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List of foreign Serie A players

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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 that a player did not collect any caps in Serie A for have NOT been listed).
  2. Have not been capped for the Italy national team on any level, independently from the birthplace, except for players born in San Marino and active in the Italy national team before the first official match of the San Marino national football 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, according to the FIFA eligibility rules:

  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 one foreign player while playing in a Serie A season. Teams in bold are the ones currently playing in the 2024–25 Serie A 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, Internazionale, Juventus, Lazio, Lecce, Lecco, Legnano, Livorno, Lucchese, Mantova, Messina, Milan, Modena, Monza, Napoli, Novara, Padova, Palermo, Parma, Perugia, Pescara, Piacenza, Pisa, Pistoiese, Pro Patria, Reggiana, Reggina, Roma, Salernitana, Sampdoria, Sassuolo, Siena, SPAL, Spezia, Torino, Treviso, Triestina, Udinese, Varese, Venezia, Vicenza.

These are the only teams that have participated in Serie A but have not had at least one foreign player:

Casale, Pro Vercelli, Ternana.

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

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Oriundi and Naturalised players

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José Altafini playing for Milan
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Africa (CAF)

Algeria Algeria

Angola Angola

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso

Cameroon Cameroon

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

Cape Verde Cape Verde

Central African Republic Central African Republic

Congo Republic of the Congo

DR Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo

Egypt Egypt

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Mohamed Salah playing for Fiorentina in 2015

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea Eritrea

Gabon Gabon

Gambia The Gambia

Ghana Ghana

Guinea Guinea

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast

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Gervinho with Roma in 2014

Kenya Kenya

Liberia Liberia

Libya Libya

Mali Mali

Mauritania Mauritania

Morocco Morocco

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Mehdi Benatia training for Udinese

Nigeria Nigeria

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Obafemi Martins
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Victor Osimhen was the first African player to win the Capocannoniere, scoring 26 goals in Napoli's title-winning 2022–23 campaign.

Réunion Réunion

Senegal Senegal

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Alfred Gomis, the second African goalkeeper in Serie A after his brother Lys, and the first to be starter in the category.[1]
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Kalidou Koulibaly made over 200 Serie A appearances for Napoli

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone

Somalia Somalia

South Africa South Africa

Togo Togo

Tunisia Tunisia

Uganda Uganda

Zambia Zambia

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

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Asia (AFC)

Australia Australia

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Mark Bresciano, who played in European competitions with Parma and Palermo

Indonesia Indonesia

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Emil Audero, Indonesian player of Italian descent who played in European competitions with Juventus, Sampdoria, Inter, and Como

Iran Iran

Iraq Iraq

Japan Japan

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Hidetoshi Nakata has been an important player for Roma's Scudetto in 2001

North Korea North Korea

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia

South Korea South Korea

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Kim Min-jae won a Serie A title with Napoli in 2023

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan

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Europe (UEFA)

Albania Albania

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Elseid Hysaj made over 300 Serie A appearances for Empoli, Napoli and Lazio

Armenia Armenia

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Henrikh Mkhitaryan was the first Armenian to play in Serie A

Austria Austria

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Herbert Prohaska won a scudetto with Roma in 1983

Belarus Belarus

Belgium Belgium

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Dries Mertens is Napoli's all-time top goalscorer.
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Radja Nainggolan training with Roma

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria Bulgaria

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Valeri Bojinov, the youngest foreign player to make his debut in Serie A at the age of 15 and 11 months.[3]

Croatia Croatia

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Mario Mandžukić, Croatian player appreciated with Juventus for his grit and determination.[4][5]
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Marcelo Brozović made over 250 Serie A appearances for Inter Milan

Cyprus Cyprus

Czech Republic Czech Republic

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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 Sergio Cragnotti's Lazio
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Marek Jankulovski

Denmark Denmark

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Preben Elkjær in 2011; he played a vital role in Verona's scudetto win in 1985
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Michael Laudrup in 2006

England England

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David Beckham playing for AC Milan in 2009
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Fikayo Tomori won the scudetto with AC Milan in 2021–22

Estonia Estonia

Finland Finland

France France

Georgia Georgia (country)

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Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

Germany Germany

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Oliver Bierhoff scored 112 goals in Serie A
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Andreas Brehme, Jürgen Klinsmann, Lothar Matthäus have been extremely important for Inter
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Miroslav Klose
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Rudi Völler

Greece Greece

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Kostas Manolas playing for Roma

Hungary Hungary

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István Nyers

Iceland Iceland

Israel Israel

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan

Kosovo Kosovo

Latvia Latvia

Liechtenstein Liechtenstein

Lithuania Lithuania

Luxembourg Luxembourg

Moldova Moldova

Monaco Monaco

Montenegro Montenegro

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Dejan Savićević, one of the stars of the '90 AC Milan

Netherlands Netherlands

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Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard and Marco Van Basten have been extremely important for Milan
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Clarence Seedorf playing for Milan
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Wesley Sneijder, a protagonist of the 2010 treble by Inter
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Aron Winter

North Macedonia North Macedonia

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

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland

Norway Norway

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John Arne Riise

Poland Poland

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Zbigniew Boniek in 2015
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Wojciech Szczęsny with Juventus in 2019
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Piotr Zieliński with Napoli in 2019

Portugal Portugal

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Fernando Couto in 2011
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Luís Figo
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Cristiano Ronaldo playing for Juventus in 2020

Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland

Romania Romania

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Cristian Chivu
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Gheorghe Hagi
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Adrian Mutu
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Ștefan Radu

Russia Russia

San Marino San Marino

Scotland Scotland

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Graeme Souness in 2001

Serbia Serbia

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Aleksandar Kolarov played for both of the Capital teams
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Siniša Mihajlović as Fiorentina head coach in 2010. As player he was a free kick specialist.[6][7] He scored a record 28 goals from free kicks in Serie A.[8]
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Dejan Stanković with Inter. He won five championships with Inter and one with Lazio, also lifting the treble with Inter in 2010.
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Sergej Milinković-Savić made over 250 Serie A appearances for Lazio

Slovakia Slovakia

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Marek Hamšík was formerly Napoli's all-time top goalscorer
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Milan Škriniar playing for Inter

Slovenia Slovenia

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

Spain Spain

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José Callejón playing for Napoli in 2014
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Luis Alberto playing for Lazio in 2018
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Luis Suárez, a legend of Inter, club where he played and that he trained

Sweden Sweden

Switzerland Switzerland

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Valon Behrami playing for Napoli
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Stephan Lichtsteiner won 7 consecutives leagues with Juventus between 2011 and 2018

Turkey Turkey

Ukraine Ukraine

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Andriy Shevchenko won the Ballon d'Or while at Milan in 2004

Wales Wales

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John Charles
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North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF)

Canada Canada

Costa Rica Costa Rica

Dominican Republic Dominican Republic

El Salvador El Salvador

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe

Honduras Honduras

Jamaica Jamaica

Martinique Martinique

Mexico Mexico

Panama Panama

Saint Martin Collectivity of Saint Martin

Suriname Suriname

United States United States

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Weston McKennie playing for Juventus in 2021
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Oceania (OFC)

New Zealand New Zealand

South America (CONMEBOL)

Argentina Argentina

Bolivia Bolivia

Brazil Brazil

Chile Chile

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

Colombia Colombia

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Juan Cuadrado
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Luis Muriel
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Duván Zapata

Ecuador Ecuador

Paraguay Paraguay

Peru Peru

Uruguay Uruguay

Venezuela Venezuela

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Notes

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    Born in the United States
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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-15 football team
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    Capped for the Sweden national under-15 football team
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