List of foreign Russian Premier League players
This is a list of foreign football players in the Russian Premier League.
The players had to play at least one league game to be included, the players who were signed by a Premier League club but only played in the Cup games, reserves team or in friendlies are not listed. The years listed are the calendar years the players played at least one league game in, if they didn't play in a year, that year is not listed even if they played in Cup games or for the reserves that year or played in the previous year that was the part of the same season. That includes the new signings who aren't yet registered to play.
Players who originally played for a foreign national team but later played for Russia (such as
Players who hold dual citizenship (including Russian) are included, unless they played for the Russian national team (including junior levels). The players who hold dual citizenship (none of them Russian) are listed under the country of their birth (if they have not played for any national team) or under the country they represented internationally (including junior levels). If a player represented more than one country internationally, he is listed under the country he represented last.
The players whose name is written in bold are on the 2023–24 squad lists in the league.
Afghanistan
- Sharif Mukhammad – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2010–2014[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
Albania
- FC Nizhny Novgorod– 2016–2019, 2021
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2005
- Mirlind Daku – FC Rubin Kazan – 2023–2024[b KOS][c KOS U21][c KOS]
- Enis Gavazaj – FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk – 2018[b KOS–YUG]
- FC Terek Grozny– 2008
- Mario Mitaj – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2022–2024[b GRE]
- FC Terek Grozny– 2016–2020
Algeria
- Sofiane Hanni – FC Spartak Moscow – 2018–2019[b FRA][r FRA]
Angola
- Bastos – FC Rostov – 2013–2016, 2021
- João Batxi – FC Krasnodar – 2022–2024[b POR][r POR]
- Egas Cacintura – FC Ufa – 2021–2022
- Felício Milson – FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod – 2022
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz – 2009–2011[r POR]
Argentina
- Oscar Ahumada – FC Rostov – 2011
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2008–2014
- Alejandro Barbaro – FC SKA-Khabarovsk – 2017[r ITA]
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2004
- Pablo Barrientos – FC Moscow – 2006–2008
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2004
- FC Terek Grozny, FC Rostov– 2003–2012
- Fernando Cavenaghi – FC Spartak Moscow – 2004–2006
- Germán Conti – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2023
- Tino Costa – FC Spartak Moscow – 2013–2014
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2004–2009
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2017–2021
- Leandro Fernández – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2006–2014
- Osmar Ferreyra – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2004–2005
- Gabriel Florentín – FC Orenburg – 2022–2024
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast– 2014–2016
- Adolfo Gaich – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2020–2023
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2014–2016
- Walter García – FC Rubin Kazan – 2006
- Benjamín Garré – PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2023–2024
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2004
- Juan Manuel Insaurralde – FC Spartak Moscow – 2012–2015
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2017–2019
- Juan Lescano – FC SKA-Khabarovsk, FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2017–2019
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2002–2003
- Maxi López – FC Moscow – 2007–2008
- Cristian Maidana – FC Spartak Moscow – 2008, 2010
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg, PFC Sochi– 2017–2021
- Braian Mansilla – FC Orenburg – 2022–2024
- FC Nizhny Novgorod – 2021–2023[r ITA]
- Patricio Matricardi – FC Rotor Volgograd – 2020
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2004–2005
- Maximiliano Moralez – FC Moscow – 2007
- Franco Orozco – PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2024
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2017–2018
- Nicolás Pareja – FC Spartak Moscow – 2010–2012
- Franco Parodi – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2009
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2003–2005
- Guillermo Pereyra – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2008[r ITA]
- Matías Pérez – FC Orenburg – 2023–2024
- Gustavo Pinto – FC Moscow – 2003–2004
- Ezequiel Ponce – FC Spartak Moscow – 2019–2021[r ESP]
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2003–2004
- Federico Rasic – FC Arsenal Tula – 2017–2018
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2017–2020
- Clemente Rodríguez – FC Spartak Moscow – 2004–2006, 2008–2009
- Marcos Rojo – FC Spartak Moscow – 2011–2012
- Valentín Vada – FC Rubin Kazan – 2023–2024
- Lucas Vera – FC Orenburg – 2022–2024
Armenia
- Armen Adamyan – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1995
- Georgy Arutyunyan – FC Krasnodar – 2023[b RUS][c RUS U16][c RUS U17][c RUS U18][r RUS]
- Robert Arzumanyan – FC Amkar Perm – 2015
- FC Uralan Elista– 1993–2000
- Tigran Avanesyan – FC Tambov, FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 2021, 2023–2024[b RUS][c RUS U16][c RUS U17][c RUS U18][r RUS]
- Khoren Bayramyan – FC Rostov, FC Rubin Kazan – 2011–2012, 2015–2024[c RUS U18][c RUS U19][c RUS U21][r RUS]
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg, FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Khimki – 1996–2005, 2007–2009, 2012–2014[r RUS]
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2000–2006
- Artur Galoyan – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 2023[b RUS][r RUS]
- Pavel Gorelov – FC Rostov – 2020[b RUS][r RUS]
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1999
- Varazdat Haroyan – FC Ural Yekaterinburg, FC Tambov – 2017–2020
- Sargis Hovhannisyan – FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 1992–1999
- FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow– 1998–2003
- Ugochukwu Iwu – FC Rubin Kazan – 2023–2024[b NGA]
- Aleksandr Karapetyan – PFC Sochi, FC Tambov – 2019–2020[b GEO–URS]
- Vardan Khachatryan – FC Torpedo Moscow – 1993
- Barsegh Kirakosyan – FC Khimki – 2009[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- Sergey Kochkanyan – FC Rostov – 2020[b RUS][r RUS]
- Arshak Koryan – FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Khimki – 2017, 2020–2021[b RUS][c RUS U16][c RUS U17][c RUS U19][c RUS U21][r RUS]
- Ruslan Koryan – FC SKA-Khabarovsk – 2017[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- Yervand Krbachyan – PFC CSKA Moscow – 1993
- Armen Manucharyan – FC Rotor Volgograd – 2020[r RUS]
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast– 2013–2017
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 1999–2000[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- Hrayr Mkoyan – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2012
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 1998–1999
- Karlen Mkrtchyan – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2013–2016
- Luch-Energiya Vladivostok – 1996–1997, 2000–2006[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- Yura Movsisyan – FC Krasnodar, FC Spartak Moscow – 2011–2015[b AZE–URS]
- Aras Özbiliz – FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Spartak Moscow – 2012–2015[b TUR]
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi – 1999[b RUS–URS]
- Artur Petrosyan – FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 1999
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 1995–2000[r RUS]
- Marcos Pizzelli – FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Krasnodar – 2012–2013[b BRA]
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast, FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk – 2012–2014, 2018–2019[b RUS–URS]
- Edgar Sevikyan – FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod – 2022–2023[b RUS][r RUS][c RUS U15][c RUS U16][c RUS U17][c RUS U18][c RUS U19][c RUS U20][c RUS U21]
- Armen Shahgeldyan – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2000
- Artyom Simonyan – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2022[b RUS]
- Eduard Spertsyan – FC Krasnodar – 2020–2024[b RUS][r RUS]
- Nair Tiknizyan – PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2019–2024[b RUS][c RUS U19][c RUS U21][r RUS]
- Erik Vardanyan – PFC Sochi – 2020
- FC Uralan Elista– 1999–2000
- Yeghia Yavruyan – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2006[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- Aramais Yepiskoposyan – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1995–1997
- Mordovia Saransk, FC Ufa, FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Tosno, FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk – 2010, 2012–13, 2014–19[b TKM–URS][r RUS]
- Robert Zebelyan – FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Khimki – 2007[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
Australia
- Ivan Franjic – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2014–2015
- FC Terek Grozny – 2008–2014, 2016[r GBR]
Austria
- Moritz Bauer – FC Rubin Kazan, FC Ufa – 2016–2017, 2021[b SUI][c SUI U21][c SUI U19][r SUI]
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast– 2014
- Darko Bodul – FC Amkar Perm, FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk – 2016–2018[b BIH–YUG][c CRO U21][c CRO U19]
- Jakob Jantscher – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2012–2013
- Aleksandar Jukić – PFC Sochi – 2024
- Emanuel Pogatetz – FC Spartak Moscow – 2005
- Dardan Shabanhaxhaj – FC Rubin Kazan – 2024[c KOS U16]
- Martin Stranzl – FC Spartak Moscow – 2006–2010
Azerbaijan
- Ilgar Abdurahmanov – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2001[r RUS]
- Ruslan Abishov – FC Rubin Kazan – 2013
- Emin Ağayev – FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow – 2001[r RUS]
- Tarlan Ahmadov – FC Fakel Voronezh – 2000
- Azer Aliyev – PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Ufa, FC Tambov – 2018–2021[r RUS]
- Kamran Aliyev – FC Khimki – 2020[r RUS]
- Arif Asadov – FC Spartak Vladikavkaz, FC Tyumen – 1994, 1998
- FC Terek Grozny – 1995, 1997, 2005[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- Vali Gasimov – FC Spartak Moscow, FC Dynamo Moscow – 1992
- Gurban Gurbanov – FC Fakel Voronezh – 2000–2001
- FC KamAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny – 1995[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- Vagif Javadov – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod – 2011
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz, PFC CSKA Moscow – 1993–2002[r RUS]
- Magomed Kurbanov – FC Rostov – 2012[b UKR][r RUS]
- Vladislav Lemish – FC Kuban Krasnodar, PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 1992, 1994, 1997[c RUS]
