This is a list of foreign players (players from outside of the island of Ireland) to have played for League of Ireland clubs.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Current Players will be Listed in BOLD.
Africa (CAF)
Algeria Wassim Aouachria – Waterford, Galway United
Angola Manuel Kaguako – Dundalk, Drogheda United José Quitongo – Waterford Rudy – Waterford
Benin Romuald Boco – Sligo Rovers
Botswana Renei Batlokwa – Athlone Town
Burundi Aime Kitenge – St Patrick's Athletic
Cameroon Jeannot Esua – Galway United, Sligo Rovers Joseph N'Do – St Patrick's Athletic, Shelbourne, Shamrock Rovers, Bohemians, Sligo Rovers, Limerick Maxim Kouogun – UCD, Waterford, Shelbourne George Mukete – Athlone Town Arthur Nganou – Cobh Ramblers, Kerry
Cape Verde Pico Lopes – Bohemians, Shamrock Rovers Karim Fonseca – Cork City
Central African Republic Wilfried Zahibo – Dundalk
Congo Will Hondermarck – Drogheda United Gaius Makouta – Longford Town
DR Congo Aime Azende https://www.soccerway.com/player/azende-aime/p0loKnbs/ – Bray Wanderers Patrick Kanyuka – Limerick Christian Lotefa – Cabinteely, Athlone Town Lido Lotefa – Dundalk, Longford Town Paul Matondo – Drogheda United Harlain Mbayo – Cobh Ramblers Patrick Nzuzi – Limerick, Sligo Rovers
Eritrea Maill Lundgren – Shelbourne
Equatorial Guinea Charles Ondo – Waterford Baba Issaka – Kildare County, Athlone Town
Ghana Ali Abbas – Limerick Prince Agyemang – Limerick Joe Aidoohttps://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-41880805.html – Cork City Joseph Anang – St Patrick's Athletic Raphael Ohin – Treaty United Michael Peprah – Athlone Town
Guinea Maï Traoré – Sligo Rovers
Guinea Bissau Junior Quitirna – Waterford
Ivory Coast Moussa Bakayoko – Derry City
Kenya Jonah Ayunga – Sligo Rovers, Galway United Henry Ochieng – Cork City
Liberia George Miller – St Patrick's Athletic Garmondeh Ta-Uway – Athlone Town
Libya Muhanned Bukhatwa – Shamrock Rovers B Éamon Zayed – Bray Wanderers, Drogheda United, Sporting Fingal, Derry City, Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers
Madagascar Bastien Héry – Limerick, Waterford, Bohemians, Derry City, Finn Harps, Galway United, Longford Town, Athlone Town Mathyas Randriamamy – Kerry
Malawi Jubril Okedina – Bohemians
Morocco Sami Ben Amar – Dundalk Samir Boughanem – Shamrock Rovers Khalid El Khaliffi – Sligo Rovers
Niger Karim El-Khebir – St Patrick's Athletic
Nigeria Ifunanyachi Achara – Bray Wanderers Ola Adeyemo – UCD, Wexford, Longford Town Ismahil Akinade – Bray Wanderers, Bohemians, Waterford Goforth Ameduhttps://www.soccerway.com/player/amedu-goforth/j1o23Kya/ – Waterford Victor Arong – Drogheda United Zishim Bawa – Drogheda United Victor Ekanem – Longford Town, Drogheda United, Cabinteely, Athlone Town Efan Ekoku – Dublin City Willie Enubele – Galway United James Igwilo – Shelbourne Dominic Iorfa – Cork City, Waterford Oladapo Kayode – Derry City Tzee Mustapha – St Patrick's Athletic, Athlone Town, Waterford United Nnabuike Nneji – Salthill Devon Michael Nwankwo – Cork City Nathan Oduwa – Dundalk Jason Oladele – Longford Town Joseph Olowu – Cork City Emeka Onwubiko – Bray Wanderers, Athlone Town, Shamrock Rovers B Owen Oseni – Waterford Michael Osobe – Dundalk Ajibula Sule – Shelbourne, Cabinteely Fuad Sule – St Patrick's Athletic, Bohemians Marco Tagbajumi – Dundalk
Senegal Ibrahima Thiam – Drogheda United
Sierra Leone Mamoud Mansaray – Athlone Town John Bilili Sesayhttps://globalsportsarchive.com/en/soccer/athlete/john-bilili-sesay/8001308/career – Bray Wanderers
Somalia Haji Abdikadir – Athlone Town
South Africa BJ Banda – Finn Harps Jethren Barr - Drogheda United Harris Chueu – Derry City Owen Da Gama – Derry City Katlego Mashigo – Bohemians, Waterford, Athlone Town, Finn Harps Reyaad Pieterse – Shamrock Rovers Tumelo Tlou – Longford Town, Athlone Town Carlton Ubaezuonu – Dundalk, Galway United, Longford Town, Athlone Town
