This list includes players born outside the country they play for, players that obtained citizenship after playing for a certain period in a country, or players whose parents are born abroad.

Europe

Albania

Belgium

Samir Ujkani

France

Lorik Cana

Germany

Altin Lala

Greece

Kristi Vangjeli

Italy

Florian Myrtaj, Ervin Skela

Kosovo

Arjan Beqaj, Besart Berisha, Lorik Cana, Debatik Curri, Armend Dallku, Mehmet Dragusha, Bekim Kastrati, Tefik Osmani, Blerim Rrustemi, Samir Ujkani

Andorra

Portugal

Marcio Vieira

Spain

Koldo Álvarez, Marc Bernaus, Ildefons Lima, Toni Lima, Marc Pujol, Justo Ruiz

Armenia

Belgium

Hiraç Yagan

Brazil

Marcos Pizzelli

Bulgaria

Armen Ambartsumyan

Cameroon

Edel Apoula Bete

Georgia

Aleksandr Tadevosyan

Israel

Yegiya Yavruyan

Romania

Marian Zeciu

Russia

Arsen Avetisyan, Roman Berezovsky, Barsegh Kirakosyan, Andrey Movsesyan, Albert Sarkisyan, Yegiya Yavruyan, Robert Zebelyan

Austria

Albania

Ronald Gercaliu, Emin Sulimani

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Zlatko Junuzović, Sanel Kuljić

Germany

Martin Harnik

Hungary

György Garics

Nigeria

Rubin Okotie

Pakistan

Rubin Okotie

Serbia

Aleksandar Dragović

Turkey

Muhammet Akagündüz, Cem Atan, Ekrem Dag, Veli Kavlak, Ümit Korkmaz, Ramazan Özcan, Yasin Pehlivan, Yüksel Sariyar

Uruguay

Sebastián Martínez

Azerbaijan

Brazil

Marcos Ferreira, Leandro Gomes, André Ladaga, Ernani Pereira, Fábio Luís Ramim

Nigeria

Usim Nduka

Russia

Daniel Akhtyamov, Vagif Javadov Vladimir Lerin, Ruslan Majidov, Maksim Medvedev, Yury Muzyka, Sergey Sokolov

Serbia

Branimir Subašić

Sweden

Anatoliy Ponomarev

Turkey

Ilgar Gurbanov

Ukraine

Aleksandr Chertoganov, Vladimir Lerin, Sasha Yunisoglu

Uzbekistan

Daniel Akhtyamov

Belarus

Russia

Anton Amelchenko, Timofey Kalachyov, Aleksandr Kulchiy, Sergey Omelyanchuk, Yury Zhevnov

Belgium

Brazil

Igor de Camargo

Chad

Faris Haroun

DR Congo

Vincent Kompany, Emile Mpenza, Mbo Mpenza, Gaby Mudingayi, Geoffrey Mujangi Bia, Landry Mulemo, Anthony Vanden Borre

France

Axel Witsel

Indonesia

Radja Nainggolan

Italy

Luigi Pieroni, Sébastien Pocognoli, Silvio Proto, Davy Schollen, Stijn Stijnen

Mali

Moussa Dembélé

Morocco

Mehdi Carcela, Marouane Fellaini

Spain

Mehdi Carcela

Turkey

Önder Turaci

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Austria

Adnan Mravac

Brazil

Ricardo Baiano

Canada

Asmir Begović

Croatia

Mladen Bartolović, Dragan Blatnjak, Goran Brašnić, Jusuf Dajić, Dario Damjanović, Velibor Đurić, Miroslav Dujmović, Mirko Hrgović, Senijad Ibričić, Sergej Jakirović, Ivan JoLić, Mario Jurić, Miro Katić, Miro Klaić, Almin Kulenović, Josip Lukačević, Igor Melher, Ivan Medvid, Romeo Mitrović, Edin Mujčin, Jasmin Mujdža, Dalibor Nedić, Boris Pandža, Saša Papac, Matijas Pejić, Ivan Radeljić, Asim Šehić, Dalibor Šilić, Predrag Šimić, Aleksandar Šolić, Emir Spahić, Dragan Stojkić, Želimir Terkeš, Josip Topić, Marko Topić, Velimir Vidić