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye, FC Spartak Moscow, FC Tom Tomsk, PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Mordovia Saransk – 2010–2016[c RUS U18][c RUS U19][c RUS U20][c RUS U21]
- Lev Mayorov – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1995–2001, 2003[r RUS]
- Filip Ozobić – FC Spartak Moscow – 2010–2011[b CRO–YUG][c CRO U21][c CRO U20][c CRO U19][c CRO U18][c CRO U17][c CRO U16]
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi– 1996–1997
- FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz– 2003
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Dynamo Moscow – 2014–2015, 2018–2019[b RUS][c RUS U16][c RUS U17][c RUS U18][c RUS U19][c RUS U21][r RUS]
- Mahir Shukurov – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2010
- FC Terek Grozny – 2000–2005[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- Branimir Subašić – FC Amkar Perm – 2005[b SRB–YUG 1][r SCG]
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi– 1992–1998
- Aleksandr Zhidkov – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2000–2001[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
Belarus
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1998
- Mikhail Afanasyev – FC Amkar Perm – 2008–2009[r RUS]
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2000–2002
- FC Terek Grozny– 2007–2010, 2012–2014
- FC Terek Grozny, FC Tom Tomsk– 2005–2013
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don – 1993–1998[b RUS–URS]
- Andrey Astrowski – FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Moscow – 1997–2000, 2004
- Syarhey Balanovich – FC Amkar Perm – 2014–2018
- Eduard Baltrushevich – FC Fakel Voronezh – 2001
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don, FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod– 2000
- FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz – 1996–2003[r RUS]
- FC KamAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny– 1997
- Igor Belov – FC Luch Vladivostok – 1993
- Gennadi Bliznyuk – FC Sibir Novosibirsk – 2010
- Valery Bocherov – FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2024
- Maksim Bordachyov – FC Tom Tomsk, FC Rostov, FC Orenburg – 2013–2017
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz – 2013[b BRA]
- FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok – 2002–2008[r RUS]
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don– 2002
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don– 1998–2002
- Artyom Chelyadinsky – FC Sokol Saratov – 2002
- Ilya Chernyak – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2023
- Anton Chichkan – FC Ufa – 2022
- Alyaksandr Chysty – FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod, FC Amkar Perm – 1996–1997, 2004[r RUS]
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast– 2013
- FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen– 1995
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Orenburg– 2013–2017
- Yegor Filipenko – FC Spartak Moscow, FC Tom Tomsk, FC Sibir Novosibirsk, FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2008–2010, 2022–2024[r RUS]
- FC Uralan Elista– 1995–2000, 2002
- Dmitry German – FC Tambov – 2021
- Artem Gomelko – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2011
- FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow – 1999–2003[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- Valery Gromyko – FC Arsenal Tula – 2020–2021
- Sergei Gurenko – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 1995–1999, 2003–2008
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg – 1997–1999[b UKR–URS]
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2012, 2017
- Alyaksandr Hrapkowski – FC Sokol Saratov – 2002
- Alyaksandr Hutar – FC Orenburg – 2016
- Pyotr Kachura – FC Sokol Saratov – 2002
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2006–2019
- Dzmitry Kamarowski – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2005
- (received Russian citizenship in 2018, switched international allegiance back to Belarus in 2022)
- Alyaksandr Karnitsky – FC Tosno – 2017–2018
- Yegor Karpitsky – PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2023
- FC Terek Grozny, FC Arsenal Tula– 2002–2005, 2015
- Yury Kavalyow – FC Arsenal Tula, FC Orenburg, FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 2020–2024
- Yury Khadaronak – FC Luch Vladivostok – 1993
- Vasil Khamutowski – FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Tom Tomsk, FC Amkar Perm – 2001, 2006–2007, 2011[r RUS]
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 1995
- Syarhey Kislyak – FC Rubin Kazan, FC Krasnodar – 2011–2016
- Andrey Klimovich – FC Orenburg – 2019–2020
- Volodymyr Konovalov – FC Spartak Vladikavkaz – 1993
- Artem Kontsevoy – FC Spartak Moscow, PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2003, 2009
- Artyom Kontsevoy – FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2024
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2008–2019[r RUS]
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don, FC Fakel Voronezh – 1992–1993, 1996–1998, 2000[r RUS]
- FC Saturn-RenTV Ramenskoye – 1996–2000, 2002[r RUS]
- FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen– 1994–1995
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2008–2010
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2000–2011[r RUS]
- Aliaksei Kuchuk – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2009[r RUS]
- Alyaksandr Kulchy – FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Tom Tomsk, FC Rostov, FC Krasnodar – 1997–1999, 2002–2007, 2009–2012[r RUS]
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 1996
- Leanid Lahun – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2001–2002
- FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok– 2001, 2006–2008
- Denis Laptev – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2022
- Andrei Lavrik – FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Amkar Perm – 1998–2001, 2004–2007
- Alyaksandr Lebedzew – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2007
- Dmitry Lentsevich – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2006
- Vitaly Lisakovich – FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Rubin Kazan, FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 2020–2024
- FC Uralan Elista, FC Torpedo Moscow– 1997–2004
- Vladislav Malkevich – FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2023–2024
- Mikhail Markhel – FC Spartak Vladikavkaz, FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1993–1996
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2001
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast, FC Rubin Kazan – 2011–2024[r RUS]
- FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny– 1994–1995, 1997
- Ivan Mayewski – FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Rotor Volgograd – 2015–2016, 2021[b DDR]
- Alyaksandr Mazhavoy – FC Spartak Vladikavkaz – 1993
- Vladimir Medved – FC Rotor Volgograd – 2021
- Uladzimir Mihurski – FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 1992
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2010–2012[r RUS]
- Pavel Nyakhaychyk – FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Tom Tomsk, FC Orenburg – 2011–2012, 2014, 2016–2017
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 1995–1998, 2000[r RUS]
- Radislav Orlovsky – FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Fakel Voronezh – 1997–2001[b RUS–URS]
- Ihar Patapaw – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1996
- Aleksandr Pavlovets – FC Rostov, FC Orenburg – 2020–2022
- FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok– 2008
- Denis Polyakov – FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2019–2020
- Anton Putsila – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod, FC Torpedo Moscow – 2013–2015
- Kiryl Pyachenin – FC Orenburg, PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2022–2024
- FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen– 1994
- FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen– 1994
- FC Terek Grozny– 2008, 2013
- Andrei Rapeika – FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 1996–1997
- Dzmitry Rawneyka – FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Rotor Volgograd – 2003–2004
- Maksim Romaschenko – FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Khimki – 1997–2000, 2004–2006, 2009[b UKR–URS][r RUS]
- FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg, FC Spartak Moscow– 1994–1998
- Mikalay Ryndzyuk – FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 1998–2000
- Andrei Satsunkevich – FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 1995–1997
- Aleksandr Sednyov – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk, FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 1995, 1998
- Aleksandr Selyava – FC Rostov – 2022–2023
- Valeri Shantalosau – FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod, FC Baltika Kaliningrad, FC Torpedo Moscow – 1992–2000
- Igor Shitov – FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Mordovia Saransk – 2011–2016
- Aleh Shkabara – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2002, 2005
- Ilya Shkurin – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2020–2021
- FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok– 1996–2000, 2003–2007
- FC Uralan Elista, FC Fakel Voronezh– 1996–2001
- FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz– 2000–2003
- Mikalay Signevich – FC Khimki– 2020
- Mikhail Sivakow – FC Orenburg, FC Amkar Perm – 2017–2020, 2022–2024
- Vadim Skripchenko – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2000
- Mikhail Smirnov – FC Torpedo Moscow – 1993
- FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg, FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1992–1996[b RUS–URS]
- Sergey Sosnovski – FC Tom Tomsk – 2011–2012
- Alyaksey Suchkow – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2004
- Rodion Syamuk – FC Tambov – 2021
- Andrey Syarohin – FC Tyumen – 1997[b UKR–URS]
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1998–2004
- FC KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny– 1993
- Yan Tsiharaw – FC Tom Tomsk, FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2011–2015[b RUS–URS]
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don– 1998–2002
- Vital Valadzyankow – FC Sokol Saratov – 2002
- Maksim Valadzko – FC Arsenal Tula, FC Tambov – 2019–2020
- Raman Vasilyuk – FC Spartak Moscow – 2001–2003
- Sergey Vekhtev – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 1997
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Ufa– 2011–2014
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Ufa– 2012–2015
- Andrei Viktorovich – FC Luch Vladivostok – 1993
- Zakhar Volkov – FC Khimki – 2022
- Uladzimir Vostrykaw – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1997
- Valery Vyalichka – FC Spartak Moscow, FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 1995–1996
- Alyaksandr Vyazhevich – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1997
- Erik Yakhimovich – FC Dynamo Moscow – 1994–2000
