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List of VFL/AFL players born outside Australia

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This is a list of players who have played at least one senior game in the Australian Football League (AFL), previously known as the Victorian Football League (VFL), who were born outside Australia.

Players born outside Australia

Peter Bell]] (South Korea) played 286 AFL games.

[[Jason Johannisen]] (South Africa) is a [[Norm Smith Medal]]list.

[[Andrew McGrath]] (Canada) won the [[2017 AFL Rising Star]].

^	Denotes current player{{cite news	author= Rohan Connolly	url= http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/international-rules-ok-20100515-v51p.html	title= International rules OK	accessdate= 15 May 2010	location=Melbourne	title=Multicultural players putting AFL on the map	date=7 August 2015	url=http://www.aflplayers.com.au/article/multicultural-players-putting-afl-on-the-map/	publisher=AFL Players Association}}

Name	Country of birth	Club(s)	Career span	Games	Goals
	Latvia		1963–1964	11	4
^	Kenya		2022–	25	0
^	Kenya	,	2016–	178	6
^	Egypt		2022–	65	12
	Mauritius		1897	6	1
	South Africa	,	1927–1937	138	140
	New Zealand		1924–1926	13	11
	West Germany (now Germany)		1962–1963	10	3
	South Korea	,	1995–2008	286	url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&kw=chris+connolly+and+ben+allan&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=10years&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=200&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=SAG030330JK3R66VOF3C	title= Bell tolls in Fremantle and beyond	first=Caroline	last=Wilson	date=30 March 2003	work=The Sunday Age	page=14}}
	New Zealand	,	1976–1981	80	27
	Italy		1953	1	url=http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2015-08-03/from-media-city-to-premiership-glory	title=From "Media City" to premiership glory	date=3 August 2015	work=Carlton FC}}
	German Empire (now Germany)		1927	2	0
^	Egypt		2023–	16	1
	Fiji	,	2019–2022	20	1
	Israel		1978–1981	34	11
	New Zealand	,	1899–1902	18	12
	New Zealand		2006–2009	13	13
	Fiji		2006–2016	167	5
	Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia)		1965	6	0
^	Sudan (now South Sudan)	, ,	2016–	107	156
	South Africa	, , ,	1937–1946	83	39
	France		2014–2015	3	0
	Fiji		1900	1	0
	Thailand		1998	7	2
^	United States	,	2016–	139	127
	New Zealand		1898	5	0
	New Zealand	,	1998–2008	222	189
