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This is a list of Malaysia international footballers born outside their country, including naturalised and overseas players with Malaysian ancestry.[1]
Naturalised players
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Perspective
In January 1984, Razali Alias of Singapore became the first naturalised player in Malaysia. He made his debut for the Malaysia national team in a friendly match against the United Arab Emirates in March 1985. The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) tried to register him for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification, however, FIFA prevented him from participating as he was already capped for Singapore.[2] The second naturalised player in Malaysia was Ahmad Paijan of Singapore who received his Malaysian citizenship in late 1995 after 13 years of playing for Terengganu.[3]
In late 2018, there have been more necessities to naturalising foreign players to improve Malaysian football performances. Based on three survey polls conducted by the country three local press, two of them recording a majority positive vote over the necessities to acquire foreign players as a local players.[4] As a result, the FAM began submitting a plan to the federal government.[5] The plan was welcomed by the country prime minister with the latter also urging local talents to improve in par with the absorption of foreign talents.[6][7]
List of players
| Name | Country of birth | Citizenship acquisition | Debut for Malaysia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Razali Alias[a] |  Singapore |
18 January 1984[8] | 28 February 1985[2] |
| Syed Adney |  England |
1986 | 21 October 2007[9] |
| Matthew Davies |  Australia |
2015[10][11] | 8 September 2015[12][13][14] |
| Brendan Gan | Australia |
2014[15][16] | 24 March 2016[17] |
| Darren Lok | England |
2016[18] | 7 October 2016[19][20][21] |
| Kiko Insa |  Spain |
2017[22][23] | 22 August 2017[24][25] |
| Natxo Insa | Spain |
2017[22][26] | 22 March 2018[27][28] |
| Mohamadou Sumareh |  Gambia |
27 July 2018[29] | 12 October 2018[30][31] |
| La'Vere Corbin-Ong[b] | England |
2018[32] | 2 June 2019[33][34] |
| Dominic Tan | Singapore |
1997 | 2 June 2019[35] |
| Liridon Krasniqi[c] |  Yugoslavia |
February 2020[36] | 28 May 2021[37][38] |
| Guilherme de Paula |  Brazil |
March 2021 | 3 June 2021[38][39] |
| Quentin Cheng | Australia |
2019 | 6 October 2021[40] |
| Ezequiel Agüero |  Argentina |
February 2022[41] | 9 December 2022[42] |
| Lee Tuck | England |
February 2022[41] | 9 December 2022[43] |
| David Rowley | Australia |
2018 | 9 December 2022[44] |
| Stuart Wilkin | England |
2021 | 9 December 2022[45] |
| Endrick | Brazil |
February 2023[46] | 23 March 2023[47] |
| Paulo Josué | Brazil |
February 2023[48] | 23 March 2023[47] |
| Nooa Laine |  Finland |
2022[49] | 23 March 2023[50] |
| Daniel Ting | England |
2016 | 28 March 2023[51] |
| Romel Morales |  Colombia |
2023[52] | 15 January 2024[53] |
| Fergus Tierney |  Scotland |
2003 | 18 November 2024[54] |
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