List of Malaysia footballers born outside Malaysia

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This is a list of Malaysia footballers born outside their country including naturalised and overseas players.

Naturalised players[]

In the late 2018, there have been more necessities to naturalising foreign players to improve Malaysian football performances. Based on three survey polls conducted by the country three local press, two of them recording a majority positive vote over the necessities to acquire foreign players as a local players.[1] As a result, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) began submitting a plan to the federal government.[2] The plan was warmly welcomed by the country prime minister with the latter also urging local talents to improve in par with the absorption of foreign talents.[3][4] With the positive support from the federal government, the FAM outlined that the criterion for the intake would be based on three terms:

  • Short term – Involving players of mixed parentage, whether they (the players), their parents or grandparents were born in Malaysia.[5]
  • Medium term – Involving foreign players aged 18 and above who have played in the Malaysian Football League for one or two years and are convinced to stay for a minimum of five years.[5]
  • Long term – Involving foreign players aged below 18; taking into account the number of players, their ages, country of origin and other related matters that will be proposed by a yet-to-be-formed technical committee.[5]

List of naturalised players[]

Short term[]

Name Birth name Original nationality Current club Obtained citizenship date Representation in national squad
(senior, U-23 etc.)
Confirmed (with source)
1 Junior Eldstål Junior Gunnar Putera Eldstål  Sweden Chonburi 2013 [6] Yes (U-23, senior)[7][8]
2 Dominic Tan Dominic Tan Jun Jin  Singapore Police Tero 2014 Yes (U-23, senior)
3 Brendan Gan Brendan Gan Seng Ling  Australia Selangor 2014 [9][10] Yes (U-23, senior)[11]
4 Kevin Siak Khin Gunter   Switzerland 2015 No
5 Matthew Davies Matthew Thomas Davies  Australia Johor Darul Ta'zim 2015 [12][13] Yes (U-23, senior)[14][15]
6 Curran Singh-Ferns Curran Lawrance Singh Ferns  Australia 2016 No
7 Shazalee Ramlee Shazalee bin Ramlee  Australia 2016 No
8 Daniel Ting Daniel Sang Ting  England Kuala Lumpur City 2016 No
9 Ernest Wong Wen Hao  New Zealand Manukau United 2016 No
10 Samuel Somerville Samuel Jacob Somerville  England Selangor 2016 Yes (Senior)
11 Stuart Wark Stuart James Wilson Wark  Scotland Sarawak United 2016[16][17][18][19] No
12 Nicholas Swirad Nicholas Ryan Swirad  England Sri Pahang 2016 No
13 Darren Lok Darren Lok Yee Deng  England PJ City 2016 [20] Yes (senior)[21][22]
14 Khair Jones Khair bin Muhammad Jefri Jones  New Zealand Sarawak United 2016 Yes (senior)
15 Tam Sheang Tsung Tam Sheang Tsung  Japan Kedah Darul Aman 2017 No
16 Natxo Insa Ignacio Insa Bohigues  Spain Johor Darul Ta'zim 2017 [23][24] Yes (senior)[25]
17 Kiko Insa Francisco Javier Insa Bohigues  Spain Johor Darul Ta'zim II 2017 [23][26] Yes (senior)[27]
18 David Rowley David William Rowley  Australia Penang 2018 No
19 La'Vere Corbin-Ong[28] La'Vere Lawrence Corbin-Ong  Canada Johor Darul Ta'zim 2018[29] Yes (senior)[30]
20 Oscar Wong Oscar Wong Tse Yang  Hong Kong Negeri Sembilan 2019 No
21 Julian bin Johan Bechler  Germany Kuala Lumpur City 2019 No
22 Quentin Cheng Quentin Cheng Jiun-ho  Australia Penang 2019 Yes (U-23, Senior)
23 Stuart John Wilkin  England Sabah 2021 No
24 Wan Kuzri bin Wan Kamal  United States Akron Zips 2022 Yes (U-23)
25 Dion Cools Dion Johan Cools  Belgium Midtjylland 2021 Yes (senior)
26 Hong Wan Nanthaniel Shio Hong Wan  China Johor Darul Ta'zim II 2021 Yes (U-23,Senior)
27 Wan Kuzain Wan Kuzain bin Wan Kamal  United States RGV Toros 2021 Yes (senior)
28 Lee Tuck Lee Andrew Tuck  England Pahang FC 2022 Yes (senior)

Medium term[]

Name Birth name Original nationality Current club Obtained citizenship date Representation in national squad
(senior, U-23 etc.)
Confirmed (with source)
1 Mohamadou Sumareh Mohamadou Sumareh  Gambia Johor Darul Ta'zim 27 July 2018[31] Yes (senior)[32]
2 Liridon Krasniqi Liridon Krasniqi  Kosovo Johor Darul Ta'zim 3 February 2020[33] Yes (senior)[34]
3 Guilherme de Paula Lucrécio Guilherme de Paula  Brazil Johor Darul Ta'zim 1 March 2021 Yes (senior)[34]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Malaysia planning to offer citizenship to foreign players". FOX Sports Asia. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  3. ^ Emmanuel Santa Maria Chin (30 July 2018). "PM open to foreign-born players in national football team". The Malay Mail. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  4. ^ Teh Athira Yusof (30 July 2018). "PM: Hire naturalised football players but don't sideline local talents". New Straits Times. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
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