VFL/AFL players with international backgrounds

Australian Football League players come from diverse backgrounds, with 15 per cent of all players either born overseas or have a parent born overseas.^[1] A total of 121 players from a multicultural background (at least one parent born overseas) are among the 817 AFL listed players in 2013. Richmond Football Club has the most multicultural players with 30% and Carlton Football Club has the least with almost 5%.^[2] Of those 121 multicultural players, more than half have one parent from Anglophone countries, mainly the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.^[3]

Albania

• Adem Yze^[4]

Barbados

• Josh Gibson (Bajan father)^[1][5]

Brazil

• Heritier Lumumba (Congolese father, Brazilian mother)^[6]

Canada

• Mike Pyke^[7]

Chile

• José Romero^[8][9]

China

Name	Origins	Career
Ernie Foo	Chinese parents[10]	1914
Lin Jong	Taiwanese mother; Timorese-Chinese father[5]	2012–
Les Kew Ming	Chinese father; Chinese/Scottish maternal grandparents[11]	1922-1923
Wally Koochew	Chinese father[12]	1908
Dannie Seow	Born in Singapore; Chinese father[13][14]	1986-1987; 1989-1990
George Tansing	Chinese father[14][15][16]	1908

Congo, Democratic Republic of

• Heritier Lumumba (See above Brazil)^[6]

Cook Islands

• Karmichael Hunt^[17]

Croatia

Alan Didak (Parents born in Croatia)[5] Ray Gabelich[18] Darren Gaspar[19] Ilija Grgic[20] Allen Jakovich[19] Glen Jakovich[21] Addam Maric (Croat father)[5] Ivan Maric (Parents born in Croatia)[5]

Mark Nicoski (Croat mother, Macedonian father)[5] Val Perovic[22] Steven Salopek (Parents born in Croatia)[5] Peter Sumich[19] Jacob Surjan[5] Jon Dorotich[19]

Cyprus

• Andrew Demetriou^[23]

Czech Republic

• Michael O'Loughlin (Czech grandfather)^[24]
• Paul Vinar^[25]

Denmark

• Tom Boyd (Danish mother)^[26]

East Timor

• Lin Jong (Taiwanese mother, Timorese-Chinese father)^[5]

Egypt

• Ahmed Saad (Egyptian parents)^[27]

Estonia

• Dane Rampe (Estonian father)^[28]

Fiji

• Alipate Carlile (Fijian mother)^[5][29]
• Aaron Hall (Fijian mother)^[5]
• Setanta Ó hAilpín (See below Ireland & Northern Ireland )^[5][30]
• Aisake Ó hAilpín (See below Ireland & Northern Ireland )^[30]
• Nic Naitanui^[17][29]
• Tom Nicholls (Fijian mother)^[5]
• David Rodan (Fijian-born Tongan mother, Tongan father)^[5][9][29]

Germany

Otto Buck[31] Herman Dohrmann[31] Jordan Doering[31] Harry Frei (Born in Germany) Carl Keller[31] Jack Riewoldt (German father)[5] Nick Riewoldt (German father)[5]

Alex Ruscuklic Paul Schmidt David Schwarz (German father)[32] Charlie Schunke[31] Dean Terlich[33] Heinz Tonn (Born in Germany)[31]

Greece

Luke Beveridge Ang Christou[31] Peter Daicos Andrew Demetriou (See above Cyprus) Josh Francou Gary Frangalas John Georgiades

John Georgiou Con Gorozidis Athas Hrysoulakis Patrick Karnezis[34] Paul Koulouriotis Spiro Kourkoumelis[31] Anthony Koutoufides (Greek father, Italian mother)[21] Angelo Lekkas Stephen Malaxos

Spiro Malakellis Tony Malakellis Alex Marcou[31] Daniel Metropolis Russell Morris Albert F. Pannam Alby Pannam Charlie H. Pannam[21] Charlie E. Pannam Matthew Panos (Greek father)[5] Chris Pavlou[31]

