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This is a list of Australian Football League players that come from diverse backgrounds in terms of nationality and birthplace. 15 per cent of all players are either born overseas or have a parent born overseas.[1] A total of 121 players from a multicultural background (at least one parent born overseas) are among the 817 AFL listed players in 2013. Richmond Football Club has the most multicultural players with 30% and Carlton Football Club has the least with almost 5%.[2] Of the current 121 multicultural players (2015 season), more than half have one parent from Anglophone countries, mainly the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.[3]

Years Number of seasons played in the Australian Football League ^ Denotes players in the Australian Football Hall of Fame
* Denotes current players in the Australian Football League
Nationality Birthplace Player Career Notes Ref.
 Ireland  Ireland Colm Begley 2006–2009 Born in Ireland [4]
 Ireland  Ireland Ciarán Byrne 2014– Born in Ireland [5]
 Ireland  Ireland Patrick Brophy 2017– Born in Ireland [5]
 Ireland  Ireland Ray Connellan 2017– Born in Ireland [5]
 Ireland  United Kingdom Conor McKenna 2014– Born in the UK [5]
 Ireland  Ireland Paul Earley 1984 Born in Ireland [4]
 Ireland  United Kingdom Conor Glass 2016– Born in the UK [5]
 Ireland/ United Kingdom  Ireland Cian Hanley 2015– Welsh mother, Irish father [5]
 Ireland/ United Kingdom  United Kingdom Pearce Hanley 2008– Born in England, UK; Welsh mother, Irish father [6][5]
 Australia/ United Kingdom  Australia Mitch Golby 2011–2015 Born in Australia; English father [7]
 Australia/ United Kingdom  Australia Ryan Harwood 2010– Born in Australia; English mother [7]
 Australia/ South Africa/ United Kingdom  Australia Ryan Lester 2011– Born in Australia; English-born mother and South African-born father [6]
 Australia/ United States of America  Australia Archie Smith 2014– Born in Australia; American-born mother
 Australia/ United States of America  United States of America Sanford Wheeler 1989-1994 Born in the US
 Australia/ United States of America  United States of America Don Pyke 1989–96 Born in the US
 United States of America  United States of America Jason Holmes 2014– Born in the US [5]
 Australia/ United States of America  Australia Zac Clarke 2009–2017 Born in Australia; American father [8][9]
 Australia/ United States of America  United States of America Mason Cox 2015- Born in the US [10][5]
 Australia/ France  Australia Allan La Fontaine^ 1934–1942, 1945 Born in Australia; French [11]
 Australia/ Ireland  Ireland Jim Stynes^ 1987–1998 Born in Ireland [11]
 Australia/ South Korea/ United States of America  South Korea Peter F. Bell^ 1995–2008 Born in Korea; Mother born in South Korea, father born in America [11][12]
 Australia/ Brazil/ Democratic Republic of Congo  Brazil Heritier Lumumba 2005–2016 Born in Brazil; Congolese father, Brazilian mother [13]

Albania

Austria

Barbados

Canada

Chile

China

Name Origins Career
Jack Wunhym Chinese father[18] 1927–29
Ernie Foo Chinese parents[19] 1914
Lin Jong Taiwanese mother; Timorese-Chinese father[6] 2012–
Wally Koochew Chinese father and Norwegian mother[20][21] 1908
Dannie Seow Born in Singapore; Chinese father[22][23] 1986-1987; 1989-1990
George Tansing Chinese father[23][24][25] 1908

Cook Islands

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

East Timor

  • Lin Jong (Taiwanese mother, Timorese-Chinese father)[6]

Egypt

Ahmed Saad (Egyptian parents)[34]

Estonia

Fiji

Germany

Ghana

  • Joel Amartey[6]

Greece

see: Greek Team of the Century[43]

Hungary

India

Ireland

Name Origins Career
Colm Begley Born in Ireland[4] 2006–2009
Dermott Brereton Irish parents[12] 1982–1992;1994–1995
Patrick Brophy Born in Ireland[5] 2017–
Ciarán Byrne Born in Ireland[5] 2014–
Ray Connellan Born in Ireland[5] 2017–
Conor McKenna Born in Ireland[5] 2014–
Paul Earley Born in Ireland[4] 1984
Cian Hanley Welsh mother, Irish father[5] 2015–
Pearce Hanley Irish, born in England, UK; Welsh mother, Irish father[6][5] 2008–
Darragh Joyce Born in Ireland[5] 2017–
Tadhg Kennelly Born in Ireland[4] 2001–2008;2010–2011
James Magner Irish parents[6] 2012–13
Jock McHale Irish parents 1903–1920
Niall McKeever[6] Born in Ireland[4] 2010–2013
Dermot McNicholl Born in Ireland[4] 1990
Caolan Mooney Born in Ireland[6] 2012–2014
Conor Nash Born in Ireland[5] 2017–
Mark O'Connor Born in Ireland[5] 2017–
Brett O'Hanlon [51] 2012–
Jamie O'Reilly Born in Ireland[6] 2010–2011
Colin O'Riordan Born in Ireland[5] 2017–
Setanta Ó hAilpín Irish father, Fijian mother[6] 2005–2013
Michael Quinn Born in Ireland 2009–2010
Ciarán Sheehan Born in Ireland[5] 2014–
Brian Stynes Born in Ireland[4] 1992
Zach Tuohy Born in Ireland[6][5] 2011–
Tommy Walsh Born in Ireland[6] 2012–2014
Sean Wight Born in Scotland, UK, Irish parents[4] 1984–1995
Aidan Corr Born in Ireland[5] 2013-

Israel

Italy

Kenya

Latvia

Lebanon

Lithuania

Macedonia

Malaysia

Malta

Myanmar

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

Norway

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Poland

Russia

Samoa

Seychelles

Serbia

Slovenia

South Africa

South Sudan

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan/South Sudan

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

  • Lin Jong (Taiwanese mother, Timorese-Chinese father)[6]

Thailand

Tonga

Turkey

Tuvalu

Uganda

  • Emmanuel Irra (Born in Uganda)[5]

Ukraine

United Kingdom

England

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

Zimbabwe

See also

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