Togo Moise Assogba – Galway United Cyril Guedjé – St Patrick's Athletic, Limerick
Tunisia Ayman Ben Mohamed – UCD, Longford Town, Bohemians
Uganda Melvyn Lorenzen – Sligo Rovers Charles Livingstone Mbabazi – St Patrick's Athletic Carl Mujaguzi – Athlone Town, Kerry
Zaire José Mukendi – Derry City, Finn Harps
Zimbabwe Nathaniel Gumbo – Cobh Ramblers Shane Maroodza – Kerry Henry McKop – Shelbourne Prince Mutswunguma – Waterford Oscar Sibanda – Galway United
Asia (AFC)
Australia Tomislav Arčaba – Sligo Rovers Harry Ascroft – Finn Harps Dimitri Brinias – Galway United Sean Eve – Wexford Joseph Forde – Waterford Steven Havaleshttps://ie.soccerway.com/player/havales-steven/Q3kYMIa3/ – Bray Wanderers Adam Hughes – Sligo Rovers, Drogheda United Brad Jones – Shelbourne Robert Markovac – Waterford United Liam McGing – Finn Harps James Meredith – Sligo Rovers Dylan Mernagh – Waterford United Chris O'Connor – Bray Wanderers, Bohemians Andrew Packer – Cork City Andy Petterson – Derry City Stevan Stanic-Floody – Drogheda United, Kerry Daniel Stynes – Galway United John Tambouras – Drogheda United
Guam Ryan Guy – St Patrick's Athletic
Hong Kong John Moore – St Patrick's Athletic David Williamson – Sligo Rovers, Bohemians, Bray Wanderers
Iraq Zein Albehadlie – Bohemians
Japan Kaito Akimoto – Cabinteely Ryusei Kojima – Cabinteely Yuta Sasaki – Cabinteely Hisanori Takada – Drogheda United
Jordan Jaime Siaj – Finn Harps
South Korea Jeongwoo Han – Dundalk Jingu Kim – Galway United Yob Son – Galway United Lee-Cheol Sung – Athlone Town
Sri Lanka Sam Durrant – Dundalk
Timor Leste Claudio Osorio – Cobh Ramblers
Europe (UEFA)
Albania Alessio Abibi – Dundalk Leo Gaxha – Kerry, Galway United, Athlone Town, Dundalk Alban Hysa – Monaghan United, Dublin City Marlon Marishta – Bohemians, Bray Wanderers
Austria Tobias Kainz – Limerick Maximilian Karner – Derry City Alexander Kogler – Finn Harps Lukas Schubert – Derry City Marco Untergrabner – Shelbourne Orhan Vojic - Shamrock Rovers
Belgium Axel Bossekota – Limerick Stanley Aborah – Waterford Faysel Kasmi – Waterford Danny Lupano– Derry City Tunde Owolabi – Finn Harps, St Patrick's Athletic, Cork City Dominique Wouters – Waterford United, St Patrick's Athletic
Bosnia and Herzegovina Fahrudin Kuduzović – Sligo Rovers, Drogheda United, Cork City, Dundalk Admir Softić – Cork City
Bulgaria Yani Georgiev – Bray Wanderers Vladislav Velikin – Athlone Town
Croatia David Bošnjak – Cobh Ramblers Filip Mihaljević – Finn Harps Antonio Tuta – Finn Harps, Kerry Trpimir Vrljičak – Kerry, Treaty United
Czech Republic Vítězslav Jaroš – St Patrick's Athletic Michal Macek – St Patrick's Athletic Vojtech Ptacekhttps://www.soccerway.com/player/ptacek-vojtech/fgPAxOxt/ – Treaty United
Denmark Morten Nielsen – Sligo Rovers Jesper Jørgensen – Galway United Jonas Piechnik – Cork City Niclas Vemmelund – Derry City, Dundalk
England Chris Adamson – St Patrick's Athletic Tobi Adebayo-Rowling – Sligo Rovers, Cork City Jordan Adeyemi – Cobh Ramblers Jimmy Aggrey - Bohemians Elicha Ahui – Drogheda United James Akintunde – Derry City, Bohemians Dipo Akinyemi – Derry City Sam Allardyce – Limerick Nigel Aris – Waterford Chris Armstrong – St Patrick's Athletic, Galway United Finlay Armstrong – Waterford Maleace Asamoah – Waterford, Shamrock Rovers Joe Ashtonhttps://www.soccerway.com/player/ashton-joe/MP9X9DSD/ – Waterford David Aziaya – Finn Harps Drew Baker – Bohemians, Waterford Gordon Banks – St Patrick's Athletic Lewis Banks – Sligo Rovers Alex Baptiste – Waterford Keith Barker – St Patrick's Athletic Peter Barnes – Drogheda United Shane Barrett – Drogheda United, Sporting Fingal, Cork City, Monaghan United Alfie Bates – Drogheda United Guy Bates – Drogheda United Jack Baxter – Cork City Ashley Bayes – Bohemians Darren Beasley – Drogheda United