List of association football players with dual nationality

The following is a list of football players with dual nationality. It includes both players who can trace their origins to a foreign country, and would have been eligible, or indeed still are, to play for said nation, as well as those who have attained foreign nationality during their career.
The players are primarily listed under the nation which they have represented internationally, elected to represent internationally, or which would be considered to be their default nation of choice.
Algeria
*France - Féthi Harek, Brahim Hemdani
*France - Gonzalo Higuaín
*Israel - José Pekerman, Juan Pablo Sorín Federico Bessone, Luciano Civelli, Enrique Guaita
*Spain - Hermes Desio, Alfredo di Stéfano
Australia
*Croatia - , Å½eljko Kalac,
*Italy - Mark Bresciano, Vince Grella, Spase Dilevski
Austria
*Nigeria - Rubin Okotie
*Pakistan - Rubin Okotie
*DR Congo - Patrick Dimbala, Nansha Kalonji, Vincent Kompany, Émile Mpenza, Mbo Mpenza
*Morocco - Marouane Fellaini
*United States - Nansha Kalonji
Bosnia-Herzegovina
*Canada - Asmir Begovic
*Croatia - Mensur Mujdza, Senijad Ibricic, Emir Spahic, Mirko Hrgovic
*France - Miralem Pjanic
*Germany - Zvjezdan Misimovic, Sejad Salihovic, Hasan Salihamidzic, Zlatan Bajramovic
*Luxembourg - Miralem Pjanic
*Netherlands - Haris Medunjanin
*Serbia - Zvjezdan Misimovic, Ninoslav Milenkovic
*Sweden - Zlatan Muslimovic
*United States -
Brazil
*Italy - Cafu, Emerson, Vítor Flora, Felipe Mattioni, Guilherme Siqueira
*Portugal - Mário Jardel
*Spain - Ronaldo, Ronaldinho
*Turkey - Wederson
Bulgaria
*Brazil - Tiago Silva, Lúcio Wagner
*Croatia -
*Macedonia - Darko Tasevski
*Serbia - , Predrag PaÅ¾in,,
Cameroon
*Germany - Marvin Matip
*France - Sébastien Bassong
*Spain - Samuel Eto'o
Canada
*Burundi - Davy Uwimana
*Croatia -
*Guyana - Dwayne de Rosario
*British - Joe Kennaway
Cape Verde
*France - Georges Santos, Mickaël Tavares
*Netherlands - Cecilio Lopes
Colombia
*Argentina - Alfredo di Stéfano
*Spain - Alfredo di Stéfano
DR Congo
*France - Roger Hitoto
Côte d'Ivoire
*Spain - Felix Dja Ettien
Croatia
*Australia - Joey Didulica, ,
*Belgium -
*Bosnia-Herzegovina - Vedran Corluka, Danijel Pranjic, Darijo Srna, , Mario Stanic
Cyprus
*England - Alexis Nicolas, Tom Williams
Czechoslovakia
*Hungary - Ladislao Kubala
*South Africa - Kofi Dakinah
El Salvador
*United States - Arturo Álvarez
England
*Canada - Owen Hargreaves
*France - Graeme Le Saux
*Ghana - Danny Welbeck
*Jamaica - Floyd Streete
*Latvia - Adam Legzdins
*Malta - Roger Walker
*New Zealand - Ken Armstrong, Shola Ameobi, Carlton Cole, Ugo Ehiogu, George Ndah
*Northern Ireland - Jack Reynolds
*Sierra Leone - Carlton Cole
*Wales - Robert Evans and an agreement by the four federations within the Home Nations, British citizens born outside the United Kingdom are eligible to play for any of the four Home Nations.
