List of foreign Serie A players

This is a list of foreign players (i.e. non-Italian players) in Serie A. The following players:

  1. have played at least one Serie A game for the respective club (seasons in which and teams for, a player, did not collected any caps in Serie A, have NOT to be listed).
  2. have not been capped for the Italian national team on any level, independently from the birthplace, except for players born in San Marino and active in the Italian national team before the first official match of the Sammarinese national team played on 14 November 1990 and players of Italian formation born abroad from Italian parents (so called 'Oriundi').
  3. have been born in Italy and were capped by a foreign national team. This includes players who have dual citizenship with Italy.

Players are sorted by the State:

  1. they played for in a national team on any level. For footballers that played for two or more national teams it prevails:
    1. the one he played for on A level.
    2. the national team of birth.
  2. If they never played for any national team on any level, it prevails the state of birth. For footballers born in dissolved states prevails the actual state of birth (e.g.: Yugoslavia -> Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, etc.).

These are all the teams that have had at least a foreign player while playing in a Serie A season and in bold are the ones currently playing for the 2019–20 season :

Alessandria, Ancona, Ascoli, Atalanta, Avellino, Bari, Benevento, Bologna, Brescia, Cagliari, Carpi, Catania, Catanzaro, Cesena, Chievo, Como, Cremonese, Crotone, Empoli, Fiorentina, Foggia, Frosinone, Genoa, Hellas Verona, Inter, Juventus, Lazio, Lecce, Lecco, Legnano, Livorno, Lucchese, Mantova, Messina, Milan, Modena, Napoli, Novara, Padova, Palermo, Parma, Perugia, Pescara, Piacenza, Pisa, Pistoiese, Pro Patria, Reggiana, Reggina, Roma, Salernitana, Sampdoria, Sassuolo, Siena, SPAL, Torino, Treviso, Triestina, Udinese, Varese, Venezia, Vicenza.

These are the only teams that have participated in Serie A but have not had a foreign player : Casale, Pro Vercelli, Ternana

In bold: players still active in Serie A and their respective teams in current season.

Oriundi and Naturalised players

Albania

Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Mark Bresciano, Australian player of Italian descent who played in the European competitions with Parma and Palermo
Herbert Prohaska, he won a scudetto with Roma in 1983

Austria

Belarus

  • Sergei Aleinikov – Juventus, Lecce – 1989–91 ( while active)
  • Sergei Gurenko – Roma, Parma, Piacenza – 1999–2000, 2001–03
  • Vitali Kutuzov – Milan, Sampdoria, Parma, Bari – 2001–02, 2004–07, 2009–11
  • Mikhail Sivakov – Cagliari – 2009–11
Dries Mertens, he was very important for Napoli with Maurizio Sarri as coach

Belgium

Luís Oliveira, he was a very important player for Cagliari in Serie A where he scored 41 goals between 1992 and 1996,[1] and also during the European competitions he was important for the Sardinian team.[2]

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Miralem Pjanić playing for A.S. Roma in 2012
Edin Džeko, he was the 2016–17 top scorer (29 goals),[3] and he had an important role for Roma in the 3–0 win against Barcelona.
Valeri Bojinov, the youngest foreign player to make his debut in Serie Aat the age of 15 and 11 months.[4]

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Samuel Eto'o, a protagonist of the 2010 treble by Inter, training. He also played 6 months for Sampdoria.

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chile

Arturo Vidal, an important player for Juventus between 2011 and 2015 for the rise of the club

Colombia

Congo

Congo DR

Costa Rica

Croatia

Mario Mandžukić, Croatian player appreciated with Juventus for his grit and determination.[5][6]

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Pavel Nedvěd playing for Juventus in 2007, he is one of the best players in the history of the Turin team. He won the 2003 Ballon d'Or and he has been an important player also for the Lazio of Sergio Cragnotti

Denmark

Preben Elkjær in 2011; he played a vital role in Verona's scudetto win in 1985

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

Mohamed Salah playing for Fiorentina in 2015

England

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Finland

France

Zinedine Zidane, he won the 1998 Ballon d'Or while he was playing with Juventus
Michel Platini playing for Juventus
David Trezeguet playing for Juventus. He has been the top scorer in 2002 and he won the league twice
Patrick Vieira, he won with both Juventus and Inter; before he briefly played for Milan

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Kostas Manolas playing for Roma

Guadeloupe

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

  • Ednilson – Roma – 1999–2000[c POR U21]
  • Carlos Embaló – Palermo – 2016–17

Honduras

  • Edgar Álvarez – Cagliari, Roma, Messina, Livorno, Bari, Palermo – 2004–08, 2009–12
  • Samuel Caballero – Udinese – 2001–03
  • Julio César de León – Reggina, Genoa – 2002–04, 2006–08
  • Carlos Pavón – Udinese – 2001–02
  • David Suazo – Cagliari, Inter, Genoa, Catania – 1999–2000, 2004–08, 2009–10, 2011–12

Hungary

Iceland

Iran

Iraq

  • Ali Adnan – Udinese, Atalanta – 2015–19

Ireland

Israel

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kosovo

Liberia

George Weah with A.C. Milan, he won the Ballon d'Or in 1995. He is the only African player to win the award.[7]

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Mali

Martinique

Mexico

Moldova

  • Vitalie Damașcan – Torino – 2018–19
  • Artur Ionita – Verona, Cagliari – 2014–

Monaco

  • Grégory Campi – Bari – 1997–99

Montenegro

Dejan Savićević, one of the stars of the '90 A.C. Milan

Morocco

Netherlands

Marco van Basten playing for Milan
Wesley Sneijder, a protagonist of the 2010 treble by Inter

Nigeria

North Korea

North Macedonia

Goran Pandev was part of Inter's treble success in 2010.

