This is a list of foreign players in Major League Soccer. The following players have been born outside the United States and have not been capped for the U.S. national team on any level, or have been born in the United States and were capped by a foreign national team.

Contents

1 Angola 2 Argentina 3 Armenia 4 Austria 5 Bolivia 6 Bosnia-Herzegovina 7 Botswana 8 Brazil 9 Bulgaria 10 Cameroon 11 Canada 12 Cape Verde 13 Chile 14 Colombia 15 Costa Rica 16 Cuba 17 Czech Republic 18 Denmark 19 Ecuador 20 El Salvador 21 England 22 Finland 23 France 24 Germany 25 Ghana 26 Grenada 27 Guatemala 28 Haiti 29 Honduras 30 Hungary 31 Iran 32 Ireland 33 Israel 34 Italy 35 Jamaica 36 Liberia 37 Mali 38 Mexico 39 Mozambique 40 Netherlands 41 New Zealand 42 Nigeria 43 Northern Ireland 44 Panama 45 Peru 46 Poland 47 Portugal 48 Romania 49 Russia 50 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 51 Scotland 52 Senegal 53 Serbia and Montenegro 54 Sierra Leone 55 Slovakia 56 South Africa 57 South Korea 58 Spain 59 Sweden 60 Switzerland 61 Togo 62 Trinidad and Tobago 63 Turks and Caicos 64 Uganda 65 Ukraine 66 Uruguay 67 Venezuela 68 Wales 69 Zimbabwe 70 See also

Angola

• Edgar Bartolomeu – MetroStars – 2003

Argentina

• Alejandro Farias – New England – 1997
• Juan Forchetti – MetroStars – 2003
• José Galvan – MetroStars – 2003
• Sergio Galvan Rey – MetroStars – 2004-
• Christian Gómez – DC United – 2004-
• Mario Gori – DC United, Miami, New England, Columbus – 1996-2000
• Marcelo Herrera – Miami – 1998
• Ricardo Iribarren – Columbus, Dallas – 1996, 1998, 2000
• Carlos Ledesma – MetroStars – 1998
• Sergio Miguez – Columbus – 1997
• Alberto Naveda – New England – 1996-97
• Daniel Peinado – Dallas – 1997
• Silvio Rudman – Columbus – 1997
• Diego Soñora – Dallas, MetroStars, DC United, Tampa Bay – 1996-99, 2001
• Leonardo Squadrone – New England – 1997
• Jorge Vazquez – New England – 2003

Armenia

• Harut Karapetyan – Los Angeles, San Jose, Tampa Bay – 1996-2000

Austria

• Andreas Herzog – Los Angeles – 2004

Bolivia

• Ronald Aguilera – Columbus, New England – 2000-01
• Marco Etcheverry – DC United – 1996-2003
• José Fernandez – New England – 2001
• Jefferson Gottardi – Tampa Bay – 1999
• Jaime Moreno – DC United, MetroStars – 1996-
• Mauricio Ramos – Tampa Bay, New England – 1998-2000
• Maurizio Rocha – Miami – 1999-2000
• Juan Berthy Suarez – DC United – 1996
• Joselito Vaca – Dallas, MetroStars – 2001-04

Bosnia-Herzegovina

• Said Fazlagic – DC United – 1996
• Refik Sabanadzovic – Kansas City – 1998-99

Botswana

• Dipsy Selolwane – Chicago, Salt Lake – 2002-

Brazil

• Joao Batista – Tampa Bay – 1997
• Branco – MetroStars – 1997
• Cassio – New England – 2005-
• Cate – New England – 2001
• Rodrigo Faria – MetroStars, Chicago, San Jose – 2001-03
• Gilberto Flores – MetroStars – 2004-
• Roberto Gaucho – Miami – 1999
• Gilmar – Tampa Bay, MetroStars – 1997-98, 2001
• Guido – MetroStars – 1997
• Joao Luiz – MetroStars – 1997
• Marquinho – Colorado – 1998
• Thiago Martins – DC United, Chivas USA – 2003-
• Paulinho McLaren – Miami – 1998
• Naldo – Los Angeles – 2005-
• Paulo Nagamura – Los Angeles – 2005-
• Marcelo Saragosa – Los Angeles – 2004
• Thiago – Chicago – 2004-
• Diego Walsh – Columbus, Kansas City – 2003-
• Welton – New England, Los Angeles, Miami – 1996-2000
• Zico – San Jose – 1997