Phil Poursanidis[31] Lou Richards Ron Richards John Rombotis[5] Jimmy Toumpas[34] Jason Traianidis Zeno Tzatzaris Vasil Varlamos[31] David Zaharakis (Greek father)[5]

see: Greek Team of the Century^[35]

Hungary

• Patrick Veszpremi (Hungarian father)^[5][36]

India

• Daniel Kerr (Anglo-Indian father)^[37]
• Jordan McMahon^[38]
• Clancee Pearce (Indian mother)^[39][40]
• Fred Pringle (English parents)^[38][41]
• Alex Silvagni (Anglo-Indian mother)^[14][40]

Ireland

Name	Origins	Career
Colm Begley	Born in Ireland[42]	2006–2009
Dermott Brereton	Irish parents[21]	1982–1992;1994–1995
Ciarán Byrne	Born in Ireland	2014–
Conor McKenna	Born in Ireland	2014–
Paul Earley	Born in Ireland[42]	1984
Cian Hanley	Welsh mother, Irish father	2015–
Pearce Hanley	Irish, born in England, UK; Welsh mother, Irish father[5]	2008–
Tadhg Kennelly	Born in Ireland[42]	2001–2008;2010–2011
James Magner	Irish parents[5]	2012–13
Jock McHale	Irish parents	1903–1920
Niall McKeever (Born in Ireland)[5]	Born in Ireland[42]	2010–2013
Dermot McNicholl	Born in Ireland[42]	1990
Caolan Mooney	Born in Ireland[5]	2012–2014
Brett O'Hanlon	[43]	2012–
Jamie O'Reilly	Born in Ireland[5]	2010–2011
Setanta Ó hAilpín	Irish father, Fijian mother[5]	2005–2013
Michael Quinn	Born in Ireland	2009–2010
Ciaran Sheehan	Born in Ireland	2014–
Brian Stynes	Born in Ireland[42]	1992
Jim Stynes	Born in Ireland[21]	1987–1998
Zach Tuohy	Born in Ireland[5]	2011–
Tommy Walsh	Born in Ireland[5]	2012–2014
Sean Wight	Born in Scotland, UK, Irish parents[42]	1984–1995

Israel

• Mordy Bromberg^[9]
• Ezra Poyas
• Ian Synman

Italy

Harry Alessio (Paternal grandfather)[44] Steven Alessio (father and mother Italian-born)[45] Mark Arceri (Paternal grandparents)[45] Ron Auchettl[31] Ron Barassi, Sr. (Paternal grandfather)[45] Edo Benetti (Father and mother)[45] John Benetti (Father)[45] Peter Bevilaqua (born in Italy)[31][45] Bert Boromeo (Italian father)[31][45] Mario Bortolotto (Father and mother)[31][45] Scott Camporeale (Paternal grandparents)[45] Matthew Capuano Blake Caracella Andrew Carrazzo (Paternal and maternal grandparents)[45] Domenic Cassisi (Paternal and maternal grandparents)[45]

Vin Catoggio (Father and mother)[31][45] Michael Collica (Father and maternal grandparents)[45] Reece Conca (Italian father)[5] Stephen Coniglio (English mother; Italian father)[34] Adam Contessa (father)[45] Gavin Crosisca Frank Curcio[45] Nick Dal Santo (Paternal grandparents)[45][46] Steven Da Rui (Father and mother)[31][45] Ron De Iulio (Father and mother)[31][45] Danny Del-Re (Father and mother)[45] Brett Deledio[43] Cory Dell'Olio Andrew Dimattina (Paternal and maternal grandparents)[45] Frank Dimattina (Father and mother)[45]

Paul Dimattina (Paternal and maternal grandparents)[45] Robert DiPierdomenico[21] Alec Epis[45] Alex Fasolo Brendan Fevola (Italian father)[45] Michael Firrito[5] Silvio Foschini (Father and mother)[45] Anthony Franchina (Paternal and maternal grandparents)[45] Cyril Gambetta Daniel Giansiracusa (Paternal grandparents)[45] Len Incigneri[45] Anthony Koutoufides (See above Greece ) Andrew Leoncelli (Paternal grandparents)[45] Tony Liberatore[45] Paul Licuria (Italian father, Spanish mother) Frank Marchesani[31] Al Martello[45]

