List of nationality transfers in association football
This is a list of association footballer who have moved to compete for another country. Not included in this list are:
- Players who could choose to play for a new country after the dissolution of their former country. This mainly affected players from the former Soviet Union, such as Viktor Onopko, and the former Yugoslavia, such as Davor Šuker.
- Players who represented the country they moved to in childhood. Frequently, the home countries of such players are former colonies of their future countries (such as Patrick Vieira, born in Senegal but moved to France in childhood). Another example of such a player was Marcel Desailly, a Ghana-born player who was adopted in childhood by a French diplomat and raised in France.
- Players who could have chosen to represent more than one country due to their birthplace, parentage, ancestry (i.e., at least one grandparent), and/or residence. Some notable examples:
- Former England international Owen Hargreaves's birth in Canada made him eligible for that country, he was eligible to play for England through his father and Wales through his mother, and his residence in Germany would have made him eligible for that country also.
- Current German international Kevin Kurányi, who chose Germany (parentage) over Brazil (birthplace), Panama (parentage) and Hungary (ancestry).
- Former USA international Earnie Stewart, who chose the USA (parentage) over the Netherlands (birthplace and parentage).
- However, players who actually represented one country, either at junior or senior level, before representing a second country are included, even if they qualify by ancestry. For example:
- In football, Nigel Quashie represented England at U-21 level, but qualified for Scotland via his Scottish grandfather, and plays for the Scotland senior side.
Name of athlete |
From nation |
To nation |
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Koldo |
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Márcio Vieira |
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Sebastián Gómez |
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Carlos Peppe |
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Hiraç Yagan |
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Marcos Pizzelli |
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Apoula Edel |
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Aras Özbiliz |
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Branko Buljević |
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Adrian Alston |
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Dave Harding |
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Peter Ollerton |
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Peter Wilson |
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Manfred Schaefer |
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Jimmy Mackay |
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Jack Reilly |
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Jimmy Rooney |
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Doug Utjesenovic |
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Nikita Rukavytsya |
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Ivica Vastić |
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Badri Kvaratskhelia |
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Andrezinho |
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Ernani Pereira |
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Fábio |
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Leandro Gomes |
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Marcos |
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Sergei Sokolov |
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Aleksandr Chertoganov |
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Branimir Subašić |
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Igor de Camargo |
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Luis Oliveira |
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Luis Cristaldo |
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Gustavo Quinteros |
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Carlos Trucco |
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Alex da Rosa |
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Edivaldo Hermoza |
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Pablo Escobar |
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Ricardo Baiano |
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Dialiba Diabang Boubacar |
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Mirko Hrgović |
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Ivan Radeljić |
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Ivan Lendrić |
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Tiago Silva |
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Lúcio Wagner |
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Predrag Pažin |
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Zlatomir Zagorčić |
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Benoît Assou-Ekotto |
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Sébastien Bassong |
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Ali Gerba |
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Tomasz Radzinski |
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Oscar Fabbiani |
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Matías Fernández |
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Daniel Morón |
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Marcos González |
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Jorge Valdivia |
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Alfredo Di Stéfano |
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Alexandre Guimarães |
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Victor Núñez |
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Eduardo |
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Shabani Nonda |
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Marcelo Elizaga |
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Ariel Graziani |
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Javier Klimowicz |
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Marcelo Fleitas |
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Nildeson |
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Williams Reyes |
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Alexandre de Oliveira Honorato |
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Átila and André Neles |
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Danilo |
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Daniel Martins |
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Fernando |
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Ronan |
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Ibrahim Agbo |
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Christian Bon |
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Viera Ellong |
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Thierry Fidjeu |
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Samuel Itondo |
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Francis Mbome |
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Martial Mpilé |
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Lucien Moutassie |
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Jean-Maxime Ndongo |
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Achille Pensy |
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Valéry Tenfa |
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Rui |
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Fousseny Kamissoko |
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Ben Konaté |
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Fernelly Castillo |
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Rolan de la Cruz |
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Danny Quendambú |
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Anatole Ngamukol |
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Oscar Amoabeng |
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Seth Appiah Larbi |
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Lawrence Doe |
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Daniel Ekedo |
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Kelvin Onosiughe |
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Oscar Ferreira |
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Mamadou Baldé |
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Birama Diop |
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Abdoulaye Ndoye |
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Yago |
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Jean-Alain Boumsong |
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Guy Tchingoma |
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Cacau |
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Paulo Rink |
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Marko Marin |
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André Ayew |
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Kevin-Prince Boateng |
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Denilson Costa |
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Cristiano Cordeiro |
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Gerard Ambassa Guy |
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Leandro |
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Bio Paulin |
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Kim Jeffrey Kurniawan |
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Irfan Bachdim |
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Tonnie Cusell |
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Stefano Lilipaly |
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Jhon van Beukering |
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Sergio van Dijk |
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Raphael Maitimo |
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Victor Igbonefo |
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Greg Nwokolo |
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Cristian Gonzáles |
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Roberto Colautti |
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Toto Tamuz |
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Raimundo Orsi |
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Luis Monti |
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Enrique Guaita |
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Attilio Demaria |
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Mauro Camoranesi |
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Dino da Costa |
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Anfilogino Guarisi (Filó) |
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José Altafini |
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Angelo Sormani |
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Alcides Ghiggia |
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Juan Schiaffino |
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Jermaine Beckford |
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Deon Burton |
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Shaun Cummings |
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Lloyd Doyley |
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Robbie Earle |
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Marvin Elliott |
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Marcus Gayle |
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Daniel Gordon |
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Marlon King |
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Adrian Mariappa |
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Jobi McAnuff |
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Garath McCleary |
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Wes Morgan |
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Nyron Nosworthy |
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Darryl Powell |
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Theo Robinson |