France

Sanel Jahić, Miralem Pjanić

Germany

Zlatan Bajramović, Ivica Grlić, Zvjezdan Misimović

Luxembourg

Miralem Pjanić

Netherland

Haris Medunjanin

Serbia

Admir Aganović, Branimir Bajić, Mario Božić, Vladan Grujić, Petar Jelić, Saša Kajkut, Đorđe Kamber, Vladimir Karalić, Dušan Kerkez, Nikola Mikelini, Ninoslav Milenković, Zvjezdan Misimović Staniša Nikolić, Stevo Nikolić, Albin Pelak, Ilija Prodanović, Bojan Regoje, Zdravko Saraba, Nemanja Supić, Vukašin Trivunović, Nikola Vasiljević, Stojan Vranjes, Mladen Žižović

Slovenia

Amel Mujčinovič

Sweden

Zlatan Muslimović

Turkey

Kenan Hasagić

USA

Vedad Ibišević

Bulgaria

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Predrag Pazin

Brazil

Tiago Silva, Lúcio Wagner

Croatia

Igor Tomašić

Macedonia

Ivan Bandalovski

Serbia

Zoran Janković

Croatia

Australia

Joey Didulica, Anthony Šerić, Josip Šimunić

Austria

Niko Kranjčar

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mladen Bartulović, Vedran Ćorluka, Nikica Jelavić, Vedran Jese, Dejan Lovren, Mate Neretljak, Mario Tokić, Stjepan Tomas

Brazil

Eduardo

Germany

Ivo Iličević, Ivan Klasnić, Niko Kovač, Robert Kovač

Italy

Dario Šimić

Jordania

Anes Sharbini

Serbia

Danijel Subašić

Slovenia

Srebrenko Posavec

Switzerland

Mladen Petrić, Ivan Rakitić

Cyprus

England

Jason Demetriou, Tom Williams

Greece

Simos Krassas

South Africa

Ilias Charalambous

Czech Republic

France

Jaroslav Plašil

Greece

Michal Papadopulos

Macedonia

Marek Jankulovski

Slovakia

Marek Strestik

England

Antigua and Barbuda

Ledley King

Barbados

Ashley Cole, Theo Walcott

Canada

Owen Hargreaves

Grenada

Shaun Wright-Phillips

Ireland

Peter Crouch, Kieran Richardson, Wayne Rooney

Nigeria

Gabriel Agbonlahor

Sierra Leone

Nigel Reo-Coker

Faroe Islands

Denmark

Claus Bech Jörgensen, Christian Holst, Gunnar Nielsen

Finland

Albania

Mehmet Hetemaj, Perperim Hetemaj, Njazi Kuqi, Shefki Kuqi

Germany

Mikael Forssell

Kosovo

Mehmet Hetemaj, Perperim Hetemaj, Njazi Kuqi, Shefki Kuqi

Macedonia

Berat Sadik

Russia

Aleksey Eremenko, Roman Eremenko

Sweden

Markus Heikkinen, Jonatan Johansson, Daniel Sjolund, Mika Väyrynen

France

Algeria

Karim Benzema, Camel Meriem, Samir Nasri

Angola

Rio Mavuba

Argentina

David Trezeguet

Benin

Rod Fanni, Sidney Govou

Cameroon

Jean-Alain Boumsong

Cape Verde Islands

Patrice Evra, Patrick Vieira

DR Congo

Peggy Luyindula, Claude Makélélé, Steve Mandanda, Rio Mavuba

French Guiana

Florent Malouda

Guadeloupe

Pascal Chimbonda, William Gallas

Italy

Mathieu Flamini

Côte d'Ivoire

= Djibril Cissé, Abou Diaby, Lassana Diarra, Olivier Kapo

Mali

Alou Diarra, Moussa Sissoko

Martinique

Frédéric Piquionne

Morocco

Adil Rami

Portugal

Daniel Moreira, Robert Pires

Senegal

Aly Cissokho, Zoumana Camara, Mahamadou Dabo, Patrice Evra, Bafétimbi Gomis, Bacary Sagna, Patrick Vieira