Norway

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Poland

Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo playing for Juventus in 2020

Réunion

Romania

Russia

Saint Martin

San Marino

Scotland

Senegal

Alfred Gomis, the second African goalkeeper in Serie A after his brother Lys, and the first to be starter in the category.[8]

Serbia

Aleksandar Kolarov, he played for both the Capital teams
Siniša Mihajlović as Fiorentina head coach in 2010. As player he was a free kick specialist.[9][10] He is the first (alongside Andrea Pirlo) free-kick scorer in the history of the Serie A with 28 goals.[11]
Dejan Stanković with Inter. He won 5 championships with Inter and one with Lazio, and also the treble with Inter in 2010

Sierra Leone

Slovakia

Slovenia

Samir Handanović training with Inter
Srečko Katanec in 2015, he had an important role in the Sampdoria who won the 1990–91 Scudetto.

Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Luis Suárez, a legend of Inter, club where he played and that he trained

Sweden

Gunnar Nordahl with A.C. Milan. He is the foreign player who scored more goals in Serie A (225) and the 3rd best scorer in the history of the league.[12][13]
Nils Liedholm in 1959. He played and coached A.C. Milan
Zlatan Ibrahimović playing for A.C. Milan. He has been the Serie A top scorer twice, once for Inter (2008–09) and the other for Milan (2011–12), and he also played for Juventus. He won the Serie A 6 times of 7 (4 officially), and he scored 122 goals in the league.
Stephan Lichtsteiner won 7 consecutives leagues with Juventus between 2011 and 2018

Switzerland

Togo

Tunisia

Turkey

Ukraine

Andriy Shevchenko playing with A.C. Milan in 2004

United States

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Wales

See also

Notes

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    Born in Albania
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    Born in Angola
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    Born in Angola (then Portuguese Angola)
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    Born in Argentina
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    Born in Australia
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    Born in Austria
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    Born in Austria (then Austria-Hungary)
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    Born in Belgium
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    Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of the SFR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Brazil
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    Born in Burkina Faso
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    Born in Burundi
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    Born in Cameroon
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    Born in Canada
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    Born in Cape Verde
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    Born in Colombia
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    Born in Croatia (then part of the SFR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaïre)
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    Born in England
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    Born in France
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    Born in Georgia (then part of the Soviet Union)
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    Born in Germany
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    Born in Ghana
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    Born in Greece
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    Born in Guadeloupe (Overseas department of the French Republic)
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    Born in Hungary
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    Born in Italy
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    Born in Ivory Coast
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    Born in Jamaica
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    Born in Kosovo (then part of the Kingdom of Serbia)
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    Born in Kosovo (then part of the SFR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Moldova (then part of the Kingdom of Romania)
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    Born in Monaco
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    Born in the Netherlands
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    Born in New Caledonia (Overseas territory of the French Republic)
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    Born in Nigeria
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    Born in the North Macedonia (then part of the SFR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Poland
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    Born in Portugal
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    Born in Réunion (Overseas department of the French Republic)
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    Born in Romania
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    Born in Romania (then Austria-Hungary)
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    Born in Russia (then part of the Soviet Union)
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    Born in Senegal
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    Born in Serbia (then FR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Sierra Leone
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    Born in South Africa
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    Born in Spain
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    Born in Suriname
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    Born in Suriname (then part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
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    Born in Sweden
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    Born in Switzerland
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    Born in Turkey
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    Born in Uganda
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    Born in Ukraine (then part of the Kingdom of Romania)
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    Born in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union)
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    Born in Uzbekistan (then part of the Soviet Union)
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    Born in West Germany (now part of Germany)
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  79. ^
    Capped for the Belgium national under-16 football team
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    Capped for the Belgium national under-15 football team
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  83. ^
    Capped for the Canada national under-20 football team
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  104. ^
    Capped for the France national under-15 football team
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  107. ^
    Capped for the Germany national under-19 football team
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    Capped for the Germany national under-18 football team
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    Capped for the Germany national under-17 football team
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    Capped for the Germany national under-16 football team
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    Capped for the Germany national under-15 football team
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  114. ^
    Capped for the Italy national B team
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    Capped for the Italy national under-23 football team
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  122. ^
  123. ^
    Capped for the Macedonia national under-16 football team
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  125. ^
    Capped for the Netherlands national under-20 football team
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    Capped for the Netherlands national under-15 football team
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    Capped for the Norway national under-23 football team
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    Capped for the Norway national under-18 football team
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    Capped for the Norway national under-16 football team
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    Capped for the Norway national under-15 football team
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    Capped for the Portugal national under-23 football team
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    Capped for the Portugal national under-15 football team
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    Capped for the Sweden national under-18 football team
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    Capped for the Sweden national under-16 football team
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    Capped for the Sweden national under-15 football team
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  160. ^
  161. ^
    Capped for the Switzerland national under-15 football team
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    Capped for the Turkey national under-16 football team
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