List of foreign MLS players

This is a list of foreign players in Major League Soccer. The following players:

  1. Have played at least one MLS regular season game. Players who were signed by MLS clubs, but only played in playoff games, U.S. Open Cup games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
  2. Are considered foreign, i.e., outside Canada or the United States determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for the national team of Canada or the United States.

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 American and Canadian 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 American or Canadian parents, or moved to Canada or the United States at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.

Up to now, 126 different nations have been represented in MLS. Tunisia was the most recent nation to be represented when Jasser Khmiri made his MLS debut playing for Vancouver Whitecaps FC on September 29, 2019 at LA Galaxy.

In bold: players who have played at least one MLS game in the most recent season (2020 Major League Soccer season), and are still at the clubs for which they have played. This does not include current players of a MLS club who have not played a MLS game in the current season.

Africa (CAF)

Algeria

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

DR Congo

Egypt

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Ivory Coast

Kenya

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

Mali

Morocco

Mozambique

Nigeria

Rwanda

Senegal

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Uganda

Zimbabwe

Asia (AFC)

Afghanistan

Australia

China

Guam

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Japan

Korea Republic

Lebanon

Northern Mariana Islands

Palestine

Philippines

Syria

Thailand

Europe (UEFA)

Albania

Armenia

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

England

Estonia

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Israel

Italy

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Montenegro

Netherlands

North Macedonia

Northern Ireland

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Republic of Ireland

Romania

Russia

Scotland

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

Wales

North and Central America, Caribbean (CONCACAF)

Belize

Bermuda

Costa Rica

Cuba

Curaçao

El Salvador

Grenada

Guadeloupe

Guatemala

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Jamaica

Martinique

Mexico

Panama

Puerto Rico

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos Islands

South America (CONMEBOL)

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Paraguay

Peru

Uruguay

Venezuela

Oceania (OFC)

New Zealand

Notes

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    Born in Algeria
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    Born in Argentina
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    Born in Australia
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    Born in Azerbaijan (then part of the Soviet Union)
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    Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Brazil
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    Born in Canada
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    Born in Colombia
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    Born in the Czech Republic
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    Born in Ecuador
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    Born in England
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    Born in Ethiopia
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    Born in France
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    Born in Guyana
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    Born in the Ivory Coast
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    Born in Japan
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    Born in Latvia (then part of the Soviet Union)
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    Born in Liberia
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    Born in Malaysia
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    Born in Mexico
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    Born in Montenegro (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Mozambique
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    Born in the Netherlands
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    Born in Nigeria
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    Born in Norway
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    Born in Portugal
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    Born in the Republic of Macedonia (then part of Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Russia
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    Born in Serbia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Sierra Leone
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    Born in South Africa
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    Born in Suriname
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    Born in Sweden
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    Born in Switzerland
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    Born in The Gambia
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    Born in the United States
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    Born in Venezuela
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    Born in West Germany (now part of Germany)
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    Born in Zambia
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    Capped for the Netherlands national under-15 football team
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    Capped for the Panama national under-21 football team
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    Capped for the United States men's national under-15 soccer team

See also

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