List of foreign players for SC East Bengal

East Bengal FC has been one of the most successful teams in Indian Football. Since the Independence of India, East Bengal FC attracted a huge number of Foreign players and regularly featured big names from across the world, with players who even represented their nation to the FIFA World Cup.

Main article: East Bengal F.C.

History

The first ever Foreign recruit to play for East Bengal FC was Fred Pugsley of Myanmar who joined East Bengal FC in 1942.[1] Since then a lot many numbers of players donned the famous Red and Gold of East Bengal FC.
Majid Bishkar of Iran is still considered as the greatest ever Foreigner to play in Indian soil,[2][3] who joined East Bengal FC in 1980 after featuring in the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina.

East Bengal Players at the FIFA World Cup

East Bengal FC recruited Majid Bishkar who became the first player to have played in India who have represented his country at the FIFA World Cup.[4] There were a few whom followed:

Johnny Acosta (2018 FIFA World Cup)
No. Nation Name Position World Cup Appearances
1 Iran Majid Bishkar MF 1978 FIFA World Cup, Argentina
2 Nigeria Emeka Ezeugo MF 1994 FIFA World Cup, USA
3 South Africa MacDonald Mukansi MF 2002 FIFA World Cup, South Korea and Japan
4 New Zealand Leo Bertos MF 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa
5 Costa Rica Jhonny Acosta DF 2014 FIFA World Cup, Brazil
2018 FIFA World Cup, Russia

List of all foreign players

The list of all foreign players who have played for East Bengal FC as below [5][6][7][8]

Players in bold signifies that he has been capped by the national team.

1940 – 1980
No. Season Joined Nationality Name Position
1 1942–43 Burma Fred Pugsley[9] FW
2 1952–53 Pakistan Masood Fakhri[6] FW
3 1953–54 Pakistan Niaz Khan[6] DF
4 Pakistan F. R. Khan[6] FW
5 1954–55 Pakistan Ghazi[6] FW
6 Pakistan Jamal[6] FW
7 East Pakistan Tarapada Roy[6][lower-alpha 1] FW
8 1955–56 Pakistan Sambal Khan[6] MF
9 1956–57 Pakistan Moosa[6] FW
10 Pakistan Hassan[6] MF
11 1963–64 Sri Lanka Selim Noor[6] MF
12 1965–66 Sri Lanka Peter Wilfred[6] FW
13 East Pakistan Balai Dey[6][lower-alpha 1] GK
14 1975–76 Burma Ruk Bahadur[6] FW
15 1979–80 Nigeria David Williams DF

1980 – 1990
Jamshid Nassiri from Iran
Julian Camino playing for Argentina vs Peru in 1985
No. Season Joined Nationality Name Position
16 1980–81 Iran Mahmood Khabaji MF
17 Iran Majid Bishkar[10] FW
18 Iran Jamshid Nassiri FW
19 1983–84 Nepal Ganesh Thapa MF
20 1986–87 Iran Gholam Ali FW
21 Brazil Manilton Santos MF
22 Nigeria Charles Apu MF
23 Nigeria Emeka Ezeugo[11] MF
24 Nigeria Chibuzor Nwakanma[6][12] FW
25 1987–88 Republic of Ireland John Devine DF
26 Iran Samad MF
27 Nigeria Chima Okorie FW
28 Nigeria Johnny Akujebi DF
29 1988–89 Argentina Julian Camino[13] DF

1990 – 2000
No. Season Joined Nationality Name Position
30 1991–92 Bangladesh Monem Munna[14] DF
31 Bangladesh Sheikh Mohammad Aslam[14] FW
32 Bangladesh Rizvi Karim Rumi[14] MF
33 Bangladesh Golam Mohammad Gaus[14] MF
34 Nigeria Lulu MF
35 England Steven Alan Prindiville DF
36 England Neil Edmonds MF
37 Scotland Peter Maguire FW
38 1992–93 Nigeria Christopher DF
39 1994–95 Bangladesh Rakib Hussein MF
40 Bangladesh Mizanur Rehman MF
41 Nigeria Jallaluddin FW
42 1996–97 Latvia F. Vallery Tomaskov DF
43 Latvia Sergei Kutov[15] MF
44 Sweden Ulf Johansson MF
45 Nepal Dev Narayan Chaudhary MF
46 Nigeria Kelechi Okorie DF
47 Kenya Sammy Omollo DF
48 1997–98 Kenya Haggi Azande Abulista GK
49 Kenya Toni Jose Oniyenga FW
50 Brazil Preto FW
51 Nigeria Humphrey Zebba MF
52 Nigeria Felix Abayomi FW
53 Nigeria Beili MF
54 Brazil Marcelo Domingos MF
55 1998–99 Ghana Suley Musah DF
56 Ghana Jackson Egypong DF
57 Ghana Emmanuel Opoku[16] MF
58 1999–00 Ghana Abu Iddrisu MF
59 Ghana Willie Brown MF
60 Ghana Kennedy Ofosuhene Amponsah FW
61 Brazil Ossius Luis Ferreira FW

