List of foreign Canadian Soccer League players

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This is a list of foreign players in the Canadian Soccer League (formally Canadian Professional Soccer League), which commenced play in 1998. The following players must meet the following criteria:

Contents

  1. Are considered foreign, i.e. outside Canada, determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for the national team of Canada.

More specifically,

In bold: players who have played in the CSL in the current season (2023 Canadian Soccer League) and are still at the clubs for which they have played.

Africa (CAF)

Angola

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Gambia

Ghana

Liberia

Malawi

Morocco

Namibia

Nigeria

Sierra Leone

South Africa

South Sudan

Asia (AFC)

Chinese Taipei

Hong Kong

Iran

Syria

Europe (UEFA)

Albania

Belarus

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech Republic

England

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Israel

Kosovo

Macedonia

Montenegro

Northern Ireland

Poland

Romania

Russia

Scotland

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Ukraine

North and Central America, Caribbean (CONCACAF)

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Guyana

Haiti

Jamaica

Mexico

Nicaragua


Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

United States

South America (CONMEBOL)

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Uruguay

Oceania (OFC)

New Zealand

Tahiti

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