Ray Martini[31] Peter Matera[21] Phillip Matera[45] Wally Matera[45] Mark Mercuri[45] Mark Merenda (Father and maternal grandfather Italian-born)[47] Joe Misiti[45] Leigh Montagna (Paternal grandmother)[45] Anthony Morabito (Italian mother)[5][40] Romano Negri[47] Peter Pianto[45] Dean Polo Tony Polinelli Paul Puopolo (Italian parents)[5] Simon Prestigiacomo (Italian father)[47] Adam Ramanauskas[45] Peter Riccardi[45] Mark Ricciuto[45]

Frank Rigaldi[31] Matt Riggio Guy Rigoni Michael Rischitelli Anthony Rocca (Father born in Italy)[21] Saverio Rocca (Father born in Italy)[21] Matt Rosa (Paternal grandparents Italian-born)[47] Peter Russo Laurie Serafini Renato Serafini[31] Alex Silvagni (Anglo-Indian mother, Italian father)[14] Sergio Silvagni (Father and mother Italian-born)[45] Stephen Silvagni (Mother and paternal grandparents Italian-born)[21] Ian stewart Shane Valenti Bill Valli (Italian parents)[47] Herc Vollugi[47]

Kenya

• Aliir Aliir (See Sudan below)

Latvia

• Peter Agrums
• Mark Blicavs
• Arnold Briedis
• Andrejs Everitt (Latvian mother)
• Peter Everitt (Latvian mother)

Lebanon

• Bachar Houli^[48]
• Mil Hanna^[9][42]
• Robin Nahas^[43]
• Adam Saad^[49][50]
• Christian Salem

Lithuania

• Algy Vosilaitis (Born in Lithuania)^[51]
• Adam Ramanauskas^[51]

Macedonia

• Peter Daicos^[21]
• John Gastev
• Mark Nicoski (Mother born in Croatia; father born in Macedonia)^[5]
• Nick Malceski (Macedonian father)^[36]
• Alex Marcou

Malaysia

• Robert Ahmat (Malay and Torres Strait Islander ancestry)^[52]
• Paul Medhurst (English father, Malaysian mother)^[53]

Malta

• Tony Buhagiar
• Jaryd Cachia

Myanmar

• Andrew Embley (Anglo-Burmese father)^[54]
• Trent Dennis-Lane (Anglo-Burmese father)^[55]

Netherlands

Robbert Klomp[56] Paul van der Haar David Hale (Dutch mother)[1] Daniel Pearce (Dutch mother, New Zealand father)[1] Ben Rutten (New Zealand mother, Dutch father)[5] Billie Smedts (English mother, Dutch father)[5] Andrew Swallow (Dutch mother, English father)[5] David Swallow (Dutch mother, English father)[5] Richard Vandenberg

Jay van Berlo Nathan van Berlo Nick Vlastuin[57]

New Zealand

Simon Black[5] Paul Bower (Maori mother)[14] Greg Broughton (Maori father)[58] Adam Campbell[59] Trent Croad[42] Danny Dickfos (Maori)[14] Donald Dickie (Maori)[14]

Aaron Edwards (New Zealand father, Samoan mother)[60] Max Gawn[5] Heath Grundy[5] Karmichael Hunt[17] Jarrad Jansen (Born in New Zealand; parents born in New Zealand) Dustin Martin (Maori father)[14] Beau Maister[61] Daniel McAlister (Maori)[14]

Sam Mitchell[1] Brett Peake (Maori)[14] Brian Peake (Maori)[14] Daniel Pearce (Dutch mother, New Zealand father)[5] Jasper Pittard[5] Jordan Russell[5]

Ben Rutten (New Zealand mother, Dutch father)[5] Shane Savage (Born in New Zealand; Maori father, European mother)[62] Wayne Schwass (Maori)[21] Nathan Van Berlo[63] Jay van Berlo[63] Brent Renouf[64] Marley Williams (Maori father)[5]

