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

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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.

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Premiership Foreign Players

SPL Foreign Players Albania to Iceland

SPL Foreign Players Israel to Venezuela

SPL/Premiership Foreign Players by Club

SPL/Premiership Foreign Players by Nation

Scottish Premiership Foreign Players

Scottish Premier League Foreign Players Albania to Iceland

Country	Player – Club(s)
Albania	Rudi Vata – Celtic – 1993–96
Algeria	Mehdi 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
Algeria	Toufik 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
Canada	Kevin McKenna – Heart of Midlothian – 2000–05
Canada	Lars Hirschfeld – Dundee United – 2004–05
Canada	Marcus Haber – St Johnstone – 2010–2012
Canada	Mike Franks – Hibernian – 2000
Canada	Nick Dasovic – St Johnstone – 1998–2002
Canada	Paul Fenwick – Hibernian – 2000–03
Canada	Rhian Dodds – Kilmarnock – 2003–08
Canada	Richard Hastings – Inverness CT, Hamilton Academical – 2004–10
Central African Republic	Ange Oueifio – Motherwell – 2000–01
Central African Republic	Willi Oueifio – Heart of Midlothian – 2002–03
Chile	Mauricio Pinilla – Heart of Midlothian – 2006–08
Chile	Sebastián Rozental – Rangers 1998–2001
China	Du Wei – Celtic – 2005–06
China	Fan Zhiyi – Dundee – 2001–02
China	Zheng Zhi – Celtic – 2009–10
Colombia	David González Giraldo – Aberdeen 2011–12
Congo	David Louhoungou – Hamilton Academical – 2009
DR Congo	Michel Ngonge – Kilmarnock – 2001–02
DR Congo	Calvin Zola – Aberdeen – 2013–2014
DR Congo	Yves Ma-Kalambay – Hibernian – 2007-10
Côte d'Ivoire	Aimé Koudou – Kilmarnock – 2006–08
Côte d'Ivoire	Eugène Dadi – Aberdeen, Livingston – 2001–03
Côte d'Ivoire	Olivier Tébily – Celtic – 1999–2002
Côte d'Ivoire	Samassi Abou – Kilmarnock – 1999–2000
Côte d'Ivoire	Souleymane Bamba – Dunfermline Athletic, Hibernian – 2006–07, 2008–11
Croatia	Dado Pršo – Rangers – 2004–07
Croatia	Nikica Jelavic – Rangers – 2010-12
Cyprus	Angelis Charalambous – Motherwell – 2010-11
Czech Republic	Filip Twardzik – Celtic – 2012–13
Czech Republic	Jakub Divis – Hibernian – 2011
Czech Republic	Jiří Jarošík – Celtic – 2006–08
Czech Republic	Libor Sionko – Rangers – 2006–07
Czech Republic	Lubomír Blaha – Aberdeen – 2004–05
Czech Republic	Luděk Stracený – Heart of Midlothian – 2005–06
Czech Republic	Michal Pospíšil – Heart of Midlothian – 2005–08
Czech Republic	Milan Mišůn – Celtic – 2010–12
Czech Republic	Roman Bednář – Heart of Midlothian – 2005–07
Czech Republic	Rudolf Skácel – Heart of Midlothian – 2005–06, 2010–2012, 2012–13
Czech Republic	Tomáš Černý – Hamilton Academical – 2008–11
Czech Republic	Zdeněk Kroča – Kilmarnock – 2011–12
Denmark	Brian Laudrup – Rangers – 1994–98
Denmark	Jesper Christiansen (April 24, 1978) – Rangers – 2000–01
Denmark	Jesper Christiansen (June 18, 1980) – Dunfermline Athletic – 2004–05
Denmark	Kasper Schmeichel – Falkirk – 2006–07
Denmark	Marc Rieper – Celtic – 1998–99
Denmark	Mike Tullberg – Heart of Midlothian – 2008–09
Denmark	Morten Petersen – Livingston – 2001–02
Denmark	Morten Rasmussen – Celtic – 2010–2012
