List of foreign Ligue 1 players: G

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:

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.
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.

Last updated 14 February 2013

Gabon

Pierre Aubameyang – Laval, Le Havre – 1984–89, 1991–94
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Lille OSC, AS Monaco, Saint-Étienne – 2009–13^{[b FRA]}^{[c FRA U21]}
Stéphane Bégou – Toulon – 1983–84
Denis Bouanga – Lorient, Nîmes, Saint-Étienne – 2014–16, 2018–^{[b FRA]}
Didier Bouanga – Lorient – 2014–15^{[b FRA]}
Moïse Brou Apanga – Brest – 2010–12^{[b CIV]}
Frédéric Bulot – Monaco, Caen, Reims – 2010–12, 2015–16^{[c FRA U21]}^{[c FRA U19]}^{[c FRA U18]}^{[c FRA U17]}^{[c FRA U16]}
Daniel Cousin – Lens – 2005–08
Bruno Ecuele Manga – Lorient, Dijon – 2010–14, 2019–
Paul Manon – Reims – 1966–67
Régis Manon – Tours – 1984–85
Anthony Mfa Mezui – Metz – 2014–15^{[b FRA]}
Eric Mouloungui – Strasbourg, Nice – 2002–06, 2007–12
Yrondu Musavu-King – Caen, Lorient, Toulouse – 2014–17
Stéphane N'Guéma – Rennes – 2002–07
Shiva N'Zigou – Nantes – 2002–04
Didier Ndong – Lorient, Guingamp, Dijon – 2014–17, 2018–
Guy Roger Nzamba – Auxerre – 1992–93
Johann Obiang – Troyes – 2017–18^{[b FRA]}
Mondey Ossey – Rennes, Toulouse FC (1937) – 1959–61
Didier Ovono – Le Mans – 2009–10
Lloyd Palun – Nice – 2011–15^{[b FRA]}
Yoann Wachter – Lorient – 2014–15^{[b FRA]}

Gambia

Ablie Jallow – Metz – 2017–18
Hassane Kamara – Reims, Nice – 2015–16, 2018–^{[b FRA]}

Georgia

Otar Dondua – Red Star – 1945–48
Gija Guruli – Le Havre – 1992–94
Jaba Kankava – Reims – 2015–16
Giorgi Makaridze – Le Mans – 2009–10

Germany

Klaus Allofs – Marseille, Bordeaux – 1987–91
Oliver Bierhoff – AS Monaco – 2001–02
Emile Buhrer – Metz – 1932–33, 1935–36
Kurt Clemens – FC Nancy – 1951–53[1]
Diego Contento – Bordeaux – 2014–18
Karl Dahleimer – Fives – 1933–38
Julian Draxler – Paris SG – 2016–
Ewald Follmann – Metz – 1949–50[1]
Karl-Heinz Förster – Marseille – 1986–90
Dieter Hackl – Strasbourg – 1969–71, 1972–73
Walter Hanke – Metz – 1935–37
Paul-Ferdinand Heidkamp – Bastia, Lille OSC – 1973–77
Wilhelm Heiss – Marseille – 1937–39
Benjamin Henrichs – Monaco – 2018–20
Otto Herbert – Le Havre – 1945–47
Bernd Hobsch – Rennes – 1997–98
Udo Horsmann – Rennes – 1983–84
Reinhold Jackstell – Lens, Angers – 1953–54, 1956–57
Klaus Jank – Laval – 1983–84
Walter Kaiser – Rennes – 1932–37
Manfred Kaltz – Bordeaux, Mulhouse – 1988–90
Wolfgang Kaniber – Strasbourg – 1969–71
Thilo Kehrer – Paris SG – 2018–
Walter Kelsch – Strasbourg – 1984–86
Jürgen Klinsmann – AS Monaco – 1992–94
Harald Klose – Valenciennes – 1970–71, 1972–73
Andreas Köpke – Marseille – 1996–98
Erwin Kostedde – Laval – 1979–80
Peter Kracke – Angoulême – 1971–72
Uwe Krause – Laval, AS Monaco, Sochaux – 1980–86
Willibald Kreß – Mulhouse – 1932–33
Mustafa Kucukovic – Grenoble – 2009–10^{[b BIH–YUG]}
Edmund Kunkelmann – Strasbourg – 1951–52
Herbert Laumen – Metz – 1974–75
Bernd Lehmann – Strasbourg – 1975–76
Reinhard Libuda – Strasbourg – 1972–73
Kurt Linder – Lyon – 1962–63
Pierre Littbarski – RC Paris – 1986–87
Erich Maas – Nantes – 1970–75
Caspar Memering – Bordeaux – 1982–84
Franz Michelberger – Reims – 1978–79
Arno Motschmann – Mulhouse, Valenciennes – 1932–33, 1935–36
Dieter Müller – Bordeaux – 1982–85
Norbert Nachtweih – Cannes – 1989–91
Albert Osswald – Strasbourg – 1951–52
Thomas Pfannkuch – Lyon – 1991–92
Fritz Raemer – Rennes – 1932–33
Peter Reichert – Strasbourg, Toulouse FC – 1988–90
Uwe Reinders – Bordeaux, Rennes – 1985–87
Herbert Renner – Strasbourg – 1968–69
Gernot Rohr – Bordeaux – 1977–89
Oskar Rohr – Strasbourg – 1934–39
Paul Schnoek – Marseille, SC Nîmes – 1932–35
Alfred Schön – AS Nancy – 1991–92
Dieter Schurr – Strasbourg – 1969–71
Thomas Seeliger – AS Nancy – 1991–92
Karl-Heinz Spikofski – CO Roubaix-Tourcoing – 1952–54
Heinz Stickel – AS Nancy – 1978–79
Siegfried Susser – Strasbourg – 1983–84
Kevin Trapp – Paris SG – 2015–18
Georg Tripp – Metz, Sedan – 1969–71
Kevin Volland – Monaco – 2020–
Rudi Völler – Marseille – 1992–94
Walter Vollweiler – Rennes – 1933–36
Patrick Weiser – Rennes – 1997–99
Roland Wohlfarth – Saint-Étienne – 1993–95
Andreas Wolf – Monaco – 2013–14^{[b RUS–URS]}
Christian Wörns – Paris SG – 1998–99

