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This is a list of foreign players in Liga MX during the professional era which began in 1943.[1] The following players:
Players are sorted by the State:
Stateless people are marked with an asterisk.
In bold: players that played at least one Primera División game in the current season.
Clubs are not allowed to play more than five foreign players in a Liga MX match. In March 2011, PRI lawmakers introduced a proposal to reduce the limit to three foreign players.[2] FMF President Justino Compeán did not support the failed proposal because he believed it would not improve the quality of Mexican football players.[3]
As of 1 January 2009, Club América had employed the most foreign players of any club in the history of the Primera División, with more than 150 in the professional era.[4] A total of 88 foreign players participated in the 2012 Apertura tournament, 29 originating from Argentina and 14 from Colombia.[5]
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