List of foreign Allsvenskan players

This is a list of foreign players in Allsvenskan, which commenced play in 1924. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:

  1. have played at least one Allsvenskan game. Players who were signed by Allsvenskan clubs, but only played in lower league, cup and/or European games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
  2. are considered foreign, determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for Sweden national football team.[lower-alpha 1]

Ronald Powell, who played for Brynäs IF in the 1974 season, was the first foreign player in Allsvenskan.[1]

List of players

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Albania

Agon Mehmeti has played 113 Allsvenskan matches for Malmö FF.

Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Benin

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Haris Radetinac has played 107 Allsvenskan matches for Åtvidaberg, Mjällby and Djurgården.

Bolivia

Brazil

Álvaro Santos has played 165 Allsvenskan matches for Helsingborg, Örgryte and GAIS.

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Canada

Kenny Stamatopoulos has played 67 Allsvenskan matches for Enköping and AIK.

Cape Verde

Chad

Chile

Miiko Albornoz has played 121 Allsvenskan matches for Brommapojkarna and Malmö FF.

Comoros

Costa Rica

Celso Borges has played 71 Allsvenskan matches for AIK.

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

Peter Nymann has played 70 Allsvenskan matches for Djurgården.

DR Congo

René Makondele has played 273 Allsvenskan matches for Djurgården, Gefle, Helsingborg and Häcken.

Egypt

England

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Finland

Markus Halsti has played 112 Allsvenskan matches for Malmö FF.
Daniel Sjölund has played 253 Allsvenskan matches for Djurgården and Åtvidaberg.

France

Gambia

Pa Dembo Touray has played 194 Allsvenskan matches for Djurgården.

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guinea-Bissau

Hungary

Iceland

Hjálmar Jónsson has played 228 Allsvenskan matches for IFK Göteborg.

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kosovo

Latvia

Lebanon

Liberia

Lithuania

Tomas Žvirgždauskas has played 211 Allsvenskan matches for Halmstad.

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Malawi

Mali

Moldova

Montenegro

Montserrat

Morocco

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

Northern Ireland

Norway

Kenneth Høie has played 84 Allsvenskan matches for Elfsborg and Djurgården.

Palestine

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Scotland

Senegal

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Alhaji Kamara has played 37 Allsvenskan matches for Djurgården and Norrköping.

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

May Mahlangu has played 118 Allsvenskan matches for Helsingborg and IFK Göteborg.

South Korea

Spain

Switzerland

Syria

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Uganda

Ukraine

United States

Uruguay

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Nyasha Mushekwi has played 21 Allsvenskan matches for Djurgården.

See also

Notes

  1. More specifically,
    • If a player has been capped on international level, the national team is used; if he has been capped by more than one country, the highest level (or the most recent) team is used.
    • If a player has not been capped on international level, his country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from Swedish parents or moved to Sweden at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.
    Clubs listed are those which the player has played at least one Allsvenskan game for.
  2. 1 2 3 4 has also represented Sweden national under-19 football team.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 has also represented Sweden national under-21 football team.
  4. born in Nigeria.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 born in Sweden.
  6. 1 2 3 4 has also represented Sweden national under-17 football team.
  7. 1 2 3 born in France.
  8. born in Saudi Arabia.
  9. born in Algeria.
  10. 1 2 3 has also represented Sweden national football team.
  11. 1 2 born in England.
  12. born in DR Congo.
  13. born in Lebanon.
  14. born in El Salvador.

References

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