- Syarhey Yaskovich – FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Moscow, FC Tom Tomsk – 2000–2001, 2004–2005
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2008–2009
- Roman Yuzepchuk – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2023
- Maksim Zhavnerchik – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2009, 2011–2014
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast– 2005–2015
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi – 1998–1999[b KAZ–URS][r RUS]
- Kirill Zinovich – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2021
- Nikolay Zolotov – FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2020
Belgium
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2016–2017[r ITA]
- Maximiliano Caufriez – FC Spartak Moscow – 2021–2022
- Danilo – FC Mordovia Saransk – 2014–2015[b BRA]
- FC Terek Grozny– 2011–2013
- Maxime Lestienne – FC Rubin Kazan – 2016–2017
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2007–2017
- Cédric Roussel – FC Rubin Kazan – 2004
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2015–2016
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2012–2016
Bolivia
- FC Terek Grozny– 2010
- Roberto Fernández – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 2023–2024
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Mersudin Ahmetović – FC Rostov, FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod – 2009–2012
- Ricardo Baiano – FC Kuban Krasnodar, PFC Spartak Nalchik, FC Moscow – 2004, 2007–2009[b BRA]
- Ivan Bašić – FC Orenburg – 2022–2024[b CRO]
- Džemal Berberović – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2007
- Dragan Blatnjak – FC Khimki, FC Rostov – 2007–2012[r CRO]
- Jasmin Čeliković – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2023–2024
- FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok – 2008[r CRO]
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2010[r CRO]
- FC Saturn-RenTV Ramenskoye– 2003
- FC Saturn-RenTV Ramenskoye– 2002
- Armin Gigović – FC Rostov – 2020–2022[b SWE][c SWE][c SWE U21][c SWE U19][c SWE U17]
- Renato Gojković – FC Orenburg – 2022–2024
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2005
- Gedeon Guzina – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 2023–2024
- Dennis Hadžikadunić – FC Rostov – 2018–2021[b SWE][c SWE U21][c SWE U19][c SWE U17][r SWE]
- Said Hamulić – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2024[b NED]
- Amir Hamzić – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2002
- Haris Handžić – FC Ufa – 2014–2016
- Dženan Hošić – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2000–2002
- Senijad Ibričić – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2011–2012[r CRO]
- Petar Jelić – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod – 2012[r SRB]
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2001–2002
- Mario Jurić – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2004–2006[r CRO]
- FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow – 2003[b CRO–YUG][r CRO]
- Zehrudin Kavazović – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2001
- Branislav Krunić – FC Tom Tomsk, FC Moscow – 2005–2009
- Edis Kurtić – FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow – 2001
- FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok – 2008[r CRO]
- Ajdin Maksumić – FC Khimki – 2007
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl– 2004–2005
- Zvjezdan Misimović – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2011–2012[b FRG][c SCG U21][c SCG U18]
- Amel Mujčinović – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2002
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2001–2003
- Srđan Pecelj – FC Sokol Saratov – 2001
- Elvir Rahimić – FC Anzhi Makhachkala, PFC CSKA Moscow – 2000–2013
- Amar Rahmanović – PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2022–2024
- Senad Repuh – FC Sokol Saratov – 2001–2002
- Munever Rizvić – FC Moscow – 2001–2004
- Miloš Šatara – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2023–2024
- Igor Savić – FC Torpedo Moscow– 2022–2023
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2001
- Emir Spahić – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2004–2008, 2013[b CRO–YUG][r CRO]
- FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok – 2008[b CRO–YUG][r CRO]
- Toni Šunjić – FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Dynamo Moscow – 2014–2015, 2017–2020
- Darko Todorović – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2021–2024
- FC Saturn Moscow Oblast – 2005–2010[r CRO]
- Vule Trivunović – FC Khimki – 2007–2009
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz, FC Tom Tomsk– 2011–2013, 2016
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 1999–2000
- Adnan Zahirović – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2011–2012
- Hadis Zubanović – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2002
Brazil
- FC Terek Grozny– 2012–2016
- Luiz Adriano – FC Spartak Moscow – 2017–2019
- FC Terek Grozny– 2012–2015
- Alberto – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2003–2004
- FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow– 1997
- Alex – FC Spartak Moscow – 2009–2011
- Aloísio – FC Rubin Kazan – 2003–2004
- Yuri Alberto – FC Zenit St. Petersburg – 2022
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2004
- FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok– 2008
- Marcelo Alves – PFC Sochi – 2023–2024
- Léo Andrade – FC Khimki – 2023
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2001–2002
- Apodi – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2016
- Ari – FC Spartak Moscow, FC Krasnodar, FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2010–2018 (received Russian citizenship in 2018, called up to the Russia national team)
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2024
- Fábio Augusto – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 2003
- Gabriel Atz – FC Rubin Kazan, FC Khimki – 2006–2008
- Baiano – FC Rubin Kazan – 2006
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1999
- Rodrigo Becão – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2018–2019
- Bitello – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2023–2024
- William Boaventura – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2009
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2007
- Ricardo Bóvio – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 2003
- FC Uralan Elista– 2000
- Calisto – FC Rubin Kazan– 2003–2007
- Camilo – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2023–2024[r NED]
- Rafael Carioca – FC Spartak Moscow – 2009, 2011–2014
- Diego Carlos – FC Ufa – 2014–2016
- Jean Carlos – FC Amkar Perm – 2009–2010
- Carlos Eduardo – FC Rubin Kazan – 2010, 2012, 2014–2016
- Carlos Roberto – FC Rostov – 2003
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2012
- Anderson Carvalho – FC Tosno – 2017
- Daniel Carvalho – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2004–2009
- FC Uralan Elista– 2000
- Celsinho – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2006
- Júlio César – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2002–2003
- Charles – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2008–2010
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2021–2024 (received Russian citizenship in 2023)
- FC Terek Grozny– 2009
- Fábio Costa – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 2003
- Fernando Costanza – PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2022–2024[r ITA]
- FC Saturn-RenTV Ramenskoye– 2003
- Da Silva – FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 1995
- Daniel Júnior – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2023
- Danielson – FC Khimki – 2008
- Danilo – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2014
- Derlei – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2005–2006[r POR]
- André Dias – FC Spartak Moscow– 2003
- Dudu – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2005–2008
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Anzhi Makhachkala– 1998–2001
- Élson – FC Rostov – 2011–2012
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1998–2002
- Ewerton – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2012–2014
- FC Terek Grozny– 2011
- Lucas Fasson – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2022–2024
- Felipe – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2008–2009
- André Felipe – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2023
- Alex Fernandes – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 2024
- Mário Fernandes – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2012–2016 (received Russian citizenship in 2016, called up to the Russia national team)
- Fernando – FC Spartak Moscow – 2016–2019
- FC Terek Grozny– 2009–2014
- Fininho – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2006–2009
- Flamarion – FC Rotor Volgograd – 2020–2021
- Flávio – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 2003
- Bruno Fuchs – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2020–2022
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2002–2003
- FC Terek Grozny– 2005
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye, FC Spartak Moscow– 2003–2007
- Gelson – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2004
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2016–2017
- Guilherme – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2009–2010
- Marcos Guilherme – FC Khimki – 2023
- Guilherme Schettine – FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2023–2024
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2017–2019
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2012–2016
- Ibson – FC Spartak Moscow – 2009–2011
- Ilson – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2004
- Isael – FC Krasnodar – 2013–2014
- Ismael – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2017–2021
- Ítalo – FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2023–2024
- Léo Jabá – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2017–2018
- Jaílson – FC Rubin Kazan– 2007
- Jajá – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2023
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye, FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Rubin Kazan– 2004–2007
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2005–2006
- FC Uralan Elista– 1999–2000
- Jefthon – FC Kuban Krasnodar, PFC Spartak Nalchik, FC Rubin Kazan – 2004, 2006–2008
- Ricardo Jesus – PFC Spartak Nalchik, PFC CSKA Moscow – 2007–2010
- Jô – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2006–2008
- João Carlos – FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Spartak Moscow – 2011–2015[r BEL]
- Joãozinho – FC Krasnodar, FC Dynamo Moscow, PFC Sochi – 2011–2023 (received Russian citizenship in 2016)
- Jonathas – FC Rubin Kazan – 2016–2017
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 1999
- Junior – FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 1995–1996
- Jucilei – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2011–2013
