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Australian Football League players come from diverse backgrounds, with 15 per cent of all players either born overseas or have a parent born overseas.[1] A total of 121 players from a multicultural background (at least one parent born overseas) are among the 817 AFL listed players in 2013. Richmond Football Club has the most multicultural players with 30% and Carlton Football Club has the least with almost 5%.[2] Of those 121 multicultural players, more than half have one parent from Anglophone countries, mainly the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.[3]

Albania Albania

Barbados Barbados

Brazil Brazil

Canada Canada

Chile Chile

China China

Name Origins Career
Ernie Foo Chinese parents[10] 1914
Lin Jong Taiwanese mother; Timorese-Chinese father[5] 2012–
Les Kew Ming Chinese father; Chinese/Scottish maternal grandparents[11] 1922-1923
Wally Koochew Chinese father[12] 1908
Dannie Seow Born in Singapore; Chinese father[13][14] 1986-1987; 1989-1990
George Tansing Chinese father[14][15][16] 1908

Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo, Democratic Republic of

Cook Islands Cook Islands

Croatia Croatia

Cyprus Cyprus

Czech Republic Czech Republic

Denmark Denmark

East Timor East Timor

  • Lin Jong (Taiwanese mother, Timorese-Chinese father)[5]

Egypt Egypt

Estonia Estonia

Fiji Fiji

Germany Germany

Greece Greece

see: Greek Team of the Century[35]

Hungary Hungary

India India

Republic of Ireland Ireland

Main article: Irish experiment
Name Origins Career
Colm Begley Born in Ireland[42] 2006–2009
Dermott Brereton Irish parents[21] 1982–1992;1994–1995
Ciarán Byrne Born in Ireland 2014–
Conor McKenna Born in Ireland 2014–
Paul Earley Born in Ireland[42] 1984
Cian Hanley Welsh mother, Irish father 2015–
Pearce Hanley Irish, born in England, UK; Welsh mother, Irish father[5] 2008–
Tadhg Kennelly Born in Ireland[42] 2001–2008;2010–2011
James Magner Irish parents[5] 2012–13
Jock McHale Irish parents 1903–1920
Niall McKeever (Born in Ireland)[5] Born in Ireland[42] 2010–2013
Dermot McNicholl Born in Ireland[42] 1990
Caolan Mooney Born in Ireland[5] 2012–2014
Brett O'Hanlon [43] 2012–
Jamie O'Reilly Born in Ireland[5] 2010–2011
Setanta Ó hAilpín Irish father, Fijian mother[5] 2005–2013
Michael Quinn Born in Ireland 2009–2010
Ciaran Sheehan Born in Ireland 2014–
Brian Stynes Born in Ireland[42] 1992
Jim Stynes Born in Ireland[21] 1987–1998
Zach Tuohy Born in Ireland[5] 2011–
Tommy Walsh Born in Ireland[5] 2012–2014
Sean Wight Born in Scotland, UK, Irish parents[42] 1984–1995

Israel Israel

Italy Italy

Kenya Kenya

Latvia Latvia

Lebanon Lebanon

Lithuania Lithuania

North Macedonia Macedonia

Malaysia Malaysia

Malta Malta

Myanmar Myanmar

Netherlands Netherlands

New Zealand New Zealand

Nigeria Nigeria

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea

Philippines Philippines

Poland Poland

Russia Russia

Samoa Samoa

Seychelles Seychelles

Serbia Serbia

Slovenia Slovenia

South Africa South Africa

South Korea South Korea

South Sudan South Sudan

Spain Spain

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

Sudan Sudan

Sweden Sweden

Switzerland Switzerland

Taiwan Taiwan

  • Lin Jong (Taiwanese mother, Timorese-Chinese father)[5]

Thailand Thailand

Tonga Tonga

Turkey Turkey

Tuvalu Tuvalu

Ukraine Ukraine

United Kingdom United Kingdom

England England

Scotland Scotland

Wales Wales

United States United States of America

Name Origins Career
Archie Smith American father 2014–
Sanford Wheeler Born in the US 1989-1994
Don Pyke Born in the US 1989–96
Jason Holmes Born in the US 2014–
Zac Clarke American father[40][111] 2009–

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

See also

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