List of foreign Veikkausliiga players

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This is a list of all foreign players in the Finnish Veikkausliiga , which commenced play in 1990. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:

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  1. Have played at least one Veikkausliiga regular season game. Players who were signed by Veikkausliiga clubs, but only played in playoff stages, 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 Finland determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if his allegiance is not to play for the national team of Finland.

More specifically,

Clubs listed are those for which the player has played at least one Veikkausliiga game – and seasons are those in which the player has played at least one Veikkausliiga game. Note that a Veikkausliiga season is same as the calendar year.

In bold: players still active in Veikkausliiga and their respective teams in current season.

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    Born in Guinea-Bissau
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    Born in Georgia (then part of the Soviet Union)
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    Born in Guinea
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    Born in Guyana
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    Born in Iran
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    Born in Israel
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    Born in Jamaica
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    Born in Liberia
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    Born in Morocco
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    Born in Malta
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    Born in the Netherlands
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    Born in Portugal
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    Born in Russia
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    Born in Russia (then part of the Soviet Union)
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    Born in Saudi Arabia
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