This is a list of foreign players (i.e. non-Italian players) in Serie A. The following players: Have played at least one Serie A game for the respective club (seasons in which and teams that a player did not collect any caps in Serie A for have NOT been listed). Have not been capped for the Italy national team on any level, independently from the birthplace, except for players born in San Marino and active in the Italy national team before the first official match of the San Marino national football team played on 14 November 1990 and players of Italian formation born abroad from Italian parents (so called 'Oriundi'). Have been born in Italy and were capped by a foreign national team, even after their Serie A spell. This includes players who have dual citizenship with Italy.

Players are sorted by the State, according to the FIFA eligibility rules: They played for in a national team on any level. For footballers that played for two or more national teams it prevails: The one he played for on A level. The national team of birth. If they never played for any national team on any level, it prevails the state of birth. For footballers born in dissolved states prevails the actual state of birth (e.g.: Yugoslavia -> Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, etc.).

These are all the teams that have had at least one foreign player while playing in a Serie A season. Teams in bold are the ones currently playing in the 2026–27 Serie A season:

Alessandria, Ancona, Ascoli, Atalanta, Avellino, Bari, Benevento, Bologna, Brescia, Cagliari, Carpi, Catania, Catanzaro, Cesena, Chievo, Como, Cremonese, Crotone, Empoli, Fiorentina, Foggia, Frosinone, Genoa, Hellas Verona, Internazionale, Juventus, Lazio, Lecce, Lecco, Legnano, Livorno, Lucchese, Mantova, Messina, Milan, Modena, Monza, Napoli, Novara, Padova, Palermo, Parma, Perugia, Pescara, Piacenza, Pisa, Pistoiese, Pro Patria, Reggiana, Reggina, Roma, Salernitana, Sampdoria, Sassuolo, Siena, SPAL, Spezia, Torino, Treviso, Triestina, Udinese, Varese, Venezia, Vicenza.

These are the only teams that have participated in Serie A but have not had at least one foreign player:

Casale, Pro Vercelli, Ternana.

In bold: Players still active in Serie A and their respective teams in the current season.