Ghana

Geoffrey Acheampong – Bastia – 2016–17
Ishmael Addo – Bastia – 2001–02
André Ayew – Marseille, Lorient – 2007–09, 2010–15^{[b FRA]}
Jordan Ayew – Marseille, Sochaux, Lorient – 2009–15^{[b FRA]}
Abdul Rahman Baba – Reims – 2018–19
Anthony Baffoe – Metz, Nice – 1992–95^{[b FRG]}
John Boye – Rennes, Metz – 2011–14, 2019–
Alexander Djiku – Bastia, Caen, Strasbourg – 2014–^{[b FRA]}
Eben Dugbathey – Lorient – 1998–99
Michael Essien – Bastia, Lyon – 2000–05
Asamoah Gyan – Rennes – 2008–11
Samuel Inkoom – Bastia – 2012–13
John Mensah – Rennes, Lyon – 2005–09, 2011–13
Arthur Moses – Marseille – 1997–99
Moussa Narry – Auxerre, Le Mans – 2008–10
Alex Nyarko – Lens, AS Monaco, Paris SG – 1998–2003
Kwame Nsor – Metz – 2014–15
Nicholas Opoku – Amiens – 2019–20
Abedi Pele – Marseille, Lille, Lyon – 1987–94
Abeiku Quansah – Nice – 2008–11
Yaw Yeboah – Lille – 2015–16
Alhassan Wakaso – Lorient – 2016–17
Abdul Majeed Waris – Lorient, Nantes, Strasbourg – 2015–17, 2018–

Greece

Angelos Basinas – Arles-Avignon – 2010–11
Angelos Charisteas – Arles-Avignon – 2010–11
Georges Chrysantis – Strasbourg – 1937–38
Filippos Darlas – Brest – 2010–11
Anastasios Donis – Nice, Reims – 2016–17, 2019–^{[b ENG]}
Michalis Kapsis – Bordeaux – 2004–05
Viktor Klonaridis – Lille – 2012–13^{[b BEL]}
Efthimis Koulouris – Toulouse – 2019–20
Kostas Mitroglou – Marseille – 2017–19
Marinos Ouzounidis – Le Havre – 1997–99
Panagiotis Retsos – Saint-Étienne – 2020–^{[b RSA]}
Efstathios Tavlaridis – Lille, Saint-Étienne – 2004–10
Guy-Victor Thomaïdis – Olympique Lillois – 1936–38
Akis Zikos – AS Monaco – 2002–06

Guadeloupe

Note: As it is an overseas department of the French Republic, Guadeloupean players listed here must also have played with the Guadeloupe national team, which belongs to CONCACAF, although it is not a member of FIFA.

