List of foreign Liga I players

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This is a list of foreign players in the Liga I, which commenced play in 1909. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:

  1. Have played at least one Liga I game. Players who were signed by Liga I 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 Romania determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for the national teams of Romania.

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 Romanian players with dual citizenship. Players who played for Romania but came as foreign players (such as István Avar) are also listed.
  • If a player has not been capped on international level, his country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from Romanian parents or moved to Romania at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched their nationality to another nation.

Clubs listed are those that the player has played at least one Liga I game for.

Seasons listed are those that the player has played at least one Liga I game in. Note that seasons, not calendar years, are used. For example, "1992–1995" indicates that the player has played in every season from 1992–1993 to 1994–1995, but not necessarily every calendar year from 1992 to 1995.

In bold: players that have played at least one Liga I game in the current season (2021–2022) and the clubs they've played for. They include players that have subsequently left the club, but do not include current players of a Liga I club that have not played a Liga I game in the current season.

Albania[]

Roland Agalliu was the first foreign footballer that arrived in Romania after the 1989 Romanian Revolution.

Algeria[]

Angola[]

Argentina[]

Sebastián Dubarbier won two Liga I titles with CFR Cluj and was the first winner of the Liga I Foreign Player of the Year award.
Pablo Brandán won the Liga I title with Unirea Urziceni and Viitorul Constanța, also being named the Liga I Foreign Player of the Year in 2009.
Emmanuel Culio won five Liga I titles with CFR Cluj.

Armenia[]

Australia[]

Joshua Rose is the Australian player with the most games played in Liga I, 113 and they are all for FC Universitatea Craiova.

Austria[]

Azerbaijan[]

Belarus[]

Belgium[]

Benin[]

  • Djiman KoukouAstra Giurgiu – 2018–2019

Bolivia[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina[]

Branko Grahovac won the Liga I title with Oțelul Galați.
International Mateo Sušić won two Liga I titles with CFR Cluj.

Brazil[]

Eric Pereira won twice the Liga I Foreign Player of the Year award.
Juliano Spadacio scored 25 goals in 107 Liga I games for Rapid București and Astra Ploiești.
Júnior Morais played in 247 Liga I matches, winning the title with Astra Giurgiu.
During his period spent at Astra, William De Amorim managed to win the Liga I title.
Rafael Bastos won the Liga I title with CFR Cluj.
Adaílton ended his European career with a two-year spell at FC Vaslui scoring 17 goals in 59 Liga I appearances.

Bulgaria[]

Zhivko Milanov appeared in 104 Liga I games for FC Vaslui.
Plamen Iliev played in Liga I for FC Botoșani and Astra Giurgiu.

Burkina Faso[]

Burundi[]

Cameroon[]

Patrick Ekeng died while playing for Dinamo București in a Liga I game against Viitorul Constanța.

Canada[]

Cape Verde[]

Fernando Varela has won two Liga I titles with Steaua București and once the Liga I Foreign Player of the Year award.

Central African Republic[]

Chad[]

Chile[]

Colombia[]

Dayro Moreno and Juan Toja played together at Steaua București.

Comoros[]

Congo[]

Congo DR[]

Jeremy Bokila had a prolific period in his only season spent at Petrolul Ploiești scoring 16 goals in 32 games.

Costa Rica[]

Croatia[]

International Saša Bjelanović played for CFR Cluj in two different periods.

Curaçao[]

Cyprus[]

Czech Republic[]

Denmark[]

Djibouti[]

Egypt[]

El Salvador[]

England[]

Equatorial Guinea[]

Estonia[]

Faroe Islands[]

Finland[]

  • Vahid HamboAstra Giurgiu – 2018–2020

France[]

Nicolas Godemèche with the 2012 Liga I trophy.
Cyril Théréau scored 10 goals for Steaua București in his only season in Liga I.

French Guiana[]

Gabon[]

Georgia[]

Germany[]

Ghana[]

Greece[]

Pantelis Kapetanos has won the Liga I title with CFR Cluj and Steaua București having a total of 48 goals scored in the league.

Guadeloupe[]

Guinea[]

Guinea-Bissau[]

Haiti[]

Honduras[]

Hungary[]

The member of Hungary's Mighty Magyars, Gyula Lóránt (left) and one of the Romanian-Hungarians who represented both Romania and Hungary at International level, József Pecsovszky (right) managed to win the Liga I title in their single season spent together at UTA Arad.

