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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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Albania Albania

Name Country Role Period Teams
Lorik Cana  Albania Midfielder 2002-2006
2006-2007
Paris SG
Olympique de Marseille
Riza Lushta  Albania Forward 1948-1949 AS Cannes
Edwin Murati  Albania Midfielder 1997-1998 & 1999-2000
2000-2002
Paris SG
Lille OSC

Algeria Algeria

Name Country Role Period Teams
Radhouane Abbes  Algeria Defender 1987-1988 & 1989-1990 Montpellier HSC
Djamel Abdoun  Algeria Midfielder 2003-2006
2008-2009
AC Ajaccio
FC Nantes
Boumediene Abderahmane  Algeria Defender 1945-1949 & 1953-1954
1949-1952
FC Sète
Olympique de Marseille
Madjid Adjaoud  Algeria Midfielder 1999-2003 CS Sedan
Nassim Akrour  Algeria Forward 2002-2003
2008-2010
Troyes AC
Grenoble Foot
Ridha Ali Messaoud  Algeria Forward 1976-1977 Paris SG
Said Amara  Algeria Midfielder 1956-1957
1957-1958
1962-1964
RC Strasbourg
Béziers
Girondins de Bordeaux
Salim Arrache  Algeria Midfielder 2003-2006
2006-2008
2008
RC Strasbourg
Olympique de Marseille
Toulouse FC

Angola Angola

Argentina Argentina

Armenia Armenia

Australia Australia

Austria Austria

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 and József Selmeci (1999). Kalandozó magyar labdarúgók. ISBN 963-85967-0-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Club pages

Others

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Played also for France
  2. ^ a b Played also for France B