Bulgaria

• Kalin Bankov – Tampa Bay – 2000-01
• Galin Ivanov – DC United – 2003
• Hristo Stoitchkov – Chicago, DC United – 2000-03

Cameroon

• Alain Nkong – Colorado – 2005-
• Samuel Ekeme – Kansas City – 1996

Canada

• Geoff Aunger – New England, DC United, Colorado – 1996, 1998-2001
• Jason Bent – Colorado – 1998-2000
• Felix Brillant – New England – 2004-
• Alex Bunbury – Kansas City – 1999-2000
• Adrian Cann – Colorado – 2004
• Chaka Daley – New England – 1999
• Dwayne De Rosario – San Jose – 2001-
• Iain Fraser – New England – 1996
• Pat Harrington – Kansas City, Columbus – 1996
• Josue Mayard – Dallas – 2001
• Pat Onstad – San Jose – 2003-
• Marco Rizi – MetroStars – 1997
• Greg Sutton – Chicago – 1999-2000
• Rick Titus – Colorado – 2002
• Mark Watson – Columbus, New England, DC United – 1996, 2001
• Frank Yallop – Tampa Bay – 1996-98

Cape Verde

• Paulo Dos Santos – New England – 1999
• Jair – New England, San Jose, Tampa Bay – 1998-99, 2001

Chile

• Carlos Farias – San Jose – 1999
• Victor Mella – San Jose, New England – 1996, 1998
• Raul Palacios – Colorado – 2002
• Marcelo Vega – MetroStars – 1998

Colombia

• Leonel Alvarez – Dallas, New England – 1996, 1998-2001
• Pedro Alvarez – MetroStars – 2001
• Rafael Amaya – San Jose, Colorado – 1996-97
• Alex Comas – MetroStars – 2000-01
• Antony de Avila – MetroStars – 1996-97
• Rubén Darío Hernández – MetroStars – 1996
• Oscar Pareja – New England, Dallas – 1998-
• Arley Palacios – MetroStars, Miami – 1998-99
• John Wilmar Perez – Columbus – 2000-02
• Diego Serna – Miami, MetroStars, New England, Los Angeles – 1998-2003
• John Jairo Trellez – Dallas – 1999
• Adolfo Valencia – MetroStars – 2000-01
• Carlos Valderrama – Tampa Bay, Miami, Colorado – 1996-2002
• Henry Zambrano – MetroStars, Colorado, DC United – 1999-2000, 2002
• Fabio Zuniga – New England – 2000

Costa Rica

• Jonathan Bolanos – Chicago – 2003
• Pablo Brenes – MetroStars – 2004
• Pablo Chinchilla – Los Angeles – 2005-
• Andy Herron – Chicago – 2004-
• Roy Myers – MetroStars, Los Angeles – 1999-2001
• Erick Scott – Columbus – 2004
• Alejandro Sequeira – Tampa Bay, San Jose – 1999
• Douglas Sequeira – Chivas USA – 2005-
• Mauricio Solís – San Jose – 1999-2000
• William Sunsing – New England – 2000-01
• Daniel Torres – Columbus – 2001-03
• Michael Umaña – Los Angeles – 2005-
• Mauricio Wright – San Jose, New England – 1999-2001

