List of foreign East Bengal FC players

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East Bengal is an Indian association football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal, which competes in the top tier of Indian football. The club was formed in August 1920 when the Jorabagan Club's vice-president, Suresh Chandra Chaudhuri, resigned. He did so after the club sent out their starting eleven with the notable exclusion of defender Sailesh Bose, who was dropped from the squad for undisclosed reasons when they were about to face Mohun Bagan in the Coochbehar Cup semi-final on 28 July 1920. He, along with Raja Manmatha Nath Chaudhuri, Ramesh Chandra Sen and Aurobinda Ghosh, formed East Bengal on 1 August 1920. East Bengal started playing in the Calcutta Football League, 2nd division, in 1921. In 1925, they qualified for the first division for the first time and since then they have won many Indian football titles.[1]

East Bengal joined the National Football League (NFL) at its inception in 1996[2][3] and is the only club to have played every season to date, including those after the rebranded I-League succeeded the NFL in 2007. East Bengal won the National Football League in 2000–01, 2002–03 and 2003–04 and were runners up seven times, the most by any Indian football club. Among other trophies, East Bengal has won the Calcutta Football League 39 times, the IFA Shield 28 times, the Federation Cup eight times and the Durand Cup 16 times.[3] The team has been one of the most successful in Indian Football. Since the independence of India, the club has attracted many foreign players and regularly featured big names from across the world, including some who have represented their nation at the FIFA World Cup.[4]

This chronological list comprises all foreign players to have signed and played for the club since their foundation in 1920. Each players entry includes his nationality and season of first joining the club. There have been one hundred seventy five foreign players to play for East Bengal to date from forty-nine different countries, with thirty of them from Nigeria, the most from any single nation.

History

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1920–1947: Pre-independence era

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East Bengal captain Paritosh Chakraborty and Mohun Bagan captain Anil Dey shaking hands watched by two men in front of a crowd.
1945 IFA Shield Final – East Bengal and Mohun Bagan captains before the match, in which, Fred Pugsley scored the lone goal.

Since the 1940s, the East Bengal Club has had many foreign international players play for them. The earliest recorded foreign player was the prince of Nepal, Major General Madan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, who donned the East Bengal jersey and played as a center-forward in an exhibition match against the Press Club Team on 4 July 1938.[5][6] The first-ever foreign recruit to play a competitive match for East Bengal was Fred Pugsley of Myanmar, who joined East Bengal in 1942.[7][8][9][10] Pugsley travelled 500 km (310 mi) on foot from Burma after the Japanese invasion and reached Calcutta, where he knew only of the East Bengal club, which had toured Burma a few years back. The officials immediately recognised him. Extremely ill because of the inhuman exhaustion he suffered while running away from his country, a frail-looking Pugsley asked East Bengal club officials to allow him to try out for their team.[11] The officials were hesitant at first, but after providing medical care, Pugsley tried out and became one of the greatest forwards to play for East Bengal. In the 1945 season especially, with Pugsley the top scorer in the league with 21 goals, East Bengal won the Calcutta Football League and IFA Shield double. Pugsley scored the solitary goal in the IFA Shield final against arch-rivals Mohun Bagan.[7][12][13] He scored 48 goals for the club[10] and holds the unique record of scoring eight goals in a single match against B.B & C.I. Railway on 23 September 1945 in the Rovers Cup match—the most goals scored by an individual in a single match in Indian football to date.[10][11][14]

