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List of foreign football players in India

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This list of foreign football players in India consists of players who are currently playing or have played in India, either in top division leagues like Indian Super League, I-League (alongside now defunct National Football League I, II & III), I-League 2, I-League 3 or in regional competitions such as Calcutta Football League, Goa Professional League, etc. alongside domestic knock-out tournaments such as the IFA Shield and Durand Cup.

  • All these players have joined or played or contracted as foreign recruit or footballer for the football clubs all over India.
  • The following players must meet both of the following criteria:
  1. A player who joined any Indian football club (irrespective of whether he made an appearance for the team or not).
  2. A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for the India national team.
  • Bold denotes players who have appeared or included in the squad in any edition of the FIFA World Cup.
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Naturalized player(s)

East Pakistan

Japan

Afghanistan

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Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Angola

Argentina

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Armenia

Australia

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Austria

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Bermuda

Belarus

Belgium

Benin

Bhutan

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Bulgaria

Brazil

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cape Verde

Cameroon

Canada

Chad

Congo

Congo DR

Colombia

Costa Rica

Croatia

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Dominica

Egypt

England

Equatorial Guinea

Ethiopia

Fiji

Finland

France

Gabon

Gambia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Grenada

Guam

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Haiti

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

Indonesia

Italy

Iran

Iraq

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan

Jersey

Jordan

Kenya

Korea DPR

Kosovo

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Lithuania

Macau

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Martinique

Mauritius

Mauritania

Mexico

Moldova

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nepal

Netherlands

New Caledonia

New Zealand

Niger

Nigeria

Northern Ireland

North Macedonia

Norway

Pakistan

Palestine

Panama

Paraguay

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Republic of Ireland

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Martin

Saint Vincent and the Grenadine

São Tomé and Príncipe

Scotland

Senegal

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

South Sudan

Spain

Sri Lanka

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Tanzania

Tajikistan

Thailand

Tibet

Timor-Leste

Togo

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United States of America

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Vietnam

Wales

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Players in World Cup

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See also

Footnotes

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    On 5 April 2020, it was announced that then I-League side East Bengal FC roped in Omid Singh on a two-year deal,[526][527][528][529] however he has never appeared with the club in any league match. On 14 July 2021, FIFA asked SC East Bengal to pay the salary of Singh after the club refused to pay it.[530][531]
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    Fred Pugsley is considered as the first ever foreigner, signed by an Indian football club.[532][533]
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    Born in Australia
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    Born in Argentina
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    Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Brazil
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    Born in Canada
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    Born in Czech Republic (then part of the Czechoslovakia)
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    Born in Cameroon
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    Born in Croatia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Denmark
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    Born in England
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    Born in France
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    Born in Guinea
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    Born in Germany
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    Born in Ghana
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    Born in India
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    Born in Iran
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    Born in Japan
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    Born in Kosovo (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Kuwait
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    Born in Liberia
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    Born in Nepal
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    Born in the Netherlands
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    Born in Nigeria
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    Born in Portugal
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    Born in Russia (then part of the Soviet Union)
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    Born in Saudi Arabia
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    Born in Scotland
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    Born in Serbia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Serbia (then SFR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in South Korea
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    Born in Spain
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    Born in Switzerland
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    Born in Sudan
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    Born in Uganda
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    Born in the Uruguay
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    Born in West Germany (now part of Germany)
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    Born in Zaire (now known as Democratic Republic of Congo)
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    Fred Pugsley is considered as the first ever foreign football player to sign and play for an Indian club (East Bengal Club)
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    Tarapada Ray was born in the Bengal Presidency, British India. He made his senior international debut for Pakistan national team during the Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament in 1953, before acquiring the Citizenship of India. Between 1955 and 1956, he became an Indian citizen and played for Kolkata-based clubs such as East Bengal FC, Aryans and Bengal Nagpur Railway.
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    Balai Dey was born in the Bengal Presidency, British India. He made his senior international debut for Pakistan national team during their China tour in 1964, before acquiring the Citizenship of India. He later broke into the India national team in 1969 and earned the title "Indian Rock" for outstanding performance in the Merdeka Tournament in Malaysia in the same year.

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