List of England international footballers born outside England
This is a list of England international footballers who were born outside England. For the purposes of international football the football world governing body, FIFA, considers England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to be distinct and individual countries.[1][2] Players born in countries other than England may qualify for the England team through English parents or grandparents, or through residency in England and subsequent naturalisation as British citizens. The Crown dependencies, which for footballing purposes come under the purview of the Football Association of England, have provided two players to the England football team.
Players are listed below by birthplace and played for the full England team.
Australia[]
Belgium[]
- William Bryant[5]
Canada[]
- Owen Hargreaves[6]
- Edward Hagarty Parry[7]
- Fikayo Tomori[8]
France[]
French Guiana[]
- Cyrille Regis[9]
Guernsey[]
- Matt Le Tissier[10]
India[]
British Raj[]
- Claude Ashton[11]
- Alfred Goodwyn[12]
- Elphinstone Jackson[13]
- William Kenyon-Slaney[14]
- William Lindsay[15]
- Stuart Macrae[16]
- James F. M. Prinsep[17]
- Alf Quantrill[18]
Ivory Coast[]
- Wilfried Zaha (later played for Ivory Coast)[19]
Jamaica[]
- Luther Blissett[9]
- John Barnes[20]
- Raheem Sterling[20]
Jersey[]
- Graeme Le Saux[21]
Mauritius[]
- Herbert Rawson[22]
Mexico[]
Nigeria[]
Scotland[]
Sierra Leone[]
- Nathaniel Chalobah[24]
Singapore[]
- Terry Butcher[25]
- Basil Patchitt[26]
South Africa[]
- Gordon Hodgson[27]
- Frank Osborne[28]
- Reg Osborne[29]
- Bill Perry[30]
- William Rawson[31]
- Brian Stein[9]
- Colin Viljoen[32]
Sri Lanka[]
British Ceylon[]
Wales[]
- Frederick Green[34]
- Rob Jones[9]
See also[]
- Australia players born in England
- Republic of Ireland players born in England
- Scotland players born in England
- United States players born in England
- Wales players born in England
References[]
- ^ ""FIFA vote threat to Scotland team"". SNP. Archived from the original on December 20, 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- ^ Robert Wagman. ""FIFA needs to tighten nationality loopholes"". Soccer Times. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- ^ "Made in Australia: Tony Dorigo". Inside Sport. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ http://www.englandstats.com/players.php?pid=840 Arthur Savage
- ^ "William Ingram Bryant". Englandstats.com. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ "How Owen Hargreaves competed for England at the World Cup". CBC. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ "Edward Hagerty Parry - englandstats.com". www.englandstats.com.
- ^ Steinberg, Jacob (2019-10-07). "Fikayo Tomori says international allegiance 'wasn't England all the way'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
- ^ a b c d e Where are England stars born? Sky Sports, 20 May 2016
- ^ "Matthew Le Tissier, 44, will make his Guernsey debut on Sunday". BBC Sport. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ "England Players - Claude Ashton". www.englandfootballonline.com.
- ^ "Lieutenant Alfred George Goodwyn - englandstats.com". englandstats.com.
- ^ "England Players - Elphinstone Jackson". www.englandfootballonline.com.
- ^ "William Kenyon-Slaney". Cricinfo.
- ^ "England Players - William Lindsay". www.englandfootballonline.com.
- ^ "England Players - Stuart Macrae". www.englandfootballonline.com.
- ^ "Captain James Frederick McLeod Prinsep - englandstats.com". englandstats.com.
- ^ "England Players - Alf Quantrill". www.englandfootballonline.com.
- ^ Ronay, Barney (29 March 2017). "Blinkered criticism of Wilfried Zaha shows startling insularity". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ a b Joyce, Paul (1 December 2017). "'England may never see best of Sterling – just like me'". The Times. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ "What's your story? Graeme Pierre Le Saux: A game of two halves". Jersey Evening Post. 4 September 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ "Colonel Herbert Edward Rawson - englandstats.com". englandstats.com.
- ^ http://englandstats.com/players.php?pid=386 Richard Geaves
- ^ McNulty, Phil (15 October 2018). "Spain 2–3 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ Murphy, Paul (1 March 2016). "Ex-England captain Butcher says grit can help ASEAN players succeed". ESPN FC. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ^ "England Players - Basil Patchitt". www.englandfootballonline.com.
- ^ "A Complete Database of England Internationals Since 1872". Englandstats.com.
- ^ "England Players - Frank Osborne". www.englandfootballonline.com.
- ^ "England Players - Reg Osborne". www.englandfootballonline.com.
- ^ "England Players - Bill Perry". www.englandfootballonline.com.
- ^ "William Stepney Rawson - englandstats.com". englandstats.com.
- ^ "England Players - Colin Viljoen". www.englandfootballonline.com.
- ^ http://www.englandstats.com/players.php?pid=882 Charles Eastlake Smith
- ^ http://englandstats.com/players.php?pid=412 Frederick Green
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