List of foreign Scottish Premier League players

This is a list of foreign players in the Scottish Premier League (1997–2013). The following players must meet the following three criteria:

1. Have played at least one Scottish Premier League game. Players who were signed by Scottish Premier League clubs, but only played in lower league, cup and/or European games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
2. Signed and played for a club prior to the dissolution of the SPL into the Scottish Premiership at the end of the 2012–2013 Scottish Premier League season. Players with careers overlapping both eras can be included, but only clubs played for during the Premier League era can be listed.
3. Are considered foreign, i.e., outside Great Britain and Ireland, determined by the following:

:A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for the national teams of Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland.

Albania

• Rudi Vata – Celtic – 1993–96

Algeria

Angola

• José Quitongo – Heart of Midlothian, 1998–2000, Kilmarnock – 2002–03

Antigua and Barbuda

• Zaine Francis-Angol – Motherwell – 2012–13

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Benin

• Laurent D'Jaffo – Aberdeen – 2002–03

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Mirsad BeÅ¡lija – Heart of Midlothian – 2005–07
• SaÅ¡a Papac – Rangers – 2006–12
• Dubravko TeÅ¡ević – Livingston – 2005–06

Brazil

Bulgaria

• Ilian Kiriakov – Aberdeen – 1998–2000
• Tsanko Tsvetanov – Aberdeen – 1996–1998
• Stiliyan Petrov – Celtic – 1999–2006

Cameroon

Canada

Central African Republic

• Ange Oueifio – Motherwell – 2000–01
• Willi Oueifio – Heart of Midlothian – 2002–03

Chile

• Mauricio Pinilla – Heart of Midlothian – 2006–08
• Sebastián Rozental – Rangers 1998–2001

China PR

• Fan Zhiyi – Dundee – 2001–02
• Du Wei – Celtic – 2005–06
• Zheng Zhi – Celtic – 2009–10

Colombia

• David González Giraldo – Aberdeen – 2011–12

Congo

• David Louhoungou – Hamilton Academical – 2009

Congo DR

• Yves Ma-Kalambay – Hibernian – 2007–10
• Michel Ngonge – Kilmarnock – 2001–02

Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

• Nikica Jelavic – Rangers – 2010–12
• Dado PrÅ¡o – Rangers – 2004–07

Cyprus

• Angelis Charalambous – Motherwell – 2010–11

Czech Republic

Denmark

Ecuador

• Ulises de la Cruz – Hibernian – 2001–02
• Eduardo Hurtado – Hibernian – 2001–02

Estonia

• Henrik Ojamaa – Motherwell – 2012–2013
• Sander Puri – St Mirren – 2013

Faroe Islands

• Jákup Mikkelsen – Partick Thistle – 2003–04

Finland

France

Gabon

• Willy Aubameyang – Kilmarnock – 2011–12
• Daniel Cousin – Rangers – 2007–09

The Gambia

• Pa Saikou Kujabi – Hibernian – 2012–13

Georgia

• Shota Arveladze – Rangers – 2001–05
• Temuri Ketsbaia – Dundee – 2001–02
• Zurab Khizanishvili – Dundee, Rangers – 2000–05
• Georgi Nemsadze – Dundee – 2000–04

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guinea

• Bobo Baldé – Celtic – 2001–09
• Mohammed Camara – Celtic, St Mirren – 2005–06, 2009–2010
• Mohammed Sylla – St Johnstone, Celtic, Kilmarnock – 2000–05, 2006–07

Guinea-Bissau

• Esmaël Gonçalves – St Mirren – 2013

Haiti

• Lecsinel Jean-François – Falkirk – 2005–07
• Abel Thermeus – Motherwell – 2006

Honduras

• Jorge Claros – Hibernian – 2012–13
• Emilio Izaguirre – Celtic – 2010–13
• Francisco Ramírez – Dundee United – 2000–01

