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Scottish Premier League Foreign Football Players

Scottish Premier League Foreign Football Players: football statistics, records and history from My Football Facts.

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Scottish Premier League / Scottish Premiership Foreign Football Players 1998-99 to 2020-21

The players must meet both of the following two criteria:

  1. Have played at least one Scottish Premier League (SPL) / Scottish Premiership game. Players who were signed by Scottish Premier League clubs, but only played in lower league, Domestic Cup competitions and/or European games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
  2. Are considered foreign, i.e., outside The United Kingdom and Ireland (the ‘British Isles’). The list is divided into two SPL and Premiership.

Scottish Premiership Foreign Players

CountryPlayer - Club(s)
AlbaniaEgli Kaja - Livingston - 2018
AlbaniaEros Grezda - Rangers- 2018-2020
AlbaniaFlo Bojaj - Kilmarnock - 2016
AlgeriaIsmaël Bouzid – Kilmarnock – 2013–14
AngolaDolly Menga - Livingston - 2018–
AngolaGenséric Kusunga - Dundee - 2018-2019
AngolaJoaquim Adão - Heart of Midlothian - 2018-
Antigua and BarbudaZaine Francis-Angol – Motherwell – 2013–15
Antigua and BarbudaJosh Parker – Aberdeen – 2015–16
ArgentinaAntonio Rojano - Hamilton Academical - 2017-2018
AustraliaAaron Lennox – Aberdeen – 2016–2017
AustraliaAdam Taggart – Dundee United – 2015-2016
AustraliaBen Garuccio - Heart of Midlothian - 2018-
AustraliaCurtis Good – Dundee United – 2014
AustraliaDaniel Arzani - Celtic - 2018-2020
AustraliaDylan McGowan – Heart of Midlothian – 2013–14
AustraliaHarry Souttar - Dundee United and Ross County - 2015–16, 2018
AustraliaJackson Irvine – Kilmarnock – 2013–14, Ross County – 2014–2016
AustraliaJamie Maclaren - Hibernian - 2018-19
AustraliaJesse Curran – Dundee – 2015–19
AustraliaOliver Bozanic - Heart of Midlothian - 2018-
AustraliaRyan Edwards – Partick Thistle – 2015–2018, St. Mirren 2018–19
AustriaRyan McGowan – Dundee United – 2015–16, 2019
AustraliaScott McDonald – Motherwell – 2015–2017
AustraliaTom Rogic – Celtic – 2013–
AustriaDaniel Bachmann - Ross County and Kilmarnock - 2015, 2018–19
AustriaDarko Bodul – Dundee United – 2015–16
AustriaMoritz Bauer - Celtic - 2019–20
AustriaPeter Haring - Heart of Midlothian - 2018-
BelgiumBoli Bolingoli-Mbombo - Celtic - 2019–
BelgiumCharly Musonda - Celtic - 2018-
BelgiumDedryck Boyata – Celtic – 2015–19
BelgiumFrédéric Frans – Partick Thistle – 2014–2016
BelgiumFunso Ojo - Aberdeen - 2019–
BelgiumJason Denayer – Celtic – 2014–15
BelgiumLogan Bailly – Celtic – 2015–2017
BelgiumTim Dreesen – Ross County – 2014
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBahrudin Atajić – Celtic – 2013–14
Bosnia and HerzegovinaSanel Jahić – St Johnstone – 2013–14
BrazilAlexandre D'Acol – Hamilton Academical – 2015–2017