- Kady – FC Krasnodar – 2023–2024
- Kaio – FC Krasnodar – 2019–2024
- FC Terek Grozny– 2013–2016
- FC Terek Grozny– 2016
- Khellven – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2023–2024
- Leandro – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2003–2004
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2004
- – 2008–2011, 2013–2014
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod– 2003–2011
- Leonardo – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2015
- FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow– 1996–1997
- Francisco Lima – FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Dynamo Moscow – 2004–2006
- FC Terek Grozny– 2008
- Róbson Lopes – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 2003
- Lucas Lovat – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2024
- Vágner Love – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2004–2011, 2013
- Ayrton Lucas – FC Spartak Moscow – 2019–2022
- Jorge Luís – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2006
- Luizão – FC Spartak Moscow – 2003
- Maicon – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2010–2017
- Malcom – FC Zenit St. Petersburg – 2019–2023 (received Russian citizenship in 2023)
- Gustavo Mantuan – FC Zenit St. Petersburg – 2022–2024
- Marcão – FC Spartak Moscow– 2000–2001
- Marcelo Silva – FC Spartak Moscow – 2002
- Marcinho – FC Ufa – 2014–2016
- FC KamAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny– 1997
- Maurício – FC Spartak Moscow – 2016–2017
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2010–2017
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2012
- Miguel – PFC Sochi – 2023–2024
- Murilo – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2019–2021
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi– 1998
- FC Uralan Elista– 2000
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2002–2004
- Moisés – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2022–2024
- Mozart – FC Spartak Moscow – 2005–2008
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2013, 2015–2018
- Naldo – FC Krasnodar – 2016–2017
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2012–2013
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2024
- Pablo – FC Rubin Kazan – 2020
- Pablo – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2021
- Pedrinho – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2022
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2024
- Peniche – FC Spartak Moscow – 1999
- Du Queiroz – FC Zenit Saint Petersburg – 2023
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2007–2009
- Eduardo Ratinho – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2007
- Ravanelli – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2017–2020
- FC Saturn-RenTV Ramenskoye– 2003
- Robert Renan – FC Zenit Saint Petersburg – 2023
- Ricardinho – FC Tosno – 2018
- Robert – FC Spartak Moscow – 2003
- Roberto Carlos – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2011
- Luis Robson – FC Spartak Moscow – 1997–2001
- Pedro Rocha – FC Spartak Moscow – 2017–2018
- FC Terek Grozny– 2007–2010, 2015–2019
- Rodrigão – PFC Sochi, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg – 2021–2024
- Rômulo – FC Spartak Moscow – 2012, 2014–2016
- Ronaldo – FC Rostov – 2024
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2003–2005
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2012–2013
- Russo – FC Spartak Moscow – 2003
- Victor Sá – FC Krasnodar – 2024
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Rubin Kazan– 1996–1998, 2000–2003
- Philipe Sampaio – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2017
- Felipe Santana – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2016
- Douglas Santos – FC Zenit Saint Petersburg – 2019–2024
- Lucas Santos – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2019
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2004
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2003–2005
- Diego Tardelli – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2011
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2012–2014
- Vítor Tormena – FC Krasnodar – 2023–2024
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2005
- FC Terek Grozny– 2010–2011
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2003
- Bruno Viana – FC Khimki – 2022
- Victor – FC Amkar Perm – 2010[r ITA]
- Vitinho – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2013–2014, 2017–2018
- Felipe Vizeu – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2020
- Jorge Wagner – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2003–2004
- Wágner – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2009–2010
- Wanderson – FC Krasnodar – 2017–2021[r BEL]
- Wánderson – FC Krasnodar, FC Dynamo Moscow – 2012–2017
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2013
- Welliton – FC Spartak Moscow – 2007–2012
- Wendel – FC Zenit Saint Petersburg – 2020–2024
- FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok– 2002, 2006
- William – FC Amkar Perm, FC Ufa – 2009, 2014
- Willian – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2013
- Willyan – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2022–2024
- Xandão – FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2013–2016
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye, FC Kuban Krasnodar– 2008–2012
Bulgaria
- Mihail Aleksandrov – FC Arsenal Tula – 2017–2018
- Atanas Bornosuzov – FC Tom Tomsk – 2005–2006
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast– 2017–2020
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2011
- Tsvetan Genkov – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2007–2009
- – 2009–2017
- Ventsislav Hristov – FC SKA-Khabarovsk – 2017
- FC Terek Grozny– 2008–2009
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz, FC Arsenal Tula– 2010, 2017
- Georgi Kostadinov – FC Arsenal Tula – 2018–2022
- Lachezar Kotev – FC Khimki – 2023
- Svetoslav Kovachev – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2023–2024
- Martin Kushev – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Amkar Perm – 2003–2010
- Zdravko Lazarov – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2008
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2011
- Georgi Milanov – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2013–2018
- Zhivko Milanov – FC Tom Tomsk – 2013–2014
- Aleksandar Mladenov – FC Tom Tomsk – 2006–2008
- Stanislav Manolev – FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Dynamo Moscow – 2014–2016
- Plamen Nikolov – FC Tom Tomsk – 2012–2013
- Georgi Peev – FC Amkar Perm – 2007–2016
- Ivaylo Petkov – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2004, 2007
- Svetoslav Petrov – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2004
- Ivelin Popov – FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Spartak Moscow, FC Rubin Kazan, FC Rostov, PFC Sochi – 2012–2022
- Zahari Sirakov – FC Amkar Perm – 2004–2015
- Mateo Stamatov – FC Orenburg, FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod – 2022–2024
- Radostin Stanev – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2003
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2010
- Dimitar Telkiyski – FC Amkar Perm – 2009
- Todor Timonov – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2010
- Dimitar Trendafilov – FC Fakel Voronezh – 1997
- Chavdar Yankov – FC Rostov – 2010–2011
- Evgeni Yordanov – FC Amkar Perm – 2005–2006
- Petar Zanev – FC Amkar Perm, FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk – 2013–2019
Burkina Faso
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2010
- Charles Kaboré – FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Krasnodar, FC Dynamo Moscow – 2013–2021[r FRA]
- Bakary Koné – FC Arsenal Tula – 2019[r FRA]
Burundi
- Parfait Bizoza – FC Ufa – 2021[b NOR][r NOR]
Cameroon
- FC Saturn Moscow Oblast, FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Rostov– 2006–2013
- FC Terek Grozny– 2005
- Samuel Didier Biang – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2004
- André Bikey – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2005–2006
- FC Terek Grozny– 2008–2009
- FC Nizhny Novgorod – 2017–2021[r FRA]
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2005–2007[r FRA]
- Hans Eric Ekounga – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1998–1999
- David Embé – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 2001
- FC Terek Grozny– 2008–2012
- Samuel Eto'o – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2011–2013[r ESP]
- Bruno Koagne Tokam – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1998–1999
- Didier Lamkel Zé – FC Khimki – 2022
- Moumi Ngamaleu – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2022–2024
- Jupiter Yves Ngangue – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2001
- Bertrand Ngapounou – FC Rostov – 2004
- Clinton N'Jie – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2019–2022
- Gaël Ondoua – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2018–2019
- Ambroise Oyongo – FC Krasnodar – 2021
- Michel Pensée – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2001
- Alex Song – FC Rubin Kazan – 2016–2017[r FRA]
- Alphonse Tchami – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 2001
- Jerry-Christian Tchuissé – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk, FC Spartak Moscow, FC Moscow – 1998–2006[r RUS]
- FC Terek Grozny– 2013, 2015
- Luc Zoa – FC Spartak Moscow – 2004
Canada
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2011–2012
- FC Nizhny Novgorod– 2021–2022
- Ante Jazić – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2004
Cape Verde
- Zé Luís – FC Spartak Moscow, FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2015–2021
- Kevin Pina – FC Krasnodar – 2022–2024
- Nuno Rocha – FC Tosno – 2017–2018
Central African Republic
Chad
- FC Terek Grozny– 2012–2013
Chile
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast– 2013–2016
- Víctor Dávila – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2023–2024
- Mark González – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2009–2013[b RSA]
- Ángelo Henríquez – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 2023–2024
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2005–2010
- Víctor Méndez – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2022–2024
- Ignacio Saavedra – PFC Sochi – 2024
- Guillermo Soto – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 2023
- Jordhy Thompson – FC Orenburg – 2024
- Marco Villaseca – FC Rostov – 2004
Colombia
- Kevin Andrade – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 2024
- Wilmar Barrios – FC Zenit Saint Petersburg – 2019–2024
- Daniel Buitrago – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2012
- Roger Cañas – FC Sibir Novosibirsk – 2010
- Jorge Carrascal – PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Dynamo Moscow – 2022–2024
- Mateo Cassierra – PFC Sochi, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg – 2021–2024
- Kevin Castaño – FC Krasnodar – 2024
- Jhon Córdoba – FC Krasnodar – 2021–2024
