List of foreign Ligue 1 players: I
This is a list of foreign players in the Ligue 1, which commenced play in 1932. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:
- Have played at least one Ligue 1 game. Players who were signed by Ligue 1 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.
- Are considered foreign, i.e., outside France and its dependencies (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion Island or French Polynesia), determined by the following:
- A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for the national teams of France.
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 French players with dual citizenship. Players who played for France but came as foreign players (such as Miguel Ángel Lauri) 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 French parents or moved to France at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.
Clubs listed are those that the player has played at least one Ligue 1 game for.
Seasons listed are those that the player has played at least one Ligue 1 game in. Note that seasons, not calendar years, are used. For example, "1992-95" indicates that the player has played in every season from 1992–93 to 1994–95, but not necessarily every calendar year from 1992 to 1995.
In bold: players still active in Ligue 1 and their respective teams in current season.
Last updated 14 February 2013
Iceland[]
- Thorolfur Beck – Rouen – 1966–67
- Arnór Guðjohnsen – Bordeaux – 1990–91
- Eiður Guðjohnsen – AS Monaco – 2009–10
- Albert Guðmundsson – FC Nancy, RC Paris, Nice – 1947–48, 1949–53
- Veigar Páll Gunnarsson – AS Nancy – 2008–09
- – Laval – 1981–84
- Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson – Dijon – 2018–20
- Kolbeinn Sigþórsson – Nantes – 2015–18
- Teitur Thordarson – Lens – 1981–83
Iran[]
Ireland[]
- John Byrne – Le Havre AC – 1988–90[b ENG]
- Tony Cascarino – Marseille, AS Nancy – 1996–97, 1998–2000[b ENG]
- Tom Davis – FC Metz – 1934–35
- – Marseille – 1948–49
- Noel King – Valenciennes FC – 1982–85
- Mick McCarthy – Lyon – 1989–90[b ENG]
- Jacko McDonagh – Nîmes Olympique – 1985–87
- Frank Stapleton – Le Havre AC – 1988–89
- Bernard Williams – Sochaux – 1932–39, 1945–46
Israel[]
- Eliran Atar – Reims – 2013–15
- Tal Banin – Cannes – 1993–94
- Ronnie Calderon – Paris FC – 1973–74
- Vicky Peretz – Strasbourg – 1980–82
- Itay Shechter – Nantes – 2013–15
- Giora Spiegel – Strasbourg, Lyon – 1973–78
- Mordechai Spiegler – Paris FC, Paris SG – 1972–74[b RUS–URS]
- Shalom Tikvah – Lens – 1991–92
Italy[]
- Henri Alberto – Lyon, Monaco – 1954–56, 1956–61
- – Toulon – 1983–93
- Mario Balotelli – Nice, Marseille – 2016–19
- Antonio Barreca – Monaco – 2018–19
- Cristian Battocchio – Brest – 2019–21[b ARG]
- Raoul Bellanova – Bordeaux – 2019–20
- – Marseille, Toulouse FC – 1948–51
- Armando Bianchi – Paris SG – 1978–80
- Angelo Bollano – Marseille – 1948–50
- Gianluigi Buffon – Paris SG – 2018–19
- Arturo Calabresi – Amiens – 2019–20
- – Saint-Étienne, Lyon – 1945–49, 1951–52
- – Lens – 1950–51
- Elpidio Coppa – Rennes – 1948–49
- Alessandro Crescenzi – AC Ajaccio – 2013–14
- – Marseille – 1935–36
- Paolo De Ceglie – Marseille – 2015–16
- Morgan De Sanctis – Monaco – 2016–17
- Mattia De Sciglio – Lyon – 2020–21
- Edmondo Della Valle – Nice – 1932–34
- Marco Di Costanzo – Nice, Rennes – 1994–95, 1997–98
- Marco Di Vaio – AS Monaco – 2006–07
