List of Malaysia international footballers born outside Malaysia

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This is a list of Malaysia international footballers born outside their country, including naturalised and overseas players with Malaysian ancestry. [1]

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Naturalised players

In January 1984, Razali Alias of Singapore became the first naturalised player in Malaysia. He made his debut for the Malaysia national team in a friendly match against the United Arab Emirates in March 1985. The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) tried to register him for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification, however, FIFA prevented him from participating as he was already capped for Singapore. [2] The second naturalised player in Malaysia was Ahmad Paijan of Singapore who received his Malaysian citizenship in late 1995 after 13 years of playing for Terengganu. [3]

In late 2018, there have been more necessities to naturalising foreign players to improve Malaysian football performances. Based on three survey polls conducted by the country three local press, two of them recording a majority positive vote over the necessities to acquire foreign players as a local players. [4] As a result, the FAM began submitting a plan to the federal government. [5] The plan was welcomed by the country prime minister with the latter also urging local talents to improve in par with the absorption of foreign talents. [6] [7]

List of players

List of Malaysia international footballers born outside Malaysia
NameCountry of birthCitizenship acquisitionDebut for Malaysia
Razali Alias [lower-alpha 1] Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 18 January 1984 [8] 1985 [2]
Syed Adney Flag of England.svg  England 19862007 [9]
Matthew Davies Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2015 [10] [11] 8 September 2015 [12] [13] [14]
Brendan Gan Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2014 [15] [16] 24 March 2016 [17]
Darren Lok Flag of England.svg  England 2016 [18] 7 October 2016 [19] [20] [21]
Kiko Insa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2017 [22] [23] 22 August 2017 [24] [25]
Natxo Insa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2017 [22] [26] 22 March 2018 [27] [28]
Mohamadou Sumareh Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 27 July 2018 [29] 12 October 2018 [30] [31]
La'Vere Corbin-Ong [lower-alpha 2] Flag of England.svg  England 2018 [32] 2 June 2019 [33] [34]
Dominic Tan Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 19972 June 2019 [35]
Liridon Krasniqi [lower-alpha 3] Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia February 2020 [36] 28 May 2021 [37] [38]
Guilherme de Paula Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil March 20213 June 2021 [38] [39]
Quentin Cheng Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 20196 October 2021 [40]
Ezequiel Agüero Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina February 2022 [41] 9 December 2022 [42]
Lee Tuck Flag of England.svg  England February 2022 [41] 9 December 2022 [43]
David Rowley Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 20189 December 2022 [44]
Stuart Wilkin Flag of England.svg  England 20219 December 2022 [45]
Endrick Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil February 2023 [46] 23 March 2023 [47]
Paulo Josué Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil February 2023 [48] 23 March 2023 [47]
Nooa Laine Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2022 [49] 23 March 2023 [50]
Daniel Ting Flag of England.svg  England 201628 March 2023 [51]
Romel Morales Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2023 [52] 15 January 2024 [53]

Notes

  1. ↑ Razali was also capped for Singapore.
  2. ↑ Corbin-Ong was also capped for Canada in 2017.
  3. ↑ Krasniqi was also capped for Kosovo between 2014 and 2015.

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