List of foreign Colombian league footballers

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This is a list of foreign players in the Categoría Primera A and the Categoría Primera B. The following players:

have not been capped for the Colombia national team on any level, independently from the birthplace.
have been born in Colombia and were capped by a foreign national team. This includes players who have dual citizenship with Colombia.

In bold: players that currently plays in 2016 season of the Categoría Primera A or the Categoría Primera B, and his current club.
In italics: teams that were in the Categoría Primera B in that year.

Argentina

Name	Teams	Years
Lucas Abraham	Cúcuta Deportivo	2003
Miguel Alba	Alianza Petrolera	2013
Carlos Aldabe	Millonarios Santa Fe	1949 1952
Roque Alfaro	América	1981–1983
Oscar Altamirano	Deportivo Pasto	2009
José Amarilla	Cúcuta Deportivo	2008
Norberto Anido	Atlético Nacional	1966
Germán Antón	Santa Fe	1948
Germán Arangio	América	2007
Horacio Marcelo Arce	Atlético Bucaramanga	1996
Raúl Aredes	Deportivo Cali	1992–1993
Franco Armani	Atlético Nacional	2013–
Leandro Armani	Santa Fe	2006–2007
Jorge Artigas	Deportes Tolima América	2003–2004 2011
Rodrigo Astudillo	Millonarios América	2008 2008
Nicolás Ayr	Deportes Tolima Atlético Huila	2007–2008 2009–2011
Juan Manuel Azconzábal	Independiente Medellín	2006
Jorge Balbis	Santa Fe América	1988–1989 1990–1992
Agustín Balbuena	Atlético Bucaramanga	1976–1977
Humberto Ballesteros	Millonarios	1975–1976
Federico Barrionuevo	Cúcuta Deportivo	2010–2011
Pablo Batalla	Deportivo Cali	2008
Edgardo Bauza	Junior	1983–1985
Ariel Beltramo	Deportes Tolima	1998
Ramón Benítez	Junior	1989–1992
Raúl Bernao	Deportivo Cali	1971–1973
Oscar Bernau	Santa Fe	1948
Héctor Berón	Atlético Nacional	1968
Carlos Biasutto	Millonarios	1977–1978
Sebastián Blázquez	Deportivo Cali	2009
Ramón Bóveda	Atlético Nacional	1976–1977
José Luis Brown	Atlético Nacional	1983–1984
Osvaldo Cabral	Águilas Doradas	2013–
Oscar Calics	Atlético Nacional	1971–1973
Amadeo Carrizo	Millonarios	1969
Omar Oreste Corbatta	Independiente Medellín	1965–1968
Julio Cozzi	Millonarios	1949–1954
Lorenzo Delli	Santa Fe	1948
Néstor Fabbri	América	1992–1993
Julio César Falcioni	América	1981–1989
Jorge Hugo Fernández	Atlético Nacional	1970–1973
Juan Gilberto Funes	Millonarios	1984–1986
Ricardo Gareca	América	1985–1988
Sergio Goycochea	Millonarios	1988–1990
Juan Lallana	Atlético Nacional	1970–1971
Oscar Más	América	1977–1978
Hugo Morales	Atlético Nacional	2004–2006
Ramón Moyano	Atlético Nacional	1954
Adolfo Pedernera	Millonarios	1949–1953
René Pontoni	Santa Fe	1949–1952
Ricardo Ramaciotti	Atlético Nacional	1966
Néstor Rossi	Millonarios	1949–1954
Oscar Rossi	Atlético Nacional	1965
Lucas Scaglia^[1]	Once Caldas Deportivo Cali	2012–2013 2013–2014
Lisandro Silva	Atlético Huila	2012
Juan Urriolabeitia	Atlético Nacional	1964

Armenia

Name	Teams	Years
Mauro Guevgeozián	Atlético Bucaramanga	2016–

Bolivia

Name	Teams	Years
Diego Cabrera	Cúcuta Deportivo Independiente Medellín Cúcuta Deportivo Deportivo Pasto Deportes Tolima Santa Fe Itagüí	2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2012 2013
Marco Etcheverry	América	1995
Leonardo Fernández^[2]	Atlético Nacional	2005
Juan Manuel Peña	Santa Fe	1993–1996
Carlos Trucco^[2]	Deportivo Cali	1990–1991
Víctor Ugarte	Once Caldas	1959–1961

