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This is a list of Australian Football League players who have multicultural ancestry (which includes players born overseas or who had one parent born overseas). [1]

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In 2020, about 15 per cent of AFL players were born overseas or had one parent born overseas. This was up from 13 per cent in 2019, according to AFL data. [2] In 2015 season there were 121 multicultural players, more than half had one parent from Anglophone countries, mainly the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand. [3]

Current players born outside Australia

BirthplacePlayerDebutCurrent clubRef.
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Leek Aleer 2022 Greater Western Sydney
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Aliir Aliir 2014 Port Adelaide
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Mac Andrew 2022 Gold Coast [4]
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt James Borlase 2023 Adelaide [5]
Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan Mabior Chol 2016 Hawthorn
Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland Aidan Corr 2013 North Melbourne
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Mason Cox 2015 Collingwood [6] [7]
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Neil Erasmus 2022 Fremantle [8]
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Changkuoth Jiath 2018 Hawthorn
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Tew Jiath 2024 Collingwood
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Jason Johannisen 2012 Western Bulldogs
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Darragh Joyce 2018 Brisbane Lions
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Mark Keane 2019 Adelaide
Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan Buku Khamis 2019 Western Bulldogs
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Mykelti Lefau 2024 Richmond
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Oleg Markov 2016 Collingwood
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Rowan Marshall 2017 St Kilda
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Andrew McGrath 2017 Essendon
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Conor McKenna 2015 Brisbane Lions
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Oisín Mullin 2023 Geelong
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Conor Nash 2017 Hawthorn
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Bruce Reville 2024 Brisbane Lions [9]
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Brandon Walker 2021 Fremantle
Flag of England.svg  England Josh Worrell 2021 Adelaide

Africa

Egypt

Ethiopia

Ghana

Kenya

Nigeria

Seychelles

South Africa

Sudan and South Sudan

Zimbabwe

Americas

Barbados

Brazil

Canada

Chile

Jamaica

Peru

United States

Asia

China

East Timor

Hong Kong

India

Israel

Japan

Lebanon

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

Thailand

Europe

Albania

Austria

Belarus

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

France

Germany

Greece

see: Greek Team of the Century [69]

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Netherlands

North Macedonia and Macedonia

Nic Martin (grandparents born in Macedonia)

Norway

Poland

Russia

Serbia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

United Kingdom

England

Jersey

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

Ukraine

Oceania

Cook Islands

Fiji

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Tonga

Tuvalu

See also

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