Denmark	Morten Wieghorst – Dundee , Celtic – 1998–2002
Denmark	Nocko Jokovic – Livingston – 2001–02
Denmark	Peter Kjær – Aberdeen – 2001–03
Denmark	Peter Løvenkrands – Rangers – 2000–06
Denmark	Thomas Gravesen – Celtic – 2006–08
Denmark	Tommy Løvenkrands – St Johnstone – 2000–02
Denmark	Ulrik Laursen – Hibernian, Celtic – 2000–05
Ecuador	Eduardo Hurtado – Hibernian – 2001–02
Ecuador	Ulises de la Cruz – Hibernian – 2001–02
Estonia	Henrik Ojamaa – Motherwell – 2012–2013
Estonia	Sander Puri – St Mirren – 2013
Faroe Islands	Jákup Mikkelsen – Partick Thistle – 2003–04
Faroe Islands	Gunnar Nielsen – Motherwell – 2013-15
Finland	Alexei Eremenko – Kilmarnock – 2010-2011
Finland	Anssi Jaakkola – Kilmarnock – 2011–2013
Finland	Antti Niemi – Rangers, Heart of Midlothian – 1998–2002
Finland	Jani Kauppila – Rangers – 2000–01
Finland	Jarkko Wiss – Hibernian – 2002–04
Finland	Jonatan Johansson – Rangers, Hibernian, St. Johnstone – 1998–2000, 2008–2010
Finland	Juho Mäkelä – Heart of Midlothian – 2007–09
Finland	Kai Nyyssönen – Motherwell – 1998–99
Finland	Lauri Dalla Valle – Dundee Utd – 2011-12
Finland	Lauri Dalla Valle – Dundee Utd – 2011–12
Finland	Markus Heikkinen – Aberdeen – 2003–05
Finland	Markus Paatelainen – Inverness CT – 2006–08
Finland	Mikko Kavén – Motherwell – 1998–99
Finland	Mixu Paatelainen – Hibernian – 1999–2003
Finland	Peter Enckelman – St Johnstone, Heart of Midlothian – 2010–13
Finland	Sebastian Sorsa – Hamilton Academical – 2008–09
Finland	Simo Valakari – Motherwell – 1998–2000
Finland	Tero Penttilä – Rangers – 1999–2002
Finland	Teuvo Moilanen – Heart of Midlothian – 2002–04
Finland	Tommi Grönlund – Heart of Midlothian – 2001–02
France	Alex Di Rocco – Aberdeen – 2000–01
France	Anthony Basso – Heart of Midlothian – 2007–09
France	Antoine Préget – Dundee United – 1999–2000
France	Aurélien Collin – Gretna – 2007–08
France	Benjamin Laurant – Kilmarnock – 2011
France	Bernard Pascual – Dundee United – 1998–2000
France	Bertrand Bossu – Aberdeen – 2008–09
France	Cédric Uras – Falkirk – 2006–07
France	Christian Nadé – Heart of Midlothian – 2007–10
France	Christophe Cocard – Kilmarnock – 1999–2002
France	Christopher Dilo – St Mirren – 2013–2014
France	Claude Gnakpa – Inverness CT – 2012
France	Damien Rascle – Kilmarnock – 2008–09
France	David Ferrère – Motherwell – 2002
France	David Grondin – Dunfermline Athletic – 2002–04
France	David Zitelli – Hibernian – 2000–02
France	Didier Agathe – Hibernian, Celtic – 2000–01, 2000–06
France	Didier Santini – Livingston – 2001–02
France	Emmanuel Dorado – Livingston – 2002–06
France	Eric Deloumeaux – Motherwell, Aberdeen, Livingston – 2001–05
France	Éric Garcin – Dundee – 1998–99
France	Eric Joly – Kilmarnock – 2004–05
France	Eric Skora – Kilmarnock – 2003–04, 2007–08
France	Fabien Leclercq – Heart of Midlothian – 1999–2000
France	Fabrice Fernandes – Rangers – 2000–01
France	Fabrice Henry – Hibernian – 1999–2000
France	Franck Bernhard – Motherwell – 2001–02
France	Franck Sauzée – Hibernian – 1999–2002
France	François Dubourdeau – Motherwell, Kilmarnock – 2001–04
France	Frédéric Arpinon – Hibernian – 2001–03
France	Frédéric Daquin – Hibernian, Dunfermline Athletic – 2001–03, 2005–07