- Gianluigi Donnarumma – Paris SG – 2021–
- Stephan El Shaarawy – AS Monaco – 2015–16
- Emerson – Lyon – 2021–[b BRA][c BRA U17]
- – Sedan – 1958–59
- – Bastia – 1968–71
- – Sedan – 1972–74
- – Béziers – 1957–58
- Alessandro Florenzi – Paris SG – 2020–21
- Ivan Franceschini – Marseille – 1996–97
- – Nice – 1956–57
- – Marseille – 1948–49
- Fabio Grosso – Lyon – 2007–10
- Moise Kean – Paris SG – 2020–21
- – RC Paris, Nice, Troyes – 1949–53, 1954–56
- Luigi Lavecchia – Le Mans – 2005–06
- – Cannes – 1938–39, 1945–49
- Alberto Malusci – Marseille – 1996–97
- Renato Marchiaro – Nice – 1948–49 (or Alès)
- – Marseille – 1946–47
- Alberto Molina – Montpellier – 1952–53
- – Nice – 1949–50
- Thiago Motta – Paris SG – 2011–18[b BRA][c BRA][c BRA U17]
- – Nice – 1996–97
- Joseph Dayo Oshadogan – AS Monaco – 2003–05
- Michele Padovano – Metz – 1999–2000
- Christian Panucci – AS Monaco – 2000–02
- Pietro Pellegri – Monaco – 2017–19, 2020–21
- Alberto Poli – Angers, Paris SG, Rouen – 1965–68, 1969–75, 1977–78
- – AS Monaco – 1953–56
- Andrea Raggi – Monaco – 2013–19
- Fabrizio Ravanelli – Marseille – 1997–2000
- Francesco Rier – Nice – 1932–34
- Flavio Roma – AS Monaco – 2001–09
- Daniele Rugani – Rennes – 2020–21
- – Rennes – 1951–52
- – Saint-Étienne – 1959–67
- – Le Havre – 1961–62
- – Marseille – 1948–52
- – Nice – 1949–51
- Marco Simone – Paris SG, AS Monaco, Nice – 1997–2001, 2003–04
- Salvatore Sirigu – Paris SG – 2011–16
- – Saint-Étienne – 1952–53
- Ernesto Tomasi – Nice, Cannes – 1932–33, 1946–47
- Denis Tonucci – AC Ajaccio – 2013–14
- Stefano Torrisi – Marseille – 2001–02
- – Stade Français – 1946–47, 1948–49
- – – 1932–33
- Marco Verratti – Paris SG – 2012–
- Christian Vieri – AS Monaco – 2005–06
- Aldo Vollono – Antibes – 1933–34
References and notes[]
Books[]
- Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.
- Tamás Dénes; Pál Peterdi; Zoltán Rochy; József Selmeci (1999). Kalandozó magyar labdarúgók. ISBN 963-85967-0-8.
Club pages[]
- AJ Auxerre former players
- AJ Auxerre former players
- Girondins de Bordeaux former players
- Girondins de Bordeaux former players
- Les ex-Tangos (joueurs), Stade Lavallois former players
- Olympique Lyonnais former players
- Olympique de Marseille former players
- FC Metz former players
- AS Monaco FC former players
- Ils ont porté les couleurs de la Paillade... Montpellier HSC Former players
- AS Nancy former players
- FC Nantes former players
- Paris SG former players
- Red Star Former players
- Red Star former players
- Stade de Reims former players
- Stade Rennais former players
- CO Roubaix-Tourcoing former players
- AS Saint-Étienne former players
- Sporting Toulon Var former players
Others[]
- stat2foot
- footballenfrance
- French Clubs' Players in European Cups 1955-1995, RSSSF
- Finnish players abroad, RSSSF
- Italian players abroad, RSSSF
- Romanians who played in foreign championships
- Swiss players in France, RSSSF
- EURO 2008 CONNECTIONS: FRANCE, Stephen Byrne Bristol Rovers official site
Notes[]
- ^ Born in Argentina
- ^ Born in Brazil
- ^ Born in England
- ^ Born in Russia (then part of the Soviet Union)
- ^ Born in Sweden
- ^ Capped for the Brazil national football team
- ^ Capped for the Brazil national under-17 football team
- ^ Capped for the Sweden national football team
Categories:
- Lists of expatriate association football players
- Ligue 1 players