This is a list of foreign players in Liga FPD. The following players: have played at least one official game for their respective clubs. are listed as squad members for the current. have not been capped for the Costa Rica national team at any level. includes uncapped players with dual nationality.
In italic: Players currently signed, but have yet to play a league match.
In Bold: Current foreign Liga de Fútbol de Primera División. players and their present team.
Naturalized players Ricardo Saprissa – Orión F.C. Odir Jacques – Saprissa Víctor Núñez – Alajuelense, Saprissa, Cartagines, Herediano, Liberia Mía, Santos de Guápiles Hernán Bolaños Nilton Nóbrega – Saprissa, Herediano Alexandre Guimaraes – Saprissa, Municipal Puntarenas, Turrialba
Africa – CAF
Cameroon Alain Ekwe – Puntarenas Simon Pasteur – Liberia Mía
Congo Kanga Nzeza – Cartaginés
Equatorial Guinea Danny Quendambú – Herediano, UCR, San Carlos
Guinea Joao Johanning – Perez Zeledon, Club Sport Uruguay
Kenya Charles Otieno – Herediano Austin Makacha – Herediano Titus Mulama – Herediano
Sierra Leone Michael Tommy – Herediano, Belén, Puntarenas, Cartaginés, Liberia Mía
South Africa Kiki Kabanga – Cartaginés
Asia – AFC
Iraq Yohan Salwan Zetuna - Municipal Grecia
South America (CONMEBOL)
Argentina Santiago Aloi – Municipal Liberia Lautaro Ayala - Guadalupe Pablo Azcurra - Pérez Zeledón Maximiliano Badell – Herediano Lucio Barroca - Pérez Zeledón Patricio Gómez Barroche – Herediano Alejandro Cabral - Saprissa Jonathan Camio - Carmelita Facundo Crespo – Pérez Zeledón, Cartaginés Jorge Drovandi – Herediano Alexis Esparza – Cartaginés Hernan Fener – Cartaginés, Pérez Zeledón Gustavo Fernández – Saprissa José Luis García – Municipal Liberia Lucas Giovagnoli - Grecia Ismael Gómez - San Carlos, Jicaral Marcelo Gómez – Alajuelense Lucas Emanuel Gómez – Brujas, Alajuelense, Cartaginés Manuel González - San Carlos Nelson Emanuel González – Cartaginés Nicolás Hernández – Alajuelense Andrés Imperiale – Saprissa Pablo Alejandro Izaguirre – Alajuelense Daniel Juárez – Alajuelense Javier Liendo - Pérez Zeledón Esteban Espíndola López – Saprissa Adrián Mahía – Saprissa Diego Joaquín País – Pérez Zeledón, Cartaginés, San Carlos Leonel Peralta - Grecia Claudio Daniel Pérez - San Carlos Sebastián Pol – Cartaginés Leandro Gastón Rodríguez - Pérez Zeledón Emiliano Romay – Saprissa Rodrigo Salomón – Pérez Zeledón Héctor Sanabria – Pérez Zeledón Ariel Segalla – Cartaginés Juan Ignacio Sills – Alajuelense Fernando Gaston Soler – Pérez Zeledón Mariano Torres – Saprissa José Luis Zelaye – Cartaginés Facundo Zabala – Alajuelense
Bolivia Carlos Saucedo – Saprissa
Brazil Anderson Andrade Antunes – Brujas, Herediano, Alajuelense, Municipal Liberia, Cartaginés Paulo Cézar - Grecia Leandro da Silva – Alajuelense Iago Soares – Alajuelense Anderson Leite – Saprissa Rodinei Martins – Herediano, Alajuelense Ricardo Mion Varella Costa – Saprissa Luciano Xavier Cunha – Alajuelense Nilton Nóbrega – Herediano Marcelo Sarvas – Alajuelense Paulo César Rodrigues Lima – Brujas Leandro Barrios Rita dos Martires – Herediano, Alajuelense Adonis Hilario – Saprissa, Herediano, Guanacasteca Jorge Barbosa – Santos de Guápiles, Brujas, Puntarenas F.C., Cartaginés, Barrio México, UCR Rafael Gomes de Oliveira – Herediano Ismael Nery de Souza – Saprissa Pablo Rodrigues - Guanacasteca Kennedy Rocha Pereira - Jicaral Enrique Moura – Pérez Zeledón Tássio Maia - Saprissa
Chile Horacio Díaz Luco – Herediano, Limón Sprite, Cartaginés, Municipal Turrialba, Municipal Limón Ismael Fuentes – Santos de Guápiles Alejandro González – Alajuelense Carlos González – Saprissa Eduardo Quintanilla – San Carlos Rubén Rodríguez-Peña – Herediano Adrián Rojas – Cartaginés Nino Rojas – Alajuelense Carlos Soza - Limón Francisco Ugarte - Limón