Tunisia

Hatem Ben Arfa

Germany

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Marko Marin

Brazil

Cacau, Kevin Kurányi

England

Aaron Hunt

Ghana

Gerald Asamoah, Jerome Boateng, David Odonkor

Poland

Paul Freier, Miroslav Klose, Lukas Podolski, Lukas Sinkiewicz, Piotr Trochowski

Russia

Andreas Beck

Spain

Gonzalo Castro, Mario Gómez

Switzerland

Oliver Neuville

Tunisia

Sami Khedira

Turkey

Malik Fathi, Mesut Özil, Serdar Tasci

United States

Jermaine Jones

Greece

Albania

Sotirios Ninis

Australia

Giorgios Samaras

Czech Republic

Loukas Vyntra

Germany

Kostas Mitroglou

Kazakhstan

Dimitrios Papadopoulos

Hungary

Austria

Szabolcs Sáfár

Belgium

Boldizsár Bodor

Brazil

Leandro Almeida

France

Gergely Rudolf

Macedonia

Balázs Nikolov

Nigeria

Thomas Sowunmi

Romania

Csaba Csizmadia

Serbia

Zsombor Kerekes

Slovakia

Tamás Priskin

Ireland

England

Leon Best, Gary Breen, Alex Bruce, Lee Carsley, David Connolly, Rory Delap, Kevin Foley, Caleb Folan, Paddy Kenny, Dean Kiely, Kevin Kilbane, Liam Lawrence, Jonathan Macken, Stephen McPhail, Clinton Morrison, Andy O'Brien, Joe O'Cearuill, Darren Potter, Stephen Reid, Martin Rowlands, Sean Scannell, Sean St Ledger, Kieran Westwood

Northern Ireland

Darron Gibson

Scotland

Aiden McGeady

United States

Joseph Lapira

Israel

Argentina

Roberto Colautti

Estonia

Yuval Spungin

Ethiopia

Barukh Dago

France

Dudu Aouate, Moshe Ohaion

Italy

Tamir Cohen, Roberto Colautti

Nigeria

Toto Tammuz

Poland

Ben Sahar

Romania

Avi Strool

Spain

Gai Asulin, Yossi Benayoun

United States

Tom Almadon, Roni Gafni

Italy

Argentina

Mauro Camoranesi

England

Simone Perrotta

United States

Giuseppe Rossi

Kazakhstan

Georgia

David Loria

Russia

Andrey Karpovich, Nikita Khokhlov, Viktor Morev, Roman Uzdenov

Ukraine

Sergey Kostyuk

Uzbekistan

Ulugbek Asanbaev

Latvia

Ukraine

Andrejs Perepļotkins

Liechtenstein

Austria

Wolfgang Kieber

Italy

Fabio d'Elia, Michele Polverino

Switzerland

Mathias Christen, Lucas Eberle, Benjamin Fischer, Mario Frick, Martin Rechsteiner, Raphael Rohrer, Martin Stocklasa, Michael Stocklasa

Turkey

Cengiz Bicer

Lithuania

Germany

Markus Palionis

Luxembourg

Belgium

Guy Blaise, Aurélien Joachim, Mario Mutsch

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Alija Bešić, Anton Božić

Cameroon

Benoît Lang

DR Congo

Joël Kitenge

Croatia

Ante Bukvić

France

Jonathan Joubert, Sergio Pupovac, Sébastien Rémy

Montenegro

Ernad Sabotić

Norway

Lars Krogh Gerson

Portugal

Daniel da Mota, Massimo Martino

Serbia

Žarko Lukić

Spain

Jonathan Proietti

Macedonia

Albania

Ertan Demiri, Ilami Halimi, Agim Ibraimi, Ismail Ismaili, Arbem Nuhiji, Ardijan Nuhiji, Artim Polozani

Austria

Ilco Naumoski

Bulgaria

Robert Petrov, Robert Popov

Germany

Oka Nikolov

Serbia

Dragan Čadikovski, Stevica Ristić, Dušan Savić, Milan Stojanovski

Malta

Australia

John Hutchinson, Manny Muscat, Peter Pullicino

Canada

Ivan Woods

England

Luke Dimech, Jamie Pace

Italy

Massimo Grima

Montenegro

Daniel Bogdanović

Nigeria

Orosco Anonam, Udochukwu Nwoko

Moldova

Romania

Viorel Frunza, Alexandru Golban, Artur Ionita

Russia

Valeriu Catinsus, Ilie Cebanu, Aleksandr Epureanu, Alexandr Gatskan, Victor Golovatenco, Stanislav Ivanov, Nicolae Josan, Sergey Pascenco, Iurie Priganiuc