1947–1996: Post-independence era

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In the 50s, during the reign of Pancha Pandavas, East Bengal signed Pakistani internationals Masood Fakhri and Riasat Ali in 1952.[15] During his first season with the club, Fakhri helped his side win the Calcutta Football League, DCM Trophy and the Durand Cup.[16] Fakhri scored the winning goals in his first two matches against East Bengal's biggest rivals, Mohun Bagan, and became a fan favourite among East Bengal supporters.[16] Fakhri was part of the East Bengal side to play tournaments and friendly matches in Romania and the Soviet Union.[16] In 1953, the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) prohibited Pakistani players from playing in India without a permit,[17][18] but East Bengal still fielded Masood Fakhri and Niaz Ahmed, stating they had received permission from the PFF. On 3 October 1953, in the 1953 IFA Shield final against the Indian Cultural League (I.C.L.) on the third replayed final, Masood Fakhri scored for East Bengal and the game ended in a 1–1 tie.[19] The I.C.L. team lodged a complaint with the Indian Football Association (IFA) immediately after the match against East Bengal over their fielding the Pakistani players.[19] On 11 October 1953, the IFA announced I.C.L. as the winners of the IFA Shield[20][21] after East Bengal failed to produce a written permit for the Pakistani players from the PFF. The IFA suspended the East Bengal club from all football activities until 31 December 1954.[20] East Bengal challenged this decision and took the IFA to court after receiving a letter from the PFF president, Dr. A. M. Malik on 25 October 1953,[22] and had their suspension revoked.[23] A few more Pakistani internationals like Abid Ghazi, Musa Ghazi, Masoodul Hassan Butt, Sumbal Khan, etc. played for the club in the mid-50s, with Musa becoming the first foreign player to score 100 goals in Kolkata football.[8] Musa was the top scorer of East Bengal in 1956 and 1957 and scored a brace against Mohun Bagan in the 1957 Durand Cup final.[8][24]

In the 60s and 70s, the club signed a handful of foreign players, including Selim Noor from Sri Lanka, who scored in his first match for the club against Mohun Bagan in the return leg of 1963 Calcutta League,[25] Ruk Bahadur from Hong Kong[26] and David Williams, the first Nigerian to play for East Bengal.[8][27] In 1980, the club signed Iranian international Majid Bishkar,[13] regarded as the greatest foreign player to play for East Bengal,[28][29][30][31] who featured for the Iran national team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup alongside two other Iranians Jamshid Nassiri[13][30] and Mahmood Khabaji.[32] Majid became a fan favourite from his first appearance on 26 April 1980 against Hindustan Aeronautics Limited S.C. (HAL) in the Federation Cup, scoring one goal and assisting with another for Jamshid as he led East Bengal to their second Federation Cup title.[33] He earned the nickname "Baadshah"[34] and was voted the greatest foreign player to play for East Bengal in 2019.[34][35] In 1986, East Bengal signed their first Brazilian player, the former Vitoria and Botafogo player Manilton S. Santos,[36] and later signed Nigerian midfielder Emeka Ezeugo, who went on to play for the Nigerian national team and featured in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.[37] Emeka was instrumental in leading East Bengal to the 1986 IFA Shield title, including a famous 3–1 victory against Nigeria's Leventis United in the semi-finals.[38]

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Julian Camino playing for Argentina against Peru in 1985.

The club signed the most prolific forward to have played for East Bengal, Nigerian Chima Okorie from Mohammedan Sporting in 1987.[13][39] He scored 131 goals for the club in three seasons, becoming the top scorer in East Bengal's history, surpassing K. P. Dhanaraj, who had 127 goals, until this was crossed by Bhaichung Bhutia.[40][41] The club signed former Arsenal and Norwich City defender John Devine in 1987.[8][42][43] In 1988, East Bengal signed former Argentine international Julian Camino, who featured for the Argentina national side in the 1983 Copa América.[44][45]

East Bengal recruited four Bangladeshi internationals including the captain of the Bangladesh national team Monem Munna,[46] along with Sheikh Mohammad Aslam,[47] Rizvi Karim Rumi and Golam Mohammad Gaus in 1991.[47][48][49] The club recruited three British players, Steven Alan Prindiville, Neil Edmonds and Peter Maguire for the 1991–92 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.[43][50][51]

1996–2020: National League and I-League era

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In 1996–97, during the inaugural National Football League season, the club recruited Ulf Johansson from Sweden, Dev Narayan Chaudhary of Nepal,[52] Chima Okorie, and Kelechi Okorie—Chima's younger brother and former AFC Bournemouth and Kenyan international Sammy Omollo.[31][53][54] In 1997–98, East Bengal signed Kenyan forward Toni Jose Oniyenga[43]—a cousin of Sammy Omollo and Kenyan international Haggi Azande Abulista,[43] only the second foreign goalkeeper to play for the club till date after Balai Dey in 1965.[43] Azande, alongside Sammy Omollo, featured in the Diamond Derby victory in the 1997 Federation Cup.[55] Omollo scored the solitary goal as East Bengal snatched a victory against J-League side Verdy Kawasaki in the 1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.[56]

Photograph of Uga Okpara looking straight at the camera
Uga Okpara in East Bengal, 2011

