List of foreign Ligue 1 players: I

This is a list of foreign players in the Ligue 1, which commenced play in 1932. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:

1. Have played at least one Ligue 1 game. Players who were signed by Ligue 1 clubs, but only played in lower league, cup and/or European games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
2. Are considered foreign, i.e., outside France and its dependencies (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion Island or French Polynesia), determined by the following:

A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for the national teams of France.

More specifically,

• If a player has been capped on international level, the national team is used; if he has been capped by more than one country, the highest level (or the most recent) team is used. These include French players with dual citizenship. Players who played for France but came as foreign players (such as Miguel Ángel Lauri) are also listed.
• If a player has not been capped on international level, his country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from French parents or moved to France at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.

Clubs listed are those that the player has played at least one Ligue 1 game for.

Seasons listed are those that the player has played at least one Ligue 1 game in. Note that seasons, not calendar years, are used. For example, "1992-95" indicates that the player has played in every season from 1992-93 to 1994-95, but not necessarily every calendar year from 1992 to 1995.

In bold: international players

Last updated February 14, 2013

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Iceland

• Thorolfur Beck – Rouen – 1966–67
• Arnór Guðjohnsen – Bordeaux – 1990–91
• Eiður Guðjohnsen – AS Monaco – 2009–10
• Albert Guðmundsson – FC Nancy, RC Paris, Nice – 1947–48, 1949–52, 1952–53
• Veigar Páll Gunnarsson – AS Nancy – 2008–09
• Karl Þórðarson – Laval – 1981–84
• Teitur Thordarson – Lens – 1981–83

Ireland

• John Byrne – Le Havre AC 1988-90
• Tony Cascarino – Marseille, AS Nancy – 1996–97, 1997 and 1998-00
• Tom Davis – FC Metz – 1935
• Michael Kelly – Marseille – 1948-49
• Noel King – Valenciennes FC – 1982–85
• Mick McCarthy – Lyon – 1989–90
• Jacko McDonagh – Nîmes Olympique – 1985–87
• Frank Stapleton – Le Havre AC – 1988–89
• Bernard Williams – Sochaux – 1932–39 and 1945–46

Israel

• Tal Banin – Cannes – 1993–94
• Ronnie Calderon – Paris FC – 1973–74
• Vicky Peretz – Strasbourg – 1980–82
• Giora Spiegel – Strasbourg, Lyon – 1973–76, 1976–78
• Mordechai Spiegler – Paris FC, Paris SG – 1972–73, 1973–74
• Shalom Tikvah – Lens – 1991–92

Italy

• Henri Alberto – Lyon, AS Monaco – 1954–56, 1956–61
• Gennaro Luigi Alfano – Toulon – 1983–93
• Cesare Benedetti – Marseille, Toulouse FC – 1948–49, 1949–51
• Armando Bianchi – Paris SG – 1978–80
• Angelo Bollano – Marseille – 1948–50
• Robert Cacchioni – Lyon – 1970–77
• Aridex Calligaris – Saint-Étienne, Lyon – 1945–49, 1951–52
• Angelo Contini – Lens – 1950–51
• Elpidio Coppa – Rennes – 1948–49
• Marco Di Costanzo – Nice, Rennes – 1994–95, 1997–98
• Antoine Curcuru – Marseille – 1935–36
• Edmondo Della Valle – Nice – 1932–34
• Marco Di Vaio – AS Monaco – 2006–07
• Felica Farina – Sedan – 1958–59
• Paolo Farina – Bastia – 1968–71
• Marcello Farrabi – Sedan – 1972–74
• Emilio Ferlatti – Béziers – 1957–58
• Ivan Franceschini – Marseille – 1996–97
• Dante Gentini – Nice – 1956–57
• Angelo Grizzetti – RC Paris – 1947–50
• Corrado Grossi – Marseille – 1948–49
• Fabio Grosso – Lyon – 2007–10
• Pietro Landi – RC Paris, Nice, Troyes – 1949–52, 1952–53, 1954–56
• Luigi Lavecchia – Le Mans – 2005–06
• Dante Lerda – Cannes – 1938–39 and 1945–49
• Alberto Malusci – Marseille – 1996–97
• Renato Marchiaro – Nice – 1948–49 (or Alès)
• Pietro Migliaccio – Marseille – 1946–47
• Alberto Molina – Montpellier – 1952–53
• Stelvio Molinari – Nice – 1949–50
• Aleardo Nani – Nice – 1953–58
• Roberto Onorati – Nice – 1996–97
• Joseph Dayo Oshadogan – AS Monaco – 2003–05
• Michele Padovano – Metz – 1999-00
• Christian Panucci – AS Monaco – 2001
• Alberto Poli – Angers, Paris SG, Rouen – 1965–68 and 1969–74, 1974–75, 1977–78
• Ovilio Pratesi – AS Monaco – 1953–56
• Fabrizio Ravanelli – Marseille – 1997–2000
• Francesco Rier – Nice – 1932–34
• Flavio Roma – AS Monaco – 2001–09
• Ernesto Sandroni – Rennes – 1951–52
• Nello Sbaiz – Saint-Étienne – 1959–67
• Alfredo Scapinello – Le Havre – 1961–62
• Antonio Scavarini – Marseille – 1948–52
• Roberto Serone – Nice – 1949–51
• Marco Simone – Paris SG, AS Monaco, Nice – 1997–99, 1999–2001, 2004
• Alfredo Spadavecchia – Saint-Étienne – 1952–53
• Ernesto Tomasi – Nice, Cannes – 1932–33, 1946–47
• Stefano Torrisi – Marseille – 2001–02
• Primo Vecchies – Stade Français – 1946–47 and 1948–49
• Giuseppe Verk – SC Nîmes – 1932–33
• Christian Vieri – AS Monaco – 2006
• Aldo Vollono – Antibes – 1933–34

References and notes

Books

• Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.
• Tamás Dénes, Pál Peterdi, Zoltán Rochy and József Selmeci (1999). Kalandozó magyar labdarúgók. ISBN 963-85967-0-8.

Club pages

• AJ Auxerre former players
• AJ Auxerre former players
• Girondins de Bordeaux former players
• Girondins de Bordeaux former players
• Les ex-Tangos (joueurs), Stade Lavallois former players
• Olympique Lyonnais former players
• Olympique de Marseille former players
• FC Metz former players
• AS Monaco FC former players
• Ils ont porté les couleurs de la Paillade... Montpellier HSC Former players
• AS Nancy former players
• FC Nantes former players
• Paris SG former players
• Red Star Former players
• Red Star former players
• Stade de Reims former players
• Stade Rennais former players
• CO Roubaix-Tourcoing former players
• AS Saint-Étienne former players
• Sporting Toulon Var former players

Others

• stat2foot
• footballenfrance
• French Clubs' Players in European Cups 1955-1995, RSSSF
• Finnish players abroad, RSSSF
• Italian players abroad, RSSSF
• Romanians who played in foreign championships
• Swiss players in France, RSSSF
• EURO 2008 CONNECTIONS: FRANCE, Stephen Byrne Bristol Rovers official site

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