List of foreign football players in Serbia

This is a list of foreign players that play or have played in the top league in football clubs from the territory of Serbia.

In this list are included the foreign players that:

  • Play or have played in the Serbian SuperLiga (from 2006 until nowadays), and in the clubs from the territory of Serbia in the First League of Serbia and Montenegro (including FR Yugoslavia, from 1992 until 2006) and in the Yugoslav First League (from 1923 until 1992).
  • Have been part of the club roster in the league.
  • Have not been capped for the Serbia national team or the Yugoslavia national team, except the ones that have been capped for other national teams, as well.
  • Have been born in Serbia and capped by a foreign national team. This includes players that have dual citizenship.
  • In this list are only indicated the top-level clubs. If a player has also played in some lower-level club in Serbia, those clubs are excluded, just as all the foreign players that have only played in lower leagues in Serbia.

Notes:

  • The players that played in clubs from Kosovo are only included if they played in a top league club within the Yugoslav or Serbian football league system.
  • The players from the countries that once made part of Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia) have inclusion criteria indicated in each section.
  • The years correspond to seasons, not calendar years, and represent the seasons that the player represented the club, not necessarily being all in the top league, but at least one. If only one year is indicated in parentheses, it means that the player has played only that half of season.
  • Players in bold are players that have at least one cap for their national team.
  • Teams in bold are the current team of that player.

Abkhazia[edit]

Albania[edit]

Algeria[edit]

Angola[edit]

Antigua and Barbuda[edit]

Argentina[edit]

Argentine international Hernán Barcos played for Red Star in 2007/08.

Armenia[edit]

Australia[edit]

Degenek impressed in 2018 FIFA World Cup and Red Star bought him directly to their team afterwaards.

Austria[edit]

Born in Vienna with Serbian ancestry, Dragović became key player in Red Star and Austrian defense, with 100 appearances for the national team.

Including the period of Austro-Hungary.

Azerbaijan[edit]

Belarus[edit]

Including the period of Soviet Union.

Belgium[edit]

Benin[edit]

Bosnia and Herzegovina[edit]

Branimir Bajić spent 7 seasons with Partizan and became regular in the Bosnian national team.
Nemanja Bilbija, Vojvodina, 4 times Bosnian Premier League top-scorer.
Mario Božić played in several Serbian clubs.
Dario Damjanović, Bosnian international with spells in Obrenovac, Novi Pazar and Jagodina.
Rade Krunić, Bosnian international, played with Donji Srem and Borac Čačak before moving to Italy and joining AC Milan.
Vule Trivunović, Obilić.

Excluded the players that played before 1992 when Bosnia and Herzegovina became independent and counted as domestic, but included the players that are Bosnian Serbs and usually have double citizenship.

Bolić played with Red Star before becoming Fenerbahçe idol.

Bosnian internationals that played in Serbian top league clubs only during Yugoslav period:

Brazil[edit]

Adilson, made impact in Red Star in late 1990s.
Aílton, former Bundesliga topscorer and footballer of the year in 2004, joined Red Star in 2006.
Everton Luiz, Partizan.
Cléo, the first foreigner that played for both rivals, Red Star and Partizan.
Evandro, former Brazilian youth international, Red Star.
Leonardo, Partizan, 2016/17 league topscorer with 24 goals along teammate Đurđević.
Saldanha, Partizan, 2023/24 league topscorer with 16 goals along Luković.
William, OFK Beograd.

Bulgaria[edit]

Former Juventus striker Valeri Bojinov signed with Partizan in summer 2015.
Ivan Ivanov, Bulgarian Footballer of the Year 2013, played with Partizan.

Burkina Faso[edit]

Cameroon[edit]

Djemba-Djemba, former Manchester United player, joined Partizan in summer 2013.
Tawamba debuted for Cameroon in 2018 while playing with Partizan

Canada[edit]

Milan Borjan, Canada national goalkeeper, spent much of his career in Serbia.

Cape Verde[edit]

Central African Republic[edit]

Chad[edit]

Chile[edit]

China[edit]

Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)[edit]

Colombia[edit]

Comoros[edit]

Ben, Red Star recorder in league appearances for a foreigner.

Congo[edit]

Congo D.R.[edit]

Costa Rica[edit]

Côte d'Ivoire[edit]

Krasso, 2023 Africa Cup of Nations champion while playing with Red Star.