In 1998, the club recruited three Ghanaians, Suley Musah,[31] Jackson Egypong[31] and Emmanuel Opoku,[57] the latter a former Ghana national team player.[58] Opoku played for two seasons, while Jackson and Musah played together till the 2000–01 season when East Bengal won their first National League title.[59] Jackson and Musah formed one of the best defensive pairings in Indian football history. They conceded just nine goals in 22 matches as East Bengal lifted the National League title in the 2000–01 season.[60] Jackson left after 2001, but Musah stayed and led East Bengal to a plethora of trophies between 2002 and 2004, with two back-to-back National League titles in 2002–03 and 2003–04. He captained the side to 2003 ASEAN Club Championship title as the Indian team won the country's first international football tournament by defeating Thailand's BEC Tero Sasana 3–1;[61] Musah was the second foreign player to captain East Bengal club after Chima Okorie in 1990.[62] During that period, the East Bengal club featured several Brazilian recruits like former Santos defender Douglas Silva,[31] former Gremio forward Gilmar da Silva[63] and former Vasco da Gama forward Cristiano Júnior,[31] who became the top scorer with 15 goals as East Bengal lifted the 2003–04 National League title.[31] In 2004–05, East Bengal signed Marcos Secco—brother of Douglas Silva—becoming the third foreign brother pair to play for the club.[64]

In 2007–08, East Bengal recruited their third World Cup player, former South African international MacDonald Mukansi, who represented the Bafana-Bafana at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.[65] The club also signed Edmilson Marques Pardal,[66] Julius Owino[67] and Bolaji Majek[67] during this period. The prolific Ghanaian duo Yusif Yakubu and Ishmael Addo signed with the club in 2008.[68] Addo had represented the Ghana national team and was part of the Ghana U-17 and U-20 teams at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship and 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.[69] Yakubu played for two seasons and led East Bengal to the 2009–10 Federation Cup title.[33]

East Bengal signed former CAF Champions League winner Uga Okpara[31][70] from Enyimba in 2009. He played for five seasons at the club, winning nine trophies including three Federation Cups.[33] He was voted as the best defender of the 2012–13 I-League[71] and played an instrumental role as East Bengal reached the semi-finals of the 2013 AFC Cup unbeaten.[72][73] The club also acquired Tolgay Ozbey,[31][74] Penn Orji,[31][75] Chidi Edeh[76] and James Moga[77] during this period.

In 2014–15, East Bengal signed their fourth World Cupper, former New Zealand international Leo Bertos, who represented the New Zealand national team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[78] The club signed the prolific Nigerian Ranti Martins[79] who scored 47 goals for the club in two seasons, winning the Golden Boot in both the 2014–15 and 2015–16 I-League seasons.[80] Former South Korean U-20 international Do Dong Hyun[81] signed in 2015 and became a fan favourite during his short stay with the club after scoring four goals in the Kolkata Derby.[82] East Bengal signed former Paris Saint-Germain and France national team defender Bernard Mendy,[83] who had previously represented the France national U-20 team in the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship, for a brief spell in 2015–2016.[84] East Bengal recruited former Syrian international Mahmoud Al Amna who had previously played for clubs like Al-Ittihad in 2017.[85]

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Johnny Acosta for Costa Rica with the ball in the match against Switzerland in 2018 FIFA World Cup.

East Bengal signed their fifth World Cupper, Costa Rican international Johnny Acosta, in 2018. He represented the Costa Rica national team in the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cup.[86] Acosta scored on his debut on 2 September 2018 in the Kolkata Derby and helped East Bengal to a 2–2 comeback in the Calcutta League.[87] The club also recruited Enrique Esqueda,[88] who was a U-17 World Cup winner with Mexico and represented the Mexico national team at the 2015 Copa America,[89] and Spanish defender Borja Gomez Perez,[90] who had previously played in the La Liga with Granada alongside another Spanish forward Jaime Santos Colado[91] as they finished runners-up in the 2018–19 I-League.[92] In January 2019, they roped in another former La Liga midfielder, Antonio Rodríguez Dovale,[93] who had played for Celta Vigo. East Bengal recruited two more former La Liga players, Martí Crespí[94] and Víctor Pérez,[95] along with Spanish compatriots Juan Mera González[96][97] and Marcos de la Espada in 2019.[98]