Oriundi and Naturalised players

– Ermanno Aebi – Inter – 1910–22 – José Altafini – Milan, Napoli, Juventus – 1958–76 – Amauri – Napoli, Piacenza, Chievo, Palermo, Juventus, Parma, Fiorentina, Torino – 2000–02, 2003–16 – André Anderson – Lazio – 2019–20, 2021–22 – Miguel Andreolo – Bologna, Lazio, Napoli – 1935–48 – Antonio Arena – Roma – 2025– – Antonio Angelillo – Inter, Roma, Milan, Lecco – 1957–68 – Emilio Badini – Bologna, Spal – 1913–22 – Cristian Battocchio – Udinese – 2010–12 – Daniel Bessa – Verona, Genoa – 2017–19, 2020–22 – Kingsley Boateng – Catania – 2013–14 – Mauro Camoranesi – Verona, Juventus – 2000–06, 2007–10 – Albano Canazza – Como – 1981–82 – Renato Cesarini – Juventus – 1929–35 – Arturo Chini Ludueña – Roma – 1927–34 – Nikita Contini – Napoli – 2023–24, 2025– – Dino da Costa – Roma, Fiorentina, Atalanta, Juventus – 1955–66 – Alejandro Demaría – Lazio – 1931–34 – Paolo Dellafiore – Treviso, Palermo, Torino, Parma, Cesena, Novara, Siena – 2005–13 – Attilio Demaria – Inter, Novara, Legnano – 1932–36, 1938–46 – Alfredo Devincenzi – Inter – 1934–36 – Nicolao Dumitru – Napoli – 2010–11 – Éder – Empoli, Brescia, Cesena, Sampdoria, Inter – 2006–07, 2010–18 – Emerson (Emerson Palmieri dos Santos) – Palermo, Roma – 2014–18 – Ricardo Faccio – Inter – 1933–36 – Otávio Fantoni – Lazio – 1930–35 – Francisco Fedullo – Bologna – 1930–39 – Luiz Felipe – Lazio – 2017–22 – Emanuele Figliola – Genoa – 1935–38 – Seydou Fini – Genoa, Frosinone – 2023–24, 2025– – Eddie Firmani – Sampdoria, Inter, Genoa – 1955–61, 1962–63 – Enrique Flamini – Lazio – 1939–52, 1953–54 – Fernando Forestieri – Siena, Udinese – 2007–09, 2020–22 – Francesco Frione – Inter – 1932–35 – Elisio Gabardo – Milan, Liguria, Genoa – 1935–41 – Alcides Ghiggia – Roma, Milan – 1953–62 – Carlos Gringa – Fiorentina, Lucchese – 1932–39 – Enrique Guaita – Roma – 1933–35 – Anfilogino Guarisi – Lazio – 1931–36, 1937–38 – Paulo Innocenti – Bologna, Napoli – 1924–37 – Fellipe Jack – Como – 2024–25 – João Pedro – Palermo, Cagliari – 2010–11, 2014–15, 2016–22 – Jorginho – Verona, Napoli – 2013–18 – Cristian Ledesma – Lecce, Lazio – 2001–02, 2003–15 – Julio Libonatti – Torino, Genoa – 1926–36 – Francisco Lojacono – Vicenza, Fiorentina, Roma, Sampdoria – 1956–65 – Leandro Martínez – Parma – 2007–08 – Rinaldo Martino – Juventus – 1949–50 – Ernesto Mascheroni – Inter – 1934–36 – Humberto Maschio – Bologna, Atalanta, Inter, Fiorentina – 1957–66 – Luis Monti – Juventus – 1930–39 – Miguel Montuori – Fiorentina – 1956–61 – Giovanni Moscardini – Lucchese, Pisa, Genoa – 1919–?? – Thiago Motta – Genoa, Inter – 2008–12 – Alfonso Negro – Fiorentina, Napoli – 1934–39 – Brian Oddei – Sassuolo – 2020–22 – Raimundo Orsi – Juventus – 1928–35 – Dani Osvaldo – Fiorentina, Bologna, Roma, Juventus, Inter – 2007–10, 2011–15 – Gabriel Paletta – Parma, Milan, Atalanta – 2010–17 – Bruno Pesaola – Roma, Novara, Napoli, Genoa – 1947–61 – Cecilio Pisano – Sampdoria – 1937–38, 1939–40, 1941–43 – Roberto Porta – Inter – 1934–36 – Ettore Puricelli – Bologna, Milan – 1938–49 – Vincenzo Rennella – Cesena – 2011–12 – Mateo Retegui – Genoa, Atalanta – 2023–25 – Eduardo Ricagni – Juventus, Milan, Torino – 1953–58 – Alessandro Romano – Roma, Cagliari – 2025– – Rômulo – Fiorentina, Verona, Juventus, Genoa, Lazio, Brescia – 2011–16, 2017–20 – Humberto Rosa – Sampdoria, Padova, Juventus, Napoli – 1954–64 – Said Ahmed Said – Genoa – 2012–13 – Attila Sallustro – Napoli – 1925–37 – Oreste Sallustro – Napoli, Bari – 1929–33, 1934–37 – Raffaele Sansone – Bologna, Napoli – 1931–46 – Fabiano Santacroce – Napoli, Parma – 2007–13, 2014–15 – Ezequiel Schelotto – Cesena, Catania, Atalanta, Inter, Sassuolo, Parma, Chievo – 2010–15, 2018–19 – Juan Alberto Schiaffino – Milan, Roma – 1954–62 – Alessandro Scopelli – Roma – 1933–35 – Pedro Sernagiotto – Juventus – 1932–34 – Omar Sívori – Juventus, Napoli – 1957–69 – Angelo Sormani – Mantova, Roma, Sampdoria, Milan, Napoli, Fiorentina, Vicenza – 1961–76 – Rafael Toloi – Roma, Atalanta – 2013–14, 2015–25 – Victor Tortora – Venezia – 1939–43, 1946–47 – Ulisse Uslenghi – Livorno, Napoli – 1933–38 – Giuseppe Wilson – Lazio – 1969–79 – Kelvin Yeboah – Genoa – 2021–22 – Maximo Zenildo Zappino – Frosinone – 2015–16