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Fitzroy Simpson |
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Frank Sinclair |
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Alex |
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Wagner Lopes |
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Ruy Ramos |
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Túlio |
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Andrejs Perepļotkins |
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Luís Fernandez |
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Marcílio |
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Gilberto dos Santos |
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Jadir Morgenstern |
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Newtom |
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Luis de Agustini |
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Syed Adney |
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Udo Nwoko |
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Antonio Battaglia |
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Alfredo Acosta |
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Carlos Blanco |
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Carlos Lara |
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Guillermo Franco |
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Gabriel Caballero |
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Lucas Ayala |
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Vicente Matías Vuoso |
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Antônio Naelson |
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Leandro Augusto |
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Felipe Zetter |
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Antonio Hütt |
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Joaquín Urguiaga |
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Lorenzo Camarena |
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José López Herranz |
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Julio Lores |
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Vladimir Volkov |
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Wayne Dyer |
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Ruel Fox |
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Junior Mendes |
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Jonathan de Guzmán |
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Humphrey Mijnals |
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Zesh Rehman |
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Pablo Abdala |
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Alejandro Naif |
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Roy Wegerle |
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Edgardo Abdala |
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Roberto Bishara |
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Roberto Kettlun |
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Hernán Madrid |
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Bruno Pesce |
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Leonardo Zamora |
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Roberto Acuña |
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Néstor Ortigoza |
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Ricardo Ismael Rojas |
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Ramón Quiroga |
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Jerry Lucena |
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Neil Etheridge |
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Stephan Schröck |
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Ray Anthony Jónsson |
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Roger Guerreiro |
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Emmanuel Olisadebe |
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Deco |
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Liédson |
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Pepe |
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Eusébio |
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Nuno |
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Boualem Khoukhi |
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Ali Assadalla |
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Emerson |
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Fábio César |
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Luiz Júnior |
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Marcone |
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Karim Boudiaf |
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Dame Traoré |
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Mohammed Kasola |
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Lawrence Quaye |
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Mohammed Razak |
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Hussain Ali Shehab |
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Talal Al-Bloushi |
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Adel Lami |
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Ibrahim Majid |
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Wesam Rizik |
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Yusef Ahmed |
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Qasem Burhan |
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Baba Malick |
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Mosaab Mahmoud Al Hassan |
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Magid Mohamed |
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Sebastián Soria |
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Akhrik Tsveiba |
and Abkhazia |
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Mukhsin Mukhamadiev |
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Yuri Nikiforov |
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Oleg Salenko |
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Ilia Tsymbalar |
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Andy Selva |
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Nigel Quashie |
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Zdravko Kuzmanović |
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Neven Subotić |
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Aleksandar Đurić |
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Egmar Goncalves |
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Mustafic Fahrudin |
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Qiu Li |
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Shi Jiayi |
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Mirko Grabovac |
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Daniel Bennett |
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John Wilkinson |
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Agu Casmir |
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Itimi Dickson |
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Precious Emuejeraye |
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Mariano Pernía |
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Juan Antonio Pizzi |
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Alfredo Di Stéfano |
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Catanha |
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Marcos Senna |
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Donato Gama da Silva |
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Julio Álvarez |
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Fernando Amorebieta |
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Jeffrén Suárez |
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Tobias Linderoth |
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Jamie Waite |
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Charyl Chappuis |
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Anthony Ampaipitakwong |
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Henri Siqueira |
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Xavier Chen |
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Victor Chou |
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Alan Leandro |
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Antônio Marcos Sousa |
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Cácio Souza |
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Diogo Rangel |
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Émerson Cesário |
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Felipe Bertoldo |
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Murilo de Almeida |
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Patrick Fabiano |
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Paulo Helber |
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Paulo Martins |
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Ramon Saro |
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Rodrigo Souza |
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Wellington Rocha |
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Bill |
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Cris |
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Fabinho |
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Fábio |
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Hamílton |
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Mikimba |
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Eloge Ahodikpé |
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Ludovic Assemoassa |
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Floyd and Jonathan Ayité |
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Thomas Dossevi |
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Guillaume Brenner |
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Christophe Grondin |
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Alaixys Romao |
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Yao Mawuko Sènaya |
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Éric Akoto |
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Richmond Forson |
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Emmanuel Mathias |
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Jose Luis Seabra |
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Chris Birchall |
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Andre Boucaud |
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Justin Hoyte |
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Jlloyd Samuel |
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Bobby Zamora |
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José Clayton |
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Francileudo Santos |
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Mehmet Aurélio |
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Andriy Khomyn |
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Pablo Mastroeni |
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Alex Ely |
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Benny Feilhaber |
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Carlos Metidieri |
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Jorge Siega |
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Joe Gaetjens |
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Preki |
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Oleksandr Aliyev |
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Aleksei Bakharev |
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Marko Dević |
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Artem Milevskiy |
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Massimo Margiotta |
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Fábio dos Santos |
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Huỳnh Kesley Alves |
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Shane Duffy |
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Darron Gibson |
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Marc Wilson |
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James McClean |
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Aiden McGeady |
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