List of foreign Scottish Premier League players

This is a list of foreign players in the Scottish Premier League, which commenced play in 1998. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:

1. Have played at least one Scottish Premier League game. Players who were signed by Scottish Premier League 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 Great Britain and Ireland, determined by the following:

A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for the national teams of Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland.

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 British/Irish players with dual citizenship.
• If a player has not been capped on international level, his country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from British/Irish parents or moved to Great Britain/Ireland at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.

Clubs listed are those which the player has played at least one Scottish Premier League game for.

Seasons listed are those which the player has played at least one Scottish Premier League game in. Note that seasons, not calendar years, are used. For example, "2002-05" indicates that the player has played in every season from 2002-03 to 2004-05, but not necessarily every calendar year from 2002 to 2005.

Last updated after Scottish Premier League matches on 18 January 2009.

Algeria

• Madjid Bougherra – Rangers – 2008-09
• Karim Kerkar – Dundee United – 2004-05

Angola

• José Quitongo - Heart of Midlothian, Kilmarnock - 1998-2000, 2002-03

Argentina

• Gabriel Amato – Rangers – 1998-2000
• Fabián Caballero - Dundee - 2000-05
• Claudio Caniggia - Dundee, Rangers - 2000-03
• Luis Alberto Carranza - Dundee - 2000-04
• Gustavo Fuentes – Dundee United – 2000-01
• Marcelino Galoppo – Dundee United – 2000-01
• Julián Maidana – Livingston – 2002-03
• Franco Miranda – St Mirren – 2007-present
• Beto Naveda – Dundee United – 2000-01
• Federico Nieto – Rangers – 2004-05
• Juan Sara - Dundee F.C. - 2000-03
• Julián Speroni - Dundee F.C. - 2001-04

Australia

• Raphael Bove – Dundee United – 1999-00
• Karl Dodd – Falkirk – 2005-07
• Rostyn Griffiths – Gretna – 2007-08
• Danny Invincibile – Kilmarnock – 2003-present
• Patrick Kisnorbo – Heart of Midlothian – 2003-05
• Craig Moore – Rangers (twice) - 1998-99, 1999-2005
• Kevin Muscat – Rangers – 2002-03
• Erik Paartalu – Gretna – 2007-08
• Tony Vidmar – Rangers - 1998-2002

Austria

• Thomas Flögel – Heart of Midlothian – 1998-2002
• Robert Olejnik – Falkirk – 2007-present
• Alen Orman – Hibernian – 2001-05

Belgium

• Roberto Bisconti – Aberdeen – 2001-03
• Thomas Buffel – Rangers – 2004-08
• Dave Bus – Aberdeen – 2007-08
• Yves Makabu-Makalambay – Hibernian – 2007-present
• Tonny Mols – Dundee United – 1998-99
• Joos Valgaeren – Celtic – 1998-99

Benin

• Laurent D'Jaffo – Aberdeen – 2002-03

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Mirsad Bešlija – Heart of Midlothian – 2005-07
• Saša Papac – Rangers – 2006-present

Brazil

• Alexandre Cerdeira - Dundee - 2004-05
• Emerson – Rangers – 2003-04
• Juninho – Celtic – 2004-05
• Rafael Scheidt – Celtic – 1999-2000

Bulgaria

• Stiliyan Petrov – Celtic– 1999-2006

Cameroon

• Mvondo Atangana – Dundee United – 2000-2002
• Thierry Gathuessi – Hibernian, Inverness CT – 2007-present
• Guy Ipoua – Livingston– 2003-2004
• Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé – Celtic– 2006-08
• Alphonse Tchami – Dundee United – 2000-01

Canada

• Nick Dasovic – St Johnstone – 1998-2002
• Lars Hirschfeld – Dundee United – 2004-05
• Jason de Vos – Dundee United – 1998-2001

Chile

• Mauricio Pinilla – Heart of Midlothian – 2006-08
• Sebastián Rozental - Rangers 1998-2001

