List of foreign footballers in top leagues of former Yugoslavia

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This is a list of foreign football players in the Yugoslav First League or any of its successor top leagues:

Contents

In this list are also included the players with dual nationalities and the ones born in the territory of former Yugoslavia, but have played for other, non-Yugoslav, national teams.

Players in bold have made at least one appearance for their senior national team.

Teams in bold are the current team of that player.

The years in brackets indicates the calendar year of the season in which the player played for the club. For example, "(2003)–2004" means that the player was a member of the club only in the first part of the season (2003).

Afghanistan

Albania

Players in bold italics are the ones that besides Albania played for Kosovo national team as well.

Algeria

Andorra

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Benin

Bermuda

Bolivia

Brazil

Brunei

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Chinese Taipei

Colombia

Comoros

Congo

DR Congo

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire

Cuba

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

England

Equatorial Guinea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Faroe Islands

Finland

France

French Guiana

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guadeloupe

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Haiti

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Korea DPR

Korea Republic

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Lebanon

Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malawi

Malaysia

Mali

Malta

Martinique

Mauritania

Mexico

Moldova

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Netherlands

New Zealand

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Palestine

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Saint Martin

Saudi Arabia

Scotland

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Sint Maarten

Slovakia

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Spain

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Togo

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United States

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Wales

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Notes and references

  1. ^
  1. Capped for Slovenia U21 in 2006.
  2. Capped for Slovenia in 2022.
  3. "Mark Aouad on Life as a Professional Abroad". 3attheback.com (Archived). Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "Meet the Aussie keeper closing in on Lebanon cap". sbs.com.au. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  5. Capped for Croatia U21 in 2017
  6. "Ex-Profi Daniel Bartosch im Gespräch". fanreport.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  7. "Hrvatski kapetan na Euru bez Hrvata: Odbio sam Talijane i Nijemce zbog Hajduka". goal.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  8. ""Mahrez? Noch nie so einen Spieler gesehen"". spox.com. 18 January 2017. Archived from the original on 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  9. Capped for Croatia as well.
  10. "I believe that the path to recovery from the coronavirus will be difficult, but above all we must show humanity and solidarity". bosniaherzegovina.un.org. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  11. "Jean Louis Nouken: Volim FK Sarajevo, jezik sam zaboravio". ba.n1info.com. 8 September 2016. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  12. "Colin Jacques - Shining at NK Rudes". 23 December 2014. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  13. "Interview with Guri Hana". 8 January 2019. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  14. "Suomen jalkapallon tuntematon toivo - sopimus La Liga -seuraan". yle.fi (in Finnish). 23 March 2016. Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  15. "Junior Delgado : "Je ne me fixe pas de limites"". onzemondial.com. 8 August 2017. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  16. "Junior Delgado : « On atteindra nos objectifs ensemble". racingfoot.fr. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  17. "Formé au PSG, Jordan Diakiese, 24 ans, est décédé". goal.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  18. Capped for Sweden as well.
  19. "Ринат Хайруллин. Галопом по Европам". sports.kz (Archived). Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  20. "Ринат Хайруллин: "Сейчас все мысли связаны со "Спартаком""". sports.kz (Archived). Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  21. "La nouvelle vie de Fahret Selimovic à Travnik". wort.lu. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  22. "Antonio Novelo, futbolista mexicano en Macedonia del Norte que recibió consejos de 'Zizihno'". espn.com.mx. 15 February 2022. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  23. "Futbolista yucateco busca un lugar en Europa". yucatan.com.mx. 18 February 2022. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  24. "De avonturen van Dorde Pupovac als profvoetballer in Bosnië". vice.com. 22 December 2017. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  25. "NORGES MINST KJENTE UTENLANDSPROFF SPILLER FOTBALL PÅ ØVERSTE NIVÅ I MONTENEGRO". fotballkanalen.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  26. "Jacek Troshupa i jego kosowsko-polskie losy". 1liga.org. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  27. International for South Ossetia national football team
  28. International for Abkhazia national football team
  29. International for Abkhazia national football team
  30. International for Abkhazia national football team
  31. "Carlos, el Olmo que sigue en Zagreb". as.com. 25 March 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  32. ""¿Un pronóstico? ¡1-0 para España con gol de Dani Olmo!"". as.com. 26 June 2021. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  33. "Tidigare MFF-talangens annorlunda destination – vårt första proffs på Nya Zeeland". fotbolldirekt.se (in Swedish). 23 August 2016. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  34. Pavel Georgijevski was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistani SSR, Soviet Union.

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