List of foreign footballers in the Persian Gulf Pro League

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This is a list of foreign players who have been played in the Persian Gulf Pro League from 2001 onwards. The following players have been born outside Iran and have not been capped for the Iranian national football team at any level.

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Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Okacha HamzaouiTractor – 2020 to 2021

Angola

Argentina

Armenia

Austria

Australia

Azerbaijan

Benin

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Colombia

Costa Rica

Croatia

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czech Republic

England

Equatorial Guinea

Finland

France

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Honduras

Hungary

Indonesia

Iraq

Ivory Coast

Japan

Jordan

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Lebanon

Liberia

Libya

Lithuania

Macedonia

Mali

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Netherlands

Nicaragua

Nigeria

Oman

Palestine

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Abdelkarim HassanPersepolis – 2024–present

Republic of Ireland

Romania

Scotland

Senegal

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

South Sudan

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Syria

Tajikistan

Timor-Leste

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Togo

Uganda

Ukraine

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

2024 to present

Yemen

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