Ukraine

Serghei Covalciuc, Serghei Lascencov

Montenegro

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dejan Damjanović

Kosovo

Fatos Bećiraj, Jovan Tanasijević

Serbia

Marko Baša, Radoslav Batak, Dragan Bogavac, Branko Bošković, Darko Božović, Andrija Delibašić, Nikola Drinčić, Milan Jovanović, Nemanja Nikolić, Savo Pavićević

Switzerland

Elsad Zverotić

Netherlands

Canada

Jonathan de Guzmán

Cape Verde

David Mendes xa Silva

Ghana

George Boateng

Liberia

Collins John

Morocco

Ibrahim Afellay, Otman Bakkal, Khalid Boulahrouz

Suriname

Ryan Babel, Edson Braafheid, Romeo Castelen, Nigel de Jong, Urby Emanuelson, Hedwiges Maduro, Mario Melchiot, Clarence Seedorf, Andwélé Slory

Turkey

Uğur Yıldırım

Northern Ireland

Canada

Alan Mannus

England

Lee McEvilly, Martin Paterson

Germany

Maik Taylor

Ireland Republic

Shane Duffy, Michael O'Connor

Scotland

Brian McLean

Zambia

Jeff Whitley

Norway

Albania

Ardian Gashi

Colombia

Alex Valencia

Estonia

Vadim Demidoff

Gambia

John Carew, Pa-Modou Kah

Ghana

Alexander Tettey

Kosovo

Ardian Gashi

Morocco

Mohammed Abdellaoue, Hassan El-Fakiri, Tarik Elyounoussi

Nigeria

Daniel Braaten

Poland

Tomasz Sokolowski

Trinidad and Tobago

Christer George

Turkey

Azar Karadas

United States

Brede Hangeland

Poland

Brazil

Roger Guerreiro

France

Jacek Bąk, Ludovic Obraniak

Germany

Łukasz Szukała, Sebastian Tyrała, Tomasz Zdebel

Netherland

Euzebiusz Smolarek

Nigeria

Emmanuel Olisadebe

Portugal

Brazil

Deco, Liédson, Pepe

Canada

Daniel Fernandes

Cape Verde

Eliseu, Manuel Fernandes, Nani, Nélson, Rolando

DR Congo

José Bosingwa, Ariza Makukula

France

Manuel da Costa, Petit

Guinea-Bissau

Yannick Djaló, Edinho

Morocco

Manuel da Costa

Romania

Germany

Maximilian Nicu

Spain

Cosmin Contra

Russia

Ukraine

Evgeny Aldonin, Viktor Boudiansky, Andrey Karyaka, Aleksandr Pavlenko

Scotland

England

Graham Alexander, Kris Commons, Daniel Fox, Jay McEveley, Graeme Murty, Nigel Quashie

France

Christophe Berra

Malaysia

Shawn Maloney

Nigeria

Chris Iwelumo

Serbia

Albania

Miralem Sulejmani

Australia

Ivan Ergić

Belgium

Ivica Dragutinović

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mladen Krstajić, Ognjen Koroman, Neven Subotić

Croatia

Danijel Aleksić

France

Nenad Džodić, Danijel Ljuboja

Italy

Dejan Stanković

Kosovo

Milan Biševac, Miloš Krasić

Macedonia

Ivica Iliev, Jovan Markoski

Montenegro

Dragoslav Jevrić

Russia

Aleksandr Kolarov

Slovakia

Nemanja Matić

Sweden

Milan Smiljanić

Switzerland

Zdravko Kuzmanović

United States

Neven Subotić

Slovenia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zlatko Dedič, Jasmin Handanovič, Samir Handanovič, Sanel Jahić

France

Rok Elsner

Serbia

Mitar Novaković

Spain

Argentina

Mariano Pernía

Brazil

Marcos Senna

Serbia

Bojan Krkić

Sweden

Albania

Emir Bajrami

Bahamas

Eddie Gustafsson

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Denni Avdić, Zlatan Ibrahimović