BrazilLucas – Hamilton Academical – 2015–2016
BrazilIgor Rossi – Heart of Midlothian – 2015–2016
BulgariaKostadin Gadzhalov – Dundee – 2015–18
BulgariaAleksandar Tonev - Celtic - 2014–15
BulgariaPlamen Krachunov – St Johnstone – 2016
BulgariaViktor Genev – St Mirren – 2015
BurundiGaël Bigirimana - Motherwell - 2017-19
CameroonArnaud Djoum - Heart of Midlothian - 2015-19
CameroonEric Djemba-Djemba – St Mirren – 2014
CameroonStéphane Bahoken - St Mirren - 2013–14
CameroonYann Songo'o – Ross County – 2014
CanadaCalum Ferguson – Inverness Caledonian Thistle – 2015–2016
CanadaDario Zanatta - Heart of Midlothian - 2015–19
CanadaDario Zanatta – Heart of Midlothian – 2015–2019
CanadaDavid Wotherspoon - St Johnstone - 2013-
CanadaDylan Carreiro – Dundee – 2014–2015
CanadaLiam Millar - Kilmarnock - 2019–20
CanadaMarcus Godinho - Heart of Midlothian - 2018-19
CanadaMarcus Haber - Dundee - 2016-19
CanadaScott Arfield – Rangers - 2018-
CanadaTerry Dunfield – Ross County – 2014–15
Cape VerdeDavid Silva – Kilmarnock – 2013–14
Chinese TaipeiTim Chow - Ross County - 2016-
ColombiaAlfredo Morelos - Rangers - 2017-
Congo DRClévid Dikamona - Heart of Midlothian - 2018–
Congo DRAaron Tshibola – Kilmarnock – 2018-19
Congo DRAndréa Mbuyi-Mutombo – Inverness Caledonian Thistle – 2015–2016
Congo DRCalvin Zola – Aberdeen – 2013–14
Congo DRDelphin Tshiembe - Hamilton Academical - 2018-19
Congo DRYoussouf Mulumbu - Kilmarnock - 2017-19
Costa RicaCristian Gamboa - Celtic - 2016-19
Côte d'IvoireSouleymane Coulibaly - Kilmarnock - 2016-2017
Côte d'IvoireGuy Demel – Dundee United – 2015–16
Côte d'IvoireVakoun Issouf Bayo - Celtic - 2019–
Côte d'IvoireCédric Kipré- Motherwell - 2017–18
Côte d'IvoireEboue Kouassi - Celtic - 2017-2020
Côte d'IvoireKolo Toure - Celtic - 2016-2017
CroatiaBorna Barišić– Rangers – 2018–
CroatiaChristian Ilić - Motherwell - 2019–
CroatiaFilip Benković - Celtic - 2018-19
CroatiaJozo Šimunović – Celtic – 2015–20
CroatiaNiko Kranjcar - Rangers - 2016-18
CroatiaNikola Katić – Rangers – 2018–
CuraçaoKemy Agustien – Hamilton Academical – 2016
CyprusAlex Gogić - Hamilton Academical - 2017-
Czech RepublicFilip Twardzik – Celtic – 2013–15
Czech RepublicMilan Nitrianský - Partick Thistle - 2017-2018
Czech RepublicNicolas Šumský – Hamilton Academical – 2015–16
Czech RepublicTomáš Černý – Partick Thistle – 2015–
Czech RepublicVáclav Hladký - St Mirren - 2019–
Czech RepublicZdeněk Zlámal - Heart of Midlothian - 2018-
DenmarkDanny Amankwaa – Hearts – 2018-19
DenmarkNicolai Brock-Madsen - St Mirren - 2018-
DenmarkThomas Mikkelsen - Ross County - 2017-18
DenmarkErik Sviatchenko – Celtic – 2016–18
EstoniaHenri Anier – Motherwell – 2013–14, Dundee United – 2015–16, Inverness C.T. 2017
EstoniaHenrik Ojamaa – Motherwell – 2014–15, Dundee - 2017
EstoniaMadis Vihmann - St Johnstone - 2019–
EstoniaMattias Käit - Ross County - 2018
Faroe IslandsGunnar Nielsen – Motherwell – 2013–15