2020–present: Indian Super League era

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The club joined the Indian Super League in 2020 and appointed former Liverpool Robbie Fowler as the manager and recruited former Premier League players like Anthony Pilkington[99] and Danny Fox,[100] along with EFL League One stars like Jacques Maghoma[101] and Bright Enobakhare,[102][103] and A-League players Scott Neville[104] and Aaron Amadi-Holloway[99] from Brisbane Roar and Matti Steinmann who had played for Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga.[100] Matti Steinmann represented the German national U-20 team in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[105] Danny Fox became the third foreign player to be announced officially as the captain of the East Bengal club after Chima Okorie (1990–91) and Suley Musah (2003–04).[62][106] In 2021–22 season, the club replaced all of the foreigners and announced the signings of Amir Dervišević, Tomislav Mrcela, Franjo Prce, Daniel Chima Chukwu, Darren Sidoel and Antonio Perošević.[107] In the January window, the club had bought in three more players Marcelo Ribeiro,[108] Francisco José Sota[109] and Nepali international Ananta Tamang.[110]

In 2022, the club after partnering with their new investors – the Emami group, announced the signing of five new foreigners for the season: three Brazilians — Alex Lima, Cleiton Silva and Eliandro, Spanish defender Ivan González and Cyprus national team defender Charalambos Kyriakou.[111] East Bengal also signed Jordan O'Doherty from Australia as they completed the foreigner quota for the season.[112]

List of all foreign players

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Majid Bishkar in 2018.
Jamshid Nassiri in 2016.
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Edmilson Marques Pardal.
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Uga Okpara and Chidi Edeh in 2013
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Tolgay Ozbey.
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Leo Bertos.
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Bernard Mendy, 2012.
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Enrique Esqueda at East Bengal, 2019.
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Johnny Acosta in 2020.
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Jacques Maghoma.
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Danny Fox.
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Franjo Prce.
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Alex Lima in 2012.
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Diamantakos with Greece U19 in 2012.

The list of all foreign players who have played for East Bengal as below:[113][114][43]

Key

  •    † Players with this background and symbol in the "Name" column denote individuals who were foreign citizen during the time they signed but later became Indian citizen.
  •    ‡ Players with this background and symbol in the "Name" column denote individuals who were signed by the club but were not registered into the squad.
  • A player name in bold signifies they have been capped by the national team.


As of 1 August 2024

Each player is mentioned only once, some of them have rejoined the club later again in different seasons but those entries are excluded from the list.

