List of foreign Scottish Premier League players explained
This is a list of foreign players in the Scottish Premier League (1997–2013) or Scottish Premiership. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:
- 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.
- 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.[1]
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| Angola | Antigua and Barbuda | Argentina | Australia | Austria | Belgium | Benin | Bonaire | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Brazil | Bulgaria | Cameroon | Canada | Central African Republic | Chile | China | Colombia | Congo | Congo DR | Côte d'Ivoire | Croatia | Cyprus | Czech Republic | Denmark | Ecuador | Estonia | Faroe Islands | Finland | France | Gabon | The Gambia | Georgia | Germany | Ghana | Greece | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Haiti | Honduras | Hungary | Iceland | Iran | Israel | Italy | Jamaica | Japan | Kenya | Latvia | Liberia | Lithuania | Macedonia | Mali | Martinique | Mexico | Montenegro | Montserrat | Morocco | Netherlands | Netherlands Antilles | New Zealand | Nigeria | Norway | Peru | Poland | Portugal | Romania | Russia | Saint Lucia | Senegal | Serbia | Sierra Leone | Slovakia | Slovenia | South Africa | South Korea | Spain | Sweden | Togo | Trinidad and Tobago | Tunisia | Turkey | Uganda | United States | Uruguay | VenezuelaReferences | |
Albania
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Belgium
Benin
Bonaire
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Central African Republic
Chile
China PR
Colombia
Congo
Congo DR
Croatia
Cyprus
Ecuador
Estonia
Faroe Islands
Gabon
The Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Greece
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Honduras
Iran
Israel
Italy
- Jackson Black – Celtic – 2020–2024
Japan
Kenya
Latvia
Liberia
Madagascar
Mali
Mexico
Montenegro
Montserrat
Namibia
Netherlands Antilles
New Zealand
North Macedonia
Peru
Romania
Russia
Saint Lucia
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Switzerland
Togo
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Notes
- 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.