Iceland[]

Iraq[]

Ireland[]

Israel[]

Italy[]

Federico Piovaccari scored 10 goals and won the Liga I title in his single season spent at Steaua București.

Ivory Coast[]

CFR Cluj was Lacina Traoré's first European club.

Japan[]

Jordan[]

Kenya[]

Kosovo[]

Latvia[]

Lebanon[]

Liberia[]

Lithuania[]

Giedrius Arlauskis won six Liga I titles with three different teams: Unirea Urziceni, Steaua București and CFR Cluj.

Mali[]

Martinique[]

  • Geoffrey MalfleuryFC Voluntari – 2018–2019[b FRA]

Mauritania[]

  • Guessouma FofanaCFR Cluj – 2021–

Mauritius[]

Moldova[]

Eugeniu Cebotaru spent six seasons in Liga I at Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț and Academica Clinceni, playing a total 151 games in which he scored 17 goals.

Montenegro[]

Vladimir Božović spent five years at Rapid București, playing in 131 Liga I games.

Morocco[]

Mozambique[]

  • Eduardo JumisseFC Vaslui – 2012–2013
  • PaítoFC Vaslui – 2011–2012

Netherlands[]

New Zealand[]

Nigeria[]

Kehinde Fatai started his senior career playing in Romania for Farul Constanța but scored all his 43 Liga I goals for Astra Giurgiu.

North Macedonia[]

Norway[]

Panama[]

Paraguay[]

Peru[]

Philippines[]

Poland[]

Łukasz Szukała won three consecutive Liga I titles with Steaua București and was the Liga I Foreign Player of the Year in 2014.

Portugal[]

Ricardo Cadú won a hat-trick of Liga I titles with CFR Cluj and was the first foreign player that played in over 200 Liga I games.
Tony has won two Liga I titles with CFR Cluj.
International goalkeeper Beto won the Liga I title in his only season spent at CFR Cluj.
Filipe Teixeira played for five different Liga I clubs winning the title with Astra Giurgiu.
Geraldo Alves spent the last years of his career playing for three teams in Liga I, winning the title with Astra Giurgiu.
Rui Duarte appeared in over 100 Liga I matches for FC Brașov and Rapid București.

Russia[]

Rwanda[]

Saint Lucia[]

Saudi Arabia[]

Scotland[]

Senegal[]

Serbia[]

Milan Perendija won the Liga I title with Oțelul Galați.

Sierra Leone[]

Slovakia[]

International goalkeeper Dušan Kuciak had a three-year spell in Liga I at FC Vaslui.

Slovenia[]

Miha Mevlja made his International debut for Slovenia during his spell at Dinamo București.

South Africa[]

South Korea[]

  • Kim Gil-sikOțelul Galați – 2006–2008
  • Park Jae-hongUniversitatea Cluj – 2007–2008

Spain[]

The twin Oriol brothers Joan (left) and Eduard (right) played together in their short spell at Rapid București.
Pablo de Lucas played in over 100 Liga I matches for four different teams.

Sudan[]

Suriname[]

Sweden[]

Switzerland[]

Syria[]

  • Mahmoud Al-MawasFC Botoșani – 2020–2021
  • Aias AosmanFC Hermannstadt – 2020–2021

Tajikistan[]

Togo[]

Tunisia[]

Turkey[]

Uganda[]

Ukraine[]

United States[]

Uruguay[]

World Cup semi-finalist and Copa América winner Álvaro Pereira spent his first season in Europe at CFR Cluj.

Venezuela[]

Zambia[]

  • Fwayo TemboAstra Giurgiu – 2012–2016

Zimbabwe[]

  • Mike TemwanjeraFC Vaslui – 2006–2014

Notes[]