Alexandre Alphonse – Brest – 2011–12^{[b FRA]}
Mickaël Alphonse – Dijon – 2018–20^{[b FRA]}
Jocelyn Angloma – Lille, Paris SG, Marseille – 1989–94^{[c FRA]}
Claudio Beauvue – Bastia, Guingamp, Lyon, Caen – 2012–16, 2018–19
Flavien Belson – Metz – 2005–06, 2007–08^{[b FRA]}^{[c FRA U17]}
Aurélien Capoue – Nantes; Auxerre – 2004–07, 2008–10^{[b FRA]}
Pascal Chimbonda – Le Havre; Bastia – 1999–2000, 2002–05^{[c FRA]}
Cédric Collet – Sedan – 2002–03^{[b FRA]}
Philippe Durpes – Lens – 1992–93, 1995–97
Olivier Fauconnier – Le Havre, Nice, Ajaccio – 2002–03, 2004–05
Dimitri Foulquier – Rennes, Strasbourg – 2011–14, 2017–18^{[b FRA]}^{[c FRA U21]}^{[c FRA U20]}^{[c FRA U19]}^{[c FRA U18]}
Brice Jovial – Dijon – 2011–12^{[b FRA]}
Ulick Lupede – Le Mans – 2003–04
Livio Nabab – Caen – 2008–09, 2010–12^{[b FRA]}
Loïc Nestor – Le Havre – 2008–09^{[c FRA U21]}
Therry Racon – Marseille – 2003–04^{[b FRA]}
Richard Socrier – Metz, Ajaccio – 2004–05, 2011–12^{[b FRA]}
David Sommeil – Caen, Rennes, Bordeaux, Marseille, Valenciennes – 1993–95, 1996–97, 1998–2004, 2007–09
Mickaël Tacalfred – Stade Reims – 2012–16^{[b FRA]}
Yohann Thuram-Ulien – Monaco, Troyes – 2008–10, 2012–13^{[b FRA]}^{[c FRA U21]}^{[c FRA U20]}
Ronald Zubar – Caen, Marseille, Ajaccio – 2004–05, 2006–09, 2012–14^{[c FRA U21]}

Guinea

Abdallah Bah – Nice – 1995–96^{[b SEN]}
Mamadou Bah – Strasbourg – 2007–08
Almamy Schumann Bah – Metz – 2000–03^{[b FRA]}
Bobo Baldé – Toulouse FC, Valenciennes – 2000–01, 2009–11^{[b FRA]}
Abdoulkarim Bangoura – Martigues – 1994–96
Amara Karba Bangoura – Valenciennes – 2008–10
Ibrahima Bangoura – Troyes – 2001–03, 2005–07
Ismaël Bangoura – Le Mans, Rennes, FC Nantes – 2005–07, 2009–11, 2013–16
Abdoul Camara – Rennes, Sochaux, Angers SCO – 2009-14, 2015-16^{[c FRA U21]}^{[c FRA U18]}^{[c FRA U17]}
Demba Camara – AC Ajaccio – 2013–14
Ibrahima Camara – Le Mans – 2006–10^{[b SLE]}
Mohamed Camara – Troyes – 2012–13
Mohammed Camara – Le Havre – 1997–98
Titi Camara – Saint-Étienne, Lens, Marseille – 1990–95, 1995–99
Kévin Constant – Toulouse FC – 2007–08^{[b FRA]}^{[c FRA U17]}
Antoine Conte – Paris SG, Reims – 2012–16^{[b FRA]}^{[c FRA U21]}^{[c FRA U20]}^{[c FRA U19]}^{[c FRA U18]}^{[c FRA U17]}
Sadio Diallo – Rennes, Lorient, Bastia – 2012–17
Kaba Diawara – Bordeaux, Rennes, Marseille, Paris SG, Nice, Ajaccio, Arles-Avignon – 1996–2000, 2002–06, 2010–11^{[b FRA]}^{[c FRA U21]}
Simon Falette – Lorient, Metz – 2011–12, 2016–18^{[b FRA]}
Pascal Feindouno – Bordeaux, Lorient, Saint-Étienne – 1998–2009
Simon Feindouno – Lens – 2007–08
Daouda Jabi – Lens, Ajaccio – 2000–05, 2005–06^{[b GNB]}
Oumar Kalabane – Auxerre – 2005–07
Julian Jeanvier – Nancy – 2012–13^{[b FRA]}
Sory Kaba – Dijon – 2018–19
François Kamano – Bastia, Bordeaux – 2014–20
Jules Keita – Dijon – 2018–20
Guy-Michel Landel – Le Mans – 2009–10
Fodé Mansaré – Montpellier, Toulouse FC – 2001–04, 2005–11
Mohamed Mara – Lorient – 2016–17
Mamadou N'Diaye – Lille OSC – 1971–72
Florentin Pogba – Saint-Étienne – 2013–18^{[c FRA U20]}
Baïssama Sankoh – Guingamp, Caen – 2013–15, 2016–19^{[b FRA]}
Bouna Sarr – Metz, Marseille – 2014–^{[b FRA]}
Ernest Seka – Strasbourg – 2017–18^{[b FRA]}
Michel Soumah – Limoges – 1960–61
Morlaye Soumah – Bastia – 1995-2003
Ousmane Soumah – Bastia, Lorient – 1994–2002
Richard Soumah – Brest – 2010–13^{[b FRA]}
Abdelsalem Sow – Martigues – 1995–96
Saïdou Sow – Saint-Étienne – 2020–
Issiaga Sylla – Toulouse FC, Gazélec Ajaccio, Lens – 2012–
Mohammed Sylla – Martigues – 1995–96
Mohammed Sylla – Le Havre – 1998–99^{[b CIV]}
Larsen Touré – Lille OSC, Grenoble, Brest – 2005–06, 2007–13^{[b FRA]}
Mady Touré – Brest – 1982–85
Abdoulaye Yansanne – Aix – 1967–68
Souleymane Youla – Metz, Lille OSC – 2005–08
Kamil Zayatte – Lens – 2005–06