No. Season Joined Nationality Name Position Ref.
1 1942–43 British rule in Burma Burma Fred Pugsley FW [7][10]
2 1952–53 Pakistan Pakistan Masood Fakhri FW [16]
3 Pakistan Pakistan Riasat Ali DF [15]
4 1953–54 Pakistan Pakistan Niaz Ahmed MF [19][8]
5 Pakistan Pakistan F. R. Khan FW [113]
6 1954–55 Pakistan Pakistan Mohammad Ghazi FW [115]
7 Pakistan Pakistan Muhammad Qasim MF [115]
8 Pakistan Pakistan Tarapada Roy[a] † FW [118]
9 Pakistan Pakistan Jamil Akhtar FW [113]
10 1955–56 Pakistan Pakistan Sumbal Khan DF [119]
11 Pakistan Pakistan Abdul Haq DF [119]
12 1956–59 Pakistan Pakistan Musa Ghazi FW [8]
13 Pakistan Pakistan Masoodul Hassan Butt MF [8]
14 1963–64 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Selim Mohammed Noor FW [25]
15 1965–66 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Peter Wilfred FW [113]
16 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Muhammed Lafir FW [113]
17 Pakistan Pakistan Balai Dey[b] † GK [122]
18 1975–76 Hong Kong Hong Kong Ruk Bahadur FW [26]
19 1979–80 Nigeria Nigeria David Williams FW [27]
20 1980–81 Iran Iran Mahmood Khabaji MF [28]
21 Iran Iran Majid Bishkar FW [28]
22 Iran Iran Jamshid Nassiri FW [30]
23 1984–85 Nepal Nepal Ganesh Thapa MF [113][123]
24 1986–87 Iran Iran Gholam Ali FW [113]
25 Brazil Brazil Manilton Santos MF [113]
26 Nigeria Nigeria Charles Apu MF [113]
27 Nigeria Nigeria Emeka Ezeugo MF [37]
28 Nigeria Nigeria Chibuzor Nwakanma FW [124]
29 Bangladesh Bangladesh Khandoker Wasim Iqbal FW [125]
30 1987–88 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland John Devine DF [42]
31 Iran Iran Samad Naorojian MF [113]
32 Nigeria Nigeria Chima Okorie FW [39]
33 Nigeria Nigeria Johnny Akujebi DF [113]
34 1988–89 Argentina Argentina Julian Camino DF [44]
35 1991–92 Bangladesh Bangladesh Monem Munna DF [48]
36 Bangladesh Bangladesh Sheikh Mohammad Aslam FW [48][47]
37 Bangladesh Bangladesh Rizvi Karim Rumi MF [48]
38 Bangladesh Bangladesh Golam Mohammad Gaus MF [48][47]
39 Nigeria Nigeria Lulu Nwike MF [113]
40 England England Steven Alan Prindiville DF [50]
41 England England Neil Edmonds MF [50]
42 Scotland Scotland Peter Maguire FW [50]
43 1992–93 Nigeria Nigeria Christopher Kem DF [113]
44 1994–95 Bangladesh Bangladesh Rakib Hossain MF [126]
45 Bangladesh Bangladesh Mizanur Rahman MF [126]
46 Sudan Sudan Jallaluddin FW [113]
47 1996–97 Latvia Latvia F. Valērijs Tomaskov DF [113]
48 Latvia Latvia Sergejs Kutov MF [8]
49 Sweden Sweden Ulf Johansson MF [113]
50 Nepal Nepal Dev Narayan Chaudhary MF [52]
51 Nigeria Nigeria Kelechi Okorie DF [113]
52 Kenya Kenya Sammy Omollo DF [53]
53 1997–98 Kenya Kenya Haggi Azande Abulista GK [43]
54 Kenya Kenya Toni Jose Oniyenga FW [43]
55 Brazil Brazil Hugo Fernando Garcia "Preto" FW [43]
56 Brazil Brazil Marcelo Gonçalves Domingos Araújo DF [43]
57 Brazil Brazil Oliviera FW [43]
58 Nigeria Nigeria Beili MF [43]
59 Nigeria Nigeria Humphrey Zebba MF [43]
60 Nigeria Nigeria Felix Abayomi FW [43]
61 1998–99 Ghana Ghana Suley Musah DF [57]
62 Ghana Ghana Jackson Egypong DF [57]
63 Ghana Ghana Emmanuel Opoku MF [57][127]
64 1999–00 Ghana Ghana Abu Iddrisu MF [43]
65 Ghana Ghana Willie Brown MF [43]
66 Ghana Ghana Kennedy Ofosuhene Amponsah FW [43]
67 Brazil Brazil Oseías Luíz Ferreira FW [128]
68 2000–01 Nigeria Nigeria Awoyemi Isiaka DF [129][130]
69 Ukraine Ukraine Andriy Malchevskyi FW [131]
70 Ghana Ghana Siva Mumuni DF [129][130]
71 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Ilhom Sharipov FW [129]
72 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Olim Talliaev MF [129]
73 Nigeria Nigeria Omolaja Olalekan FW [129]
74 2001–02 Tanzania Tanzania Ally Mayay Tembele FW [132]
75 Brazil Brazil Jose Carlos FW [132]
76 2002–03 Brazil Brazil Douglas De Silva DF/MF [63]
77 Nigeria Nigeria Mike Okoro FW [63]
78 Brazil Brazil Gilmar da Silva MF [63]
79 2003–04 Brazil Brazil Cristiano Júnior FW [133]
80 2004–05 Rwanda Rwanda[c] Louis Aniweta DF [135]
81 Brazil Brazil Paolo Da Silva FW [136][135]
82 Nigeria Nigeria Ernest Jeremiah FW [135]
83 Brazil Brazil Juliano Martins FW [135]
84 Ghana Ghana Felix Aboagye FW [135]
85 Brazil Brazil Marcos Secco MF [135][64]
86 2005–06 Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo Liswa Nduti DF [137]
87 South Africa South Africa Sydney Nkalanga FW [137]
88 Cameroon Cameroon Ngassa Guy Martial DF [137]
89 Cameroon Cameroon Ndem Guy Herve MF [137]
90 2006–07 Brazil Brazil Luiz Octavio Alvez de Souza DF [138][139]
91 Brazil Brazil Marcio Fernandes Tomaz FW [140]
92 Brazil Brazil Daniel Jorge MF [141]
93 Brazil Brazil Thiago S Ferreira da Costa FW [141]