Nigeria

• Joel Wilkinson (Nigerian father)

Papua New Guinea

• Mal Michael^[42]
• James Gwilt (Welsh father, Papua New Guinean mother)

Philippines

• Mathew Stokes (Aboriginal, Filipino-Spanish descent)^[14][65]
• Alex Greenwood (Filipino mother)^[1][5]
• Alex Woodward (Filipino mother)^[5]

Poland

• Jason Blake (Polish mother, English father)^[5]
• John Pitura^[66]
• James Podsiadly^[67]
• Jared Polec

Russia

• Bohdan Jaworskyj
• Alex Jesaulenko (Born in Salzburg, Austria to a Ukrainian father, Russian mother)^[68]

Samoa

• Aaron Edwards (See above New Zealand)^[60]
• Karmichael Hunt^[17]

Seychelles

• Matt Thomas (Seychelles mother)^[2]

Serbia

• Brian Kekovich
• Sam Kekovich
• Lazar Vidovic
• Lukas Markovic

Slovenia

• Nick Suban
• Rene Kink
• Dayne Zorko (father born in Yugoslavia, now Slovenia)

South Africa

• Damian Cupido^[42]
• Jack Darling (Father born in South Africa)^[5]
• Eugene Kruger (Born in South Africa)^[5]
• Stephen Lawrence^[42]
• Ryan Lester (Father born in South Africa; mother born in England, UK)^[5]
• Ian Muller
• Jason Johannisen (Born in South Africa; Zambian mother, South African father)^[5]

South Korea

• Peter Bell (Born in Korea and Father born in Korea)^[21]

South Sudan

• Reuben William

Spain

• Paul Licuria (See above Italy)

Sri Lanka

• Hayden Crozier (Sri Lankan father)^[5][40]
• Craig Jacotine (Parents born in Sri Lanka)^[14]
• David Gallagher^[14]
• Enrico Misso (Burgher descent)^[14]

Sudan

• Aliir Aliir (born in Kenya to Sudanese parents)
• Majak Daw
• Gach Nyuon
• Mabior Chol

Sweden

• Kris Massie (Born in Sweden)

Switzerland

• Henri Jeanneret
• Matthew Leuenberger (Swiss father)^[5]

Taiwan

• Lin Jong (Taiwanese mother, Timorese-Chinese father)^[5]

Thailand

• Sudjai Cook^[14]

Tonga

• Israel Folau
• David Rodan (Fijian-Tongan mother, Tongan father)^[5][29]

Turkey

• Sedat Sir

Tuvalu

• Scott Harding

Ukraine

• Jason Daniltchenko
• Alex Ishchenko^[42]
• Bohdan Jaworskyj
• Alex Jesaulenko (Born in Salzburg, Austria to a Ukrainian father, Russian mother)^[68]
• Jake Kolodjashnij (Two Ukrainian grandparents)^[69]
• Kade Kolodjashnij (Two Ukrainian grandparents)^[69]
• Steven Kolyniuk
• Jared Petrenko
• Jason Porplyzia
• Justin Staritski
• Shane Woewodin

United Kingdom

• Roy Cazaly (Scottish mother, English father)^[21]
• Martin Clarke^[5]
• Pearce Hanley (Born in England, UK; Welsh mother, Irish father)
• Jamie O'Reilly^[5]
• Brodie Smith (English mother, Scottish father)^[5]
• Aaron Young (English mother, Scottish father)^[5]