Colombia Elier Aponzá – Pérez Zeledón César Arias – Belen Carlos Asprilla – Herediano Jose Balanta- Municipal Liberia Ronald Benavides - Limón Sebastián Bermúdez - UCR Oscar Briceño – Herediano Fernando Cárdenas - UCR Sebastian Gonzales – Belén FC, Guadalupe Wilmer Cabrera – Herediano Jhon Culma – Brujas Jhon Ibargüen - UCR Neco Martínez – Guanacasteca Junior Murillo - Limón Daniel Ocampo - UCR Carlos Palacios - Limón Nixon Perea – Alajuelense Roberto Polo – Brujas Sergio Reina – Cartaginés Andres Riascos - UCR Omar Royero – Pérez Zeledón, Liberia Mía, Santos de Guápiles, Carmelita, UCR Ricardo Steer – Pérez Zeledón, Brujas Carlos Salazar – Alajuelense Luis Martínez - Guanacasteca
Ecuador Jefferson Hurtado – Alajuelense
Paraguay Lauro Cazal - Pérez Zeledón Óscar Nadin Díaz González – Herediano Luis Rodríguez - UCR
Perú Alfonso Yañez – Saprissa – 2000 Mario Parreaguirre – Herediano – 1947 Braulio Valverde – La Libertad – 1929 Sigifredo Vargas – San Ramón – 1968–1970 José Chicona – San Ramón – 1977-1978 Reynaldo Jaime – Cartaginés – 1979-1980 Manuel Lobatón – Saprissa – 1979 Carlos Izquierdo Sánchez – Turrialba, Cartaginés, San Ramón – 1979, 1980, 1981 Augusto Palacios – Cartaginés – 1979-1980 Alberto Castillo – Herediano – 1993–1994 Aguinaldo Otta – Pérez Zeledón — 1997-1998 Karl Wiliams – Saprissa Pascual Ramirez – Cartaginés (Reserve) — 1980 Carlos Salazar – Cartaginés (Reserve) Mauricio Zumaeta – Cartaginés (Reserve)
Uruguay Leonardo Abelenda – A.D. San Carlos Carim Adippe – Cartaginés Edgardo Baldi – Alajuelense Rafael Bianchi – Herediano Sergio Blanco - Ramonense José Cancela – Herediano, Saprissa, Belén, Liberia Mía, Pérez Zeledón James Cantero – Club Sport Uruguay de Coronado Paolo Cardozo – Cartaginés Claudio Ciccia – Alajuelense, Cartaginés, Puntarenas F.C. Sebastián Diana – Saprissa Gustavo Ferreyra – Saprissa Sebastián Fuentes – Puntarenas F.C. Carlos Macchi – Alajuelense Miguel Mansilla – Saprissa, Puntarenas F.C. Edgar Martínez – Santos de Guápiles Julio Modernell – Puntarenas F.C. Juan Manuel Morales – Saprissa Néstor Fabián Morais – Pérez Zeledón Mario Orta – Herediano, Saprissa César Pellegrín – Herediano Álvaro Enrique Peña – Puntarenas F.C. Miguel Ángel Pereira (Oso) - Saprissa Gerardo Priori - Turrialba Fabrizio Ronchetti - A.D. San Carlos, Santos de Guápiles Joaquin Santellan - Jicaral Jonathan Soto - A.D. San Carlos Pablo Tiscornia – Herediano, Cartaginés, Puntarenas F.C. Nicolás Vigneri – Cartaginés
Venezuela Roberto Brito Jr. – Puntarenas F.C. Víctor Pérez - Grecia
North and Central America, Caribbean (CONCACAF)
Bahamas Kamal Degregory – Belén
Belize Deon McCaulay – Puntarenas F.C. Shane Orio – Puntarenas F.C., Ramonense
Canada Manjrekar JamesJames was born in Dominica - Alajuelense, Santos de Guápiles
Cuba Frank Mejías – Club Sport La Libertad Marcel Hernández Campanioni - Cartaginés
El Salvador Lester Blanco – San Carlos, Jicaral Norberto Huezo – Herediano Alexander Larin – Herediano Carlos Antonio Meléndez – Asociación Deportiva San Miguel Conrado Miranda – Uruguay, Club Sport La Libertad Nildeson – Herediano Eliseo Quintanilla – Alajuelense Luis Ramírez Zapata – Cartaginés José Sigifredo Espinoza (Bucky) – Alajuelense
Guatemala Sixto Betancourt – Cartaginés Moises Hernandez – Saprissa Rafael Morales – Saprissa Ángelo Padilla – Puntarenas F.C., Carmelita, Municipal Liberia Ignacio González (Nacho) – Saprissa
Haiti Roody Lormera – Puntarenas F.C. Nael Elysee - Grecia