China PR

• Fan Zhiyi – Dundee – 2001-02

Congo DR

• Michel Ngonge – Kilmarnock – 2001-02

Côte d'Ivoire

• Samassi Abou – Kilmarnock – 1999-2000
• Souleymane Bamba – Dunfermline Athletic, Hibernian – 2006-07, 2008-09
• Eugène Dadi – Aberdeen, Livingston – 2001-03
• Aimé Koudou – Kilmarnock – 2006-08
• Mohammed Sylla – St Johnstone, Celtic, Kilmarnock – 2000-05, 2006-07
• Olivier Tébily – Celtic – 1999-2002

Croatia

• Dado Pršo – Rangers – 2004-07

Czech Republic

• Roman Bednář – Heart of Midlothian – 2005-07
• Tomáš Černý – Hamilton Academical – 2008-present
• Jiří Jarošík – Celtic – 2006-08
• Michal Pospíšil – Heart of Midlothian – 2005-08
• Libor Sionko – Rangers – 2006-07
• Rudolf Skácel – Heart of Midlothian – 2005-06

Denmark

• Thomas Gravesen – Celtic – 2006-08
• Peter Kjær – Aberdeen – 2001-03
• Ulrik Laursen – Hibernian, Celtic – 2000-05
• Peter Løvenkrands – Rangers – 2000-06
• Tommy Løvenkrands – St Johnstone – 2000-02
• Kasper Schmeichel – Falkirk – 2006-07

Ecuador

• Ulises de la Cruz – Hibernian – 2001-02
• Eduardo Hurtado – Hibernian – 2001-02

Finland

• Markus Heikkinen – Aberdeen – 2003-05
• Jonatan Johansson – Rangers, Hibernian – 1998-2000, 2008-present
• Jani Kauppila – Rangers – 2000-01
• Juho Mäkelä – Heart of Midlothian – 1997-2002
• Antti Niemi - Rangers, Hearts - 1997-1999, 1999-2002
• Markus Paatelainen – Inverness CT – 2006-08
• Mixu Paatelainen – Hibernian (twice) – 1998-2001, 2002-03
• Tero Penttila - Rangers - 1999-2002
• Sebastian Sorsa – Inverness CT – 2008-09
• Simo Valakari – Motherwell – 1998-2000

France

• Stéphane Adam – Heart of Midlothian – 1997-2002
• Didier Agathe – Hibernian, Celtic – 2000-01, 2000-06
• Mickaël Antoine-Curier – Hibernian – 2007-08
• Frédéric Arpinon – Hibernian – 2001-03
• Anthony Basso – Heart of Midlothian – 2007-09
• Olivier Bernard – Rangers – 2005-06
• Guillaume Beuzelin – Hibernian – 2004-08
• Roger Boli - Dundee United - 1998-99
• Stéphane Bonnes – Partick Thistle – 2003-04
• Jérôme Bonnissel – Rangers – 2002-03
• Bertrand Bossu – Aberdeen – 2008-present
• Jean-Alain Boumsong – Rangers – 2004-05
• Julien Brellier – Heart of Midlothian – 2005-07
• Mickaël Buscher – Gretna – 2007-08
• Lionel Charbonnier – Rangers – 1998-2000
• Jérémy Clément – Rangers – 2006-07
• Christophe Cocard – Kilmarnock – 1999-2002
• Aurélien Collin – Gretna – 2007-08
• Moussa Dagnogo – St Mirren – 2000-01
• Frédéric Daquin – Hibernian, Dunfermline Athletic – 2001-03, 2005-07
• Jean-Claude Darcheville – Rangers – 2007-09
• Jean-Pierre Delaunay – Dundee United – 1999-2000
• Frédéric Dindeleux – Kilmarnock – 1999-2005
• Lionel Djebi-Zadi – Inverness CT – 2008-present
• Emmanuel Dorado – Livingston – 2002-06
• François Dubourdeau – Motherwell, Kilmarnock – 2001-04
• Stephen Ettien – Hamilton Academical – 2008-present
• Nicolas Fabiano – Aberdeen – 2002-03
• Morgaro Gomis – Dundee United – 2006-present
• David Grondin – Dunfermline Athletic – 2002-04
• Vincent Guérin – Heart of Midlothian – 1998-99
• Stéphane Guivarc'h – Rangers – 1998-99
• Brahim Hemdani – Rangers – 2005-present
• John Licina – Dundee United – 2000-01
• Lionel Letizi – Rangers – 2006-07
• Mathias Kouo-Doumbe – Hibernian – 2001-04
• Stéphane Mahé – Celtic, Heart of Midlothian – 1998-2003
• Christian Nadé – Heart of Midlothian – 2007-present
• Patrick Noubissie – Hibernian – 2007-08
• Bernard Pascual – Dundee United – 1998-2000
• Steve Pinau – Hibernian – 2008-present
• Stéphane Pounewatchy – Dundee – 1998-99
• Damien Rascle – Kilmarnock – 2008-present
• Julien Rodriguez – Rangers – 2005-07
• Gilles Rousset – Heart of Midlothian – 1995-2001
• Ludovic Roy – St Mirren, – 2000-02, 2005-06
• Franck Sauzée – Hibernian – 1999-2002
• Eric Skora – Kilmarnock – 2003-04, 2007-08