Scottish Premier League Foreign Players Albania to Iceland

CountryPlayer - Club(s)
Albania Rudi Vata – Celtic – 1993–96
AlgeriaMehdi Abeid – St Johnstone – 2013
Algeria Abderraouf Zarabi – Hibernian – 2008
Algeria Brahim Hemdani – Rangers – 2005–09
Algeria Ismaël Bouzid – Heart of Midlothian – 2009–2011
Algeria Karim Kerkar – Dundee United – 2004–05
Algeria Khaled Kemas – Dundee, Motherwell – 2001–03
Algeria Madjid Bougherra – Rangers – 2008–2011
Algeria Mohamed Chalali – Aberdeen – 2011–2012
Algeria Rachid Djebaili – St Johnstone – 2001-02
Algeria Salim Kerkar – Rangers – 2010–2012
AlgeriaToufik Zerara – Falkirk – 2009–10
Angola José Quitongo – Heart of Midlothian, Kilmarnock – 1998–2000, 2002–03
Antigua and Barbuda Zaine Francis-Angol – Motherwell – 2012–13
Argentina Beto Carranza – Dundee – 2000–04
Argentina Beto Naveda – Dundee United, Dundee – 2000–02
Argentina Claudio Caniggia – Dundee, Rangers – 2000–03
Argentina Damián Casalinuovo – Dundee United, Hamilton Academical – 2009–2011
Argentina Fabián Caballero – Dundee – 2000–05
Argentina Federico Nieto – Rangers – 2004–05
Argentina Fernando Pasquinelli – Livingston, Aberdeen – 2002–05
Argentina Fernando Screpis – Heart of Midlothian – 2008
Argentina Franco Miranda – St Mirren – 2007–2009
Argentina Gabriel Amato – Rangers – 1998–2000
Argentina Gustavo Fuentes – Dundee United – 2000–01
Argentina Juan Cobián – Aberdeen – 1999–2000
Argentina Juan Sara – Dundee – 2000–03
Argentina Julián Maidana – Livingston – 2002–03
Argentina Julián Speroni – Dundee – 2001–04
Argentina Lucas Gatti – Dundee – 2001–02
Argentina Marcelino Galoppo – Dundee United – 2000–01
Argentina Pascual Garrido – Dundee – 2000–02
Argentina Rolando Zárate – Livingston – 2002–03
Argentina Walter del Río – Dundee – 2000–02
Australia Aaron Mooy – St. Mirren – 2010–2012
Australia Adrian Madaschi – Partick Thistle – 2003–04
Australia Andy McDermott – Dunfermline Athletic – 2003–04
Australia Chris Coyne – Dundee – 2000–02
Australia Craig Moore – Rangers (twice) – 1998–99, 1999–2005
Australia Daniel McBreen – Falkirk – 2005–06
Australia Danny Invincibile – Kilmarnock, St Johnstone – 2003–2011
Australia David Zdrilic – Aberdeen – 2003–04
Australia Dylan McGowan – Heart of Midlothian – 2012–13
Australia Erik Paartalu – Gretna – 2007–08
Australia James Wesolowski – Dundee United, Hamilton Academical – 2008–2010
Australia Karl Dodd – Falkirk – 2005–07
Australia Kevin Muscat – Rangers – 2002–03
Australia Lindsay Wilson – Kilmarnock – 2006
Australia Mark Robertson – Dundee – 2000–03
Australia Mark Viduka – Celtic – 1998–2000
Australia Matt McKay – Rangers – 2011–2012
Australia Michael Panopoulos – Dunfermline Athletic – 2001–02
Australia Patrick Kisnorbo – Heart of Midlothian – 2003–05
Australia Raphael Bove – Dundee United – 1999–00
Australia Rostyn Griffiths – Gretna – 2007–08
Australia Ryan McGowan – Heart of Midlothian – 2007–2013
Australia Scott Higgins – Falkirk – 2006–07
Australia Scott McDonald – Motherwell, Celtic – 2003–2010
Australia Steve McDonald – Motherwell – 2005
Australia Stuart Lovell – Hibernian, Livingston – 1998–2005
Australia Tony Vidmar – Rangers – 1998–2002
Australia Trent McClenahan – Hamilton Academical – 2008–2010
Austria Alen Orman – Hibernian – 2001–05
Austria David Witteveen – Heart of Midlothian – 2009–2011
Austria Franz Resch – Motherwell F.C. – 1997
Austria Mario Dorner – Motherwell F.C. – 1997
Austria Robert Olejnik – Falkirk – 2007–2010
Austria Roman Wallner – Falkirk – 2007–08
Austria Thomas Flögel – Heart of Midlothian – 1998–2002
Austria Thomas Piermayr – Inverness CT – 2011–2012
Belgium Dieter Van Tornhout – Kilmarnock – 2012
Belgium Harald Pinxten – Livingston – 2005–06
Belgium Joos Valgaeren – Celtic – 2000–05
Belgium Roberto Bisconti – Aberdeen – 2001–03
Belgium Thomas Buffel – Rangers – 2004–08
Belgium Tonny Mols – Dundee United – 1998–99
Benin Laurent D'Jaffo – Aberdeen – 2002–03
Bosnia & Herzegovina Dubravko Tešević – Livingston – 2005–06
Bosnia & Herzegovina Mirsad Bešlija – Heart of Midlothian – 2005–07
Bosnia & Herzegovina Saša Papac – Rangers – 2006–2012
Brazil Alexandre Cerdeira – Dundee – 2004–05
Brazil Camazzola – Heart of Midlothian – 2005–06
Brazil Edinho – Dunfermline Athletic – 1998–99
Brazil Emerson – Rangers – 2003–04
Brazil Juninho – Celtic – 2004–05
Brazil Rafael Scheidt – Celtic – 1999–2000
Bulgaria Ilian Kiriakov – Aberdeen – 1998–2000
Bulgaria Stiliyan Petrov – Celtic – 1999–2006
Bulgaria Tsanko Tsvetanov - Aberdeen – 1996-1998
Cameroon Alphonse Tchami – Dundee United – 2000–01
Cameroon Gustave Bahoken – Livingston – 2002–03, 2004–05
Cameroon Guy Ipoua – Livingston – 2003–04
Cameroon Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé – Celtic – 2006–08
Cameroon Landry N'Guémo – Celtic – 2009–2010
Cameroon Mvondo Atangana – Dundee United – 2000–02
Cameroon Patrick Ada – Kilmarnock – 2011
Cameroon Thierry Gathuessi – Hibernian, Inverness CT – 2007–09
Canada André Hainault – Ross County – 2012–2013
Canada Davide Xausa – Livingston – 2001–03
Canada Jason de Vos – Dundee United – 1998–2001

