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, 135 different nations have been represented in MLS. Equatorial Guinea was the most recent nation to be represented when Carlos Akapo made his MLS debut playing for San Jose Earthquakes.

In bold: players who have played at least one MLS game in the most recent season (2023 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) edit

Algeria   edit

Angola   edit

Benin   edit

Botswana   edit

Burkina Faso   edit

Burundi   edit

Cameroon   edit

Cape Verde   edit

Central African Republic   edit

DR Congo   edit

Egypt   edit

Equatorial Guinea   edit

Eritrea   edit

Ethiopia   edit

Gabon   edit

Gambia   edit

Ghana   edit

Guinea   edit

Guinea-Bissau   edit

Ivory Coast   edit

Kenya   edit

Liberia   edit

Libya   edit

Madagascar   edit

Mali   edit

Morocco   edit

Mozambique   edit

Nigeria   edit

Rwanda   edit

Senegal   edit

Seychelles   edit

Sierra Leone   edit

Somalia   edit

South Africa   edit

South Sudan   edit

Tanzania   edit

Togo   edit

Tunisia   edit

Uganda   edit

Zambia   edit

Zimbabwe   edit

Asia (AFC) edit

Afghanistan   edit

Australia   edit

China   edit

Guam   edit

Iran   edit

Indonesia   edit

Iraq   edit

Japan   edit

Korea Republic   edit

Lebanon   edit

Northern Mariana Islands   edit

Palestine   edit

Philippines   edit

Syria   edit

Thailand   edit

Europe (UEFA) edit

Albania   edit

Armenia   edit

Austria   edit

Belarus   edit

Belgium   edit

Bosnia and Herzegovina   edit

Bulgaria   edit

Croatia   edit

Cyprus   edit

Czech Republic   edit

Denmark   edit

England   edit

Estonia   edit

Finland   edit

France   edit

Georgia   edit

Germany   edit

Greece   edit

Hungary   edit

Iceland   edit

Israel   edit

Italy   edit

Latvia   edit

Liechtenstein   edit

Lithuania   edit

Luxembourg   edit

Malta   edit

Montenegro   edit

Netherlands   edit

Northern Ireland   edit

Norway   edit

Poland   edit

Portugal   edit

Republic of Ireland   edit

Romania   edit

Russia   edit

Scotland   edit

Serbia   edit

Slovakia   edit

Slovenia   edit

Spain   edit

Sweden   edit

Switzerland   edit

Turkey   edit

Ukraine   edit

Wales   edit

North and Central America, Caribbean (CONCACAF) edit

Antigua and Barbuda   edit

Belize   edit

Bermuda   edit

Costa Rica   edit

Cuba   edit

Curaçao   edit

Dominican Republic   edit

El Salvador   edit

Grenada   edit

Guadeloupe   edit

Guatemala   edit

Guyana   edit

Haiti   edit

Honduras   edit

Jamaica   edit

Martinique   edit

Mexico   edit

Panama   edit

Puerto Rico   edit

Saint Kitts and Nevis   edit

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   edit

Suriname   edit

Trinidad and Tobago   edit

Turks and Caicos Islands   edit

South America (CONMEBOL) edit

Argentina   edit

Bolivia   edit

Brazil   edit

Chile   edit

Colombia   edit

Ecuador   edit

Paraguay   edit

Peru   edit

Uruguay   edit

Venezuela   edit

Oceania (OFC) edit

New Zealand   edit

Notes edit

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    Born in Algeria
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References edit

  1. ^ "Alberto Rizo está feliz en el Rampla Junior uruguayo, pero jugaría en Grecia". mediotiempo.com.
  2. ^ "Alberto Rizo, un mexicano en el futbol uruguayo, juega para el Rampla Junior". mediotiempo.com.

See also edit