Gabon

• Daniel Cousin – Rangers – 2007-09

Georgia

• Shota Arveladze – Rangers – 2001-05
• Temuri Ketsbaia – Dundee – 2001-02
• Zurab Khizanishvili – Dundee, Rangers – 2000-05
• Georgi Nemsadze – Dundee – 2000-04

Germany

• Jörg Albertz – Rangers – 1998-2001
• Andreas Hinkel – Celtic – 2007-present
• Mathias Jack – Hibernian – 1999-2003
• Torben Joneleit – Hibernian – 2007-08
• Stefan Klos – Rangers – 1998-2006
• Dirk Lehmann – Hibernian – 1999-2001
• Christian Nerlinger – Rangers – 2001-04
• Andis Shala - Dundee United - 2008-present

Ghana

• Prince Buaben – Dundee United – 2007-present
• Laryea Kingston – Heart of Midlothian – 2006-present

Greece

• Takis Fyssas – Heart of Midlothian – 2005-07
• Hristos Karipidis – Heart of Midlothian – 2006-present
• Sotirios Kyrgiakos – Rangers – 2004-06
• Georgios Samaras – Celtic – 2007-present
• Tassos Venetis – Dundee United – 1999-2003

Guinea

• Bobo Baldé – Celtic – 2001-present
• Mohammed Camara – Celtic – 2005-06

Haiti

• Jean-Francois Lescinel – Falkirk – 2005-07

Honduras

• Francisco Ramírez – Dundee United – 2000-01

Hungary

• János Balogh – Heart of Midlothian – 2008-present
• Ferenc Horváth – Livingston – 2004-05
• Dénes Rósa - Hibernian – 2008-present
• Thomas Sowunmi - Hibernian – 2006-07

Iceland

• Teddy Bjarnason – Celtic – 2006-07
• Ólafur Gottskálksson - Hibernian – 1998-2000
• Arnar Gunnlaugsson – Dundee United – 2003-04
• Eggert Jónsson – Heart of Midlothian – 2006-present
• Siggi Jónsson - Dundee United – 1998-2000

Israel

• Eyal Berkovic – Celtic – 1999-2000
• Jan Talesnikov – Dundee United – 1999-2000

Italy

• Lorenzo Amoruso – Rangers – 1997-2003
• Patrizio Billio – Dundee, Aberdeen – 1999-2001, 2002-03
• Ivano Bonetti – Dundee – 2000-01
• Daniele Chiarini – Partick Thistle, Dundee United, Partick Thistle – 2002-04
• Massimo Donati – Celtic – 2007-present
• Gennaro Gattuso – Rangers – 1998-99
• Marco Negri – Rangers – 2000-01
• Manuel Pascali – Kilmarnock – 2008-present
• Sergio Porrini – Rangers – 1998-2001
• Fabrizio Ravanelli – Dundee – 2003-04

Jamaica

• Ricardo Fuller – Heart of Midlothian – 2001-02
• Marcus Gayle – Rangers – 2000
• Fitzroy Simpson – Heart of Midlothian – 1999-2001

Japan

• Koki Mizuno – Celtic – 2008-present
• Shunsuke Nakamura - Celtic – 2005-present

