Dyfed	16		9	Shropshire	177
9	Rhondda Cynon Taf	16		10	Devon	149
Birthplaces were categorised into towns/cities, boroughs/districts, counties, and regions to provide like-for-like comparisons based on the size of each birthplace.

60 footballers born in West Glamorgan have gone on to have the honour of playing for the Wales national team, more than any other county besides Clwyd.

Those 60 players have won 1,328 caps for the national team, also the second highest figure for a county.