List of India international footballers born outside India

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This is a list of football players who represented the India national football team or India national youth football teams (such as India U-23, U-20 and U-17) in international football, and were born outside India .

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The following players:

  1. have at least one game for the (senior or youth male and female) India international team; and
  2. were born outside India.

This list includes players born abroad alongside those, who have become naturalized Indian citizens. The players are ordered per modern-day country of birth; if the country at the time of birth differs from the current, this is indicated with a subsection.

Players

As of 12 May 2023

Canada

Italy

Japan

Kuwait

Nepal

Kingdom of Sikkim

Born before 1975 merger with India

Tanzania

United Arab Emirates

List of countries

As of 12 May 2023
Country of birthTotal
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 1
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 1
Royal flag of Sikkim.svg  Kingdom of Sikkim 3
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 1

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