Latvia

• Pavels Mihadjuks – Inverness CT – 2008-present

Liberia

• Christopher Wreh – St Mirren – 2001-02

Lithuania

• Nerijus Barasa – Heart of Midlothian – 2005-07
• Ričardas Beniušis – Heart of Midlothian – 2007-08
• Deividas Česnauskis – Heart of Midlothian – 2004-present
• Tomas Danilevičius – Dunfermline Athletic – 2000-01
• Kęstutis Ivaškevičius – Heart of Midlothian – 2006-08
• Edgaras Jankauskas – Heart of Midlothian – 2005-07
• Tomas Kančelskis – Heart of Midlothian – 2006-08
• Marius Kižys – Heart of Midlothian – 2004-05
• Audrius Kšanavičius – Heart of Midlothian – 2007-09
• Eduardas Kurskis – Heart of Midlothian – 2007-08
• Saulius Mikoliūnas – Heart of Midlothian – 2004-present
• Linas Pilibaitis – Heart of Midlothian – 2006-07
• Andrius Skerla – Dunfermline Athletic – 2000-05
• Andrius Velička – Heart of Midlothian, Rangers – 2006-present

Macedonia

• Gjorgji Hristov - Dunfermline Athletic – 2004-05
• Goran Stanić - Livingston – 2004-05

Mali

• Amadou Konte - Hibernian – 2004-07

Martinique

• José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan – Rangers – 2005-06

Morocco

• Abdessalam Benjelloun - Hibernian – 2005-present
• Hassan Kachloul - Livingston – 2004-05
• Youssef Rossi - Dunfermline Athletic – 2000-02
• Merouane Zemmama - Hibernian – 2006-present

Namibia

• Eliphas Shivute - Motherwell – 1998-99

Netherlands

• Gerard Aafjes - Falkirk – 2007-present
• Regi Blinker – Celtic – 1998-2000
• Frank de Boer - Rangers – 2003-04
• Ronald de Boer - Rangers – 2000-04
• Giovanni van Bronckhorst – Rangers – 1998-2001
• Sieb Dijkstra – Dundee United – 1998-99
• Jack de Gier - Dunfermline Athletic – 2001-02
• Bert Konterman - Rangers – 2000-03
• Tim Krul - Falkirk – 2007-08
• Glenn Loovens – Celtic – 2008-09
• Arthur Numan – Rangers – 1998-2003
• Bobby Petta – Celtic – 1999-2005
• Fernando Ricksen - Rangers – 2000-06
• Humphrey Rudge - Hibernian – 2005-06
• Marco Ruitenbeek - Dunfermline Athletic – 2000-04
• Evander Sno – Celtic – 2006-08
• Ferne Snoyl – Aberdeen – 2005-06
• Dorus de Vries – Dunfermline Athletic – 2006-07

Netherlands Antilles

• Dyron Daal – Aberdeen – 2006-07
• Shelton Martis – Hibernian – 2006-07

New Zealand

• Chris Killen – Hibernian, Celtic – 2005-present

Nigeria

• Moses Ashikodi – Rangers – 2005-06
• Henry Makinwa – Gretna – 2007-08

Norway

• Henning Berg – Rangers – 2003-04
• Harald Brattbakk – Celtic – 1997-2000
• Tore André Flo – Rangers – 2000-02
• Cato Guntveit – Aberdeen – 1999-01
• Christian Kalvenes – Dundee United – 2006-08
• Thomas Myhre – Celtic – 1999-2000
• Egil Østenstad – Rangers – 2003-04
• Erik Pedersen – Dundee United – 1998-99
• Vidar Riseth - Celtic – 1998-2000
• Thomas Solberg – Aberdeen – 1999-2002
• Arild Stavrum – Aberdeen – 1999-2001
• Ståle Stensaas – Rangers – 1997-2000

Poland

• Dariusz Adamczuk – Dundee, Rangers – 1998-2001
• Artur Boruc – Celtic – 2005-present
• Arkadiusz Klimek – Heart of Midlothian – 2006-07
• Zbigniew Małkowski – Hibernian, Inverness CT – 2005-08
• Grzegorz Szamotulski - Dundee United, Hibernian – 2007-present
• Łukasz Załuska – Dundee United – 2007-present

Portugal

• Bruno Aguiar – Heart of Midlothian – 2005-present
• Jorge Cadete - Celtic - 1996-1997
• Nuno Capucho – Rangers – 2003-04
• Tiago Costa – Heart of Midlothian – 2006-07
• José Gonçalves – Heart of Midlothian – 2005-08
• Pedro Mendes – Rangers – 2008-present
• Filipe Morais – Hibernian, Inverness CT – 2007-present
• Pedro Moutinho – Falkirk – 2004-08
• Miguel Simão – St Johnstone – 1998-2000