Brazil

Name	Teams	Years
Anselmo de Almeida	Deportivo Pereira Independiente Medellín Junior Deportivo Pereira	2008–2009 2009–2010 2011–2012 2013
Alfredo Pereira	Santa Fe	1961
Arílson	Santa Fe	2004
Ary Goncalvez	Santa Fe	1966
Aylton Peixoto	Santa Fe
Bahiano	Santa Fe
Casimiro Marin	Santa Fe	1963
Claudionor Cardozo	Santa Fe	1965–1968
Eduardo Ghilio	Santa Fe	1979
Flodoaldo Soarez	Santa Fe	1965
Garrincha	Junior	1968
Gelson Viera	Santa Fe	1966
Guilherme Barbosa	Deportivo Pereira	2007
Heleno de Freitas	Junior	1949–1950
Jair Gómez dos Santos	Santa Fe
Joao Carlos de Araujo	Santa Fe	1965
Jose Marin	Santa Fe	1963–1965
Luis Carlos Franca	Santa Fe	1966
Luiz Borracha	Atlético Nacional	1953–1954
Marcelo Ramos	Atlético Nacional	2005–2007
Milton Netto	Santa Fe	1965
Nadyr Pretes	Santa Fe	1966
Newton López	Santa Fe	1966
Odymar Dos Santos	Santa Fe
Paulo Pisanechi	Santa Fe	1963
Pipico	Santa Fe
Roberto Mainente	Santa Fe	1963
Ronaille Calheira	Deportes Quindío América Atlético Huila	2008 2011 2011
Sapuca	Santa Fe
Valdomiro	Millonarios	1980–1981
Víctor Ephanor	Junior Junior Independiente Medellín Unión Magdalena	1972 1974–1975 1976 1984
Waldinho Ferreyra	Santa Fe	1966
Waltinho	Santa Fe Santa Fe	1966–1969 1971–1973
Wilson Pimentel	Santa Fe	1963

Cameroon

Name	Teams	Years
Thierry Fondjeu	Expreso Rojo Alianza Petrolera	2008 2009
Jules Ntamak	Boyacá Chicó Alianza Petrolera	2008 2009
Ernest Tchoupe-Mba	Girardot F.C. Expreso Rojo Alianza Petrolera Expreso Rojo	2008 2008 2009 2010

Canada

Name	Teams	Years
Sérgio Clyde Rodríguez^[3]	Expreso Rojo	2012
David Monsalve^[3]	América	2015

Chile

Name	Teams	Years
Jorge Aravena	Deportivo Cali	1986–1988
Francisco Arrué^[4]	Atlético Nacional	2008–2009

Costa Rica

Name	Teams	Years
Carlos Alvarado Villalobos	América	1947–1948, 1950

Ecuador

Name	Teams	Years
Nicolás Asencio	Millonarios	2001
Jimmy Blandón	Millonarios	1998
Iván Hurtado	Atlético Nacional Millonarios	2007 2008–2009

El Salvador

Name	Teams	Years
Junior Burgos	Jaguares de Córdoba	2015

England

Name	Teams	Years
Neil Franklin	Santa Fe	1950
Charlie Mitten	Santa Fe	1950–1951
George Mountford	Santa Fe	1950–1951
George Saunders	América Fortaleza Unión Magdalena Patriotas Envigado	2013 2013–2014 2014 2015 2015–

Equatorial Guinea

Name	Teams	Years
Jimmy Bermúdez	Alianza Petrolera Atlético Bucaramanga Atlético Nacional Envigado Atlético Huila	2006 2006 2007–2009 2010 2011
Anselmo Eyegue	La Equidad	2011

Gabon

Name	Teams	Years
Pierre Aubameyang	Junior	1996

Guatemala

Name	Teams	Years
Alejandro Galindo	Atlético Juventud Santa Fe	2009–2010 2011–2012
Ricardo Jerez, Jr.	Alianza Petrolera	2012–

Honduras

Name	Teams	Years
Junior Sandoval	Jaguares de Córdoba	2015

Hungary

Name	Teams	Years
Gyula Zsengellér	Deportivo Samarios	1951–1953

Italy

Name	Teams	Years
Luigi Di Franco^[3]	Deportivo Pereira	1949–1950

Japan

Name	Teams	Years
Kaor Dokú^[3]	Santa Fe	1948

Mexico

Name	Teams	Years
Jesús Soto	Alianza Petrolera	2008
Sergio Blancas	Expreso Rojo	2013
Mario García	Boyacá Chicó Boyacá Chicó Deportes Quindío	2006–2012 2013 2014–
Erik Reyna	Valledupar F.C.	2013