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2007–2011
- Ricardo Laborde – FC Krasnodar – 2013–2018
- Dilan Ortiz – FC Ufa – 2022
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2007
- Jherson Vergara – FC Arsenal Tula – 2016–2017
Congo
- Emmerson – FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2022–2024[b UKR][c UKR U17][r UKR]
- Delvin N'Dinga – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2015–2016
- Maurice Pedro – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2001
- Christopher Samba – FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Dynamo Moscow – 2012–2016[b FRA][r FRA]
Congo DR
- FC Terek Grozny – 2013–2015[r NED]
- Théo Bongonda – FC Spartak Moscow – 2023–2024[b BEL][c BEL U19][c BEL U21][r BEL]
- Giannelli Imbula – PFC Sochi – 2020[b BEL][r FRA]
- Patrick Etshimi – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2010[r CGO]
- Chris Mavinga – FC Rubin Kazan – 2013[b FRA][c FRA U21][c FRA U20][c FRA U19][c FRA U18][r FRA]
- Mulumba Mukendi – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod – 2013–2014[r CGO]
- Ilongo Ngasanya – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2006
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2012[r CGO]
Costa Rica
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Ufa, FC Arsenal Tula, FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Amkar Perm – 2013–2014, 2016–2018[b DEU][c DEU U20][c DEU U19]
- Carlos Castro – FC Rubin Kazan – 2003
- Jimmy Marín – FC Orenburg – 2022–2024
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2003–2005
- Manfred Ugalde – FC Spartak Moscow – 2024
- Marco Ureña – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2011–2014
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2003
Croatia
- Mateo Barać – PFC Sochi, PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2021–2023
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2001
- Silvije Begić – FC Orenburg, FC Rubin Kazan, PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2018–2024
- Kristijan Bistrović – PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 2018–2021, 2023–2024
- Igor Budiša – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2005–2006
- Mijo Caktaš – FC Rubin Kazan – 2016–2017
- FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow– 2003
- Josip Čondrić – FC Rotor Volgograd – 2020–2021
- Vedran Ćorluka – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2012–2021[b BIH–YUG]
- Mario Ćurić – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2022–2023
- FC Terek Grozny– 2008
- Tomislav Dujmović – FC Amkar Perm, FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Mordovia Saransk – 2006–2013
- Matija Dvorneković – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod – 2012–2013
- Marko Dugandžić – PFC Sochi – 2020–2021
- Danijel Hrman – FC Spartak Moscow – 2003
- Ivo Iličević – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2016[b FRG]
- Antonio Jakoliš – FC Fakel Voronezh – 2023
- Tin Jedvaj – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2021–2022
- Edin Junuzović – FC Amkar Perm – 2009
- Josip Knežević – FC Amkar Perm – 2010–2011
- Dario Krešić – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2012–2013
- FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok– 2008
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2005–2010
- Marko Livaja – FC Rubin Kazan – 2014–2015
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2020–2022
- Hrvoje Milić – FC Rostov – 2013–2015
- Danijel Miškić – FC Orenburg, FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2018–2024
- Nikola Moro – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2020–2022
- Filip Mrzljak – FC Ufa – 2020–2022
- Zoran Nižić – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2019–2023
- Igor Novaković – FC Tom Tomsk – 2006–2007
- Ivica Olić – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2003–2006
- Mario Pašalić – FC Spartak Moscow – 2017–2018[b DEU]
- Ivan Paurević – FC Ufa – 2014–2019[b DEU]
- Boris Pavić – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 2001
- Ante Pešić – PFC CSKA Moscow – 1999
- Stipe Pletikosa – FC Spartak Moscow, FC Rostov – 2007–2009, 2011–2015
- Ante Puljić – FC Tom Tomsk – 2016–2017[b BIH–YUG]
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2019–2020[b DEU]
- Zvonimir Šarlija – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2019
- Gordon Schildenfeld – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2012
- Marko Šimić – FC Khimki – 2007, 2009
- Stjepan Skočibušić – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2006
- Stjepan Tomas – FC Rubin Kazan – 2007–2009[b BIH–YUG]
- Filip Uremović – FC Rubin Kazan – 2018–2022
- Hrvoje Vejić – FC Tom Tomsk – 2005–2008
- Nikola Vlašić – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2018–2021
- Marijan Vuka – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2004
- Ognjen Vukojević – FC Spartak Moscow – 2013
- FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok – 2008[b NED]
- Ivica Žunić – FC Orenburg – 2016[b BIH–YUG]
Czech Republic
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2002–2004
- FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok, FC Lokomotiv Moscow– 2007–2009
- Tomáš Čížek – FC Rubin Kazan, FC Moscow, FC Sibir Novosibirsk – 2003–2008, 2010
- Richard Dostálek – FC Rubin Kazan – 2004
- Lukáš Droppa – FC Tom Tomsk – 2016
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2004–2005
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2003–2005
- Martin Hašek – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2004
- Jan Holenda – FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Rostov, FC Tom Tomsk – 2010–2014
- – 2003–2007, 2010
- Roman Hubník – FC Moscow – 2007–2008
- Martin Hyský – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2002
- David Jablonský – FC Tom Tomsk – 2016
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2003–2004, 2008–2009
- FC Terek Grozny, FC Tom Tomsk– 2004–2014
- Luboš Kalouda – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2008
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2004
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2004–2010
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2008–2009
- Radoslav Kováč – FC Spartak Moscow – 2005–2008
- Alex Král – FC Spartak Moscow – 2019–2021[b SVK]
- Tomáš Kuchař – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2003
- Jan Kuchta – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2022
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye, FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Rostov– 2004, 2007, 2009–2010
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2003–2006
- Jurij Medveděv – PFC Sochi – 2023–2024[b KAZ]
- Tomáš Necid – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2009–2013
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2006
- Jiří Novotný – FC Rubin Kazan – 2003–2004
- FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok– 2007
- Michal Papadopulos – FC Rostov – 2011–2012
- Adam Petrouš – FC Rubin Kazan – 2004
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2003–2009
- Marek Suchý – FC Spartak Moscow – 2010–2013
- Aleš Urbánek – FC Spartak Moscow – 2004
- Karel Urbánek – FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 1999
- Ondřej Vaněk – FC Ufa – 2016–2019
- Petr Vašek – FC Sibir Novosibirsk, FC Tom Tomsk – 2010, 2012–2014
- Stanislav Vlček – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2004
- Tomáš Vychodil – FC Tom Tomsk, FC Sibir Novosibirsk – 2005, 2010[r RUS]
- Martin Zbončák – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2004
Denmark
- Oliver Abildgaard – FC Rubin Kazan – 2020–2022
- Anders Dreyer – FC Rubin Kazan – 2021
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2010–2012
- Younes Namli – FC Krasnodar – 2019
Ecuador
- Alejandro Cabeza – PFC Sochi – 2023
- Felipe Caicedo – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2011–2013
- Justin Cuero – FC Orenburg – 2023–2024
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg, PFC Sochi– 2007–2023
- Cristian Ramírez – FC Krasnodar – 2017–2023 (acquired Russian citizenship in 2021, is not eligible to play for Russia national team)
Egypt
- Eyad El Askalany – FC Rostov – 2024
El Salvador
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2013
England
- Tino Anjorin – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2021
- David Bentley – FC Rostov – 2012
Estonia
- Enar Jääger – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2005–2006
- Tarmo Kink – FC Spartak Moscow – 2003
- Andrei Krasnopjorov – PFC CSKA Moscow – 1999
- Dmitri Kruglov – FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Rostov – 2005–2006, 2011–2012
- Oleg Lepik – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1997–1999[b RUS–URS]
- Jevgeni Novikov – FC Tom Tomsk – 2005
- Andres Oper – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2003–2005
- Sergei Pareiko – FC Rotor Volgograd, FC Tom Tomsk, FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod – 2001–2010, 2013–2014
- Andrei Stepanov – FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Khimki – 2004–2008
- Sergei Terehhov – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2005
- Konstantin Vassiljev – FC Amkar Perm – 2011–2014
- Sergei Zenjov – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2015
Finland
- Roman Eremenko – FC Rubin Kazan, PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Spartak Moscow, FC Rostov – 2011–2016, 2018–2020[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- Otto Fredrikson – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2010–2012
- FC Terek Grozny– 2013–2014
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz, FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Rostov, FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2008–2010, 2013–2018[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2015–2017[b MKD–YUG]
- Jani Tapani Virtanen – FC Khimki – 2009
France
- Filipe Azevedo – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2000
- Alexis Beka Beka – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2021–2022
- Mohamed Brahimi – FC Fakel Voronezh – 2023
- Rémy Cabella – FC Krasnodar – 2019–2021
- Djibril Cissé – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2013
- Lassana Diarra – FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2012–2014
- Johann Duveau – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2000
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2004
- Nathan Gassama – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 2023–2024
- Samuel Gigot – FC Spartak Moscow – 2018–2022
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2022–2024
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2010–2013
- Damien Le Tallec – FC Mordovia Saransk, FC Torpedo Moscow – 2014–2015, 2022 (acquired Russian citizenship in 2020)
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2015–2018
- Yann M'Vila – FC Rubin Kazan – 2013–2014, 2016–2017
- Gerzino Nyamsi – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2024
- Gabriel Obertan – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2016