Scottish Premier League Foreign Players Israel to Venezuela

CountryPlayer - Club(s)
Israel Beram Kayal – Celtic – 2010–13
Israel Eyal Berkovic – Celtic – 1999–2000
Israel Gil Blumstein – Inverness CT – 2010-2011
Israel Jan Talesnikov – Dundee United – 1999–2000
Israel Rami Gershon – Celtic – 2013
Italy Alessandro Romano – Dundee – 2000–02
Italy Daniele Chiarini – Partick Thistle, Dundee United, Partick Thistle – 2002–04
Italy Davide Grassi – Aberdeen, Dundee – 2009–2010, 2012–2013
Italy Enrico Annoni – Celtic – 1998–99
Italy Fabrizio Ravanelli – Dundee – 2003–04
Italy Gennaro Gattuso – Rangers – 1998–99
Italy Ivano Bonetti – Dundee – 2000–01
Italy Lorenzo Amoruso – Rangers – 1997–2003
Italy Luigi Riccio – Rangers – 1998–99
Italy Manuel Pascali – Kilmarnock – 2008–2013
Italy Marcello Marrocco – Dundee – 2000–03
Italy Marco De Marchi – Dundee – 2000–01
Italy Marco Negri – Rangers – 1999–2000
Italy Marco Roccati – Dundee – 2000–01
Italy Marco Russo – Dundee – 2000–01
Italy Massimiliano Caputo – Livingston – 2001–02
Italy Massimo Beghetto – Dundee – 2001–02
Italy Massimo Donati – Celtic – 2007–09
Italy Mauro Vargiu – Dundee – 2000–01
Italy Paolo Di Canio – Celtic – 1996-98
Italy Paolo Vanoli – Rangers – 2003–05
Italy Patrizio Billio – Dundee, Aberdeen – 1999–2001, 2002–03
Italy Sergio Porrini – Rangers – 1998–2001
Italy Simone Del Nero – Livingston – 2001–02
Italy Stefano Salvatori – Heart of Midlothian – 1998–99
Jamaica Chris Humphrey – Motherwell – 2009–2013
Jamaica Cleveland Taylor – St Johnstone – 2010-2011
Jamaica Fitzroy Simpson – Heart of Midlothian – 1999–2001
Jamaica Marcus Gayle – Rangers – 2000
Jamaica Omar Daley – Motherwell – 2011–2013
Jamaica Ricardo Fuller – Heart of Midlothian – 2001–02
Jamaica Simon Ford – Kilmarnock – 2004–2010
Jamaica Theodore Whitmore – Livingston – 2003–04
Japan Koki Mizuno – Celtic – 2008–2010
Japan Shunsuke Nakamura – Celtic – 2005–09
Kenya Victor Wanyama – Celtic – 2011–2013
Latvia Pavels Mihadjuks – Inverness CT – 2008–09
Liberia Christopher Wreh – St Mirren – 2001–02
Lithuania Andrius Skerla – Dunfermline Athletic – 2000–05
Lithuania Andrius Velička – Heart of Midlothian; Rangers; Aberdeen – 2006–11
Lithuania Arvydas Novikovas – Heart of Midlothian – 2009–2013
Lithuania Audrius Kšanavičius – Heart of Midlothian – 2007–09
Lithuania Deividas Česnauskis – Heart of Midlothian – 2004–09
Lithuania Edgaras Jankauskas – Heart of Midlothian – 2005–07
Lithuania Eduardas Kurskis – Heart of Midlothian – 2007–08
Lithuania Kęstutis Ivaškevičius – Heart of Midlothian – 2006–08
Lithuania Linas Pilibaitis – Heart of Midlothian – 2006–07
Lithuania Marius Činikas – Heart of Midlothian – 2009–2010
Lithuania Marius Kižys – Heart of Midlothian – 2005
Lithuania Marius Žaliūkas – Heart of Midlothian – 2006–2013
