List of sportspeople with dual nationality
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The following is a list of athletes with dual nationality. It includes both players who can trace their origins to a foreign country and those who have attained foreign nationality during their career, as well as players who hail from semi-autonomous regions within countries.
Athletics
Auto racing
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
Cycling
Fencing
Name of athlete | Nationalities |
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Helene Mayer | Germany United States |
Field hockey
Name of athlete | Nationalities |
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Fatima Moreira de Melo | Netherlands Portugal |
Football (Association)
Name of athlete | National teams represented | Nationalities | Acquisition of Nationality |
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Lionel Messi | Argentina | Argentina Spain |
By birth |
Stephan Schröck | Germany (U18-U19) Philippines |
Germany Philippines |
By birth
Mother (Philippines) |
Daisuke Sato | Philippines | Philippines Japan |
By birth
Mother (Philippines) |
Wagner Lopes | Japan | Brazil Japan |
Naturalized
1993 (Japan) |
Mike Havenaar | Japan | Japan Netherlands |
Naturalized
1994 (Japan) |
Predrag Radosavljević | United States | Yugoslavia United States |
Naturalized
1996 (United States) |
Cristian Gonzáles | Indonesia | Indonesia Uruguay |
Naturalized
3 November 2010 (Indonesia) |
Sergio van Dijk | Indonesia | Indonesia Netherlands |
Naturalized
2013 (Indonesia) |
Diego Costa | Brazil Spain |
Brazil Spain |
Naturalized
September 2013 (Spain) |
Adis Nurković | Bosnia and Herzegovina Kosovo |
Bosnia and Herzegovina Kosovo (expected to be) |
Naturalized
2016 (Kosovo) |
Mohamadou Sumareh | Malaysia | Gambia Malaysia |
Naturalized
April 2018 (Malaysia) |
Jenny Bindon | New Zealand | New Zealand United States |
By marriage; naturalized
Unknown (New Zealand) |
Karen Bardsley | England | England United States |
By descent
Parents (England) |
Sydney Leroux | Canada (U19) United States |
Canada United States |
Naturalized, albeit by descent
Father (United States) |
Football (Gridiron)
Ice hockey
Kickboxing
Rugby (league & union)
Speed skating
Name of athlete | Nationalities |
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Derek Parra | United States Mexico |
Emmi Peltonen | United States Finland |
Brigt Rykkje | Netherlands Norway |
Hans van Helden | Netherlands France |
Swimming
Tennis
Weightlifting
Name of athlete | Nationalities |
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David Mark Berger | Israel United States |
Ben Helfgott | Poland United Kingdom |