94 Japan Japan Arata Izumi[d] † MF [144]
95 Brazil Brazil Cristiano Hilario de Oliveira DF [145]
96 Kenya Kenya Boniface Ambani FW [146]
97 Brazil Brazil Edmilson FW [66]
98 2007–08 Ghana Ghana Abdul Samad Okocha DF [67]
99 Nigeria Nigeria Bolaji Majek DF [67]
100 Nigeria Nigeria Abeeku Gaiesi FW [67]
101 South Africa South Africa MacDonald Mukansi MF [67]
102 Kenya Kenya Julius Owino DF [67]
103 Nigeria Nigeria Ibe Ikechukwu Gift MF [67][147]
104 2008–09 Ghana Ghana Yusif Yakubu FW [148]
105 Ghana Ghana Ishmael Addo MF [149]
106 2009–10 Czech Republic Czech Republic Jan Berger MF [150]
107 Argentina Argentina Sebastian Monesterolo FW [150]
108 Australia Australia Srećko Mitrović MF [151]
109 Ghana Ghana Abel Hammond FW [152]
110 Nigeria Nigeria Uga Okpara DF [70]
111 2010–11 Nigeria Nigeria Penn Orji MF [75]
112 Nigeria Nigeria Ekene Ikenwa FW [75]
113 Australia Australia Tolgay Özbey FW [74][153]
114 Brazil Brazil Leko FW [154]
115 2011–12 Scotland Scotland Alan Gow FW [155]
116 2012–13 Nigeria Nigeria Chidi Edeh FW [76]
117 Australia Australia Andrew Barisic FW [156]
118 2013–14 South Sudan South Sudan James Moga FW [77]
119 Japan Japan Ryuji Sueoka FW [157]
120 2014–15 Australia Australia Milan Susak DF [158]
121 New Zealand New Zealand Leo Bertos MF [78]
122 Nigeria Nigeria Ranti Martins FW [79]
123 Nigeria Nigeria Dudu Omagbemi FW [159]
124 2015–16 Nigeria Nigeria Bello Razaq DF [160]
125 South Korea South Korea Do Dong Hyun FW [81]
126 Nigeria Nigeria Orok Essien FW [161]
127 France France Bernard Mendy DF [83]
128 2016–17 Nigeria Nigeria Somide Adelaja FW [162]
129 England England Calum Angus DF [163]
130 Haiti Haiti Wedson Anselme FW [164]
131 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Willis Plaza FW [165]
132 Uganda Uganda Ivan Bukenya DF [166]
133 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Ildar Amirov FW [167]
134 Australia Australia Chris Payne FW [168]
135 2017–18 Syria Syria Mahmoud Amnah MF [85]
136 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Carlyle Mitchell DF [169]
137 Brazil Brazil Charles FW [170]
138 Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Bazie Armand MF [171]
139 Japan Japan Katsumi Yusa MF [172]
140 Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Eduardo Ferreira DF [173]
141 Liberia Liberia Ansumana Kromah FW [174]
142 Uganda Uganda Khalid Aucho MF [175]
143 2018–19 France France Kassim Aidara MF [176]
144 Costa Rica Costa Rica Jhonny Acosta DF [177]
145 Spain Spain Borja Gomez Perez DF [90]
146 Mexico Mexico Enrique Esqueda FW [88]
147 Spain Spain Jaime Santos Colado MF [91]
148 Spain Spain Antonio Rodríguez Dovale MF [93]
149 2019–20 Spain Spain Martí Crespí DF [94]
150 Spain Spain Marcos de la Espada FW [98][178]
151 Spain Spain Juan Mera González MF [96][179]
152 Spain Spain Víctor Pérez Alonso MF [180]
153 2020–21 Iran Iran Omid Singh ‡ MF [e]
154 Australia Australia Scott Neville DF [104]
155 Wales Wales Aaron Amadi-Holloway FW [99]
156 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland Anthony Pilkington MF [99]
157 Scotland Scotland Danny Fox DF [100]
158 Germany Germany Matti Steinmann MF [100]
159 Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo Jacques Maghoma MF [101]
160 Nigeria Nigeria Bright Enobakhare FW [102]
161 England England Calum Woods ‡ DF [f]
162 2021–22 Slovenia Slovenia Amir Dervišević MF [184]
163 Australia Australia Tomislav Mrcela DF [185]
164 Croatia Croatia Franjo Prce DF [186]
165 Nigeria Nigeria Daniel Chima Chukwu FW [187]
166 Netherlands Netherlands Darren Sidoel MF [188]
167 Croatia Croatia Antonio Perošević FW [189]
168 Brazil Brazil Marcelo Ribeiro FW [108]
169 Spain Spain Francisco José Sota MF [109]
170 Nepal Nepal Ananta Tamang DF [110]
171 2022–23 Spain Spain Iván González DF [111]
172 Cyprus Cyprus Charalambos Kyriakou DF [111]
173 Brazil Brazil Alex Lima MF [111]
174 Brazil Brazil Cleiton Silva FW [111]
175 Brazil Brazil Eliandro FW [111]
176 Australia Australia Jordan O'Doherty MF [190]
177 England England Jake Jervis FW [191]
178 2023–24 Spain Spain Borja Herrera MF [192]
179 Spain Spain Javier Siverio FW [193]
180 Spain Spain Saúl Crespo MF [193]
181 Spain Spain José Antonio Pardo DF [194]
182 Australia Australia Jordan Elsey DF [194]
183 Jordan Jordan Hijazi Maher DF [195]
184 Spain Spain Víctor Vázquez MF [196]
185 Costa Rica Costa Rica Felicio Brown Forbes FW [197]
186 Serbia Serbia Aleksandar Pantić DF [198]
187 2024–25 Greece Greece Dimitrios Diamantakos FW [199]
188 France France Madih Talal MF [200]
189 Spain Spain Héctor Yuste DF [201]