Netherlands

Name	Teams	Years
André Krul	Boyacá Chico Deportivo Pasto	2012–2013 2014

Nicaragua

Name	Teams	Years
Luis Copete	La Equidad	2009

Nigeria

Name	Teams	Years
Usman Amodu	Llaneros F.C.	2013
Robert Egbeta	Llaneros F.C.	2013

Palestine

Name	Teams	Years
Pablo Abdala	Millonarios	1994–1996

Panama

Name	Teams	Years
Renán Addles	Atlético Huila	2008
Edwin Aguilar	América Real Cartagena	2010 2011
Felipe Baloy	Envigado Independiente Medellín	2001–2002 2003
Nelson Barahona	Atlético Huila Independiente Medellín Itagüí Alianza Petrolera	2009 2010–2012 2012 2013 2014–
Anthony Basile	Centauros Villavicencio	2005
Alejandro Vélez	Cortuluá Atlético Huila	2010 2012

Paraguay

Name	Teams	Years
Arnaldo Alonso	Deportivo Pasto	2007–2009
Saturnino Arrúa	América	1981–1982
Víctor Hugo Ávalos	Independiente Medellín	1993
Walter Avalos	Deportes Tolima	1997
Carlos Báez	Cúcuta Deportivo	2010
Nery Bareiro	Deportivo Cali	2013
Jorge Battaglia	Independiente Medellín	1998
Juan Manuel Battaglia	América Deportivo Pereira	1979–1989 1989
Guillermo Beltrán	Once Caldas	2011–2012
Ever Benítez	Atlético Bucaramanga Alianza Petrolera	2007 2007–2009
Gustavo Benítez	Atlético Nacional	1985–1987
Silvio Benítez	América	1967–1968
Aldo Bobadilla	Independiente Medellín	2007–2010
Roberto Cabañas	América Independiente Medellín Real Cartagena	1984–1987 1996 2000
Fabio Escobar	Atlético Huila	2013
Digno González	Atlético Huila Real Cartagena	2012 2012
Gerardo González Aquino	América	1979–1985
Rogerio Leichtweis^[4]	Deportes Tolima	2013
Roberto Paredes	Atlético Nacional	1985
Arnaldo Pereira	Alianza Petrolera	2013–2014
Anthony Silva^[1]	Deportes Tolima	2010–2014
Luciano Vera	Atlético Nacional	2005–2006
Carlos Villagra	Deportivo Pasto Millonarios Atlético Nacional Deportes Quindío Atlético Huila Deportivo Pereira Deportivo Pasto	2006 2007 2008 2010 2010 2011 2011

Peru

Name	Teams	Years
Ronald Baroni	Deportivo Cali	1999–2002
Juan José Barros^[3]	Deportivo Cali	1997
Félix Castillo	América	1950–1951
César Cueto	Atlético Nacional	1978–1983
Guillermo La Rosa	Atlético Nacional	1979–1983
Miguel Loayza	Deportivo Cali	1969–1970
Valeriano López	Deportivo Cali Deportivo Cali	1949–1950 1961
Juan Carlos Mariño	Atlético Nacional Deportivo Cali	2009 2009
Roberto Merino^[5]	Deportes Tolima	2013
Franco Navarro	Independiente Medellín	1984–1986
Percy Olivares	Deportivo Cali	1991–1992
Roberto Palacios	Deportivo Cali	2004–2005
Hugo Sotil	Independiente Medellín	1979–1980
Julio César Uribe	Junior América América Independiente Medellín Envigado	1986 1987 1989 1992 1992

Poland

Name	Teams	Years
Alejandro Semenewicz	Atlético Nacional	1977–1978

Spain

Name	Teams	Years
Diego Cascón	América	2015
Diego Gregori	América, Envigado	2014, 2015–
Héctor Rial^[2]	Santa Fe	1948–1951
Jesús María Lires^[2]	Santa Fe	1948–1950
Jesús Suárez	América	2014
Jorge Brazalez	América	2014
Mario Martínez Rubio	Jaguares de Córdoba	2015

Switzerland

Name	Teams	Years
Johan Vonlanthen^[3]	Itagüí	2011–2012

Timor-Leste

Name	Teams	Years
Franco Triana^[3]	Academia F.C.	2010–2011
Rangel Hernández^[3]	Academia F.C.	2011

