List of foreign Scottish Premiership players

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This is a list of foreign players in the Scottish Premiership, which commenced play in 2013. The following players meet both of the following criteria:

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  1. Have played at least one Scottish Premiership game. Players who were signed by Scottish Premiership 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 foreign, i.e., outside Great Britain and Ireland, determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if his allegiance is not to play for the national teams of Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland. [lower-alpha 1]

In bold: players who have played at least one Scottish Premiership 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 Scottish Premiership club who have not played a Scottish Premiership game in the current season.

Details correct as of 15 August 2023

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Albania

Algeria

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Chinese Taipei

Colombia

Comoros

Congo

Congo DR

Costa Rica

Croatia

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Estonia

Faroe Islands

Finland

France

Gambia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Grenada

Guadeloupe

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

Iran

Israel

Italy

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan

Kenya

Kosovo

Latvia

Libera

Lithuania

Malta

Malawi

Mali

Martinique

Mexico

Montenegro

Montserrat

Morocco

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

North Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Senegal

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

South Korea

South Sudan

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Togo

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United States

Uruguay

Venezuela

Zambia

Zimbabwe

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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 Premiership game for.
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    Born in Switzerland
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    Born in Sweden
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    Born in Turkey
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    Born in Uganda
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    Born in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union)
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    Kosovo Albanian. Born in Kosovo (then part of Yugoslavia)

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