Honduras Ciro Paulino Castillo- Alajuelense, Cartaginés Rubilio Castillo - Saprissa Arnold Cruz – Cartaginés Juan Carlos Espinoza – Alajuelense Danilo Galindo – Herediano Henry Figueroa - Alajuelense José Roberto Figueroa – Cartaginés Eugenio Dolmo Flores – Alajuelense Luis Garrido – Alajuelense Nahamán González – Alajuelense, Herediano Amado Guevara – Saprissa José Güity – Herediano Alexander López - Alajuelense Emil Martínez – Alajuelense Saúl Martínez – Herediano Ninrrol Medina – Saprissa Ramón Núñez – Alajuelense César Obando – Cartaginés Jerry Palacios – Alajuelense Roger Rojas – Alajuelense Nicolás Suazo – Herediano Christian Santamaría – Cartaginés Ángel Tejeda – Pérez Zeledón, Alajuelense
Jamaica Javon East - San Carlos Maalique Foster - Alajuelense Craig Foster - Pérez Zeledón
Mexico Alejandro Abasolo – Belén, Guadalupe Manuel Arce - Guadalupe Omar Arellano – Herediano Julio César Cruz – Belén, Herediano, San Carlos Juan Felipe Delgadillo - Cartaginés Alberto García Jr. – Belén Julio Cruz González - Cartaginés Sebastián Fassi – Belén Francisco Fonseca – Santos de Guápiles Diego Franco – Belén Juan de Dios Hernández – Alajuelense Luis Omar Hernandez – Herediano Luis Ángel Landín – Herediano Édgar Gerardo Lugo - Herediano Aldo Magaña - Herediano, Grecia Luis Ernesto Michel – Saprissa Alfonso Nieto – Herediano Julio César Pardini – Herediano César de la Peña – Belén Moctezuma Serrato – Herediano
Nicaragua Byron Bonilla - Cartaginés, Grecia Luis Fernando Copete – AS Puma Generaleña Francisco Flores - Santos de Guápiles Jason Ingram - Santos de Guápiles Raúl Leguías – AS Puma Generaleña Marlon López – Santos de Guápiles Justo Lorente – Municipal Liberia Danny Téllez – Guanacasteca Hamilton West – Guanacasteca
Panama Jorman Israel Aguilar - San Carlos Empanada Arosemena - Libertad Abdiel Arroyo – Alajuelense Nelson Barahona - Cartaginés Ricardo Buitrago – Cartaginés Roberto Brown – Cartaginés Diógenes Cáceres – Herediano Ronaldo Dinolis - Santos de Guápiles Richard Dixon - Limón Luis Gallardo – Herediano Freddy Góndola – Alajuelense Victor Griffith - Santos de Guápiles Armando Gun – Alajuelense Brunet Hay – Pérez Zeledón, Herediano, Belén Amílcar Henríquez – Santacruceña Adolfo Machado – Saprissa, Alajuelense Óscar McFarlane – Pérez Zeledón Víctor René Mendieta Jr. – Santacruceña Víctor Miranda – UCR Jaime Penedo – Saprissa Pércival Piggott – Liberia Armando Polo – Pérez Zeledón Álex Rodríguez – Pérez Zeledón Roberto Tyrrel – Alajuelense Alejandro Vélez – Guanacasteca Amir Waithe - Carmelita Humberto Ward - Limón
Saint Lucia Kurt Frederick – Alajuelense
Trinidad and Tobago Michael Maurice – Herediano Aubrey David – Saprissa
United States Javier Clavijo - Limón Roy Lassiter – Alajuelense, Carmelita David Quesada – Alajuelense, Ramonense, Saprissa Kurt Kelley - Saprissa, Belén, Goicoechea and Carmelita
Oceania (ONC)
New Zealand Maksim MankoMaksim Manko was born in Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union – Santos de Gualipes
Europe (UEFA) Czech Republic Pavel Karoch – Alajuelense Ladislav Jakubec – Alajuelense Tomáš Poštulka – Carmelita
Denmark Jacob Sloth Bennedsen – Cartaginés
England Antonio Pedroza - Herediano
Switzerland Thomas Alder – Carmelita
France Román Calvo - UCR Michel Gafour – Liberia Mía Jacques Rémy – Liberia Mía Bruno Savry – Liberia Mía
Italy José Cróceri - Cartaginés
Serbia Boris Balinović – Limón, Liberia Miroslav Bjeloš – Limón Vladimir Vujasinović – Limón, Liberia Zoran Zec – Limón
Spain Aram Pazos – Municipal Liberia Lázaro Candal – Club Sport La Libertad Francisco Javier De Lucas – Ramonense, San Carlos Nicolás Nogales – Turrialba, Sagrada Familia
Slovakia Josef Miso – Herediano, Alajuelense
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