Africa (CAF) Algeria Houssem Aouar – Roma – 2023–24 Ishak Belfodil – Bologna, Parma, Inter, Livorno – 2011–15 Rafik Belghali – Verona, Torino – 2025– Samir Beloufa – Milan – 1997–98 Ismaël Bennacer – Empoli, Milan – 2018–25 Mohamed Fares – Verona, SPAL, Lazio, Genoa – 2014–16, 2017–22 Farès Ghedjemis – Frosinone – 2023–24, 2026– Abdelkader Ghezzal – Siena, Bari, Cesena, Parma – 2008–12, 2014–15 Rachid Ghezzal – Fiorentina – 2019–20 Faouzi Ghoulam – Napoli – 2013–22 Mehdi Léris – Chievo, Sampdoria, Pisa – 2017–21, 2022–23, 2025–26 Mourad Meghni – Bologna, Lazio – 2002–05, 2007–10 Djamel Mesbah – Lecce, Milan, Parma, Livorno, Sampdoria, Crotone – 2010–17 Adam Ounas – Napoli, Cagliari, Crotone – 2017–19, 2020–23 Saphir Taïder – Bologna, Inter, Sassuolo – 2011–18 Ahmed Touba – Lecce – 2023-24 Hassan Yebda – Napoli, Udinese – 2010–11, 2013–14 Karim Zedadka – Napoli – 2022–23

Angola Bastos – Lazio – 2016–21 Bruno Gaspar – Fiorentina – 2017–18 Kialonda Gaspar – Lecce – 2024– Zito Luvumbo – Cagliari – 2023–26 Dolly Menga – Torino – 2012–13 M'Bala Nzola – Spezia, Fiorentina, Pisa, Sassuolo – 2020–24, 2025– Rui Modesto – Udinese – 2024–26

Burkina Faso Bryan Dabo – Fiorentina, SPAL, Benevento – 2017–21 Rachid Kouda – Parma – 2026–27 Latif Ouedraogo – Genoa – 2025–26

Cameroon

André-Frank Zambo Anguissa – Napoli – 2021– Nicky Beloko – Fiorentina – 2018–19 Jean-Claude Billong – Benevento – 2017–18 Enzo Ebosse – Udinese, Verona, Torino – 2022– Samuel Eto'o – Inter, Sampdoria – 2009–11, 2014–15 Antonio Ghomsi – Messina – 2006–07 Martin Hongla – Verona – 2021–24 Thomas Job – Sampdoria, Ascoli – 2003–04, 2006–07 Daniel Maa Boumsong – Inter – 2005–06 Patrick Mboma – Cagliari, Parma – 1998–2002 Joseph Minala – Lazio – 2013–14 Faris Moumbagna – Cremonese – 2025–26 Nicolas N'Koulou – Torino – 2017–21 Jean-Pierre Nsame – Venezia – 2021–22 Olivier Ntcham – Genoa – 2015–17 François Omam-Biyik – Sampdoria – 1997–98 André Onana – Inter – 2022–23 Jean Onana – Genoa – 2024–26 Frank Ongfiang – Venezia – 2001–02 Jérôme Onguéné – Genoa – 2020–21 Augustine Simo – Torino – 1995–96 Rigobert Song – Salernitana – 1998–99 Adrien Tameze – Atalanta, Verona, Torino – 2019–26 Jackson Tchatchoua – Verona – 2023–25 Pierre Womé – Vicenza, Roma, Bologna, Brescia, Inter – 1996–97, 1998–2002, 2004–06

Cape Verde Cabral (Cabral Adilson Tavares Varela) – Genoa – 2013–14 Jovane Cabral – Lazio, Salernitana – 2021–22, 2023–24 Alessio Da Cruz – Parma – 2018–19 Dailon Livramento – Verona – 2024–25

Central African Republic Geoffrey Kondogbia – Inter – 2015–17 Junior Sambia – Salernitana, Empoli – 2022–25