Guinea–Bissau

Mama Baldé – Dijon – 2019–
Bocundji Ca – Nantes, AS Nancy – 2004–07, 2009–10
Basile de Carvalho – Sochaux – 2002–05^{[b SEN]}
Moreto Cassamá – Reims – 2018–^{[c POR U19]}^{[c POR U18]}^{[c POR U17]}^{[c POR U16]}
Edmilson Correia – Saint-Étienne – 2019–
Esmaël Gonçalves – Nice – 2010–12^{[c POR U17]}
Jorginho – Saint-Étienne – 2016–17^{[c POR U19]}
Alexandre Mendy – Nice , Guingamp, Bordeaux, Brest – 2015–20^{[b FRA]}
Pelé – Monaco – 2018–19^{[b POR]}^{[c POR U21]}^{[c POR U20]}^{[c POR U19]}^{[c POR U18]}

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; József Selmeci (1999). Kalandozó magyar labdarúgók. ISBN 963-85967-0-8.

Club pages

Others

References

Played in France when Saarland was not part of Germany

Notes

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Born in Belgium
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Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
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Born in England
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Born in France
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Born in Guinea-Bissau
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Born in Ivory Coast
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Born in Portugal
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Born in Russia (then part of the Soviet Union)
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Born in Senegal
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Born in Sierra Leone
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Born in South Africa
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Born in West Germany (now part of Germany)
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Capped for the France national football team
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Capped for the France national under-21 football team
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Capped for the France national under-20 football team
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Capped for the France national under-19 football team
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Capped for the France national under-18 football team
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Capped for the France national under-17 football team
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Capped for the France national under-16 football team
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Capped for the Portugal national under-21 football team
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Capped for the Portugal national under-20 football team
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Capped for the Portugal national under-19 football team
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Capped for the Portugal national under-18 football team
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Capped for the Portugal national under-17 football team
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Capped for the Portugal national under-16 football team

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[Saarland-1] Played in France when Saarland was not part of Germany

[cnote_b_BEL] 
Born in Belgium

[cnote_b_BIH–YUG] 
Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)

[cnote_b_ENG] 
Born in England

[cnote_b_FRA] 
Born in France

[cnote_b_GNB] 
Born in Guinea-Bissau

[cnote_b_CIV] 
Born in Ivory Coast

[cnote_b_POR] 
Born in Portugal

[cnote_b_RUS–URS] 
Born in Russia (then part of the Soviet Union)

[cnote_b_SEN] 
Born in Senegal

[cnote_b_SLE] 
Born in Sierra Leone

[cnote_b_RSA] 
Born in South Africa

[cnote_b_FRG] 
Born in West Germany (now part of Germany)

[cnote_c_FRA] 
Capped for the France national football team

[cnote_c_FRA_U21] 
Capped for the France national under-21 football team

[cnote_c_FRA_U20] 
Capped for the France national under-20 football team

[cnote_c_FRA_U19] 
Capped for the France national under-19 football team

[cnote_c_FRA_U18] 
Capped for the France national under-18 football team

[cnote_c_FRA_U17] 
Capped for the France national under-17 football team

[cnote_c_FRA_U16] 
Capped for the France national under-16 football team

[cnote_c_POR_U21] 
Capped for the Portugal national under-21 football team

[cnote_c_POR_U20] 
Capped for the Portugal national under-20 football team

[cnote_c_POR_U19] 
Capped for the Portugal national under-19 football team

[cnote_c_POR_U18] 
Capped for the Portugal national under-18 football team

[cnote_c_POR_U17] 
Capped for the Portugal national under-17 football team

[cnote_c_POR_U16] 
Capped for the Portugal national under-16 football team

[b FRA]

[c FRA U21]

[b CIV]

[c FRA U19]

[c FRA U18]

[c FRA U17]

[c FRA U16]

[b BIH–YUG]

[b RUS–URS]

[b FRG]

[b ENG]

[b BEL]

[b RSA]

[c FRA]

[c FRA U20]

[b SEN]

[b SLE]

[b GNB]

[c POR U19]

[c POR U18]

[c POR U17]

[c POR U16]

[b POR]

[c POR U21]

[c POR U20]

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