- Thomas Phibel – FC Amkar Perm, FC Mordovia Saransk, FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2013–2017[b GLP]
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2008
- Réda Rabeï – FC Fakel Voronezh – 2023
- Sébastien Sansoni – FC Khimki – 2009
- Rayan Senhadji – FC Fakel Voronezh – 2024
- Florent Sinama Pongolle – FC Rostov – 2012–2014[b REU]
- William Vainqueur – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2014–2015
- Mathieu Valbuena – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2014–2015
Gabon
- Guélor Kanga – FC Rostov – 2013–2016
Gambia
- Ebrima Ebou Sillah – FC Rubin Kazan – 2003–2005[r BEL]
- Ali Sowe – FC Rostov – 2021–2022
Georgia
- FC Uralan Elista– 2002–2003
- Rati Aleksidze – FC Rostov – 2004
- FC Lada Togliatti– 1996
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2006–2014
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2009–2019
- Giorgi Arabidze – FC Rotor Volgograd – 2021
- Zurab Arziani – FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod – 2010–2011
- Malkhaz Asatiani – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2003–2010
- – 1997, 2000, 2002–2006
- Revaz Barabadze – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2010
- Besik Beradze – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1996–1998
- FC Dynamo Stavropol– 1992
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi – 1993–1999[b BLR–URS]
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2005
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz, FC Rubin Kazan– 1998, 2003
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast– 2013, 2016–2018
- FC KamAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny– 1996
- Giorgi Chelidze – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2005–2006
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1999
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1999
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2004–2005
- Zuriko Davitashvili – FC Rubin Kazan, FC Rotor Volgograd, FC Arsenal Tula – 2019–2022
- FC Uralan Elista– 2000
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz, FC Lokomotiv Moscow– 1998–1999, 2002, 2005
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don– 1995–1996
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 1992–1993
- FC KamAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny– 1996
- Luka Gagnidze – FC Ural Yekaterinburg, FC Dynamo Moscow – 2021–2024
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1997–1998
- Rezo Gavtadze – FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2016
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi– 1998
- Irakli Geperidze – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2006[r RUS]
- Zurab Gigashvili – FC Tambov – 2020–2021
- FC Uralan Elista– 2003
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi– 1996–1999
- Aleksandre Gogoberishvili – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2000
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi, FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod– 1993, 1996–1999
- FC Terek Grozny, FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod– 2006–2011
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2012
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Arsenal Tula, FC Khimki – 2007, 2009–2014, 2017–2022[r RUS]
- FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz– 1995
- Giorgi Gudushauri – FC Torpedo Moscow – 1998
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don– 1995
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 1999–2000
- FC Terek Grozny– 2004–2011
- Giorgi Iluridze – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2010
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2002
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 1997
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi, FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod– 1996–1997
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1996
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi, FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk– 1996–1997
- Zaza Janashia – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 1996–2001
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi – 1999[r RUS]
- FC KamAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny– 1995–1997
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2005
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1995, 2004
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don, FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Anzhi Makhachkala– 2000–2001, 2004, 2010
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don – 2001[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- Gocha Khojava – FC Rostov, FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod – 2005, 2010–2011
- Akaki Khubutia – FC Mordovia Saransk – 2013
- Georgi Kinkladze – FC Rubin Kazan – 2005–2006
- Mamuka Kobakhidze – FC Rubin Kazan, FC Mordovia Saransk – 2014–2016
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1997
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi– 1997
- Nikoloz Kutateladze – FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod – 2023–2024
- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia – FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Rubin Kazan – 2019–2022
- Irakli Kvekveskiri – FC Fakel Voronezh – 2022–2024[r RUS]
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz, FC Rubin Kazan, FC Anzhi Makhachkala– 2005, 2008–2010
- Solomon Kvirkvelia – FC Rubin Kazan, FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Rotor Volgograd – 2011–2021
- Giorgi Ladaria – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1996
- Jaba Lipartia – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2017
- Elguja Lobjanidze – FC Orenburg – 2017
- Nugzar Lobzhanidze – PFC CSKA Moscow – 1997
- FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok– 2004, 2006
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Anzhi Makhachkala– 2015–2018
- Otar Martsvaladze – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod, FC Krasnodar – 2011–2012
- FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl– 2003, 2006
- Beka Mikeltadze – FC Rubin Kazan, FC Rotor Volgograd – 2019–2020
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 1994–1998
- Lasha Monaselidze – FC Torpedo Moscow – 1998
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Lokomotiv Moscow– 2006–2009
- Kakhaber Mzhavanadze – FC Spartak Moscow, FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2001–2002[r RUS]
- Giorgi Navalovski – FC SKA-Khabarovsk – 2017–2018
- Tornike Okriashvili – FC Krasnodar – 2016–2018
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1997–2001
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz – 2000[b RUS–URS]
- FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow– 2003
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 1998
- Nukri Revishvili – FC Rubin Kazan, FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Krasnodar, FC Mordovia Saransk – 2006–2007, 2009–2012, 2015–2016
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1995–1996
- Guja Rukhaia – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2011–2012
- Edik Sajaia – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2001–2002[r RUS]
- Lasha Salukvadze – FC Rubin Kazan, FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod – 2005–2011
- Saba Sazonov – FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, FC Dynamo Moscow – 2021–2023[b RUS][r RUS]
- FC Lada Togliatti– 1996
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2005
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1995–1997
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz, FC Rubin Kazan– 2000, 2003
- David Siradze – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2008–2012
- Jemal Tabidze – FC Ural Yekaterinburg, FC Ufa – 2017–2021
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi– 1995
- FC Uralan Elista – 2002[r RUS]
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1998–2000
- Zurab Tsiskaridze – FC Amkar Perm – 2011[r USA]
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1992, 1997
- Luka Tsulukidze – FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2023
- Mate Vatsadze – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod – 2011
Germany
- Robert Bauer – FC Arsenal Tula – 2019–2021
- Patrick Ebert – FC Spartak Moscow – 2014–2015
- Malik Fathi – FC Spartak Moscow – 2008–2009
- Benedikt Höwedes – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2018–2020
- Kevin Kurányi – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2010–2015[b BRA]
- Maximilian Philipp – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2019–2020
- Marvin Pourié – FC Ufa – 2015–2016
- André Schürrle – FC Spartak Moscow – 2019
- Serdar Tasci – FC Spartak Moscow – 2014–2018
Ghana
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2001–2002, 2004–2006
- Lawrence Adjei – FC Spartak Moscow – 2001
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2001–2004
- Haminu Draman – FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2007–2010
- Joel Fameyeh – FC Orenburg, FC Rubin Kazan, FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 2019–2020, 2023–2024
- Emmanuel Frimpong – FC Ufa, FC Arsenal Tula – 2014–2016[r GBR]
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2004–2008
- Mohammed Kadiri – FC Arsenal Tula – 2018–2020
- FC Terek Grozny, FC Lokomotiv Moscow– 2004–2006
- Emmanuel Osei Kuffour – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2002
- Jonathan Mensah – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2016
- Kwadkwo Poku – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2018
- Quincy – FC Spartak Moscow – 2006–2007, 2009[b NED][c NED U21][r NED]
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Tambov– 2013–2016, 2018–2020
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2006–2007
- Abdul Aziz Tetteh – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2018–2019
- Patrick Twumasi – FC Amkar Perm – 2014
- Mubarak Wakaso – FC Rubin Kazan – 2013–2014
- Abdul Majeed Waris – FC Spartak Moscow – 2013–2014
Greece
- Nikos Karelis – FC Amkar Perm – 2012–2013
- Giourkas Seitaridis – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2005
Guinea
- Ibrahima Cissé – FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2022–2024[b BEL][c BEL U17][c BEL U18][c BEL U19][c BEL U21]
- Sékou Condé – FC Amkar Perm – 2016–2018
- François Kamano – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2020–2023
- Momo Yansané – FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod – 2022–2023
Guinea-Bissau
- Janio Bikel – FC Khimki – 2023[c POR U19][c POR U20][r POR]
- Cícero – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2005–2007[b POR][c POR U21][r POR]
- Almami Moreira – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2006[c POR B][c POR U21][r POR]
- Zé Turbo – FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod – 2023–2024[r POR]
Haiti
Hungary