England

• Alf Bartlett (Born in England, UK)
• Mark Bayliss (Born in England, UK)
• Lawrence Bingham (Born in England, UK)
• Wayne Blackwell (Born in England, UK)
• Percy Bowyer (Born in England, UK)
• Chris Burton (Australian footballer) (Born in England, UK)^[42]
• Ian Dargie (Born in England, UK)
• Harry Davie (Born in England, UK)
• Bill Eason (Born in England, UK)
• Jack Edgeley (Born in England, UK)
• Fred Fairweather (Born in England, UK)
• Jack Frost (footballer, born 1870) (Born in England, UK)
• Paul Harding (Australian rules footballer) (Born in England, UK)
• Barney Lazarus (Born in England, UK)
• Johnny Leonard (Born in England, UK)
• Fred Mann (footballer) (Born in England, UK)
• Frank Maple (Born in England, UK)
• Brad Moran (footballer) (Born in England, UK)^[42]
• Brian Mynott (Born in England, UK)
• Bill Perkins (Australian rules footballer) (Born in England, UK)
• Ralph Robertson (Born in England, UK)
• Bobby Royle (Born in England, UK)
• Ted Staniland (Born in England, UK)
• Syd Tate (Born in England, UK)
• Will Thursfield (Born in England, UK)
• Clive Waterhouse (Born in England, UK)^[42]
• Fergus Watts (Born in England, UK)
• Liam Anthony (Born in England, UK)
• Daniel Kerr (See above India)
• Garrick Ibbotson (English mother)^[40]
• Ryan Lester (Father born in South Africa; mother born in the England, UK)^[5]
• Chris Mayne (English father)^[40]
• Paul Medhurst (English father)
• Matthew Scarlett^[21]
• Billie Smedts (English mother, Dutch father)^[5]
• David Swallow (Dutch mother, English father)^[5]
• Jack Watts (Parents born in England, UK)^[5]
• John Worsfold^[21]

Scotland

Thomas Leather (Scottish born) Bill Morris (Scottish father)[70] Charlie Norris (Scottish father)[71] James Aitken (Scottish father)[72][73] James Duncan Gordon (Scottish father) Ewan Thompson (Scottish born) Sean Wight (Scottish born) Roy Cazaly (Scottish mother)[21][74] Alex Lang (Scottish father)[75]

Luke McGuane[43] Rhys Palmer (Scottish father)[76] Firth McCallum (Scottish father)[77][78][79] Paul Stewart (Scottish father)[80] Sam Docherty (Scottish father)[81] John Bell (Scottish parents)[82] Doug Fraser (Scottish parents)[75] Bill Proudfoot (Scottish parents)[83][84] Andy Dougall (Scottish parents)[85] Stan Reid (Scottish father)

Ted McLean (Scottish father)[86][87][88][89] Colin Campbell (Scottish father)[90][91] Les MacPherson (Scottish father)[92][93][94] Alick Ogilvie (Scottish father)[95][96]

Grant Lawrie (Scottish parents)[97] Alexander John Fraser (Scottish parents)[98] Alex Barlow (Scottish born)[99] Matthew Dick (Scottish born)[100] Bob Edmond (Scottish born)[101] Brian Cook (Scottish born) Henry McPetrie (Scottish born)[102] William D. Marshall (Scottish born) Jim Edmond (Scottish born)[101] Bruce Sloss (Scottish father) Stan McKenzie (Scottish mother)[103] Hugh Plowman (Scottish father)[104]

Ramsay Anderson (Scottish born)[105] George Sutherland (Scottish born) Norman Doig (Scottish parents)[106] Archie Baxter (Scottish father) Bob Cameron (Scottish parents)[107] Stewart Geddes (Scottish parents)

Wales

• James Gwilt (Welsh father, Papua New Guinean mother)^[108]
• Cian Hanley (Welsh mother, Irish father)^[109]
• Pearce Hanley (Welsh mother, Irish father)^[109]
• John McCarthy^[110]

United States of America

Name	Origins	Career
Archie Smith	American father	2014–
Sanford Wheeler	Born in the US	1989-1994
Don Pyke	Born in the US	1989–96
Jason Holmes	Born in the US	2014–
Zac Clarke	American father[40][111]	2009–

Yugoslavia

• Dayne Zorko (see Slovenia above)

Zimbabwe

• Tendai Mzungu (Zimbabwean father)^[5][40][112]
• Ian Perrie

See also

• List of overseas-born AFL players

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