Congo Gabriel Charpentier – Parma – 2024–25 Silvère Ganvoula – Monza – 2024–25 Antoine Makoumbou – Cagliari – 2023–25 Dominique Malonga – Torino, Cesena – 2007–08, 2010–12 Senna Miangué – Inter, Cagliari – 2016–18

DR Congo Samuel Bastien – Chievo – 2016–18 Brian Bayeye – Torino – 2022–23 Giannelli Imbula – Lecce – 2019–20 Gaël Kakuta – Lazio – 2013–14 Pedro Kamata – Bari – 2009–10 Paul-José M'Poku – Cagliari, Chievo – 2014–16 Stephy Mavididi – Juventus – 2018–19 Jason Mayélé – Cagliari, Chievo – 1999–2000, 2001–02 Olivier N'Siabamfumu – Ascoli – 2006–07 Granddi Ngoyi – Palermo – 2014–15 Shabani Nonda – Roma – 2005–06 Samuel Ntanda Lukisa – Sampdoria – 2022–23 Charles Pickel – Cremonese – 2022–23 Axel Tuanzebe – Napoli – 2021–22

Egypt

Hazem Emam – Udinese – 1996–98 Ahmed Hegazy – Fiorentina – 2012–14 Mido – Roma – 2004–05 Hany Said – Bari – 1998–99, 2000–01 Mohamed Salah – Fiorentina, Roma – 2014–17

Equatorial Guinea Saúl Coco – Torino – 2024– José Machín – Parma, Monza – 2018–19, 2022–24 Pedro Obiang – Sampdoria, Sassuolo – 2010–11, 2012–15, 2019–21, 2022–24

Eritrea Henok Goitom – Udinese – 2004–05

Gabon Catilina Aubameyang – Milan – 2002–03 Mario Lemina – Juventus – 2015–17 Anthony Oyono – Frosinone – 2023–24, 2026–

Gambia Musa Barrow – Atalanta, Bologna – 2017–23 Assan Ceesay – Lecce – 2022–23 Fallou Cham – Verona – 2025–26 Ebrima Colley – Atalanta, Verona, Spezia – 2019–22 Omar Colley – Sampdoria – 2018–23 Ebrima Darboe – Roma – 2020–22 Alieu Fadera – Como, Sassuolo, Cagliari – 2024– Lamin Jallow – Chievo – 2016–17 Musa Juwara – Chievo, Bologna – 2018–21 Ali Sowe – Chievo – 2012–13

Ghana Maxwell Acosty – Fiorentina, Chievo, Crotone – 2011–12, 2013–14, 2016–17 Afriyie Acquah – Palermo, Parma, Sampdoria, Torino, Empoli – 2010–19 Felix Afena-Gyan – Roma, Cremonese – 2021–23 Daniel Kofi Agyei – Fiorentina – 2009–10 Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu – Udinese, Verona – 2009–17, 2018–20 Augustine Ahinful – Venezia – 1998–99 Masahudu Alhassan – Genoa – 2011–12 Ebenezer Annan – Bologna – 2021–22 Stephen Appiah – Udinese, Parma, Brescia, Juventus, Bologna, Cesena – 1997–2005, 2009–11 Kwadwo Asamoah – Udinese, Juventus, Inter, Cagliari – 2008–21 Kwame Ayew – Lecce – 1993–94 Ahmed Barusso – Roma, Siena – 2007–09 Richmond Boakye – Genoa, Atalanta – 2009–11, 2014–15 Kevin-Prince Boateng – Milan, Sassuolo, Fiorentina – 2010–13, 2015–16, 2018–20 Raman Chibsah – Sassuolo, Frosinone, Benevento – 2013–16, 2017–19 Isaac Cofie – Genoa, Chievo, Carpi – 2009–10, 2012–18 Amadou Diambo – Benevento – 2020–21 Isaac Donkor – Inter – 2014–15 Godfred Donsah – Verona, Cagliari, Bologna – 2013–19 Alfred Duncan – Inter, Livorno, Sampdoria, Sassuolo, Fiorentina, Cagliari, Venezia – 2012–25 Mark Edusei – Sampdoria, Catania – 2004–08 Caleb Ekuban – Genoa – 2021–22, 2023–26