- Balázs Dzsudzsák – FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Dynamo Moscow – 2011–2015
- Miklós Gaál – FC Amkar Perm, FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod – 2007–2011
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2009–2012
- Ákos Kecskés – FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod – 2021–2022
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast – 2012–2014[b UKR–URS]
- Márk Koszta – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2022
- Norbert Németh – FC Tom Tomsk – 2009–2010
- Ádám Pintér – FC Tom Tomsk – 2013–2014
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz – 2012–2013[b SVK–CSK]
- Szabolcs Sáfár – FC Spartak Moscow – 2003[r AUT]
Iceland
- Jón Guðni Fjóluson – FC Krasnodar – 2018–2020
- Sverrir Ingi Ingason – FC Rostov – 2017–2018
- Viðar Örn Kjartansson – FC Rostov, FC Rubin Kazan – 2018–2019
- Hörður Björgvin Magnússon – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2018–2022
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast– 2013–2014
- Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson – FC Rostov – 2018–2019
- Arnór Sigurðsson – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2018–2021
- Hannes Sigurðsson – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2011
- Ragnar Sigurðsson – FC Krasnodar, FC Rubin Kazan, FC Rostov – 2014–2019
- Arnór Smárason – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2015
Iran
- Sardar Azmoun – FC Rubin Kazan, FC Rostov, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg – 2013–2021
- Saeid Ezatolahi – FC Rostov, FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Amkar Perm – 2016–2018
- Mohammad Ghorbani – FC Orenburg – 2024
- Milad Mohammadi – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2016–2019
- Mohammad Mohebi – FC Rostov – 2023–2024
- Amirhossein Reyvandi – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2024
- Reza Shekari – FC Rubin Kazan – 2018
- Kasra Taheri – FC Rubin Kazan – 2024
Iraq
- Safaa Hadi – PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2020
Ireland
- Aiden McGeady – FC Spartak Moscow – 2010–2013[b SCO]
Israel
- Dani Bondar – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod – 2011–2012[b RUS–URS]
- Eli Dasa – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2022–2024
- Edi Gotlieb – FC Orenburg – 2019–2020[r RUS]
- FC Terek Grozny– 2009–2011
- Bibras Natcho – FC Rubin Kazan, PFC CSKA Moscow – 2010–2018
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast – 2013[b NGA]
Italy
- Salvatore Bocchetti – FC Rubin Kazan, FC Spartak Moscow – 2010–2019
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2011–2018
- FC Uralan Elista– 2003
- Claudio Marchisio – FC Zenit St. Petersburg – 2018
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2016–2017
- FC Uralan Elista– 2003
- Ivan Pelizzoli – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2007–2008
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2009–2012
- Francesco Ruopolo – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2005
Ivory Coast
- Victorien Angban – PFC Sochi – 2021–2024
- Yacouba Bamba – FC Orenburg – 2016
- Yannick Boli – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2015–2016[b FRA][r FRA]
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast– 2016–2017
- Idrissa Doumbia – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2018
- Seydou Doumbia – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2010–2015
- Néné Gbamblé – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2023
- Jean-Philippe Gbamin – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2022[r FRA]
- Roman Mory Gbane – FC Khimki – 2022–2023
- Cédric Gogoua – FC Tambov, PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Rotor Volgograd – 2019–2021
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2008–2010, 2012–2013
- Eboue Kouassi – FC Krasnodar – 2016
- Igor Lolo – FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Rostov – 2011–2015
- Habib Maïga – FC Arsenal Tula – 2018
- Marco Né – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2011
- Abdul Razak – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2013
- Senin Sebai – FC Khimki, FC Akhmat Grozny – 2021–2022
- Lacina Traoré – FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Anzhi Makhachkala, PFC CSKA Moscow – 2011–2013, 2016
Jamaica
- Shamar Nicholson – FC Spartak Moscow – 2022–2023
- Damani Ralph – FC Rubin Kazan – 2005, 2007
- Robert Scarlett – FC Spartak Moscow – 2002
- Luton Shelton – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod – 2013–2014
- Errol Stevens – FC Khimki – 2009
Japan
- Takafumi Akahoshi – FC Ufa – 2014
- Kento Hashimoto – FC Rostov – 2020–2022
- Keisuke Honda – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2010–2013
- Seiichiro Maki – FC Amkar Perm – 2010
- Daisuke Matsui – FC Tom Tomsk – 2010
- Takuma Nishimura – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2018–2019
- Mitsuki Saito – FC Rubin Kazan – 2021
Jordan
- FC KamAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny– 1995–1997
- FC KamAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny– 1995–1996
Kazakhstan
- Vitaliy Abramov – FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin, FC Rotor Volgograd – 1995–1999[r RUS]
- FC Uralan Elista – 1998–1999, 2002[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2022–2024
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1997
- Akmal Bakhtiyarov – PFC Sochi – 2019–2020
- Ruslan Baltiyev – FC Sokol Saratov, FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Moscow, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2001–2005
- Aleksandr Bogatyryov – FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin – 1992[b RUS–URS]
- Marat Bystrov – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2020–2023
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi, PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 1993–1994
- FC Lada Togliatti, FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod– 1994, 1996
- Viktor Dmitrenko – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2009[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- Renat Dubinskiy – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2002–2005[r RUS]
- Vadim Egoshkin – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1996[b RUS–URS]
- Aleksandr Familtsev – FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Tom Tomsk – 2001, 2005[r RUS]
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz – 2007–2010, 2012[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- Aleksandr Goncharenko – FC Luch Vladivostok – 1993[b RUS–URS]
- Igor Grokhovskiy – FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 1994
- FC Lada Togliatti– 1994
- Askhat Kadyrkulov – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2000–2001
- FC KamAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny– 1995
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz – 1994–1999[b RUS–URS]
- Islambek Kuat – FC Orenburg, FC Khimki – 2020
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg, FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk– 1997–1999
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi – 1993–1994, 1999[r RUS]
- David Loriya – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2009
- Yevgeny Lovchev – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 1996[b RUS–URS]
- FC Lada Togliatti – 1993, 1996[b RUS–URS]
- Aleksey Muldarov – FC Mordovia Saransk – 2012[b GEO–URS][r RUS]
- Oleg Musin – FC Sokol Saratov – 2001–2002[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- Vladimir Niederhaus – FC Rotor Volgograd – 1992–1997, 1999
- Maksim Nizovtsev – FC Baltika Kaliningrad, PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Sokol Saratov, FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1996–1999, 2001, 2003[r RUS]
- FC Uralan Elista– 1999–2000, 2002–2003
- FC Lada Togliatti, FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin– 1994–1996
- Mikhail Rozhkov – FC Rostov – 2009[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- Yerkebulan Seydakhmet – FC Ufa – 2018
- Aleksey Shchyotkin – FC Rotor Volgograd – 2021
- FC KamAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny, FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1997, 1999–2001[r RUS]
- Dmitry Shomko – FC Rotor Volgograd – 2021
- Andrey Shkurin – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1995–1999[b RUS–URS]
- Aleksandr Sklyarov – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 1997
- Lev Skvortsov – FC Khimki – 2023
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don– 2000–2001
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg, FC Sokol Saratov – 2000–2002[r RUS]
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1992–1997
- Arsen Tlekhugov – FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 2000[b RUS–URS]
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don – 2001[b RUS–URS]
- Roman Uzdenov – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2007[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- Sergei Volgin – FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin – 1993–1995
- Valeriy Yablochkin – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 1997
- FC Uralan Elista – 1999[b RUS–URS]
- Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov – FC Rostov, PFC CSKA Moscow – 2019–2023
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast – 2016[c BEL U19]
- Sergey Zhunenko – FC Rotor Volgograd – 1992, 1994–1997[b RUS–URS]
Kosovo
- FC Terek Grozny, FC Akhmat Grozny – 2016–2024[r ALB]
- Ylldren Ibrahimaj – FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2021[r NOR]
Kyrgyzstan
- Nazim Ajiev – FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 1995
- Sergei Ivanov – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2001–2002
- Valery Kichin – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod, FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk – 2013, 2018–2019
- Anton Kochenkov – FC Rostov, FC Mordovia Saransk, FC Tom Tomsk, FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Arsenal Tula – 2011, 2014–2022[r RUS]
- FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg– 1992–1993
Latvia
- Vitālijs Astafjevs – FC Rubin Kazan – 2004–2005
- FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz – 2003[b UKR–URS]
- Aleksandrs Cauņa – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2011–2016
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1999–2000
- FC Uralan Elista, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl– 1998–1999
- FC Uralan Elista– 1998
- Vladimirs Kamešs – FC Amkar Perm – 2013
- Ģirts Karlsons – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2004
- Oskars Kļava – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2010
- Vladimirs Koļesņičenko – FC Moscow – 2003–2004
- Aleksandrs Koliņko – FC Rostov, FC Rubin Kazan, PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2003–2007, 2010
- Juris Laizāns – PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Rostov, FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2001–2008