Players by nationality

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As of 1 August 2024
Region Nationality No. of players
Africa Cameroon Cameroon 2
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo 2
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 1
Ghana Ghana 12
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 1
Kenya Kenya 5
Liberia Liberia 1
Nigeria Nigeria 30
Rwanda Rwanda 1
South Africa South Africa 2
South Sudan South Sudan 1
Sudan Sudan 1
Tanzania Tanzania 1
Uganda Uganda 2
Total 62
Asia Australia Australia[g] 9
Bangladesh Bangladesh 7
Hong Kong Hong Kong 1
Iran Iran 6
Japan Japan 3
Jordan Jordan 1
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 1
Myanmar Myanmar 1
Nepal Nepal 3
Pakistan Pakistan 13
South Korea South Korea 1
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3
Syria Syria 1
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 2
Total 52
Europe Croatia Croatia 2
Cyprus Cyprus 1
Czech Republic Czech Republic 1
England England 5
France France 3
Germany Germany 1
Greece Greece 1
Latvia Latvia 2
Netherlands Netherlands 1
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 2
Scotland Scotland 3
Serbia Serbia 1
Slovenia Slovenia 1
Spain Spain 15
Sweden Sweden 1
Ukraine Ukraine 1
Wales Wales 1
Total 42
North America Costa Rica Costa Rica 2
Mexico Mexico 1
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 2
Haiti Haiti 1
Total 6
Oceania New Zealand New Zealand 1
Total 1
South America Argentina Argentina 2
Brazil Brazil 24
Total 26
Overall Total 189

Notes

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  1. ^ Tarapada Roy was born in the Bengal Presidency, British India. He made his international debut for Pakistan national football team during the Quadrangular Tournament in 1953,[116] before acquiring the Citizenship of India. Between 1955 and 1956, he became an Indian citizen.[117]
  2. ^ Balai Dey was born in the Bengal Presidency, British India. He made his senior international debut for Pakistan national team during their China tour in 1964, before acquiring the Citizenship of India in 1966. He later broke into the India national team in 1969 and earned the title "Indian Rock" for outstanding performance in the Merdeka Tournament in Malaysia in the same year.[120][121][122]
  3. ^ Aniweta player was born in Nigeria but played International football for Rwanda[134]
  4. ^ Arata Izumi joined East Bengal when he carried a Japanese passport. He acquired Indian citizenship in 2012,[142] and represented the India national football team in the 2013 SAFF Championship.[143]
  5. ^ Omid Singh was signed by East Bengal in April for the 2020–21 season,[181] however, after their entry into the Indian Super League he was not registered into the squad and was later released by the club.[182]
  6. ^ Calum Woods was signed as the 8th foreigner of the season, joining the team in Goa but was not registered into the Indian Super League squad and kept as a backup.[183]
  7. ^ Football Australia, a former member of the OFC, joined the AFC in 2006.[202]

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