Hungary

Iceland

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

• Koki Mizuno – Celtic – 2008–10
• Shunsuke Nakamura – Celtic – 2005–09

Kenya

• Victor Wanyama – Celtic – 2011–2013

Latvia

• Pavels Mihadjuks – Inverness CT – 2008–09

Liberia

• Christopher Wreh – St Mirren – 2001–02

Lithuania

Madagascar

• William Gros – Kilmarnock – 2010–2014

Mali

• Amadou Konte – Hibernian – 2004–07
• Mohamadou Sissoko – Kilmarnock – 2010–2011

Mexico

• Efrain Juárez – Celtic – 2010–2012

Montenegro

• Nikola Vujadinović – Aberdeen – 2010–2011

Montserrat

• Junior Mendes – Dunfermline Athletic – 2000–02

Morocco

Namibia

• Eliphas Shivute – Motherwell – 1998–99
• Quinton Jacobs – Partick Thistle – 1999–2000

Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles

• Dyron Daal – Aberdeen – 2006–07
• Shelton Martis – Hibernian – 2006–07

New Zealand

• Rory Fallon – Aberdeen, St Johnstone – 2011–13
• Chris Killen – Hibernian, Celtic – 2005–10
• Michael McGlinchey – Celtic, Motherwell – 2005–06, 2010
• Steven Old – Kilmarnock – 2009–11

Nigeria

Norway

North Macedonia

• David Babunski - Dundee United - 2024-
• Bajram Fetai – Rangers, Inverness CT – 2003–05
• Georgi Hristov – Dunfermline Athletic – 2004–05
• Goran Stanić – Livingston – 2004–05

Peru

• José Valeriani – Dundee United – 1998–99

Poland

Portugal

Romania

• Dorin Goian – Rangers – 2011–12
• Marius Niculae – Inverness CT – 2007–08

Russia

• Andrei Kanchelskis – Rangers – 1998–2002
• Dmitri Kharine – Celtic – 1999–2002

Saint Lucia

• Earl Jean – Hibernian – 1999–2000

Senegal

Serbia

• SaÅ¡a Ćurčić – Motherwell – 1999–2000
• Dragan Mladenović – Rangers – 2004–05
• Gordan Petrić – Rangers, Heart of Midlothian – 1998–99, 1999–2001

Sierra Leone

• Mohamed Bangura – Celtic – 2011–2013

Slovakia

Slovenia

• Danijel Marčeta – Falkirk – 2009–2010
• Leon Panikvar – Kilmarnock – 2011–12
• Jure Travner – St Mirren – 2010–2011

South Africa

• Dean Furman – Rangers – 2007–08
• Chad Harpur – Kilmarnock – 2007–08

South Korea

• Cha Du-Ri – Celtic – 2010–2012
• Ki Sung-Yueng – Celtic – 2010–12

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

• Stéphane Henchoz – Celtic – 2004–05
• Oumar Kondé – Hibernian – 2006–07
• Mihael Kovačević – Dundee United, Ross County – 2008–11, 2012–13
• Ramon Vega – Celtic – 2000–01

Togo

• Yoann Folly – Aberdeen – 2010–12
• Mamam Cherif Touré – Livingston – 2001–04

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

• Hamed Namouchi – Rangers – 2003–06
• Lassad Nouioui – Celtic – 2012–13

Turkey

• Tugay Kerimoğlu – Rangers – 1999–2001

Uganda

• David Obua – Heart of Midlothian – 2008–12

United States

• DaMarcus Beasley – Rangers – 2007–10
• Alejandro Bedoya – Rangers – 2011–12
• Carlos Bocanegra – Rangers – 2011–12
• Dominic Cervi – Celtic – 2008–12
• Maurice Edu – Rangers – 2008–12
• Claudio Reyna – Rangers – 1998–02

Uruguay

• Carlos Marcora – Dundee United – 2000–01
• Gerardo Traverso – Dundee – 2001–02
• Fabián Yantorno – Gretna, Hibernian – 2007–09

Venezuela

• Jonay Hernandez – Dundee – 2002–04
• Fernando de Ornelas – Celtic – 1999–2000
• Miku – Celtic – 2012–13

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