2000 – 2010
Edmilson Marques Pardal
Uga Okpara and Edeh Chidi
No. Season Joined Nationality Name Position
62 2000–01 Nigeria Awoyemi Isiaka[17][18] DF
63 Ukraine Andriy Malchevsky[17][19] FW
64 Ghana Siva Mumuni[17][18] DF
65 Uzbekistan Ilhom Sharipov[17] FW
66 Uzbekistan Olim Talliaev[17] MF
67 Nigeria Omolaja Olalekan[17] FW
68 2001–02 Tanzania Ally Mayay Tembele[20] FW
69 Brazil Jose Carlos[20] FW
70 2002–03 Brazil Douglas De Silva[21] DF/MF
71 Nigeria Mike Okoro[21] FW
72 Brazil Gilmar da Silva[21] MF
73 2003–04 Brazil Cristiano Júnior[22] FW
74 2004–05 Rwanda[lower-alpha 2] Louis Aniweta[24] DF
75 Brazil Paolo Da Silva[25][24] FW
76 Nigeria Ernest Jeremiah[24] FW
77 Brazil Juliano Martins[24] FW
78 Ghana Felix Aboagye[24] FW
79 Brazil Marcos Secco[24][26] MF
80 2005–06 DR Congo Liswa Nduti[27] DF
81 South Africa Sydney Nkalanga[27] FW
82 Cameroon Ngassa Ewane Gyu Mertial[27] DF
83 Cameroon Guy Ndem Herve[27] MF
84 2006–07 Brazil Luiz Octavio Alvez de Souza[28][29] DF
85 Brazil Marcio Fernandes Tomaz[28][30] FW
86 Brazil Daniel Jorge[28][31] MF
87 Brazil Thiago S Ferreira da Costa[28][31] FW
88 Japan Arata Izumi[lower-alpha 3][28][33] MF
89 Brazil Cristiano Hilario de Oliveira[28][34] DF
90 Kenya Boniface Ambani[28][35] FW
91 Brazil Edmilson[28][36] FW
92 2007–08 Ghana Abdul Samad Okocha[37] DF
93 Nigeria Bolaji Majek[37] DF
94 Nigeria Abeeku Gaiesi[37] FW
95 South Africa MacDonald Mukansi[37] MF
96 Kenya Julius Owino[37] DF
97 Nigeria Ibe Ikechukwu Gift[37][38] MF
98 2008–09 Ghana Yusif Yakubu[39] FW
99 Ghana Ishmael Addo[39] MF
100 2009–10 Czech Republic Jan Berger MF
101 Argentina Sebastian Monesterolo FW
102 Australia Srećko Mitrović MF
103 Ghana Abel Hammond FW
104 Nigeria Uga Okpara DF

2010 – 2020
Tolgay Ozbey
Enrique Esqueda
Johnny Acosta for Costa Rica with the ball in the match against Switzerland in 2018 FIFA World Cup.
No. Season Joined Nationality Name Position
105 2010–11 Nigeria Penn Orji MF
106 Nigeria Ekene Ikenwa FW
107 Australia Tolgay Özbey FW
108 Brazil Leko FW
109 2011–12 Scotland Alan Gow FW
110 2012–13 Nigeria Chidi Edeh FW
111 Australia Andrew Barisic FW
112 2013–14 South Sudan James Moga FW
113 Japan Ryuji Sueoka FW
114 2014–15 Australia Milan Susak DF
115 New Zealand Leo Bertos MF
116 Nigeria Ranti Martins FW
117 Nigeria Dudu Omagbemi FW
118 2015–16 Nigeria Bello Razaq DF
119 South Korea Do Dong Hyun FW
120 Nigeria Orok Essien FW
121 France Bernard Mendy DF
122 2016–17 Nigeria Adelaja FW
123 England Calum Angus [40] DF
124 Haiti Wedson Anselme [41] FW
125 Trinidad and Tobago Willis Plaza [42] FW
126 Uganda Ivan Bukenya [43] DF
127 Kyrgyzstan Ildar Amirov [44] FW
128 Australia Chris Payne [45] FW
129 2017–18 Syria Mahmoud Amnah [46] MF
130 Trinidad and Tobago Carlyle Mitchell [47] DF
131 Brazil Charles [48] FW
132 Ivory Coast Bazie Armand MF
133 Japan Katsumi Yusa [49] MF
134 Equatorial Guinea Eduardo Ferreira [50] DF
135 Liberia Ansumana Kromah [51] FW
136 Uganda Khalid Aucho [52] MF
137 2018–19 France Kassim Aidara [53] MF
138 Costa Rica Jhonny Acosta [54] DF
139 Spain Borja Gomez Perez [55] DF
140 Mexico Enrique Esqueda [56] FW
141 Spain Jaime Santos Colado [57] MF
142 Spain Antonio Rodríguez Dovale [58] MF
143 2019–20 Spain Martí Crespí [59] DF
144 Spain Marcos de la Espada [60] FW
145 Spain Juan Mera González[61] MF
146 Spain Víctor Pérez Alonso [62] MF

2020 –
Danny Fox with Nottingham Forrest.
No. Season Joined Nationality Name Position
147 2020–21 Australia Scott Neville[63] DF
148 Wales Aaron Amadi-Holloway[64] FW
149 Republic of Ireland Anthony Pilkington[64] MF
150 Scotland Danny Fox[65] DF
151 Germany Matti Steinmann[65] DMF
152 DR Congo Jacques Maghoma[66] MF
153 Nigeria Bright Enobakhare[67] FW
154 England Calum Woods[lower-alpha 4] DF

Notes
  1. Played while the player still carried passport of East Pakistan
  2. The player was born in Nigeria but played International football for Rwanda[23]
  3. Arata Izumi acquired Indian citizenship in 2012.[32]
  4. Calum Woods was signed as the 8th foreigner of the season, joining the team in Goa but was not registered into the Indian Super League squad and kept as a backup.[68]

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