France	Frédéric Dindeleux – Kilmarnock – 1999–2005
France	Gilles Rousset – Heart of Midlothian – 1998–2001
France	Grégory Tadé – Inverness CT – 2011–2013
France	Grégory Vignal – Rangers – 2004–05
France	Guillaume Beuzelin – Hibernian, Hamilton Academical – 2004–08, 2009
France	Hakim Sar-Temsoury – Hibernian – 2000–01
France	Hermann Mboa Mekongo – Motherwell – 2011–2012
France	Hervé Bacqué – Motherwell – 1998–99
France	Jean-Alain Boumsong – Rangers – 2004–05
France	Jean-Claude Darcheville – Rangers – 2007–09
France	Jean-Louis Valois – Heart of Midlothian – 2002–04
France	Jean-Pierre Delaunay – Dundee United – 1999–2000
France	Jean-Yves Anis – Partick Thistle – 2003–04
France	Jérémy Clément – Rangers – 2006–07
France	Jérôme Bonnissel – Rangers – 2002–03
France	Jérôme Rothen – Rangers – 2009–10
France	Jérôme Vareille – Kilmarnock – 1998–2002
France	Joël Thomas – Hamilton Academical – 2008–09
France	John Licina – Dundee United – 2000–01
France	José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan – Rangers – 2005–06
France	Julien Brellier – Heart of Midlothian – 2005–07
France	Julien Rodriguez – Rangers – 2005–07
France	Kenny Gillet – Inverness CT – 2010–2012
France	Lilian Martin – Hibernian – 2002–03
France	Lionel Charbonnier – Rangers – 1998–2000
France	Lionel Djebi-Zadi – Inverness CT – 2008–10
France	Lionel Letizi – Rangers – 2006–07
France	Ludovic Roy – St Mirren, St Johnstone, Livingston – 2000–02, 2005–06
France	Mahamadou Sissoko – Kilmarnock – 2010–2013
France	Marc Libbra – Hibernian, Livingston – 2000–01, 2004–05
France	Marc-Antoine Fortuné – Celtic – 2009–10
France	Mathias Kouo-Doumbé – Hibernian – 2001–04
France	Mickaël Antoine-Curier – Hibernian Hamilton Academical – 2007–08, 2009–10
France	Mickaël Buscher – Gretna – 2007–08
France	Mickaël Pizzo – Kilmarnock – 2001–02
France	Mohamed Berthé – Heart of Midlothian – 1998–99
France	Moussa Dagnogo – St Mirren – 2000–01
France	Nicolas Fabiano – Aberdeen – 2002–03
France	Olivier Bernard – Rangers – 2005–06
France	Olivier Kapo – Celtic – 2010-11
France	Pascal Nouma – Livingston – 2004–05
France	Patrick Noubissie – Hibernian – 2007–08
France	Philippe Brinquin – Livingston – 2001–03
France	Roger Boli – Dundee United – 1998–99
France	Samuel Boutal – Kilmarnock – 2002–03
France	Stéphane Adam – Heart of Midlothian – 1997–2002
France	Stéphane Bonnes – Partick Thistle – 2003–04
France	Stéphane Guivarc'h – Rangers – 1998–99
France	Stéphane Léoni – Dundee United – 2000–01
France	Stéphane Mahé – Celtic, Heart of Midlothian – 1998–2003
France	Stéphane Pounewatchy – Dundee – 1998–99
France	Stephen Ettien – Hamilton Academical – 2008–09
France	Steve Pinau – Hibernian – 2008–09
France	Steven Thicot – Hibernian – 2008–2011
France	Vincent Guérin – Heart of Midlothian – 1998–99
France	Yann Soloy – Motherwell – 2001–02
France	Yannick Zambernardi – Hibernian, Dunfermline Athletic – 2002–04, 2005–06
France	Yassin Moutaouakil – Motherwell – 2009–2010
France	Youl Mawéné – Aberdeen – 2011–2012
Gabon	Willy Aubameyang – Kilmarnock – 2011-12
Gabon	Daniel Cousin – Rangers – 2007–09
Gambia	Pa Saikou Kujabi – Hibernian – 2012–2013
Georgia	Shota Arveladze – Rangers – 2001–05
