List of Australia international soccer players born outside Australia

This is a list of foreign-born soccer players who played for the Australia national soccer team.

Players

Argentina

• Walter Ardone[1]
• Pablo Cardozo[2]
• Oscar Crino[3][4]
• Rodolfo Gnavi[5]
• Gabriel Mendez[6]

Austria

• James Jeggo[7]

Brazil

• Agenor Muniz[8]

Croatia

• Miloš Degenek[9][10]
• Billy Vojtek[11]

Czechoslovakia

• Mildo Mueller[12]
• David Zeman[13]

England

• Stan Ackerley[14]
• Alan Ainslie[15]
• Adrian Alston[16]
• Francis Awaritefe[17]
• Roy Blitz[18]
• Ken Boden[19]
• Wilfred Bratton[20]
• Greg Brown[21]
• Gary Byrne[22]
• Alec Cameron[23]
• Jim Campbell[24]
• Gary Cole[25]
• Robert Cornthwaite[26]
• John Coyne[27]
• Martyn Crook[28]
• Duncan Cummings[29]
• John Davies[30]
• Mike Denton[31]
• Bill Edwards[32]
• William Faulkner[33]
• Jack Gilmour[34]
• Dave Harding[35]
• Tony Henderson[36]
• Clem Higgins[37]
• Ray Ilott[38]
• Neil Kilkenny[39]
• Ray Lloyd[40]
• David Lowe[41]
• Alf Mackey[42]
• Jack Mather[43]
• Frank McIver[44]
• Frank Millier-Smith[45]
• Kevin Muscat[46]
• Alan Niven[47]
• George Nuttall[48]
• Phil O'Connor[49]
• Tommy Oliver[50]
• Peter Ollerton[51]
• Ralph Piercy[52]
• David Ratcliffe[53]
• Ray Richards[54]
• Jim Robison[55]
• Robbie Slater[56]
• Geoff Sleight[57]
• Matt Smith
• John Spanos[58]
• Warren Spink[59]
• Pete Stone[60]
• Jim Tansey[61]
• Jack Taylor[62]
• Paul Wade
• Danny Walsh[63]
• Johnny Watkiss
• Alf White
• Peter Wilson
• John Yzendoorn

Germany

• Roger Romanowicz[64]
• Manfred Schaefer[65]
• Les Scheinflug[66]

Greece

• Apostolos Giannou[67]
• George Haniotis[68]
• Peter Katholos[69]
• Ange Postecoglou[70]
• Peter Raskopoulos[71]

Hong Kong

• Connor Pain[72]

Hungary

• Attila Abonyi[73]
• Peter Fuzes[74]
• Steve Herczeg[75]
• George Kulcsar[76]
• Les Suchanek[77]

Iran

• Daniel Arzani[78]

Ireland

• John Doyle[79]
• Alex Gibb[80]

Italy

• Raphael Bove[81]
• John Giacometti
• John Perin[82]
• Wally Savor[83]

Kenya

• Thomas Deng[84]
• Awer Mabil[84]

Lebanon

• Abbas Saad[85]

Malta

• Lou Vella[86]

Mauritius

• Jean-Paul de Marigny[87]

Netherlands

• Ted de Lyster[88]
• Dick van Alphen[89]

New Zealand

• Archie Thompson

Nigeria

• Bernie Ibini[90]

Northern Ireland

• Ron Adair
• Alan Hunter[91]
• Frank Loughran[92]
• Billy Rice[93]

Romania

• Josip Picioane[94]

Russia

• Aku Roth[95]

Scotland

• John Anderson[80]
• Jim Armstrong[96]
• Steve Blair[97]
• Archie Blue[18]
• George Blues[19]
• Martin Boyle[98]
• Peter Boyle[81]
• Jimmy Cant[24]
• Billy Cook[99]
• Dave Cumberford[100]
• Jock Cumberford[100]
• Tommy Cumming[29]
• Ian Davidson[30]
• Robbie Dunn[101]
• Charlie Egan[32]
• Alec Forrest[102]
• Alec Heaney[103]
• Andy Henderson[104]
• Bobby Hogg[80]
• Pat Hughes[105]
• Sandy Irvine[106]
• Tom Jack[107]
• George Keith[108]
• John Little[109]
• James Love[110]
• Jimmy Mackay[80]
• Alan Marnoch[111]
• Jim McCabe[112]
• Tommy McColl[113]
• Tom McCulloch[113]
• John McDonald[114]
• Garry McDowall[115]
• Hamilton McMeechan[116]
• Dave Mitchell[80]
• Jim Muir[117]
• Bill Murphy[118]
• Kenny Murphy[119]
• Johnny Orr[120]
• Jamie Paton[121]
• Jim Pearson[122]
• Johnny Peebles[122]
• George Raitt[123]
• Jack Reilly[80]
• Harry Rice[93]
• Jimmy Rooney[80]
• Willie Rutherford[124]
• Nigel Shepherd[125]
• Harry Souttar[126]
• John Stevenson[127]
• Tom Tennant[62]
• Sid Thomas[62]
• Joe Watson
• Bob Wemyss
• Alan Westwater[128]

South Africa

• Charlie O'Connor[129]
• Billy Rogers[130]
• Kimon Taliadoros[131]
• Jack White

Southern Rhodesia

• Cliff van Blerk[132]

Turkey

• Aytek Genc[133]

Ukraine

• Nikita Rukavytsya[134]

United States

• Bruce Djite[135]
• Angus "Billy" Gibb[136]

Wales

• Billy Price[137]

Yugoslavia

• Eli Babalj[138]
• Yakka Banovic[139]
• Vlado Bozinovski[140]
• Branko Buljevic[141]
• Billy Celeski[142]
• Dino Djulbic[143]
• Mehmet Duraković[144]
• Milan Ivanović[145]
• Mike Micevski[146]
• Frank Micic[147]
• Branko Milosevic[148]
• Žarko Odžakov[149]
• Ivo Prskalo[150]
• Mendo Ristovski[151]
• Ernie Tapai[152]
• Doug Utjesenovic
• Dario Vidošić[153]

List by country of birth

England is the country where most of foreign-born Australian players were born.

Birthplace	Players
England	56
Scotland	54
Yugoslavia	18
Argentina	5
Greece	5
Hungary	5
South Africa	4
Northern Ireland	4
Italy	4
Germany	3
Croatia	2
Austria	2
Ireland	2
Kenya	2
Netherlands	2
United States	2
Brazil	1
Czechoslovakia	1
Hong Kong	1
Iran	1
Lebanon	1
Malta	1
Mauritius	1
New Zealand	1
Nigeria	1
Romania	1
Southern Rhodesia	1
Turkey	1
Ukraine	1
Wales	1

See also

• List of England international footballers born in Australia
• List of Croatia international footballers born in Australia
• List of Netherlands international footballers born in Australia
• List of Scotland international footballers born in Australia

References

General

• Howe, Andrew (2018). Encyclopedia of Socceroos: Every national team player. Fair Play Publishing. ISBN 978-0-648-13330-8.

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External links

• Current Australian squad profiles at Football Federation of Australia
• Australian Online Football Museum
• OzFootball - The Australian Football Site
• List of Australian internationals from 1922 to June 2008, ordered chronologically by debut, and also alphabetically