Croatia[edit]

Excluded the players that played before 1991 when Croatia became independent, but including the players that were Croatian Serbs born in nowadays Croatia, usually having double citizenship.

Matej Delač, Vojvodina.

Croatian internationals that played in Serbian top league clubs only during Yugoslav period:

Robert Prosinečki, first as player, then more recently as coach, at Red Star.

Players that represented NDH (Independent State of Croatia):

Zlatko Čajkovski, Partizan.

Curaçao[edit]

Cyprus[edit]

Czech Republic[edit]

Including the periods of Bohemia and Czechoslovakia.

Denmark[edit]

Ecuador[edit]

Segundo Castillo, Red Star.

Egypt[edit]

El Salvador[edit]

England[edit]

Estonia[edit]

Finland[edit]

France[edit]

Damian Le Tallec, Red Star.

Gabon[edit]

Guélor Kanga, Red Star. His compatriot Delicat in 1983 became the first African to play in Yugoslav First League.

Gambia[edit]

Georgia[edit]

Germany[edit]

Including West Germany from 1949 to 1990.

Marko Marin, German international, signed with Red Star when they reached the group stage of 2018–19 UEFA Champions League.

Ghana[edit]

Stephen Appiah, Vojvodina, one of the best known foreigners to play in Serbia.
Richmond Boakye, Red Star striker.
Prince Tagoe, Partizan striker.
Osman Bukari, Red Star and Ghana star at the 2022 World Cup.

Greece[edit]

Guadeloupe[edit]

Guinea[edit]

Seydouba Soumah, Partizan and Novi Pazar.

Guinea-Bissau[edit]

Moreira, Partizan fans idol.

Honduras[edit]

Hong Kong[edit]

Hungary[edit]

Ferenc Plattkó, before spending 7 seasons in FC Barcelona, played with KAFK Kula.
László Köteles, another Hungarian goalkeeper that spent part of his career in Serbia.
István Nyers, who played with Inter, Roma and Barcelona among others, played with ŽAK Subotica during WWII and in 1945.

Including the period of Austro-Hungary.

Indonesia[edit]

Iraq[edit]

Israel[edit]

Natcho, Israel national team long-standing captain, joined Partizan in summer 2019.

Italy[edit]

Piccini, Red Star defender and Italian international..

Jamaica[edit]

Japan[edit]

Asano, summer 2019 Partizan reinforcement, regular international, response to Red Star Takayuki Suzuki sensational signing previous decade.

Kazakhstan[edit]

Kenya[edit]

Korea D.P.R.[edit]

Hong Yong-jo, North Korean captain at the WC2010 played with Bežanija.

Korea Republic[edit]

Hwang In-beom, Red Star.

Kosovo[edit]

Counting only players that played for Kosovo national team and in clubs within Serbian league system, after 1992, outside province of Kosovo.

Krajina [edit]

Kyrgyzstan[edit]

Latvia[edit]

Including the period of Soviet Union.

Lebanon[edit]

Liberia[edit]

Libya[edit]

Lithuania[edit]

Including the period of Soviet Union.

Luxembourg[edit]

Mali[edit]

Malta[edit]

Moldova[edit]

Montenegro[edit]

Excluded the players that played before 2006 when Montenegro became independent. Montenegrin players that were internationals for FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro are indicated in italics.

Mladen Božović, Partizan.
Vladimir Božović, OFK Beograd.
Stevan Jovetić, Partizan.
Mladen Kašćelan, OFK Beograd and Voždovac.
Ivan Kecojević, Čukarički and OFK Beograd.
Yugoslav international goalkeeper Kralj played most of his career in Patizan.
Stefan Savić, BSK Borča and Partizan, before moving to the Premier League.
Filip Stojković, Red Star.
Marko Vešović, Red Star.
Vladimir Volkov, OFK Beograd, Partizan, Radnički Niš and Rad.
Simon Vukčević, Partizan and Vojvodina.
Ivan Vuković, OFK Beograd.
Radoslav Batak, Vojvodina.
Bojan Brnović, Partizan and Obilić.
Andrija Delibašić, Partizan.
Miodrag Džudović, OFK Beograd.
Milorad Peković, OFK Beograd and Partizan.

Montenegrin internationals that only played in Serbian top league clubs before Montenegrin independence.

Namibia[edit]

Netherlands[edit]

New Zealand[edit]

Nigeria[edit]

Abiola Dauda, Red Star
Umar Sadiq, bronze medalist at the 2016 Olympics, was brought by Partizan in 2019.