List of foreign Scottish Premier League players

This is a list of foreign players in the Scottish Premier League, which commenced play in 1998. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:

  1. Have played at least one Scottish Premier League game. Players who were signed by Scottish Premier League 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 Great Britain and Ireland, determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for the national teams of Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland.[note 1]
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Algeria Algeria

Angola Angola

Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina Argentina

Australia Australia

Austria Austria

Belgium Belgium

Benin Benin

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil Brazil

Bulgaria Bulgaria

Cameroon Cameroon

Canada Canada

Central African Republic Central African Republic

Chile Chile

China PR China

Colombia Colombia

Congo Republic of the Congo

Congo DR Democratic Republic of the Congo

Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast

Croatia Croatia

Cyprus Cyprus

Czech Republic Czech Republic

Denmark Denmark

Ecuador Ecuador

Estonia Estonia

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

Finland Finland

France France

Gabon Gabon

The Gambia The Gambia

Georgia Georgia (country)

Germany Germany

Ghana Ghana

Greece Greece

Guinea Guinea

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau

Haiti Haiti

Honduras Honduras

Hungary Hungary

Iceland Iceland

Israel Israel

Italy Italy

Jamaica Jamaica

Japan Japan

Kenya Kenya

Latvia Latvia

Liberia Liberia

Lithuania Lithuania

Macedonia Republic of Macedonia

Mali Mali

Martinique Martinique

Mexico Mexico

Montenegro Montenegro

Montserrat Montserrat

Morocco Morocco

Namibia Namibia

Netherlands Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles

New Zealand New Zealand

Nigeria Nigeria

Norway Norway

Peru Peru

Poland Poland

Portugal Portugal

Romania Romania

Russia Russia

Saint Lucia Saint Lucia

Senegal Senegal

Serbia Serbia

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone

Slovakia Slovakia

Slovenia Slovenia

South Africa South Africa

South Korea South Korea

Spain Spain

Sweden Sweden

Switzerland Switzerland

Togo Togo

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia Tunisia

Turkey Turkey

Uganda Uganda

United States United States

Uruguay Uruguay

Venezuela Venezuela

Notes

  1. 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 British/Irish players with dual citizenship.
    • If a player has not been capped on international level, his country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from British/Irish parents or moved to Great Britain/Ireland at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.
    • Clubs listed are those which the player has played at least one Scottish Premier League game for.

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