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List of England international footballers born outside England

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This is a list of England international footballers who were born outside England. For the purposes of international football the football world governing body, FIFA, considers England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to be distinct and individual countries who share a common nationality. Players born in countries other than England may qualify for the England team through English parents or grandparents, or through residency in England or holding British citizenship. The Crown dependencies, which for footballing purposes come under the purview of the Football Association of England, have provided two players to the England football team.

Players are listed below by birthplace and played for the full England team.

Australia

  • Tony Dorigo
  • Arthur Savage (Identity disputed)

Belgium

  • William Bryant

Canada

  • Owen Hargreaves
  • Edward Hagarty Parry
  • Fikayo Tomori

France

French Guiana

  • Cyrille Regis

Guernsey

  • Matt Le Tissier

India

British India

  • Claude Ashton
  • Alfred Goodwyn
  • Elphinstone Jackson
  • William Kenyon-Slaney
  • William Lindsay
  • Stuart Macrae
  • James F. M. Prinsep
  • Alf Quantrill

Ivory Coast

  • Marc Guéhi
  • Wilfried Zaha (later played for Ivory Coast)

Jamaica

  • Luther Blissett
  • John Barnes
  • Raheem Sterling

Jersey

  • Graeme Le Saux

Mauritius

  • Herbert Rawson

Mexico

  • Richard Geaves

Nigeria

  • John Salako

Scotland

  • John Bain

Sierra Leone

  • Nathaniel Chalobah
  • Trevoh Chalobah

Singapore

  • Terry Butcher
  • Basil Patchitt

South Africa

  • Gordon Hodgson
  • Frank Osborne
  • Reg Osborne
  • Bill Perry
  • William Rawson
  • Brian Stein
  • Colin Viljoen

Sri Lanka

British Ceylon

  • Charles Eastlake Smith

Wales

  • Frederick Green
  • Rob Jones

References

References

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  2. Robert Wagman. ""FIFA needs to tighten nationality loopholes"". Soccer Times.
  3. (16 December 2011). "Made in Australia: Tony Dorigo". Inside Sport.
  4. link. (27 January 2013 Arthur Savage)
  5. "William Ingram Bryant". Englandstats.com.
  6. (9 July 2018). "How Owen Hargreaves competed for England at the World Cup". CBC.
  7. "Edward Hagerty Parry - englandstats.com".
  8. Steinberg, Jacob. (2019-10-07). "Fikayo Tomori says international allegiance ‘wasn’t England all the way’". The Guardian.
  9. (7 April 2013). "Matthew Le Tissier, 44, will make his Guernsey debut on Sunday". BBC Sport.
  10. "England Players - Claude Ashton".
  11. "Lieutenant Alfred George Goodwyn - englandstats.com".
  12. "England Players - Elphinstone Jackson".
  13. "William Kenyon-Slaney".
  14. "England Players - William Lindsay".
  15. "England Players - Stuart Macrae".
  16. "Captain James Frederick McLeod Prinsep - englandstats.com".
  17. "England Players - Alf Quantrill".
  18. (29 March 2017). "Blinkered criticism of Wilfried Zaha shows startling insularity". The Guardian.
  19. (1 December 2017). "‘England may never see best of Sterling – just like me’". [[The Times]].
  20. (4 September 2008). "What's your story? Graeme Pierre Le Saux: A game of two halves". Jersey Evening Post.
  21. "Colonel Herbert Edward Rawson - englandstats.com".
  22. link. (27 January 2013 Richard Geaves)
  23. [https://www.skysports.com/football/news/18804/10278640/how-many-england-internationals-have-been-born-in-your-area Where are England stars born?] {{Webarchive. link. (15 September 2018 Sky Sports, 20 May 2016)
  24. McNulty, Phil. (15 October 2018). "Spain 2–3 England". BBC Sport.
  25. McNulty, Phil. (10 June 2025). "England 1–3 Senegal". BBC Sport.
  26. (1 March 2016). "Ex-England captain Butcher says grit can help ASEAN players succeed". ESPN FC.
  27. "England Players - Basil Patchitt".
  28. "A Complete Database of England Internationals Since 1872". Englandstats.com.
  29. "England Players - Frank Osborne".
  30. "England Players - Reg Osborne".
  31. "England Players - Bill Perry".
  32. "William Stepney Rawson - englandstats.com".
  33. "England Players - Colin Viljoen".
  34. link. (27 January 2013 Charles Eastlake Smith)
  35. link. (27 January 2013 Frederick Green)
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