List of foreign players for East Bengal F.C.

East Bengal FC has been one of the most successful teams in Indian Football. Since the Independence of India, East Bengal FC attracted a huge number of Foreign players and regularly featured big names from across the world, with players who even represented their nation to the FIFA World Cup.

History

The first ever Foreign recruit to play for East Bengal FC was Fred Pugsley of Myanmar who joined East Bengal FC in 1942.[1] Since then a lot many numbers of players donned the famous Red and Gold of East Bengal FC.
Majid Bishkar of Iran is still considered as the greatest ever Foreigner to play in Indian soil,[2][3] who joined East Bengal FC in 1980 after featuring in the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina.

East Bengal Players at the FIFA World Cup

East Bengal FC recruited Majid Bishkar who became the first player to have played in India who have represented his country at the FIFA World Cup.[4] There were a few whom followed:

Johnny Acosta (2018 FIFA World Cup)
No. Nation Name Position World Cup Appearances
1 Iran Majid Bishkar MF 1978 FIFA World Cup, Argentina
2 Nigeria Emeka Ezeugo MF 1994 FIFA World Cup, USA
3 South Africa MacDonald Mukansi MF 2002 FIFA World Cup, South Korea and Japan
4 New Zealand Leo Bertos MF 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa
5 Costa Rica Jhonny Acosta DF 2014 FIFA World Cup, Brazil
2018 FIFA World Cup, Russia

East Bengal Players who have played in Europe's top 5 leagues

East Bengal FC have recruited some big names in Indian football scenario, some of whom have played their trade in Europe's top 5 leagues[5] : Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1.

In 1987-88, East Bengal FC recruited John Devine, the former Arsenal F.C. player who was the first to play in Indian football, after playing in Europe's top 5 leagues.

Nation Name Position League Club played with
England John Devine DF English First Division[lower-alpha 1] Arsenal F.C.
English First Division[lower-alpha 1] Norwich City
England Steve Prindiville[6] DF English First Division[lower-alpha 1] Leicester City F.C.
France Bernard Mendy DF/MF Ligue 1 Paris Saint-Germain
Premier League Bolton Wanderers
Premier League Hull City
Spain Borja Gomez Perez DF La Liga Granada CF
Spain Antonio Rodríguez Dovale MF La Liga Celta Vigo
Spain Martí Crespí DF La Liga RCD Mallorca
Spain Víctor Pérez Alonso MF La Liga Real Valladolid
La Liga Levante
  1. English Top Division till 1992, before Premier League started.

List of all foreign players

The list of all foreign players who have played for East Bengal FC as below [7][8][9]

Players in bold signifies that he has been capped by the national team.

1940 - 1980
No. Season Joined National Name Position
1 1942-43 Burma Fred Pugsley[10] FW
2 1952-53 Pakistan Masood Fakhri[8] FW
3 1953-54 Pakistan Niaz [8] FW
4 1954-55 Pakistan Ghazi [8] FW
5 Pakistan Jamal [8] FW
6 East Pakistan Tarapada Roy [8][lower-alpha 1] FW
7 1955-56 Pakistan Sambal Khan [8] MF
8 1956-57 Pakistan Moosa [8] FW
9 Pakistan Hassan [8] MF
10 1963-64 Sri Lanka Selim Noor[8] MF
11 1965-66 Sri Lanka Peter Wilfred [8] FW
12 East Pakistan Balai Dey [8][lower-alpha 1] GK
13 1975-76 Burma Ruk Bahadur [8] FW
14 1979-80 Nigeria David Williams DF

1980 - 1990
Jamshid Nassiri from Iran
No. Season Joined National Name Position
15 1980-81 Iran Mahmood Khabaji MF
16 Iran Majid Bishkar[11] FW
17 Iran Jamshid Nassiri FW
18 1983-84 Nepal Ganesh Thapa MF
19 1986-87 Iran Gholam Ali FW
20 Brazil Manilton Santos MF
21 Nigeria Charles Apu MF
22 Nigeria Emeka Ezeugo[12] MF
22 Nigeria Chibuzor Nwakanma[8][13] FW
24 1987-88 Ireland John Devine DF
25 Iran Samad MF
26 Nigeria Chima Okorie FW
27 1988-89 Argentina Julian Camino[14] DF

1990 - 2000
No. Season Joined National Name Position
28 1990-91 Bangladesh Monem Munna[15] DF
29 Bangladesh Sheikh Mohammad Aslam[15] MF
30 Bangladesh Rizvi Karim Rumi[15] MF
31 Nigeria Lulu MF
32 1991-92 England Steven Alan Prindiville DF
33 England Neil Edmonds MF
34 England Peter Maguire FW
35 Bangladesh Golam Mohammad Gaus[15] MF
36 1992-93 Nigeria Christopher DF
37 1994-95 Bangladesh Rakib Hussein MF
38 Bangladesh Mizanur Rehman MF
39 Bangladesh Jallaluddin FW
40 1996-97 Latvia Thomas F. Vallery DF
41 Latvia Sergei Kutov[16] MF
42 Sweden Ulf Johansson MF
43 Nepal Dev Narayan Chaudhary MF
44 Nigeria Kelechi Okorie DF
45 Kenya Sammy Omollo DF
46 1997-98 Kenya Haggi Azande Abulista GK
47 Brazil Preto FW
48 Nigeria Humphrey Zebba MF
49 Nigeria Felix Abayomi FW
50 Nigeria Beili MF
51 Brazil Marcelo Domingos MF
52 1998-99 Ghana Suley Musah DF
53 Ghana Jackson Egypong DF
54 Ghana Emmanuel Opoku[17] MF
55 1999-00 Ghana Abu Iddrisu MF
56 Ghana Willie Brown MF
57 Ghana Kennedy Ofosuhene Amponsah FW
58 Brazil Ossius Luis Ferreira FW