Chile

Matias Concha

Croatia

Teddy Lučić, Daniel Majstorović

Egypt

Rami Shaaban

Ethiopia

Benjamin Kibebe

Finland

Ola Toivonen

France

Mathias Ranégie

Irak

Abbas Hassan

Iran

Behrang Safari

Jamaica

Jimmy Tamandi

Japan

Stefan Ishizaki

Lebanon

George Mourad, Sharbel Touma

Macedonia

Dime Jankulovski

Serbia

Dušan Đurić, Stefan Selaković

Syria

Louay Chanko, Suleyman Sleyman

Turkey

Kennedy Bakircioglü

Uruguay

Guillermo Molins

United States

Eddie Gustafsson

Switzerland

Albania

Valon Behrami

Austria

Patrick Müller

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Eldin Jakupović

Canada

Alain Rochat

Cape Verde

Gelson Fernandes

Colombia

Johan Vonlanthen

Congo DR

Blaise N'Kufo

Croatia

Boris Smiljanić

Dominican Republic

Heinz Barmettler

Italy

Diego Benaglio, Mario Cantaluppi, Fabio Celestini, Davide Chiumiento, Fabio Coltorti, Franco Di Jorio, Johnny Leoni, Mario Lustrinelli, Marco Padalino, Alberto Regazzoni, Davide Sesa, Marco Wölfli

Côte d'Ivoire

Johan Djourou

Kosovo

Almen Abdi, Valon Behrami, Albert Bunjaku, Milaim Rama

Macedonia

Blerim Dzemaili

Serbia

Philippe Senderos

Spain

Ricardo Cabañas, Philippe Senderos

Turkey

Eren Derdiyok, Gökhan İnler Hakan Yakın

Turkey

Belgium

Önder Turacı

Brazil

Mehmet Aurélio

England

Colin Kazim-Richards

France

Mevlüt Erdinç

Germany

Niyazi Serhat Akin, Halil Altıntop, Hamit Altıntop, Volkan Arslan, Hakan Balta, Deniz Barış, Yıldıray Baştürk, Ceyhun Gülselam, Uğur İnceman, Ümit Karan, Ersen Martin, Nuri Şahin, Volkan Yaman

Netherland

Baki Mercimek, Fatih Sonkaya, Suat Usta

Ukraine

Belarus

Artem Milevsky

Cuba

Vyacheslav Kernozenko

Georgia

Sergey Danylovsky

Netherland

Yevhen Levchenko

Russia

Oleksandr Aliyev, Andriy Nesmachny, Sergey Serebrennikov

Serbia

Marko Dević

Wales

Cyprus

Jason Koumas

England

Jason Brown, Simon Church, Jack Collison, Andrew Crofts, Mark Crossley, Craig Davies, Freddy Eastwood, David Edwards, Rob Edwards, Paul Evans, Carl Fletcher, Ryan Giggs, Andy Johnson, Andy King, Jason Koumas, Daniel Nardiello, Lewin Nyatanga, John Oster, David Partridge, Lewis Price, Sam Ricketts, Brian Stock, Gareth Taylor, Ben Thatcher, Sam Vokes, Darren Ward, Rhys Weston, Ashley Williams

United States

Boaz Myhill

Zambia

Robert Earnshaw

Africa

Algeria

France

Djamel Abdoun, Nassim Akrour, Chadli Amri, Selim Arrache, Salah Bakour, Nadir Belhadj, Hameur Bouazza, Madjid Bougherra, Fouad Bouguerra, Mansour Boutabout, Ismael Bouzid, Fadhel Brahami, Abdelmalek Cherrad, Rafik Djebbour, Abdelkader Ghezzal, Kamel Ghilas, Fethi Harek, Brahim Hemdani, Yacine Hima, Kamel Larbi, Khaled Lemmouchia, Ahmed Reda Madouni, Yazid Mansouri, Karim Matmour, Mourad Meghni, Mehdi Meniri, Abdelnasser Ouadah, Rafik Saifi, Sabri Tabet, Anthar Yahia, Hassan Yebda, Karim Ziani