  1. ^
    Born in Albania
  2. ^
    Born in Angola
  3. ^
    Born in Australia
  4. ^
    Born in Austria
  5. ^
    Born in Austria (then part of Austria-Hungary)
  6. ^
    Born in Belarus (then part of the Soviet Union)
  7. ^
    Born in Belgium
  8. ^
    Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  9. ^
    Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
  10. ^
    Born in Brazil
  11. ^
    Born in Cameroon
  12. ^
    Born in Canada
  13. ^
    Born in Cape Verde
  14. ^
    Born in Croatia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
  15. ^
    Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaïre)
  16. ^
    Born in England
  17. ^
    Born in France
  18. ^
    Born in Germany
  19. ^
    Born in Ghana
  20. ^
    Born in Greece
  21. ^
    Born in Guinea-Bissau
  22. ^
    Born in Italy
  23. ^
    Born in Ivory Coast
  24. ^
    Born in Kosovo (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
  25. ^
    Born in Kosovo (then part of FR Yugoslavia)
  26. ^
    Born in Luxembourg
  27. ^
    Born in Netherlands
  28. ^
    Born in Nigeria
  29. ^
    Born in Norway
  30. ^
    Born in Paraguay
  31. ^
    Born in Poland
  32. ^
    Born in Portugal
  33. ^
    Born in the Republic of Macedonia
  34. ^
    Born in Romania
  35. ^
    Born in Romania (then part of Austria-Hungary)
  36. ^
    Born in Serbia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
  37. ^
    Born in Slovakia (then part of First Czechoslovak Republic)
  38. ^
    Born in South Africa
  39. ^
    Born in Spain
  40. ^
    Born in Sweden
  41. ^
    Born in Switzerland
  42. ^
    Born in Turkey
  43. ^
    Born in the Uganda
  44. ^
    Born in the USA
  45. ^
    Born in West Germany (now part of Germany)
  46. ^
    Capped for the Belarus national under-16 football team
  47. ^
    Capped for the Belgium national under-15 football team
  48. ^
    Capped for the Belgium national under-16 football team
  49. ^
    Capped for the Belgium national under-17 football team
  50. ^
    Capped for the Belgium national under-18 football team
  51. ^
    Capped for the Belgium national under-21 football team
  52. ^
    Capped for the Belgium national under-23 football team
  53. ^
    Capped for the Benin national football B team
  54. ^
    Capped for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-19 football team
  55. ^
    Capped for the Canada national under-20 football team
  56. ^
    Capped for the Croatia national under-16 football team
  57. ^
    Capped for the Croatia national under-17 football team
  58. ^
    Capped for the Croatia national under-18 football team
  59. ^
    Capped for the Croatia national under-19 football team
  60. ^
    Capped for the Croatia national under-20 football team
  61. ^
    Capped for the Croatia national under-21 football team
  62. ^
  63. ^
    Capped for the England national under-17 football team
  64. ^
    Capped for the England national under-20 football team
  65. ^
    Capped for the France national under-16 football team
  66. ^
    Capped for the France national under-17 football team
  67. ^
    Capped for the France national under-18 football team
  68. ^
    Capped for the France national under-19 football team
  69. ^
    Capped for the France national under-20 football team
  70. ^
    Capped for the France national under-21 football team
  71. ^
    Capped for the Germany national under-18 football team
  72. ^
    Capped for the Germany national under-19 football team
  73. ^
    Capped for the Iraqi Kurdistan national football team
  74. ^
    Capped for the Ivory Coast national under-17 football team
  75. ^
    Capped for the
  76. ^
    Capped for the Ivory Coast national under-20 football team
  77. ^
    Capped for the Netherlands national under-17 football team
  78. ^
    Capped for the Netherlands national under-18 football team
  79. ^
    Capped for the Netherlands national under-19 football team
  80. ^
    Capped for the Netherlands national under-20 football team
  81. ^
    Capped for the Norway national under-17 football team
  82. ^
    Capped for the Norway national under-18 football team
  83. ^
    Capped for the Norway national under-19 football team
  84. ^
    Capped for the Paraguay national football team
  85. ^
    Capped for the Portugal national under-16 football team
  86. ^
    Capped for the Portugal national under-17 football team
  87. ^
    Capped for the Portugal national under-18 football team
  88. ^
    Capped for the Portugal national under-19 football team
  89. ^
    Capped for the Portugal national under-20 football team
  90. ^
    Capped for the Portugal national under-21 football team
  91. ^
    Capped for the Portugal Olympic football team
  92. ^
    Capped for the Portugal national football B team
  93. ^
    Capped for the Romania national football team
  94. ^
    Capped for the Russia national under-17 football team
  95. ^
    Capped for the Russia national under-18 football team
  96. ^
    Capped for the Russia national under-19 football team
  97. ^
    Capped for the Serbia national under-17 football team
  98. ^
    Capped for the
  99. ^
    Capped for the Switzerland national under-16 football team
  100. ^
    Capped for the Switzerland national under-18 football team
  101. ^
    Capped for the Switzerland national under-20 football team
  102. ^
    Capped for the Switzerland national under-21 football team
  103. ^
    Capped for the Syria national football team
  104. ^
    Capped for the Yugoslavia national football team

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