List of foreign MLS players

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This is a list of foreign players in Major League Soccer . The following players:

Contents

  1. Have played at least one MLS regular season game. Players who were signed by MLS clubs, but only played in playoff games, U.S. Open Cup games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
  2. Are considered foreign, i.e., outside Canada or the United States determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for the national team of Canada or the United States.

More specifically,

Up to now, 135 different nations have been represented in MLS. Equatorial Guinea was the most recent nation to be represented when Carlos Akapo made his MLS debut playing for San Jose Earthquakes.

In bold: players who have played at least one MLS game in the most recent season (2023 Major League Soccer season), and are still at the clubs for which they have played. This does not include current players of a MLS club who have not played a MLS game in the current season.

Africa (CAF)

Algeria Flag of Algeria.svg

Angola Flag of Angola.svg

Benin Flag of Benin.svg

Botswana Flag of Botswana.svg

Burkina Faso Flag of Burkina Faso.svg

Burundi Flag of Burundi.svg

Cameroon Flag of Cameroon.svg

Cape Verde Flag of Cape Verde.svg

Central African Republic Flag of the Central African Republic.svg

DR Congo Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg

Egypt Flag of Egypt.svg

Equatorial Guinea Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg

Eritrea Flag of Eritrea.svg

Ethiopia Flag of Ethiopia.svg

Gabon Flag of Gabon.svg

Gambia Flag of The Gambia.svg

Ghana Flag of Ghana.svg

Guinea Flag of Guinea.svg

Guinea-Bissau Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg

Ivory Coast Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg

Kenya Flag of Kenya.svg

Liberia Flag of Liberia.svg

Libya Flag of Libya.svg

Madagascar Flag of Madagascar.svg

Mali Flag of Mali.svg

Morocco Flag of Morocco.svg

Mozambique Flag of Mozambique.svg

Nigeria Flag of Nigeria.svg

Rwanda Flag of Rwanda.svg

Senegal Flag of Senegal.svg

Seychelles Flag of Seychelles.svg

Sierra Leone Flag of Sierra Leone.svg

Somalia Flag of Somalia.svg

South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg

South Sudan Flag of South Sudan.svg

Tanzania Flag of Tanzania.svg

Togo Flag of Togo.svg

Tunisia Flag of Tunisia.svg

Uganda Flag of Uganda.svg

Zambia Flag of Zambia.svg

Zimbabwe Flag of Zimbabwe.svg

Asia (AFC)

Afghanistan Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg

Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg

China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg

Guam Flag of Guam.svg

Iran Flag of Iran.svg

Indonesia Flag of Indonesia.svg

Iraq Flag of Iraq.svg

Japan Flag of Japan.svg

Korea Republic Flag of South Korea.svg

Lebanon Flag of Lebanon.svg

Northern Mariana Islands Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg

Palestine Flag of Palestine.svg

Philippines Flag of the Philippines.svg

Syria Flag of Syria.svg

Thailand Flag of Thailand.svg

Europe (UEFA)

Albania Flag of Albania.svg

Armenia Flag of Armenia.svg

Austria Flag of Austria.svg

Belarus Flag of Belarus.svg

Belgium Flag of Belgium (civil).svg

Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg

Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg

Croatia Flag of Croatia.svg

Cyprus Flag of Cyprus.svg

Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg

Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg

England Flag of England.svg

Estonia Flag of Estonia.svg

Finland Flag of Finland.svg

France Flag of France.svg

Georgia Flag of Georgia.svg

Germany Flag of Germany.svg

Greece Flag of Greece.svg

Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg

Iceland Flag of Iceland.svg

Israel Flag of Israel.svg

Italy Flag of Italy.svg

Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg

Liechtenstein Flag of Liechtenstein.svg

Lithuania Flag of Lithuania.svg

Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg.svg

Malta Flag of Malta.svg

Montenegro Flag of Montenegro.svg

Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg

Northern Ireland Ulster Banner.svg

Norway Flag of Norway.svg

Poland Flag of Poland.svg

Portugal Flag of Portugal.svg

Republic of Ireland Flag of Ireland.svg

Romania Flag of Romania.svg

Russia Flag of Russia.svg

Scotland Flag of Scotland.svg

Serbia Flag of Serbia.svg

Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg

Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg

Spain Flag of Spain.svg

Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg

Switzerland Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg

Turkey Flag of Turkey.svg

Ukraine Flag of Ukraine.svg

Wales Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg

North and Central America, Caribbean (CONCACAF)

Antigua and Barbuda Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg

Belize Flag of Belize.svg

Bermuda Flag of Bermuda.svg

Costa Rica Flag of Costa Rica.svg

Cuba Flag of Cuba.svg

Curaçao Flag of Curacao.svg

Dominican Republic Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg

El Salvador Flag of El Salvador.svg

Grenada Flag of Grenada.svg

Guadeloupe Flag of France.svg

Guatemala Flag of Guatemala.svg

Guyana Flag of Guyana.svg

Haiti Flag of Haiti.svg

Honduras Flag of Honduras.svg

Jamaica Flag of Jamaica.svg

Martinique Flag-of-Martinique.svg

Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg

Panama Flag of Panama.svg

Puerto Rico Flag of Puerto Rico.svg

Saint Kitts and Nevis Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg

Suriname Flag of Suriname.svg

Trinidad and Tobago Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg

Turks and Caicos Islands Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg

South America (CONMEBOL)

Argentina Flag of Argentina.svg

Bolivia Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg

Brazil Flag of Brazil.svg

Chile Flag of Chile.svg

Colombia Flag of Colombia.svg

Ecuador Flag of Ecuador.svg

Paraguay Flag of Paraguay.svg

Peru Flag of Peru.svg

Uruguay Flag of Uruguay.svg

Venezuela Flag of Venezuela.svg

Oceania (OFC)

New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg

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    Born in Algeria
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    Born in Guyana
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    Born in Italy
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    Born in the Ivory Coast
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    Born in Japan
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    Born in Kenya
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    Born in Kosovo (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Latvia (then part of the Soviet Union)
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    Born in Liberia
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    Born in Malaysia
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    Born in Mali
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    Born in Mexico
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    Born in Montenegro (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
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