Trinidad and Tobago

Name	Teams	Years
Clyde Leon	Itagüí	2011

United States

Name	Teams	Years
Jorge Acosta^[3]	Deportivo Cali	1991–1995
Juan Agudelo^[3]	Millonarios	2010^[6]
Juan Sebastián Botero^[3]	Independiente Medellín Atlético Huila Once Caldas Cúcuta Deportivo Deportivo Rionegro Atlético Huila	2004–2007 2008–2009 2009 2012 2013 2013
Carlos Llamosa^[3]	Atlético Huila	1990–1991
Wálter Restrepo	Boyacá Chicó	2008

Uruguay

Name	Teams	Years
Manuel Abreu	Santa Fe	2007
Héctor Acuña	Deportes Tolima	2014–2015
Carlos Aguilera	Independiente Medellín	1985
Guillermo Almada	América	1996
Lucero Álvarez	Deportivo Pasto	2013–2014
Fernando Álvez	Santa Fe Independiente Medellín	1986–1987 1991–1992
Jorge Anchén	Deportivo Pasto	2011
Andrés Aparicio	Junior	2006
Claudio Arturi	Once Caldas Independiente Medellín	1997 1999
Pablo Aurrecochea	Atlético Bucaramanga	2008
Alcides Bandera	Centauros Villavicencio	2003
Adolfo Barán	Cúcuta Deportivo Santa Fe	1982 1991–1992
Luis Barbat	Independiente Medellín Deportes Tolima América Atlético Bucaramanga	1996–1997 1997–1999 2000–2002 2007
Martín Barlocco	Pumas de Casanare Deportes Quindio	2003 2004
Deivis Barone	Junior	2005
Adrián Berbia	América Junior Real Cartagena	2008 2009–2010 2011
Gustavo Biscayzacú	Deportivo Cali Deportes Quindío	2011–2012 2013
Diego Bonilla	Millonarios Atlético Bucaramanga	2007 2008
Leonardo Burián	Deportes Tolima	2014
Jorge da Silva	América Millonarios	1991–1994 1995
Shubert Gambetta	Cúcuta Deportivo	1949
Nelson Gutiérrez	Atlético Nacional	1985
Mario Leguizamón	Atlético Huila	2013
Eber Moas	América	1995
Sergio Santín	Atlético Nacional	1981–1983
Alexis Viera	América América Dépor	2009–2010 2013–2014 2015–

Venezuela

Name	Teams	Years
Rafael Dudamel	Atlético Huila Santa Fe Deportivo Cali Millonarios Cortuluá América	1994 1995–1997 1998–2001 2001–2002 2004 2007–2008
Wuiswell Isea	Atlético Huila	2013
Armando Maita	Atlético Huila	2013
Jorge Rojas	Atlético Nacional	2004–2006
José Manuel Rey	Atlético Nacional	2006
Oswaldo Vizcarrondo	Once Caldas	2010

Yugoslavia

Name	Teams	Years
Dragoslav Šekularac	Santa Fe Atlético Bucaramanga Millonarios América	1969–1971 1972 1973 1974

References

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1 2 3 4 Also had Argentine nationality.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Also had Colombian nationality.
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Categoría Primera A (Liga Águila)

2016 teams	Alianza Petrolera Atlético Bucaramanga Atlético Huila Atlético Nacional Boyacá Chicó Cortuluá Deportes Tolima Deportivo Cali Deportivo Pasto Envigado Fortaleza Independiente Medellín Jaguares Junior La Equidad Millonarios Once Caldas Patriotas Rionegro Águilas Santa Fe

Former teams	América de Cali Boca Juniors Centauros Villavicencio Cúcuta Deportivo Deportes Quindío Deportivo Barranquilla Deportivo Pereira Deportivo Unicosta Huracán Libertad Once Deportivo Oro Negro Real Cartagena Sporting Uniautónoma Unión Magdalena Universidad

Competition	El Dorado Foreign players Seasons & winners Teams Venues

Statistics and records	Records All-time table Topscorers

Seasons	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995–96 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Associated competitions	Categoría Primera B Copa Colombia Superliga Colombiana Copa Libertadores de América Copa Sudamericana

Early competitions	Campeonato Nacional Copa Centenario Batalla de Boyacá

Football in Colombia

Colombian Football Federation

National teams	Senior men's U-23 (Olympic) U-20 U-17 U-15 Senior women's W U-20 W U-17

Leagues	Primera A Primera B

Domestic Cups	Copa Colombia Superliga Colombiana

Defunct competitions	Campeonato Nacional Copa Centenario Batalla de Boyacá Primera C

DIMAYOR El Dorado List of clubs List of venues

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