List of Malaysia international footballers born outside Malaysia

This is a list of Malaysia international footballers born outside their country, including naturalised and overseas players with Malaysian ancestry.

Naturalised players In January 1984, Razali Alias of Singapore became the first naturalised player in Malaysia. He made his debut for the Malaysia national team in a friendly match against the United Arab Emirates in March 1985. The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) tried to register him for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification, however, FIFA prevented him from participating as he was already capped for Singapore. The second naturalised player in Malaysia was Ahmad Paijan of Singapore who received his Malaysian citizenship in late 1995 after 13 years of playing for Terengganu.

In late 2018, there have been more necessities to naturalising foreign players to improve Malaysian football performances. Based on three survey polls conducted by the country three local press, two of them recording a majority positive vote over the necessities to acquire foreign players as a local players. As a result, the FAM began submitting a plan to the federal government. The plan was welcomed by the country's prime minister with the latter also urging local talents to improve on par with the absorption of foreign talents.

List of players +List of Malaysia international footballers born outside MalaysiaNameCountry of birthCitizenship acquisitionDebut for Malaysia Razali Alias 18 January 1984 28 February 1985 Syed Adney 1986 21 October 2007 Matthew Davies 2015 8 September 2015 Brendan Gan 2014 24 March 2016 Darren Lok 2016 7 October 2016 Kiko Insa 2017 22 August 2017 Natxo Insa 2017 22 March 2018 Mohamadou Sumareh 27 July 2018 12 October 2018 La'Vere Corbin-Ong 2018 2 June 2019 Dominic Tan 1997 2 June 2019 Liridon Krasniqi February 2020 28 May 2021 Guilherme de Paula March 2021 3 June 2021 Quentin Cheng 2019 6 October 2021 Ezequiel Agüero February 2022 9 December 2022 Lee Tuck February 2022 9 December 2022 David Rowley 2018 9 December 2022 Stuart Wilkin 2021 9 December 2022 Endrick February 2023 23 March 2023 Paulo Josué February 2023 23 March 2023 Nooa Laine 2022 23 March 2023 Daniel Ting 2016 28 March 2023Romel Morales202315 January 2024Fergus Tierney 202318 November 2024Hector Hevel 202525 March 2025Gabriel Palmero202529 May 2025João Figueiredo202510 June 2025Jon Irazabal202510 June 2025Rodrigo Holgado202510 June 2025Imanol Machuca202510 June 2025Facundo Garcés202510 June 2025Richard Chin20238 September 2025Wan Kuzain202625 July 2026Bérgson202625 September 2026Manuel Hidalgo202625 September 2026Brad Tapp202625 September 2026Hong Wan20211 October 2026

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