List of foreign Eliteserien players

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This is a list of foreign players in the top flight of Norwegian football, currently known as Eliteserien , which commenced play in 1937. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:

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  1. Have played at least one Eliteserien game. Players who were signed by Eliteserien clubs, but only played in lower league, cup and/or European games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
  2. Are considered foreign, determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for Norway national football team, more specifically:
  • If a player has been capped on international level, the national team is used; if he has been capped by more than one country, the highest level (or the most recent) team is used.
  • If a player has not been capped on international level, his country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from Norwegian parents or moved to Norway at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.

Clubs listed are those for which the player has played at least one Eliteserien game — and seasons are those in which the player has played at least one Eliteserien game.

In bold: players who have played at least one Eliteserien game in the current season (2023), and are still at a club for which they have played. This does not include current players of an Eliteserien club who have not played an Eliteserien game in the current season.

Details correct as of 28 November 2021

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Benin

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Rob Friend has played 40 top division matches for Molde. Rob Friend.jpg
Rob Friend has played 40 top division matches for Molde.

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chile

Comoros

Costa Rica

Michael Barrantes has played 122 top division matches for Aalesund. Michael Barrantes - Ene. 2018.jpg
Michael Barrantes has played 122 top division matches for Aalesund.

Croatia

Curaçao

Czech Republic

Borek Dockal has played 55 top division matches for Rosenborg. Metallist-Rusenborg 2012 (8).jpg
Bořek Dočkal has played 55 top division matches for Rosenborg.

Denmark

Nicklas Bendtner has played 57 Eliteserien matches for Rosenborg. Nicklas Bendtner 2017.jpg
Nicklas Bendtner has played 57 Eliteserien matches for Rosenborg.
Mike Jensen won four consecutive Eliteserien titles for Rosenborg, including three as captain Mike Jensen.JPG
Mike Jensen won four consecutive Eliteserien titles for Rosenborg, including three as captain

DR Congo

Egypt

El Salvador

England

Estonia

Ethiopia

Equatorial Guinea

Faroe Islands

Finland

France

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Israel

Italy

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan

Kenya

Kosovo

Latvia

Lebanon

Liberia

Libya

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malawi

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mexico

Montenegro

Morocco

Namibia

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

Northern Ireland

North Macedonia

Oman

Paraguay

Poland

Portugal

Republic of Ireland

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Scotland

Senegal

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Slovakia

Slovenia

Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Mikael Dorsin played 270 Eliteserien matches for Rosenborg and won five league titles. Mikael Dorsin.JPG
Mikael Dorsin played 270 Eliteserien matches for Rosenborg and won five league titles.
Mattias Mostrom has played 281 Eliteserien matches for Molde and has won four Eliteserien titles. Moa Mostrom.jpg
Mattias Moström has played 281 Eliteserien matches for Molde and has won four Eliteserien titles.
Daniel Nannskog has played 118 top division matches for Stabaek. Nannskog jubler.jpg
Daniel Nannskog has played 118 top division matches for Stabæk.

Syria

Tanzania

Togo

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United States

Uruguay

Venezuela

Wales

Zimbabwe

Notes

  1. ^
    Born in Belgium
  2. ^
    Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of Yugoslavia)
  3. ^
    Born in Burkina Faso
  4. ^
    Born in Cameroon
  5. ^
    Born in Canada
  6. ^
    Born in Colombia
  7. ^
    Born in Croatia (then part of Yugoslavia)
  8. ^
    Born in Denmark
  9. ^
    Born in England
  10. ^
    Born in Ethiopia
  11. ^
    Born in Finland
  12. ^
    Born in France
  13. ^
    Born in Germany
  14. ^
    Born in West Germany (now part of Germany)
  15. ^
    Born in Ghana
  16. ^
    Born in Greece
  17. ^
    Born in Israel
  18. ^
    Born in the Ivory Coast
  19. ^
    Born in Kosovo (then part of Yugoslavia)
  20. ^
    Born in Lebanon
  21. ^
    Born in Malawi
  22. ^
    Born in Morocco
  23. ^
    Born in the Netherlands
  24. ^
  25. ^
    Born in Norway
  26. ^
    Born in Poland
  27. ^
    Born in Portugal
  28. ^
  29. ^
    Born in Russia
  30. ^
    Born in South Africa
  31. ^
    Born in Spain
  32. ^
    Born in Switzerland
  33. ^
    Born in Sweden
  34. ^
    Born in Togo
  35. ^
    Born in Uganda
  36. ^
    Born in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union)
  37. ^
    Born in the United States
  38. ^
    Born in Uruguay
  39. ^
    Born in Venezuela
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  59. ^
  1. 1 2 Nielsen, p. 259
  2. Nielsen, pp. 237, 240–244
  3. Nielsen, p. 254
  4. Nielsen, pp. 257–258
  5. Nielsen, p. 255
  6. Nielsen, pp. 229–234, 236
  7. Nielsen, pp. 253–255
  8. Nielsen, p. 252
  9. Nielsen, p. 231
  10. Nielsen, pp. 252–254
  11. Nielsen, p. 228

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