Cuba

• Alberto Delgado – Colorado – 2004
• Rey Angel Martinez – Colorado – 2004

Czech Republic

• Lubos Kubik – Chicago, Dallas – 1998-2001

Denmark

• Miklos Molnar – Kansas City – 2000
• Ronnie Ekelund – San Jose – 2001-03

Ecuador

• Ariel Graziani – New England, Dallas, San Jose – 1999-2002
• Eduardo Hurtado – Los Angeles, MetroStars, New England – 1996-2000
• Fausto Klinger – MetroStars – 2001
• Martin Klinger – MetroStars – 2001
• Wellington Sánchez – MetroStars, Los Angeles – 1998
• Petter Villegas – MetroStars, DC United – 1996, 1999-2002

El Salvador

• Ronald Cerritos – San Jose, Dallas, DC United – 1997-
• Mauricio Cienfuegos – Los Angeles – 1996-2003
• Raúl Díaz Arce – DC United, San Jose, Tampa Bay, Colorado – 1996-2001
• Eliseo Quintanilla – DC United – 2002-
• Marvin Quijano – Los Angeles, Colorado – 1999-2002
• Jorge Rodriguez – Dallas – 1997-2002

England

• Junior Agogo – Chicago, Colorado, San Jose – 2000-01
• Ian Bishop – Miami – 2001
• Ian Butterworth – Colorado – 1996
• Terry Cooke – Colorado – 2005-
• Paul Dougherty – MetroStars, Tampa Bay, Chicago, Colorado – 1998-2000
• Steve Guppy – DC United – 2005-
• Aidan Heaney – New England – 1996
• Steve Howey – New England – 2004
• Danny Jackson – Colorado – 2002
• Paul Rideout – Kansas City – 1998
• Ian Woan – Columbus, Miami – 2001
• Chris Woods – Colorado – 1996

Finland

• Simo Valakari – Dallas – 2004-

France

• Youri Djorkaeff – MetroStars – 2005-

Germany

• Lothar Matthäus – MetroStars – 2000

Ghana

• Joe Addo – Tampa Bay, MetroStars – 1999-2004
• Sumed Ibrahim – Chicago – 2004
• Nana Kuffour – DC United – 2004-

Grenada

• Shalrie Joseph – New England – 2003-

Guatemala

• Freddy García – Columbus – 2002-03
• Martin Machon – Los Angeles, Miami – 1997-98, 2000
• Guillermo Ramírez – Los Angeles – 2005-
• Jorge Rodas – San Jose – 1996
• Carlos Ruiz – Los Angeles, Dallas – 2002-

Haiti

• Alexandre Boucicaut – Chicago – 2004
• Jean Philippe Peguero – Colorado – 2004-
• Patrick Tardieu – New England – 1996
• Sebastien Vorbe – Los Angeles – 2000

Honduras

• Samuel Caballero – Chicago – 2005-
• Arnold Cruz – DC United, San Jose – 1997
• Ivan Guerrero – Chicago – 2005-
• Amado Guevara – MetroStars – 2003-
• Saul Martinez – Miami – 1999
• Ramon Nunez – Dallas – 2004-
• Alex Pineda Chacon – Miami, New England, Los Angeles, Columbus – 2001-03
• Milton Reyes – DC United, Dallas – 2002, 2004

Hungary

• Istavan Urbanyi – San Jose – 1997

Iran

• Khododad Azizi – San Jose – 2000
• Mohammad Khakpour – MetroStars – 1999-2000
• Arash Noamouz – Los Angeles – 1996

Ireland

• Richie Baker – New England – 2004
• Paul Keegan – New England – 1996-2000
• Ronnie O'Brien – Dallas – 2002-

Israel

• Guy Melamed – Colorado – 2005-

Italy

• Nicola Caricola – MetroStars – 1996
• Roberto Donadoni – MetroStars – 1996-97
• Giuseppe Galderisi – New England, Tampa Bay – 1996-97
• Walter Zenga – New England – 1997, 1999

