List of foreign Scottish Premier League players

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This is a list of foreign players in the Scottish Premier League (1997-2013) or Scottish Premiership . The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:

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  1. Have played at least one Scottish Premier League game. Players who were signed by Scottish Premier League 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, i.e., outside Great Britain and Ireland, determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for the national teams of Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland. [note 1]
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Albania

Algeria

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Benin

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Bulgaria

Cameroon

Canada

Central African Republic

Chile

China PR

Colombia

Congo

Congo DR

Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Ecuador

Estonia

Faroe Islands

Finland

France

Gabon

The Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Haiti

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

Iran

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Kenya

Latvia

Liberia

Lithuania

Madagascar

Mali

Mexico

Montenegro

Montserrat

Morocco

Namibia

Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles

New Zealand

Nigeria

Norway

North Macedonia

Peru

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Saint Lucia

Senegal

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Togo

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

United States

Uruguay

Venezuela

Notes

  1. 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. These include British/Irish players with dual citizenship.
    • If a player has not been capped on international level, his country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from British/Irish parents or moved to Great Britain/Ireland at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.
    • Clubs listed are those which the player has played at least one Scottish Premier League game for.

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