Morocco

Ahmed Reda Madouni

Netherlands

Karim Bridji

Angola

DR Congo

Carlos Fernandes

France

André Titi Buengo

Portugal

Marco Abreu, Djalma Campos, Edson Nobre, Paulo Figueiredo, Kali, Mantorras, Manucho, Mateus Costa, Maurito, Mendonça, Rui Marques, Stélvio, Francisco Zuela

Benin

Algeria

Reda Johnson

France

Maxime Agueh, Yoann Djidonou, Daniel Gbaguidi, Emmanuel Imorou, Reda Johnson, Mickaël Poté, Florent Raimy, Yannick Sagbo, Félicien Singbo, Benoît Tardieu

Ivory Coast

Pascal Angan, Mickaël Poté, Silvère Tchégnon

Nigeria

Bello Babatounde, Muri Ogunbiyi, Jonas Oketola, Razak Omotoyossi, Salomon Wisdom

Botswana

South Africa

Diphetogo Selolwane

Burkina Faso

Belgium

Mahamadou Kéré, Bureima Maiga, Patrick Zoundi

France

Habib Bamogo, Abdoulaye Cissé, Abdoul Aziz Nikiema

Côte d'Ivoire

Habib Bamogo, Aristide Bancé, Abdoulaye Cissé, Salif Dianda, Mohamed Koffi, Yssouf Koné

Mali

Yahia Kebe

Burundi

Belgium

David Habarugira

Netherlands

Kassim Bizimana

RD Congo

England

Lomana LuaLua

Germany

Cédric Makiadi

Gambia

Germany

Ebrimah Savaneh

Ghana

England

Junior Agogo, Derek Asamoah, Charles Dickson, Lloyd Owusu

Germany

Hans Sarpei

Côte d'Ivoire

Belgium

Aruna Dindane, Emmanuel Eboué

France

Eugène Dadi

Germany

Stéphan Loboué

Mauritius

England

Gavin Heeroo

Morocco

Belgium

Nabil Dirar, Moustapha Oussalah

Namibia

Germany

Oliver Risser

Nigeria

Belgium

Rabiu Afolabi, Tosin Dosunmu

England

Nwankwo Kanu, Joseph Yobo

Senegal

Mamadou Diabang

South Africa

England

Matthew Booth

Togo

Karim Guédé, Assimiou Touré

South America

Argentina

Italy

Andrés D'Alessandro

Brazil

Italy

Rogerio Ceni, Edu

Portugal

Edu

Spain

Juan Maldonado, Roberto Carlos, Ronaldo

Peru

Germany

George Forsyth

Uruguay

Germany

Carlos Grossmüller

Italy

Bruno Silva

North and Central America

Canada

Germany

Lars Hirschfeld

United States

Austria

Benjamin Feilhaber

Germany

Marcus Hahnemann, Jonathan Spector

Caribe

Barbados

England

Emmerson Boyce, Paul Ifill

Jamaica

England

Jamal Campbell-Ryce, Jermaine Johnson, Tyrone Mears

Asia

Afghanistan

Germany

Ata Yamrali

Australia

Chile

Rodrigo Vargas

Croatia

Steve Corica, Jason Čulina, Eugene Galeković, Ljubo Miličević

England

Robert Cornthwaite, Adrian Leijer

Germany

Mark Schwarzer

Italy

John Aloisi, Simon Colosimo, Angelo Costanzo, Andrew Ferrante, Shane Stefanutto, Danny Tiatto

Lebanon

Ahmad Elrich

Macedonia

Billy Celeski, Sasho Petrovski, Mile Sterjovski

Malta

Kevin Muscat

Mauritius

Nikolai Topor-Stanley

Serbia

Nick Mrđa, Danny Vuković

Slovakia

Stuart Musialik

Ukraine

Nikita Rukavytsya

Iran

Germany

Ferydoon Zandi

Philippines

England

Neil Etheridge, Phil Younghusband

Syria

Belgium

Sanharib Malki

Oceania

New Zealand

Australia

Glen Moss

Belgium

Chris Bouckenhooghe

England

Tim Brown, Chris James

Greece

Costa Barbarouses, Leo Bertos

Scotland

Michael McGlinchey