**Owen Hargreaves, Graeme Le Saux, Matthew Le Tissier
Finland
*Italy - Lauri Dalla Valle
France
*Algeria - Mourad Meghni,
*Angola - Rio Mavuba
*Benin - Sidney Govou
*Cameroon - Jean-Alain Boumsong, Charles Itandje, Bruno N'Gotty,
*Cape Verde - Manuel dos Santos
*Congo - Christian Bassila
*Ghana - Marcel Desailly
*Mauritius - Vikash Dhorasoo Sambou Yatabaré, Alain Moizan, Patrick Vieira
*Tunisia - Sabri Lamouchi
*Bosnia and Herzegovina - Marko Marin Cacau
*Ghana - Gerald Asamoah,
*Netherlands - Fritz Korbach
*Nigeria - Dennis Aogo, Patrick Owomoyela Lukas Podolski, Sebastian Boenisch,, Christoph Dabrowski Piotr Trochowski, Eugen Polanski
*Sierra Leone - Sahr Senesie
*Spain - Mario Gómez Serdar Tasci Mandi Urbas
Ghana
*Denmark - Francis Dickoh
*Germany - Otto Addo,
*Netherlands - Quincy Owusu Abeyie
*Norway - Adam Kwarasey
Hong Kong
*Costa Rica - Siu Chung Cheng
Hungary
*Czechoslovakia - Ladislao Kubala
Republic of Ireland
*England - Dessie Gorman‎
*Northern Ireland - Darron Gibson, Marc Wilson
*Scotland - James McCarthy
*United States - Joe Lapira
Israel
*France - Ran Kadoch
Italy
*Algeria - Matteo Ferrari
*Somalia - Fabio Liverani
Jamaica
*United States - Craig Ziadie
Japan
*Northern Ireland - Robert Cullen
Malta
*Nigeria - Chris Okoh
Mexico
*Argentina - Gabriel Caballero, Guillermo Franco, Matias Vuoso,
*Brazil - Antônio Naelson
*Italy - Antonio de Nigris, Jared Borgetti, Guillermo Franco
*Jamaica - Melvin Brown
*Palestine - Miguel Sabah
*Spain - Gerardo Torrado, Giovani Dos Santos, Rafael Márquez
*United States - Edgar Castillo
*Uruguay - Nery Castillo
Moldova
*Romania - Alexandru Golban
*Russia - Serghei Covalciuc
*Germany - Mimoun Azaouagh
*Netherlands - Karim El Ahmadi
*Aruba - Hedwiges Maduro
*Ghana - George Boateng, Denny Landzaat
*Morocco - Ibrahim Afellay, Edgar Davids Kelvin Etuhu
*Germany - Dennis Aogo
*Russia - Peter Odemwingie
Northern Ireland
*England - Jack Reynolds
*Zambia - Jeff Whitley
*Kosovo - Albert Berbatovci
*Somalia - Abdisalam Ibrahim
Pakistan
*England - Kashif Siddiqi
Palestine
*United States - Omar Jarun
Paraguay
*Italy - Ronald Huth
Poland
*Nigeria - Emmanuel Olisadebe, Abel Xavier
Russia
*Tajikistan - Mukhsin Mukhamadiev
Rwanda
*France - Fritz Emeran
Scotland
*Canada - Joe Kennaway Chris Armstrong, George Boyd, Daniel Fox, Steve Howard, James Morrison
Senegal
*France - Issiar Dia
Serbia
*Bosnia and Herzegovina -
*United States -
*Germany - Marc Arnold
Sweden
*Bosnia and Herzegovina -
*Cape Verde - Henrik Larsson
*Iran - Behrang Safari
*Iraq - Bovar Karim
Switzerland
*Angola - Guilherme Afonso, Patrick Müller
*Côte d'Ivoire - Johan Djourou, Dwight Yorke
Turkey
*Brazil - Mehmet Aurélio
*England - Colin Kazim-Richards
*Germany - Sezer Öztürk
United States of America
*Belgium - Oguchi Onyewu
*Brazil - Benny Feilhaber
*Germany - Thomas Dooley, Jermaine Jones, Jonathan Spector
*Ghana - Freddy Adu, Ofori Sarkodie
*Haiti - Jozy Altidore
*Hungary - Tim Howard
*Israel
*Italy - Dominic Cervi, Gabriel Ferrari
*Mexico - Jonathan Bornstein, Edgar Castillo,
*Netherlands - Earnie Stewart
*Nigeria - Oguchi Onyewu
*Scotland - Stuart Holden
*Togo - Gale Agbossoumonde
*Trinidad and Tobago - Ricardo Clark
Uruguay
*Spain - Diego Forlan , Sebastián Ribas
Wales
*Australia - Rhys Williams
*England - Freddy Eastwood, Robert Evans<ref name = "Players who have been capped by more than one country"/>, Rhys Williams<ref name = "Middlesbrough's Williams keeps open Australia door - and India"/>
*India - Rhys Williams<ref name = "Middlesbrough's Williams keeps open Australia door - and India"/>
*Zambia - Robert Earnshaw<ref name = "Know a player of African origin?"/>
*Zimbabwe - Lewin Nyatanga<ref name = "Know a player of African origin?"/>

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