List of Russia international footballers born outside Russia

This is a list of the players who played, at least once, team for Russia national football team at major level. Those players have to be born abroad or naturalized.

List of players

Players in bold are currently playing for Russia. The list is updated as 10 October 2019

Azerbaijan

Soviet Union

• Vladislav Lemish 1992 ^{[1] [2]}

Belarus

Soviet Union

• Sergei Gorlukovich 1993–96 ^[3]

Brazil

• Ari 2018–
• Mário Fernandes 2017– ^{[4] [5]}
• Guilherme 2016–

Estonia

Soviet Union

• Valeri Karpin 1992–2003

Georgia

Soviet Union

• Bakhva Tedeyev 1993–94
• Omari Tetradze 1992–2002
• Akhrik Tsveiba 1997 ^{[6] [7]}

Kazakhstan

Soviet Union

• Vladimir Niederhaus 1994 ^{[8] [9]}

Kyrgyzstan

• Ilzat Akhmetov 2019–

Latvia

Soviet Union

• Anton Zabolotny 2017–

Tajikistan

Soviet Union

• Sergei Mandreko 1994 ^{[10] [11]}
• Mukhsin Mukhamadiev 1995 ^{[10] [9]}
• Rashid Rakhimov 1994–95 ^{[12] [9]}

Turkmenistan

Soviet Union

• Rolan Gusev 2000–05 ^[13]

Ukraine

Russian Empire

• Grigori Bogemsky 1913

Soviet Union

• Evgeni Aldonin 2002–07
• Artyom Bezrodny 1999
• Viktor Budyanskiy 2007
• Igor Dobrovolski 1992–98
• Oleksandr Horshkov 1998 ^{[14] [15]}
• Andrei Kanchelskis 1992–98
• Andrei Karyaka 2001–05
• Vladimir Lebed 1995
• Roman Neustädter 2016– ^{[16] [17]}
• Yuriy Nikiforov 1993–2002 ^{[6] [18]}
• Gennadiy Nizhegorodov 2000–03
• Viktor Onopko 1992–2004
• Sergei Podpaly 1992–94
• Sergei Semak 1997–2010
• Vladislav Ternavsky 1994–96
• Ilya Tsymbalar 1994–99 ^{[6] [19]}
• Sergei Yuran 1992–99
• Daniil Khlusevich 2022–

Born after 1991 Independence

• Anton Shvets 2018– ^[20]

Uzbekistan

Soviet Union

• Valery Kechinov 1994–98 ^{[21] [22]}
• Andrey Pyatnitsky 1993–95 ^{[21] [23]}

List by country of birth

Country	Players
Ukraine	19
Brazil	3
Georgia	3
Tajikistan	3
Uzbekistan	2
Azerbaijan	1
Belarus	1
Estonia	1
Kazakhstan	1
Kyrgyzstan	1
Latvia	1
Turkmenistan	1

Notes

1. He switched to Azerbaijan in 1994
2. "Vladislav Lemish - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
3. "Sergey Gorlukovich - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
4. He previously played for Brazil
5. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Mário Fernandes". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
6. He previously played for Ukraine
7. "Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba - International Appearances". RSSSF . Retrieved 2018-09-28.
8. He switched to Kazakhstan in 1996
9. "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". RSSSF . Retrieved 2018-09-28.
10. He previously played Tajikistan
11. "Sergei Vladimirovich Mandreko - International Appearances". RSSSF . Retrieved 2018-09-28.
12. He switched to Tajikistan in 1996
13. "Rolan Gusev - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
14. He switched to Ukraine in 2003
15. "Oleksandr Horshkov - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
16. He previously played for Germany
17. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Roman Neustädter". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
18. "Yury Nikiforov - International Appearances". RSSSF . Retrieved 2018-09-28.
19. "Ilya Vladimirovich Tsymbalar - International Appearances". RSSSF . Retrieved 2018-09-28.
20. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Anton Shvets". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
21. He previously played for Uzbekistan
22. www.rusteam.permian.ru, Кашинцев Александр |. "Кечинов Валерий Викторович. Сборная России по футболу". rusteam.permian.ru. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
23. "Andrei Vladimirovich Pyatnitskiy - International Appearances". RSSSF . Retrieved 2018-09-28.