	South Africa	,	2000–2005	53	66
	New Zealand		2000–2005	33	22
	Sudan	,	2013–2020	54	43
	New Zealand		1997–2000	55	19
	Fiji		1914	1	1
	Samoa	,	2005–2011	73	107
^	South Africa		2022–	39	4
	West Germany (now Germany)		1973	6	0
	South Africa		1931	6	0
	New Zealand	,	1902–1905	32	15
	Lebanon		1986–1997	190	83
	New Zealand		1912–1919	113	49
	United States		2015–2017	5	0
	New Zealand		2011–2014	44	6
	Ukraine	, ,	1987–1995	142	37
	East Germany (now Germany)		1973–1975	67	3
	Switzerland	,	1898–1904	113	49
	Austria	,	1967–1981	279	444
^	Ethiopia	,	2019–	75	5
^	Ethiopia		2024–	1	0
^	South Africa		2012–	212	77
	Sudan (now South Sudan)		2019	1	0
	New Zealand	,	1978–1988	123	36
^	Sudan (now South Sudan)		2019–	41	20
	Netherlands	,	1979–1984	93	20
	South Africa		1988–1998	146	30
^	New Zealand		2024–	11	14
	Brazil	,	2005–2016	178	25
	New Zealand		1898	3	0
	South Africa	,	1914–1924	12	17
	New Zealand		1911	7	2
	Belarus	, ,	2016–2025	94	8
^	New Zealand		2017–	156	78
	Sweden	,	1998–2008	131	23
	New Zealand		1997–2002	6	0
	New Zealand		1904	5	0
	New Zealand		1939–1950	92	2
	New Zealand		1898–1902	59	28
^	Canada		2017–	180	21
	New Zealand	,	1906–1907	4	0
	New Zealand		1910	3	1
	Netherlands		1964	7	2
	Papua New Guinea	, ,	1997–2008	238	33
	Fiji		1897–1899	30	34
	South Africa	,	1984–1991	27	2
	Kenya	,	2020–2024	4	0
	Papua New Guinea		2022–2024	13	5
	New Zealand		1925–1934	142	120
	New Zealand		2012–2015	5	0
	Croatia	,	1973–1985	174	13
	Zimbabwe		1998–2007	115	133
	Hong Kong		2017–2020	19	4
	India		1923–1924	22	7
	United States		1989–1996	132	97
	Canada		2009–2015	110	48
	Myanmar		1927–1932	86	0
	New Zealand	,	2008–2011	52	9
^	Papua New Guinea		2024–	23	7
	Fiji	, ,	2002–2013	166	127
	Cuba		1961–1968	88	1
	Chile	/,	1988–2001	211	169
	East Germany (now Germany)	,	1966–1974	117	209
	New Zealand	,	2009–2020	165	63
	New Zealand	,	1988–2002	282	154
	New Zealand		1930–1945	180	97
	Singapore	,	1986–1990	25	10
	Papua New Guinea	,	1991–1996	43	33
	Papua New Guinea		1990–2000	200	23
	New Zealand		1897–1899	31	3
	Italy		1969–1971	8	7
	Netherlands		1965–1967	17	0
	Weimar Republic (now Germany)		1947	6	2
	Netherlands		1967	2	0
	Netherlands		1959	2	0
	Czech Republic		1964	8	3
	Czech Republic		1959–1966	132	45
^	Ghana		2021–	66	2
	Seychelles		1900	2	0
	New Zealand		1929	2	0
	New Zealand	,	1902–1904	15	0
	United States		1989–1994	43	7
	Sudan (now South Sudan)		2016–2017	3	0
	New Zealand		2016–2020	23	1
	New Zealand		1928	5	0