Lithuania Nerijus Barasa – Heart of Midlothian – 2005–07
Lithuania Ričardas Beniušis – Heart of Midlothian – 2007–08
Lithuania Saulius Mikoliūnas – Heart of Midlothian – 2005–09
Lithuania Tomas Danilevičius – Dunfermline Athletic – 2000–01
Lithuania Tomas Kančelskis – Heart of Midlothian – 2006–08
Lithuania Valdas Trakys – Hibernian – 2010–2011
FYR Macedonia Bajram Fetai – Rangers, Inverness CT – 2003–05
FYR Macedonia Goran Stanić – Livingston – 2004–05
FYR Macedonia Ǵorǵi Hristov – Dunfermline Athletic – 2004–05
Madagascar William Gros – Kilmarnock – 2010–2014
Mali Amadou Konte – Hibernian – 2004–07
MaliMahamadou Sissoko – Kilmarnock – 2010-2013 (also French)
Mexico Efrain Juárez – Celtic – 2010–2012
Montenegro Nikola Vujadinović – Aberdeen – 2010-2011
Montserrat Junior Mendes – Dunfermline Athletic – 2000–02
Morocco Abdessalam Benjelloun – Hibernian – 2005–2010
Morocco Badr El Kaddouri – Celtic – 2011–12
Morocco Farid El Alagui – Dundee United – 2013–2014
Morocco Hassan Kachloul – Livingston – 2004–05
Morocco Hicham Zerouali – Aberdeen – 1999–2002
Morocco Ilias Haddad – St Mirren – 2011-12
Morocco Mehdi Taouil – Kilmarnock, Hearts – 2007–13
Morocco Merouane Zemmama – Hibernian – 2006–2011
Morocco Rachid Belabed – Aberdeen – 1999–2002
Morocco Saïd Chiba – Motherwell – 2000–01
Morocco Youssef Rossi – Dunfermline Athletic – 2000–02
Namibia Eliphas Shivute – Motherwell – 1998–99
NamibiaQuinton Jacobs – Partick Thistle – 1999–2000
Netherlands André Karnebeek – Dunfermline Athletic – 2001–03
Netherlands Arthur Numan – Rangers – 1998–2003
Netherlands Benito Kemble – Motherwell, St Johnstone – 1999–2002
Netherlands Bert Konterman – Rangers – 2000–03
Netherlands Bobby Petta – Celtic – 1999–2005
Netherlands Danny Buijs – Kilmarnock – 2011–2012
Netherlands Dave Bus – Aberdeen – 2007–08
Netherlands Dorus de Vries – Dunfermline Athletic – 2006–07
Netherlands Edson Braafheid – Celtic – 2010
Netherlands Edwin de Graaf – Hibernian – 2010-11
Netherlands Evander Sno – Celtic – 2006–08
Netherlands Fernando Ricksen – Rangers – 2000–06
Netherlands Ferne Snoyl – Aberdeen – 2005–06
Netherlands Frank de Boer – Rangers – 2003–04
Netherlands Frank van Eijs – Dundee – 1999–2000
Netherlands Gerard Aafjes – Falkirk – 2007–09
Netherlands Giovanni van Bronckhorst – Rangers – 1998–2001

Number of Foreign Players in Clubs and from Each Nation

Ben Jardine

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Ben Jardine is the managing editor of My Football Facts and has covered football since 2014. He writes across football statistics, history and current affairs, from all-time records and World Cup deep dives to live transfer-window coverage, with a focus on rigorously fact-checked, data-led analysis. Connect with Ben on LinkedIn.

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