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List of foreign football players in India

This list of foreign football players in India consists of players who are currently playing or have played in India, either in top division leagues like Indian Super League, Indian Football League (formerly I-League) (), I-League 2, I-League 3 or in regional competitions such as Calcutta Football League, Goa Football League, etc. alongside domestic knock-out tournaments such as the IFA Shield and Durand Cup.

  • All these players have joined or played or contracted as foreign recruit or footballer for the football clubs all over India.
  • The following players must meet both of the following criteria:
  1. A player who joined any Indian football club (irrespective of whether he made an appearance for the team or not).
  2. A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for the India national team.
  • Bold denotes players who have appeared or included in the squad in any edition of the FIFA World Cup.

Naturalized player(s)

East Pakistan

Japan

Australia

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

  • Yannis Bessaa – NEROCA FC (2020–2021)

Andorra

Angola

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

  • Samuel Matthew Gibson – Bhawanipore FC (2011–2012)

Bermuda

Belarus

Belgium

Benin

Bhutan

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Bulgaria

Brazil

Burkina Faso

Burundi

  • Saido Berahino – Rajasthan United (2024–present)

Cape Verde

Cameroon

Canada

Chad

Congo

Congo DR

Colombia

Costa Rica

Croatia

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Dominica

Egypt

England

Equatorial Guinea

Ethiopia

Fiji

Finland

France

Gabon

Gambia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Grenada

Guam

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Haiti

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

Indonesia

Italy

Iran

Iraq

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan

Jersey

Jordan

Kenya

Korea DPR

Kosovo

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Lithuania

Macau

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Martinique

Mauritius

Mauritania

Mexico

Moldova

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nepal

Netherlands

New Caledonia

New Zealand

Niger

Nigeria

Northern Ireland

North Macedonia

Norway

Pakistan

Palestine

Panama

Paraguay

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Republic of Ireland

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Martin

Saint Vincent and the Grenadine

São Tomé and Príncipe

Scotland

Senegal

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

South Sudan

Spain

Sri Lanka

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Tanzania

Tajikistan

Thailand

Tibet

Timor-Leste

Togo

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United States of America

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Vietnam

Wales

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Players in World Cup

See also

Footnotes

References

External links