Romania

• Marius Niculae – Inverness CT – 2007-08

Russia

• Andrei Kanchelskis – Rangers – 1998-2002
• Dmitri Kharine – Celtic – 1999-2002

Senegal

• Henri Camara – Celtic – 2004-05
• Amdy Faye – Rangers – 2007-08
• Joachim Fernandez – Dundee United – 2000-01
• Makhtar N'Diaye – Rangers – 2006-07
• Seyni N'Diaye – Dunfermline Athletic – 2002-03
• Ibrahim Tall – Heart of Midlothian – 2005-08

Serbia

• Saša Ćurčić – Motherwell – 1999-2000
• Dragoje Leković - Kilmarnock F.C. - 1994-1997
• Dragan Mladenović – Rangers – 2004-05
• Gordan Petrić – Heart of Midlothian – 1999-2001

Slovakia

• Stanislav Varga – Celtic – 2002-06
• Ľubomír Moravčík – Celtic – 1998-2002
• Martin Petráš - Heart of Midlothian - 2005-06
• Filip Šebo – Rangers – 2006-07

South Africa

• Dean Furman – Rangers – 2007-08

Spain

• Guillermo Amor – Livingston – 2002-03
• Mikel Arteta – Rangers – 2002-04
• Antonio Calderon – Kilmarnock – 2000-02
• Juanjo Camacho - Livingston - 2002-04
• Marc Crosas – Celtic – 2008-present
• Carlos Cuéllar – Rangers – 2007-08
• David Fernández – Livingston, Celtic, Dundee United, Kilmarnock – 2001-present
• Jesús García Sanjuán – Kilmarnock – 2001-03
• Juanjo - Heart of Midlothian, Inverness CT - 1998-2002, 2004-06
• Roberto Martínez – Motherwell – 2001-02
• Aarón Ñíguez – Rangers – 2008-present
• Nacho Novo – Dundee, Rangers – 2002-present
• Rubén Palazuelos - Heart of Midlothian - 2007-present
• Arnau Riera – Falkirk – 2007-present
• Francisco Sandaza – Dundee United – 2008-present
• Francisco Javier Sánchez Broto - Livingston, Celtic – 2001-03

Sweden

• Daniel Andersson – Hibernian – 2002-04
• Joachim Björklund – Rangers – 1996-98
• Bojan Djordjic – Rangers – 2004-05
• Magnus Hedman – Rangers – 2002-05
• Henrik Larsson – Rangers – 1998-2004
• Johan Mjällby – Celtic – 1997-2004
• Kjell Olofsson – Dundee United – 1998-99
• Erik Schultz-Eklund – Gretna – 2007-08
• Magnus Sköldmark – Dundee United – 1998-2000
• Karl Svensson – Rangers – 2006-07
• Lars Zetterlund – Dundee United – 1998-99

Switzerland

• Stéphane Henchoz – Celtic – 2004-05
• Oumar Kondé – Hibernian – 2006-07
• Mihael Kovačević – Dundee United – 1998-99
• Ramon Vega – Celtic – 2000-01

Trinidad and Tobago

• Lyndon Andrews – Hibernian – 2000-02
• Marvin Andrews – Livingston, Rangers – 2000-06
• Kelvin Jack – Dundee – 2004-05
• Russell Latapy – Hibernian, Rangers, Dundee United, Falkirk – 1999-2009
• Collin Samuel – Dundee United – 2003-07
• Brent Sancho – Dundee – 2003-05
• Jason Scotland – Dundee United – 2003-05

Tunisia

• Hamed Namouchi – Rangers – 2003-06

Turkey

• Tugay Kerimoğlu – Rangers – 1999-2001

Uganda

• David Obua – Heart of Midlothian – 2008-present

United States

• DaMarcus Beasley – Rangers – 2007-present
• Maurice Edu – Rangers – 2008-present
• Claudio Reyna – Rangers – 1998-2002

Uruguay

• Carlos Marcora – Dundee United – 2000-01

References

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