List of foreign Primeira Liga players

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This is a list of foreign players that have played in the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

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In bold: players who have played at least one Primeira Liga game in the current season (2023–24), and are still at a club for which they have played. This does not include current players of a Primeira Liga club who have not played a Primeira Liga in the current season.

Albania

Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Benin

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brunei

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Chile

Colombia

Congo

DR Congo

Costa Rica

Croatia

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

England

Equatorial Guinea

Estonia

Finland

France

Gabon

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guadeloupe

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Haiti

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Republic of Ireland

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Italy

Ivory Coast

Japan

Korea Republic

Liberia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Libya

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Ristovski - lenda do Sporting (recente)

Madagascar

Malaysia

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Netherlands

Nigeria

Northern Ireland

Norway

Palestine

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Poland

Qatar

Romania

Russia

Saint Lucia

São Tomé and Príncipe

Saudi Arabia

Scotland

Senegal

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Tanzania

Timor-Leste

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Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Ukraine

United States

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Vietnam

Wales

Zambia

Notes

  1. ^
    Born in Argentina
  2. ^
    Born in Australia
  3. ^
    Born in Azerbaijan (then part of Soviet Union)
  4. ^
    Born in Belgium
  5. ^
    Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
  6. ^
    Born in Brazil
  7. ^
    Born in Cape Verde
  8. ^
    Born in Croatia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
  9. ^
  10. ^
    Born in England
  11. ^
  12. ^
    Born in France
  13. ^
  14. ^
    Born in Germany
  15. ^
    Born in Ghana
  16. ^
    Born in Guyana
  17. ^
    Born in Ivory Coast
  18. ^
    Born in Kosovo (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
  19. ^
    Born in Liberia
  20. ^
    Born in Montenegro (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
  21. ^
    Born in the Netherlands
  22. ^
    Born in New Zealand
  23. ^
    Born in Nigeria
  24. ^
    Born in Paraguay
  25. ^
    Born in Portugal
  26. ^
    Born in Republic of Macedonia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
  27. ^
  28. ^
    Born in Russia (then part of the Soviet Union)
  29. ^
    Born in Serbia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
  30. ^
    Born in Spain
  31. ^
    Born in Suriname (then part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
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    Born in Sweden
  33. ^
    Born in Switzerland
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