Players born in the British Isles

[[Jim Stynes]] (Ireland) won the [[Brownlow Medal]] in 1991.

[[Bill Eason]] (England) was {{AFL Gee}}'s first player to reach 200 appearances.

^	Denotes current player

Name	Country of birth	Club(s)	Career span	Games	Goals
	Ireland		1897	1	0
	Scotland	,	1910–1912	31	0
	England		1928–1935	25	6
	England		1897–1899	29	0
	England		1901–1907	80	5
	England		1964–1973	75	78
	England		1989	4	6
	Ireland	,	2006–2009	30	7
	England		1939–1941	2	0
	England		1940–1945	6	0
	England	,	1989–1993	25	0
	England		1984–990	110	80
	Ireland		1908–1909	32	45
	England		1928–1938	154	33
	England		1925–1928	60	12
	England		1941	3	1
^	England		2021–	64	67
	England	,	1980–1988	117	35
	Ireland		2014–2018	22	0
	Ireland (now Northern Ireland)		1909	1	0
	Ireland		2007–2013	72	19
	England		1941–1946	52	0
^	Northern Ireland	,	2013–	172	3
	England	,	1989–1991	11	1
	England	,	1924–1928	58	186
	Wales		1949–1950	16	1
	Wales		1930–1931	3	0
	Scotland		1903	2	3
	England		1984	1	1
	England		1902–1915	220	187
	England		1907–1908	8	1
	Scotland		1967–1968	10	0
	Scotland	, ,	1977–1988	188	287
	England		1929–1931	19	0
	England		1944–1946	54	14
	England		1908	1	0
	England		1897	4	0
	Ireland		2017–2020	21	2
	England		1938	6	5
	England	,	1987–1993	73	9
	Scotland		1908–1913	85	3
	Wales		1897	1	0
	England	,	2008–2020	169	60
	England	, ,	1987–1994	116	14
	Scotland		1899–1901	9	1
^	England		2019–	117	0
	England		2013–2017	28	16
	Scotland		1941	2	0
^	Ireland	,	2018–	24	0
^	Ireland	,	2019–2021,
2023–	56	0
	England		1941–1944	8	0
	Ireland		2001–2011	197	30
	Ireland		1899	2	0
	Ireland	, ,	1897–1899	41	6
	Ireland		1902	7	0
	Scotland		1932–1933	16	11
	England		1908	1	0
	England		1932	12	17
^	England		2023–	46	12
	Ireland	Brisbane Lions	2021–2024	11	1
	Northern Ireland	,	1962–1975	216	149
	England		1901–1903	27	1
	England		1926	2	1
	Scotland		1907–1908	4	0
	England	,	1905–1908	12	0
	England		1942–1943	5	0
	Wales	,	1986–1996	163	178
	Ireland	,	1938–1941	9	4
	Scotland		1943	6	0
	Northern Ireland		2011–2012	17	1
^	Northern Ireland	, Brisbane Lions	2015–2020,
2023–	128	29
	Scotland	,	1929–1937	129	0
	Scotland		1951–1952	8	0
	Ireland		1990	3	0
	Scotland		1897	5	2
	Jersey		1929–1931	15	0
	Scotland		1928	2	1
	Ireland		2012–2014	6	2
	England	,	2006–2011	21	8
	Wales		1909–1911	18	3
^	Ireland		2023–	41	1
	England		1971–1972	24	25
	England		1964–1975	210	75
^	Ireland		2018–	119	21
	England		1933	1	0
	Wales		1938	1	0
	Wales		1938	1	0
^	Ireland		2025–	7	0
^	Ireland		2017–	145	10`
	Scotland		1901	4	3
	Ireland		1897	9	0
	Ireland	,	2005–2013	88	82
	England		1940–1949	148	0
	Northern Ireland		2010–2011	4	0
	Ireland		2015–2022	34	1
	Ireland		2009–2011	8	2
	England		1938	4	5
	England		1909	4	0
	England		1898–1900	14	1
	England		1929–1930	4	0
	England		1898	3	0
	England	, South Melbourne	1967-1978	212	44
	Ireland (now Northern Ireland)	,	1899–1904	50	36
	Ireland		2014–2017	6	0
	England		1897–1906	117	13
	England		1897	5	3
	Scotland		1909	2	0
	England	,	1913–1920	11	1
	Scotland		1901–1912	78	29
	Ireland		1992	2	0
	Ireland		1987–1998	264	130
	Scotland		1900–1901	16	14
	England		1923–1926	37	1
	England		1947–1951	85	13
	Scotland		1997	4	1
	Ireland		2019–2021	1	0
	England		2005–2011	77	0
	Ireland	,	2011–2024	288	101
	Ireland		2012–2014	5	3
	England		1996–2004	106	178
	England	,	2004–2007	6	3
	England		1928–1929	12	3
	Scotland		1985–1995	150	63
	England	,	1912–1913	13	8
	England		1909–1910	2	0
^	England		2021–	55	0
	England		1941	2	0

References

(7 August 2015). "Multicultural players putting AFL on the map". AFL Players Association.
Wilson, Caroline. (30 March 2003). "Bell tolls in Fremantle and beyond". [[The Sunday Age]].
(3 August 2015). "From "Media City" to premiership glory". Carlton FC.
Gabelich, Josh. (9 July 2023). "Tuohy's new record: Irish star's journey to 'strange' Stynes milestone".
(2 August 2019). "Idun to Debut".
[https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/sport/afl/2021/10/02/all-guts-no-glory-brandon-jack-exposes-the-ugly-side-football/163309680012576 All guts, no glory: Brandon Jack exposes the ugly side of football] By Martin McKenzie-Murray For The Saturday Paper 2 October 2021
Nolan, Pat. (5 March 2025). "The lowdown on the 12 Irish AFL players as 2025 season gets underway down under".

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