Jamaica

• Keith Beach – Miami – 2000
• Alex Blake – Colorado – 2003
• Altimont Butler – San Jose, Columbus – 1996-97
• Chris Dawes – Colorado – 2001
• Winston Griffiths – MetroStars, Los Angeles, New England – 2002
• Wolde Harris – Colorado, New England, Kansas City – 1997-2003, 2005-
• Onandi Lowe – Kansas City – 2001
• Tyrone Marshall – Colorado, Miami, Los Angeles – 1998-
• Daryl Powell – Colorado – 2003-04
• Damani Ralph – Chicago – 2003-04
• Greg Simmonds – Miami – 2001
• Khari Stephenson – Kansas City – 2004-
• Fabian Taylor – MetroStars – 2004
• Roger Thomas – Miami – 1998
• Shavar Thomas – Dallas, Kansas City – 2003-
• Andy Williams – Columbus, Miami, New England, MetroStars, Chicago, Salt Lake – 1998-
• Paul Young – Columbus, Tampa Bay – 1996, 1998
• Craig Ziadie – DC United, MetroStars – 2001-04

Liberia

• Chris Gbandi – Dallas – 2003-
• Zizi Roberts – Colorado – 2003-04
• Musa Shannon – Tampa Bay, Colorado – 1997-99, 2002

Mali

• Daouda Kante – New England – 2002-03
• Ibrahim Kante – New England – 2003

Mexico

• Byron Alvarez – MetroStars – 2002
• Jorge Campos – Los Angeles, Chicago – 1996-98
• Tote Castañeda – Colorado – 1997
• Héctor Cuadros – Chivas USA – 2005-
• Damian – Dallas, New England – 1997-98
• Antonio de la Torre – Colorado – 2004
• Missael Espinoza – San Jose – 1996
• Daniel Guzman – San Jose – 1997
• Carlos Hermosillo – Los Angeles – 1998-99
• Luis Hernández – Los Angeles – 2000-01
• Antonio Martinez – Dallas, Los Angeles, Chivas USA – 2000-03, 2005-
• Francisco Mendoza – Chivas USA – 2005-
• Jesus Ochoa – Los Angeles, Chivas USA – 2002-03, 2005-
• David Patiño – Colorado – 1997
• Ramón Ramírez – Chivas USA – 2005-
• Alberto Rizo – Colorado – 2003
• Isaac Romo – Chivas USA – 2005-
• Hugo Sánchez – Dallas – 1996
• Francisco Uribe – San Jose – 1998

Mozambique

• Manuel Bucuane – Tampa Bay – 2000
• Chiquinho Conde – New England, Tampa Bay – 1997

Netherlands

• Edwin Gorter – New England, Miami – 1998-99
• Richard Goulooze – New England – 1998-99

New Zealand

• Simon Elliott – Los Angeles, Columbus – 1999-
• Ryan Nelsen – DC United – 2001-04
• Duncan Oughton – Columbus – 2001-

Nigeria

• Michael Emenalo – San Jose – 1996-97
• Ben Iroha – San Jose, DC United – 1996-97
• Manny Motajo – Los Angeles, New England – 1996, 1998-99
• Uche Okafor – Kansas City – 1996-2000
• Francis Okaroh – New England, Chicago, Miami – 1996-2000
• Patrick Olalere – New England – 1997

Northern Ireland

• Steve Morrow – Dallas – 2002-03
• Mark Williams – Columbus – 2003

Panama

• Jorge Dely Valdes – Colorado – 1999-2000

Peru

• Chino Alegria – DC United – 2001-03
• Percy Olivares – Dallas – 2002
• Waldir Saenz – Colorado – 1998
• Jerry Tamashiro – Miami – 1998

Poland

• Andrzej Juskowiak – MetroStars – 2003
• Roman Kosecki – Chicago – 1998-99
• Peter Nowak – Chicago – 1998-2002
• Jerzy Podbrozny – Chicago – 1998-99
• Miroslaw Rzepa – Columbus – 2000
• Robert Warzycha – Columbus – 1996-2002
• Jacek Ziober – Tampa Bay – 1998

Portugal

• Carlos Rocha – New England – 1998-99
• Carlos Semedo – New England – 2002

Romania

• Alex Zotinca – Kansas City – 2003-

Russia

• Igor Simutenkov – Kansas City – 2002-04

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• Ezra Hendrickson – MetroStars, Los Angeles, Dallas, DC United, Chivas USA – 1997-

