Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 Players in World Cup Squads: 2014
See below a list of all the players plying their trade in Ligue 1 or Ligue 2 to have made their country’s World Cup Squad, be it provisional or confirmed.
Algeria: (30-man Provisional Squad)
Carl Medjani (Valenciennes/AS Monaco)
Mehdi Mostefa (AC Ajaccio)
Ryad Boudebouz (SC Bastia)
Foued Kadir (Rennes/Marseille)
Aissa Mandi (Stade de Reims)
Belgium: (24-man Provisional Squad)
Divock Origi (Lille)
Brazil:
Thiago Silva (PSG)
Maxwell (PSG)
Cameroon: (28-man Provisional Squad)
Guy N’dy Assembe (EA Guingamp/AS Nancy Lorraine)
Nicolas N’Koulou (Marseille)
Henri Bedimo (Lyon)
Jean Armel Kana-Biyik (Rennes)
Jean II Makoun (Rennes)
Landry NGuemo (Bordeaux)
Vincent Aboubakar (Lorient)
Benjamin Moukandjo (AS Nancy Lorraine)
Edgar Salli (RC Lens/AS Monaco)
Ghana: (26-man Provisional Squad)
Jonathan Mensah (Evian TG)
John Boye (Rennes)
Andre Ayew (Marseille)
Jordan Ayew (Marseille)
Majeed Waris (Valenciennes)
Italy: (31-man Provisional Squad)
Salvatore Sirigu (PSG)
Thiago Motta (PSG)
Marco Verratti (PSG)
Ivory Coast (28-man Provisional Squad)
Serge Aurier (Toulouse)
Brice Dja Djedje (Marseille)
Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (Toulouse)
Benjamin Angoua (Valenciennes)
Ismael Diomande (St Étienne)
Max Gradel (St Étienne)
Lacina Traoré (AS Monaco)
Salomon Kalou (Lille)
Mexico:
Guillermo Ochoa (AC Ajaccio)
Nigeria: (30-man Provisional Squad)
Vincent Enyeama (Lille)
Elderson Echiejile (AS Monaco)
Sunday Mba (CA Bastia)
United States of America (30-man Provisional Squad)
Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes)
Uruguay:
Edinson Cavani (PSG)
Note: This list will be updated upon the release or update of any of the relevant World Cup squads.