2000 - 2010
Edmilson Marques Pardal
Uga Okpara and Edeh Chidi
No. Season Joined National Name Position
59 2000-01 Nigeria Awoyemi Isiaka[18][19] DF
60 Ukraine Andriy Malchevsky[18][20] FW
61 Ghana Siva Mumuni[18][19] DF
62 Uzbekistan Ilkhom Sharipov[18] FW
63 Uzbekistan Olim Talliev[18] MF
64 Nigeria Omolaja Olalekan[18] FW
65 2001-02 Tanzania Ally Mayay Tembele[21] FW
66 Brazil Jose Carlos[21] FW
67 2002-03 Brazil Douglas De Silva[22] DF/MF
68 Nigeria Mike Okoro[22] FW
69 Brazil Gilmar da Silva[22] MF
70 2003-04 Brazil Cristiano Júnior[23] FW
71 2004-05 Rwanda[lower-alpha 2] Louis Aniweta[25] DF
72 Nigeria Ernest Jeremiah[25] FW
73 Brazil Juliano Martins[25] FW
74 Brazil Paolo Da Silva[26][25] FW
75 Ghana Felix Aboagye[25] FW
76 Brazil Marcos Secco[25][27] MF
77 2005-06 Congo DR Liswa Nduti[28] DF
78 South Africa Sydney Nkalanga[28] FW
79 Cameroon Ngassa Ewane Gyu Mertial[28] DF
80 Cameroon Guy Ndem Herve[28] MF
81 2006-07 Brazil Luiz Octavio Alvez de Souza[29][30] DF
82 Brazil Marcio Fernandes Tomaz[29][31] FW
83 Brazil Daniel Jorge[29][32] MF
84 Brazil Thiago S Ferreira da Costa[29][32] FW
85 Japan Arata Izumi[lower-alpha 3][29][34] MF
86 Brazil Cristiano Hilario de Oliveira[29][35] DF
87 Kenya Boniface Ambani[29][36] FW
88 Brazil Edmilson[29][37] FW
89 2007-08 Ghana Abdul Samad Okocha[38] DF
90 Nigeria Bolaji Majek[38] DF
91 Nigeria Abeeku Gaiesi[38] FW
92 South Africa MacDonald Mukansi[38] MF
93 Kenya Julius Owino[38] DF
94 Nigeria Ibe Ikechukwu Gift[38][39] MF
95 2008-09 Ghana Yusif Yakubu[40] FW
96 Ghana Ishmael Addo[40] MF
97 2009-10 Czech Republic Jan Berger MF
98 Argentina Sebastian Monesterolo FW
99 Australia Srećko Mitrović MF
100 Ghana Abel Hammond FW
101 Nigeria Uga Okpara DF


  1. Played while the player still carried passport of East Pakistan
  2. The player was born in Nigeria but played International football for Rwanda[24]
  3. Arata Izumi acquired Indian citizenship in 2012.[33]

2010 - 2020
Penn Orji
Tolgay Ozbey
Enrique Esqueda
No. Season Joined National Name Position
102 2010-11 Nigeria Penn Orji MF
103 Nigeria Ekene Ikenwa FW
104 Australia Tolgay Özbey FW
105 Brazil Leko FW
106 2011-12 Scotland Alan Gow FW
107 2012-13 Nigeria Chidi Edeh FW
108 Australia Andrew Barisic FW
109 2013-14 South Sudan James Moga FW
110 Japan Ryuji Sueoka FW
111 2014-15 Australia Milan Susak DF
112 New Zealand Leo Bertos MF
113 Nigeria Ranti Martins FW
114 Nigeria Dudu Omagbemi FW
115 2015-16 Nigeria Bello Razaq DF
116 South Korea Do Dong Hyun FW
117 Nigeria Orok Essien FW
118 France Bernard Mendy DF
119 2016-17 Nigeria Adelaja FW
120 England Calum Angus DF
121 Haiti Wedson Anselme FW
122 Trinidad and Tobago Willis Plaza FW
123 Uganda Ivan Bukenya DF
124 Kyrgyzstan Ildar Amirov FW
125 Australia Chris Payne FW
126 2017-18 Syria Mahmoud Amnah [41] MF
127 Trinidad and Tobago Carlyle Mitchell [42] DF
128 Brazil Charles [43] FW
129 Ivory Coast Bazie Armand MF
130 Japan Katsumi Yusa [44] MF
131 Equatorial Guinea Eduardo Ferreira [45] DF
132 Liberia Ansumana Kromah [46] FW
133 Uganda Khalid Aucho [47] MF
134 2018-19 France Kassim Aidara [48] MF
135 Costa Rica Jhonny Acosta [49] DF
136 Spain Borja Gomez Perez [50] DF
137 Mexico Enrique Esqueda [51] FW
138 Spain Jaime Santos Colado [52] MF
139 Spain Antonio Rodríguez Dovale [53] MF
140 2019-20 Spain Martí Crespí [54] DF
141 Spain Marcos de la Espada [55] FW
142 Spain Juan Mera González [56] MF
143 Spain Víctor Pérez Alonso [57] MF

2020 -
Omid Singh
No. Season Joined National Name Position
144 2020-21 Iran Omid Singh[58] MF

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