List of Singapore international footballers born outside Singapore

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This is a list of Singaporean international footballers who were born outside of Singapore. Players born in countries other than Singapore including those born in diaspora may qualify for the Singapore team through Singaporean parents or grandparents or through residency in Singapore and subsequent naturalisation as Singaporean citizens.

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List of naturalised players who have appeared for the national team

The following players were naturalized and have go on to play for the National Team.

NameDate of BirthOriginal nationalityYear naturalisedCapsGoals
1 Mirko Grabovac 19 September 1971 (age 53) Flag of Croatia.svg 2001120
2 Egmar Gonçalves 15 August 1970 (age 55) Flag of Brazil.svg 2002154
3 Daniel Bennett 7 January 1978 (age 47) Flag of England.svg 2002 [1] 1467
4 Agu Casmir 23 March 1984 (age 41) Flag of Nigeria.svg 2004 [2] 4215
5 Itimi Dickson 14 November 1983 (age 41) Flag of Nigeria.svg 2004334
6 Shi Jiayi 2 September 1983 (age 42) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2005698
7 Fahrudin Mustafić 17 April 1981 (age 44) Flag of Serbia.svg 2006878
8 Bah Mamadou 31 October 1979 (age 45) Flag of Mali.svg 200610
9 Precious Emuejeraye 7 April 1983 (age 42) Flag of Nigeria.svg 2006610
10 Aleksandar Đurić 12 August 1970 (age 55) Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg 2007 [3] 5324
11 John Wilkinson 24 August 1979 (age 46) Flag of England.svg 2007 [4] 294
12 Qiu Li 6 June 1981 (age 44) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008 [5] 272
13 Song Ui-young 8 November 1993 (age 31) Flag of South Korea.svg 2021254
14 Kyoga Nakamura 25 April 1996 (age 29) Flag of Japan.svg 202420

List of players who have chosen to play for the national team

The following players have chosen to represent Singapore and are eligible to represent other countries (i.e. parent's original country, country of birth etc.)

NameDate of birthOther nationalityCapsGoals
Confirmed (with source)
1 Jacob Mahler 10 April 2000 (age 25) Flag of Denmark.svg 123
2 Amy Recha 13 April 1992 (age 33) Flag of Indonesia.svg 130
3 Ruzaini Zainal 17 October 1988 (age 36) Flag of Malaysia.svg 40

References

  1. "Defender Bennett is finally a Singapore citizen". Today. 24 September 2002. p. 30.
  2. "The imports Singapore called upon under the Foreign Talent Scheme". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. Wang Meng Meng (28 September 2007). "New Singaporean Duric could line up for Lions". The Straits Times . p. 60.
  4. "Wilkinson play for Singapore after marriage". BBC Sport.
  5. "FAS considering foreign-born trio for FTS". 3 May 2017.