Paul Beavers – Shelbourne Mitchell Beeney – Sligo Rovers Sam Bellis – Waterford, Cobh Ramblers Jay Benn – Bohemians Dean Bennett – Dundalk Neil Bennett – Drogheda United, Derry City Kian Best – Bohemians Richard Blackmore – Dundalk, Galway United Matthew Blinkhorn – Sligo Rovers Sam Bone – Shamrock Rovers, Waterford, St Patrick's Athletic, Dundalk, Shelbourne Rob Bowman – Bohemians Zak Bradshaw – Dundalk Leon Braithwaite – St Patrick's Athletic AJ Bridgehttps://www.soccerway.com/player/bridge-aj/WQDRkvzP/ – Cork City Barry Bridges – St Patrick's Athletic, Sligo Rovers Louis Britton – Waterford, Cork City Harry Brockbank – St Patrick's Athletic Trevor Brooking – Cork City Niall Brookwell – Cork City, Kerry Richard Brush – Sligo Rovers, Shamrock Rovers, Finn Harps Jack Burkett – St Patrick's Athletic Dennis Burnett – Shamrock Rovers Charlie Burns – Galway United Ian Butterworth – Cobh Ramblers Ollie Byrne – Cork City Ian Callaghan – Cork United Shea Callisterhttps://int.soccerway.com/player/callister-shea-preston/6idM2COG/ – Derry City Hayden Cann – Drogheda United, Dundalk, Derry City, Waterford Greg Challender – Finn Harps Ellis Chapman – Sligo Rovers, Shelbourne, Derry City Bobby Charlton – Waterford Mark Chidihttps://www.soccerway.com/player/chidi-mark/EVdoQfUN/ – Bray Wanderers Kieran Coates – Cork City John Cofie – Derry City George Cooper – Drogheda United Tom Costello – Galway United Gerry Coyne – Limerick, Cork Hibernians Cameron Cresswell – Waterford Harvey Cribb – Cobh Ramblers Craig Curran – Limerick Blain Curtis – Finn Harps Deshane Dalling – Cork City Luke Danville – Dundalk Archie Davies – Dundalk Dixie Dean – Sligo Rovers Adam Dempsey – Wexford, Bray Wanderers Paul Dempsey – UCD Sadou Diallo – Derry City, Bohemians John Dillon – Sligo Rovers, Dundalk Reyon Dillon – Cork City Kieran Djilali – Sligo Rovers, Limerick, Cork City Alan Dodd – Cork City Sean Doherty – Sligo Rovers Tom Donaghy – Waterford Mark Doninger – Sligo Rovers Aidan Dowling – Cork City Gareth Downey – Finn Harps, Shelbourne, Monaghan United Glen Downey – Shelbourne Jack Doyle – Derry City Freddie Draper – Drogheda United Eddie Dsane – Longford Town, Finn Harps Dylan Duncan – Finn Harps Robert Dunne – Cabinteely Ryan Edmondson – St Patrick's Athletic Anthony Elding – Sligo Rovers, Cork City, Derry City Lee Ellington – Finn Harps Kit Elliott – Cork City Andy Estel – Home Farm, Drogheda United Jake Evans – Chippenham Town Theo Farquharson – Kerry Ellis Farrar – Finn Harps Bobby Faulkner – Dundalk Scott Fenwick – Cork City Walter Figueira – Waterford, Derry City, Sligo Rovers Harry Fisk – Shelbourne Neil Fitzhenry – Finn Harps Brandon Fleming – Derry City Alan Fletcher – Sligo Rovers Jordan Flores – Dundalk, Bohemians George Forrest – Waterford Martin Garratt – St Patrick's Athletic Brendan Gallen – Sligo Rovers, Drogheda United Steven Gaughan – Cork City Jordan Gibson – St Patrick's Athletic, Sligo Rovers Kerrea Gilbert – Shamrock Rovers Matty Gillam – Cork City Matthew Gledhill – Sligo Rovers, Cork City Felix Goddard – Dundalk Jaanai Gordon – Sligo Rovers Matt Gregg – Bray Wanderers, Bohemians, UCD, Dundalk Tom Grivosti – St Patrick's Athletic, Dundalk Greg Halford – Waterford Adam Hammill – Derry City Ray Hankin – Shamrock Rovers Alf Hanson – Shelbourne Aaron Harper-Bailey – Drogheda United Allan Harris – St Patrick's Athletic Jimmy Harris – St Patrick's Athletic Bob Hatton – Dundalk Wayne Hatswell – Dundalk Omar Haughton – Sligo Rovers George Heaven – Cork City Max Hemmings – Galway United Jeff Henderson – Sligo Rovers James Henshall – Shelbourne Jak Hickman – St Patrick's Athletic Michael Holt – St Patrick's Athletic, Derry City, Dublin City Louie Holzman – Bohemians Tony Hopper – Bohemians Grant Horton – Bohemians, Waterford Michael Howard – Cork City Jamie Hughes – Derry City Jackson Hulme – Athlone Town