List of foreign Eliteserien players

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This is a list of foreign players in the top flight of Norwegian football, currently known as Eliteserien, which commenced play in 1937. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:

  1. Have played at least one Eliteserien game. Players who were signed by Eliteserien 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, determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for Norway national football team, 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.
  • If a player has not been capped on international level, his country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from Norwegian parents or moved to Norway at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.

Clubs listed are those for which the player has played at least one Eliteserien game — and seasons are those in which the player has played at least one Eliteserien game.

In bold: players who have played at least one Eliteserien game in the current season (2019), and are still at a club for which they have played. This does not include current players of an Eliteserien club who have not played an Eliteserien game in the current season.

Details correct as of 1 December 2019

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Benin

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Rob Friend has played 40 top division matches for Molde.

Cape Verde

Chile

Comoros

Costa Rica

Michael Barrantes has played 122 top division matches for Aalesund.

Croatia

Czech Republic

Bořek Dočkal has played 55 top division matches for Rosenborg.

Denmark

Nicklas Bendtner has played 57 Eliteserien matches for Rosenborg.
Mike Jensen won four consecutive Eliteserien titles for Rosenborg, including three as captain

DR Congo

Egypt

El Salvador

England

Estonia

Ethiopia

Faroe Islands

Finland

France

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

India

Iran

Israel

Italy

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan

Kenya

Kosovo

Latvia

Lebanon

Liberia

Libya

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malawi

Mali

Malta

Mexico

Montenegro

Morocco

Namibia

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

Northern Ireland

North Macedonia

Oman

Paraguay

Poland

Portugal

Republic of Ireland

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Scotland

Senegal

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Slovakia

Slovenia

Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Mikael Dorsin played 270 Eliteserien matches for Rosenborg and won five league titles.
Mattias Moström has played 281 Eliteserien matches for Molde and has won four Eliteserien titles.
Daniel Nannskog has played 118 top division matches for Stabæk.

Syria

Tanzania

Togo

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Uganda

Ukraine

United States

Uruguay

Venezuela

Wales

Zimbabwe

Notes

  1. ^
    Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of Yugoslavia)
  2. ^
    Born in Burkina Faso
  3. ^
    Born in Cameroon
  4. ^
    Born in Canada
  5. ^
    Born in Colombia
  6. ^
    Born in Croatia (then part of Yugoslavia)
  7. ^
    Born in Denmark
  8. ^
    Born in England
  9. ^
    Born in Ethiopia
  10. ^
    Born in Finland
  11. ^
    Born in France
  12. ^
    Born in Germany
  13. ^
    Born in West Germany (now part of Germany)
  14. ^
    Born in Ghana
  15. ^
    Born in Greece
  16. ^
    Born in Israel
  17. ^
    Born in the Ivory Coast
  18. ^
    Born in Kosovo (then part of Yugoslavia)
  19. ^
    Born in Lebanon
  20. ^
    Born in Malawi
  21. ^
    Born in Morocco
  22. ^
    Born in the Netherlands
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    Born in Norway
  25. ^
    Born in Poland
  26. ^
    Born in Portugal
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    Born in South Africa
  29. ^
    Born in Spain
  30. ^
    Born in Switzerland
  31. ^
    Born in Sweden
  32. ^
    Born in Togo
  33. ^
    Born in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union)
  34. ^
    Born in the United States
  35. ^
    Born in Venezuela
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  1. ^ a b Nielsen, p. 259
  2. ^ Nielsen, pp. 237, 240–244
  3. ^ Nielsen, p. 254
  4. ^ Nielsen, pp. 257–258
  5. ^ Nielsen, p. 255
  6. ^ Nielsen, pp. 229–234, 236
  7. ^ Nielsen, pp. 253–255
  8. ^ Nielsen, p. 252
  9. ^ Nielsen, p. 231
  10. ^ Nielsen, pp. 252–254
  11. ^ Nielsen, p. 228

References

  • Nielsen, Atle (2008). Sportsklubben Brann: 100 år med tro, håp og kjærlighet (in Norwegian). Bergen: Schibsted. ISBN 978-82-516-2658-3.