Scotland

• Richard Gough – Kansas City, San Jose – 1997-98
• Mo Johnston – Kansas City – 1996-2001
• John Spencer – Colorado – 2001-04

Senegal

• Mamadou Diallo – Tampa Bay, New England, MetroStars – 2000-02
• Birahim Diop – MetroStars – 2002

Serbia and Montenegro

• Sasa Curcic – MetroStars – 1999
• Vuk Rasovic – Kansas City – 2004
• Bojan Vukovic – New England – 1996

Sierra Leone

• Abdul Thompson Conteh – San Jose, DC United – 2000-02

Slovakia

• Lubos Reiter – Chicago – 2005-

South Africa

• Stephen Armstrong – DC United, Kansas City – 2001-03
• Shaun Bartlett – Colorado, MetroStars – 1996-97
• Richard Farrer – Dallas – 1996-2002
• Neathan Gibson – Colorado – 2001
• Doctor Khumalo – Columbus – 1996-97
• Ivan McKinley – Tampa Bay, New England, Miami, DC United – 1996-2002
• Toni Nhleko – Dallas – 2003-04
• Brian Sebapole – San Jose – 1998

South Korea

• Hong Myung-Bo – Los Angeles – 2003-04

Spain

• José Luis Morales – New England – 2000

Sweden

• Jan Eriksson – Tampa Bay – 1998-99
• Anders Limpar – Colorado – 1999-2000
• Thomas Ravelli – Tampa Bay – 1998

Switzerland

• Alain Sutter – Dallas – 1997-98

Togo

• Abbe Ibrahim – MetroStars – 2005-

Trinidad and Tobago

• Kevin Adams – Columbus – 2001
• Craig Demmin – Tampa Bay – 2001
• Ansil Elcock – Columbus – 1997-2001
• Leslie Fitzpatrick – Salt Lake – 2005-
• Cornell Glen – MetroStars, Dallas – 2004-
• Gary Glasgow – Kansas City – 2000-02
• Brian Haynes – Dallas – 1996-2000
• Avery John – New England – 2004-
• Stern John – Columbus – 1998-99
• Darin Lewis – MetroStars – 2002
• Travis Mulraine – San Jose – 2000
• David Nakhid – New England – 1998
• Marlon Rojas – Salt Lake – 2005-
• Scott Sealy – Kansas City – 2005-
• Keyeno Thomas – Colorado – 2000
• Mickey Trotman – Dallas, Miami – 1998-99
• Evans Wise – Tampa Bay, New England – 1996-98

Turks and Caicos

• Gavin Glinton – Los Angeles, Dallas – 2002-03

Uganda

• Tenywa Bonseu – Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, MetroStars – 2000-04

Ukraine

• Sergi Daniv – Dallas, Chicago – 1999-2002
• Ihor Dotsenko – Kansas City – 2000
• Aleksey Korol – Dallas, Chicago – 2000-02
• Dema Kovalenko – Chicago, DC United – 1999-
• Yuri Lavrinenko – Chicago – 2000

Uruguay

• José Cancela – New England – 2003-
• Dario Fabbro – Kansas City, New England – 2002-03
• Martin Morales – Colorado – 2005
• Adrian Paz – Columbus, Colorado – 1996-98
• Washington Rodriguez – Dallas – 1996
• Diego Viera – Tampa Bay – 1996

Venezuela

• Angel Rivillo – Dallas – 2000
• Alejandro Moreno – Los Angeles, San Jose – 2002-
• Giovanni Savarese – MetroStars, New England, San Jose – 1996-2000

Wales

• Andy Dorman – New England – 2004-

Zimbabwe

• Mubarike Chisoni – Los Angeles – 2005-
• Joseph Ngwenya – Los Angeles – 2004-
• Vitalis Takawira – Kansas City – 1996-99

See also

• List of current MLS players