This is a list of football players who represented the Palestine national football team in international football and were born outside the State of Palestine .
The following players:
This list includes players who have dual citizenship with Palestine and/or have become naturalized Palestinian 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.
Country of birth | Total |
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Chile | 13 |
Israel | 13 |
Argentina | 4 |
Kuwait | 3 |
Sweden | 3 |
Egypt | 2 |
Lebanon | 1 |
Paraguay | 1 |
Slovenia | 1 |
Syria | 1 |
United States | 1 |
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