List of foreign USL Championship players

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This is a list of foreign players in the USL Championship (formally USL Pro or the United Soccer League), which commenced play in 2011. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:

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  1. Have played at least one USL regular season game. Players who were signed by USL clubs, but only played in playoff games, U.S. Open Cup games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
  2. Are considered foreign, i.e., outside Canada or the United States determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for the national team of Canada or the United States.

More specifically,

In bold: players who have played at least one USL game in the current season (2024 USL Championship season), and are still at the clubs for which they have played. This does not include current players of a USL club who have not played a USL game in the current season.

UEFA

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Denmark

England

Estonia

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Montenegro

Netherlands

North Macedonia

Northern Ireland

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Russia

Scotland

Serbia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

Wales

CONMEBOL

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Paraguay

Peru

Uruguay

Venezuela

CAF

Angola

Benin

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Comoros

Congo

DR Congo

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Ivory Coast

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Malawi

Mali

Mauritius

Morocco

Mozambique

Niger

Nigeria

Rwanda

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

AFC

Afghanistan

Australia

China

Guam

Iran

Japan

Jordan

Laos

Lebanon

Pakistan

Palestine

Philippines

Saudi Arabia

South Korea

CONCACAF

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Bermuda

Costa Rica

Cuba

Curaçao

Dominican Republic

El Salvador

French Guiana

Grenada

Guadeloupe

Guatemala

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Jamaica

Martinique

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

Puerto Rico

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Suriname

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos Islands

OFC

Fiji

New Zealand

Notes

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    Born in Belgium
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    Born in Brazil
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    Born in Canada
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    Born in Ecuador
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    Born in England
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    Born in Ethiopia
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    Born in France
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    Born in Germany
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    Born in Hong Kong
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    Born in Ivory Coast
  11. ^
    Born in Jamaica
  12. ^
    Born in Japan
  13. ^
    Born in Kenya
  14. ^
    Born in Liberia
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    Born in Malawi
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    Born in the Netherlands
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    Born in Norway
  18. ^
    Born in the Republic of Ireland
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    Born in Senegal
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    Born in Slovenia
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    Born in South Africa
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    Born in Spain
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    Born in Suriname
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    Born in Sweden
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    Born in Switzerland
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    Born in Tanzania
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    Born in the United States
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    Born in Zambia
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