Georgia	Temuri Ketsbaia – Dundee – 2001–02
Georgia	Zurab Khizanishvili – Dundee, Rangers – 2000–05
Georgia	Georgi Nemsadze – Dundee – 2000–04
Germany	Andis Shala – Dundee United – 2008-2011
Germany	Andreas Hinkel – Celtic – 2008–2011
Germany	Andreas Mayer – Aberdeen – 1998–2001
Germany	Andreas Thom – Celtic – 1995–1998
Germany	Christian Nerlinger – Rangers – 2001–04
Germany	Daniel Sengewald – Motherwell – 2002-03
Germany	Denis Prychynenko – Heart of Midlothian – 2012–13
Germany	Dirk Lehmann – Hibernian; Motherwell – 1999–2001; 2002–03
Germany	Jens Paeslack – St Mirren – 2000–01
Germany	Jörg Albertz – Rangers – 1998–2001
Germany	Mathias Jack – Hibernian – 1999–2003
Germany	Sebastian Kneißl – Dundee – 2003–04
Germany	Stefan Klos – Rangers – 1998–2006
Germany	Steffen Wohlfarth – Ross County – 2013
Germany	Torben Joneleit – Hibernian – 2007–08
Ghana	Derek Asamoah – Hamilton Academical – 2009
Ghana	Francis Dickoh – Hibernian – 2010–2011
Ghana	Junior Agogo – Hibernian – 2011–2012
Ghana	Laryea Kingston – Heart of Midlothian – 2006–2010
Ghana	Prince Buaben – Dundee United, Partick Thistle, Heart of Midlothian – 2007–2011, 2013–2014 go to Premiership table (2014-18)
Greece	Evangelos Ikonomou – Ross County – 2013–2014
Greece	Georgios Samaras – Celtic – 2007–2014
Greece	Hristos Karipidis – Heart of Midlothian – 2006–09
Greece	Sotirios Kyrgiakos – Rangers – 2004–06
Greece	Takis Fyssas – Heart of Midlothian – 2005–07
Greece	Tassos Venetis – Dundee United – 1999–2003
Guinea	Bobo Baldé – Celtic – 2001–09
Guinea	Mohammed Camara – Celtic, St Mirren – 2005–06, 2009–2010
Guinea	Mohammed Sylla – St Johnstone, Celtic, Kilmarnock – 2000–05, 2006–07
Guinea-Bissau	Amido Baldé – Celtic – 2013–2014
Guinea-Bissau	Esmaël Gonçalves – St Mirren – 2013
Haiti	Abel Thermeus – Motherwell – 2006
Haiti	Jean-Francois Lescinel – Falkirk – 2005–07
Honduras	Emilio Izaguirre – Celtic – 2010–13
Honduras	Francisco Ramírez – Dundee United – 2000–01
Honduras	Jorge Claros – Hibernian – 2012–13
Hungary	Attila Kriston – Livingston – 2004–05
Hungary	Dénes Rósa – Hibernian – 2009
Hungary	Ferenc Horváth – Livingston – 2004–05
Hungary	Gábor Vincze – Livingston – 2005–06
Hungary	János Balogh – Heart of Midlothian – 2008–2011
Hungary	János Mátyus – Hibernian – 2002–03
Hungary	Krisztián Vadócz – Motherwell – 2007
Hungary	Thomas Sowunmi – Hibernian – 2006–07
Iceland	Arnar Gunnlaugsson – Dundee United – 2003–04
Iceland	Baldur Bett – Aberdeen – 1998–2000
Iceland	Calum Bett – Aberdeen – 2000–02
Iceland	Eggert Jónsson – Heart of Midlothian – 2006–12
Iceland	Garðar Gunnlaugsson – Dunfermline Athletic – 2006
Iceland	Hjálmar Þórarinsson – Heart of Midlothian – 2004–06
Iceland	Johannes Edvaldsson – Celtic – 1975–1980
Iceland	Kári Árnason – Aberdeen 2011–2012
Iceland	Kjartan Finnbogason – Falkirk – 2009–10
Iceland	Ólafur Gottskálksson – Hibernian – 1998–2000
Iceland	Siggi Jónsson – Dundee United – 1998–2000
Iceland	Teddy Bjarnason – Celtic – 2006–07
Iceland	Þórarinn Kristjánsson – Aberdeen – 2004–05
Iceland	Victor Palsson – Hibernian – 2011-12

Scottish Premier League Foreign Players Israel to Venezuela

Number of Foreign Players in Clubs and from Each Nation