- Valentīns Lobaņovs – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 1999
- FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz – 2003[b RUS–URS]
- Ēriks Pelcis – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2002
- Andrejs Prohorenkovs – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2004–2005
- Vīts Rimkus – FC Rostov – 2005
- Andrejs Rubins – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Spartak Moscow – 2003–2006
- FC Energiya-Tekstilshchik Kamyshin– 1996
- Igors Stepanovs – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2008
- Andrejs Štolcers – FC Spartak Moscow – 2000
- Igors Troickis – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 1997
- FC KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny– 1994
Liberia
- Sylvanus Nimely – FC Spartak Moscow – 2018
- Sekou Oliseh – PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2009–2012, 2014[c NGA U20][r NGA]
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2010
Lithuania
- Vytautas Apanavičius – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 1997
- Giedrius Arlauskis – FC Rubin Kazan – 2010–2012
- Virginijus Baltušnikas – FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 1996–1997
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2001–2005
- FC Asmaral Moscow – 1992[b RUS–URS]
- Orestas Buitkus – FC Baltika Kaliningrad, FC Rubin Kazan – 1997–1998, 2005
- Fedor Černych – FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Orenburg – 2018–2020[b RUS–URS]
- Deividas Česnauskis – FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2000–2004
- – 2006–2013
- FC Uralan Elista– 1999–2000
- Tomas Danilevičius – FC Dynamo Moscow – 1998
- Ignas Dedura – FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow, FC Spartak Moscow – 2001, 2004–2009
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye, FC Moscow– 2001–2007
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don– 2000–2002
- Andrius Gedgaudas – FC Tom Tomsk – 2005
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don, FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow– 2000–2001
- Darius Gvildys – FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 1999
- Algis Jankauskas – FC Amkar Perm – 2004–2005
- FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow– 1996–1997
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2000–2001
- Mindaugas Kalonas – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2007
- Žydrūnas Karčemarskas – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2003–2008
- FC KamAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny– 1997
- Arūnas Klimavičius – FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Sibir Novosibirsk – 2007–2008, 2010
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1997
- FC KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny– 1997
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2002
- FC Uralan Elista, FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow– 1999–2002
- Tomas Mikuckis – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2015
- Viktoras Olšanskis – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 1997
- Tadas Papečkys – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2002
- Vadimas Petrenko – FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 2000
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1997
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg, FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Rostov– 2002–2007
- FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny– 1997
- Nerijus Radžius – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 2003
- FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny– 1997
- Mantas Samusiovas – FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Khimki – 2003–2005, 2007–2008
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1998
- Mantas Savėnas – FC Sibir Novosibirsk – 2010
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1998–2013
- Darvydas Šernas – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2008
- Andrius Skerla – FC Tom Tomsk – 2005–2006
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1998
- Gintaras Staučė – FC Spartak Moscow – 1992–1994
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 1997
- Tomas Tamošauskas – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2003
- Valdas Trakys – FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2000, 2004
- Nerijus Vasiliauskas – FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 2000
- Andrius Velička – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2002
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz, FC Dynamo Moscow– 1999–2002, 2005
- FC KamAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny– 1997
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1997–1999
- Rimantas Žvingilas – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2000
Luxembourg
- Christopher Martins – FC Spartak Moscow – 2022–2024
- Olivier Thill – FC Ufa – 2018–2020
- Sébastien Thill – FC Tambov – 2020
Malawi
- Essau Kanyenda – FC Rostov, FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2003–2007
Mali
- Moussa Doumbia – FC Rostov, FC Arsenal Tula – 2014–2017[b CIV]
- Mamadou Maiga – FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod – 2022–2024 (acquired Russian citizenship in 2021)
- Moussa Sissako – PFC Sochi – 2022–2023[b FRA][r FRA]
- Samba Sow – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2017–2019
- Dramane Traoré – FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2006–2010
Mexico
- Luis Chávez – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2023–2024
Moldova
- Alexandru Antoniuc – FC Rubin Kazan – 2010–2011[r RUS]
- Igor Armaș – FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2011–2018
- Victor Berco – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2002–2003
- Vitalie Bordian – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod – 2013
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz, FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod– 2010, 2012–2014
- Mihail Caimacov – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2022–2023
- Emil Caras – FC Tyumen – 1997
- Cătălin Carp – FC Ufa, FC Tambov – 2017–2021
- Valeriu Catînsus – FC Tom Tomsk – 2005–2009
- Ilie Cebanu – FC Tom Tomsk, FC Mordovia Saransk – 2013–2016
- Eugeniu Cebotaru – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2012
- Valeriu Ciupercă – FC Krasnodar, FC Tom Tomsk, FC Rostov, FC Tambov – 2012, 2016–2020[r RUS]
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg, FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk– 1998, 2003
- FC Uralan Elista – 1999–2000[r RUS]
- Alexandr Covalenco – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2002–2005[r RUS]
- Serghei Covalciuc – FC Spartak Moscow, FC Tom Tomsk – 2004–2010[b UKR–URS][r RUS]
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg, FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow– 1998–2000, 2002
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz, PFC CSKA Moscow – 2003–2005, 2010[r RUS]
- FC Terek Grozny – 2008[b UKR–URS]
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Anzhi Makhachkala– 2007–2014
- Sergiu Epureanu – FC Sokol Saratov – 2002
- Viorel Frunză – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2008
- Alexandru Gațcan – FC Rubin Kazan, FC Rostov, PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2006–2007, 2009–2020[r RUS]
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2019[r RUS]
- Victor Golovatenco – FC Khimki – 2007–2009
- Nicolae Josan – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2010
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2005
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz – 1999–2000[b UKR–URS]
- Ivan Mandricenco – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 1992
- Nichita Moțpan – FC Fakel Voronezh – 2023–2024[r RUS]
- Stanislav Namașco – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2011[r RUS]
- Ghenadie Olexici – FC Amkar Perm, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2004–2006, 2008
- Victor Patrașco – FC Ufa – 2017[r RUS]
- Igor Picușceac – FC Krasnodar, FC Amkar Perm – 2011–2015[r RUS]
- Mihai Plătică – FC Rostov – 2015[r RUS]
- Alexandru Popovici – FC Dynamo Moscow – 1999
- Oleg Reabciuk – FC Spartak Moscow – 2023–2024[r POR]
- – 1999–2008
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2000–2005
- FC Lada Togliatti – 1994[b UKR–URS]
- FC Terek Grozny – 2008[r RUS]
- Eugen Sidorenco – FC Tom Tomsk – 2013
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye, FC Tom Tomsk– 1999–2001, 2005–2006
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye, FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk– 1999–2003
- Dmitri Stajila – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2016[r RUS]
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2000–2001
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz – 1997[b UKR–URS]
- FC KamAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny– 1996
- FC KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny – 1993–1997[b UKR–URS]
Montenegro
- Marko Baša – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2008–2011[b SRB–YUG 1][r SRB]
- Radoslav Batak – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2003–2005[b SRB–YUG 1][r SCG]
- Fatos Bećiraj – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2016–2017[b KOS–YUG]
- Mladen Božović – FC Tom Tomsk – 2013
- Vladimir Božović – FC Mordovia Saransk – 2013–2015[b KOS–YUG][r SRB]
- Radosav Bulić – FC Rubin Kazan – 2004[r SCG]
- Zaim Divanović – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2023
- Radomir Đalović – FC Amkar Perm – 2011–2012
- – 2012–2013, 2016–2023
- Nikola Drinčić – FC Amkar Perm, FC Spartak Moscow, FC Krasnodar – 2007–2013[b SRB–YUG 1][c SRB U21][r SRB]
- Miodrag Džudović – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2006–2012
- Sead Hakšabanović – FC Rubin Kazan – 2021–2022[b SWE][r SWE]
- Milan Jovanović – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2010–2011[b SRB–YUG 1][r SRB]
- Mladen Kašćelan – FC Arsenal Tula, FC Tosno – 2014–2015, 2017
- Dušan Lagator – PFC Sochi – 2019–2020
- FC Uralan Elista– 2000
- Nemanja Mijušković – FC Tosno – 2018
- Bogdan Milić – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2011
- Mitar Novaković – FC Amkar Perm – 2008–2013
- Marko Obradović – FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk – 2018[b SRB–YUG 1]
- FC Terek Grozny– 2008
- Marko Rakonjac – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2022
- Bojan Roganović – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2022–2023
- Marko Simić – FC Rostov – 2017[b SRB–YUG 1]
- Jovan Tanasijević – FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Rostov – 2003–2009[b KOS–YUG][r SRB]
- Igor Vujačić – FC Rubin Kazan – 2023–2024[r SRB]
- FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok– 2008
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye – 2006–2007[r SCG]
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz – 2004[r SCG]
Morocco
- Yahia Attiyat Allah – PFC Sochi – 2024
- Abdelillah Bagui – FC Spartak Moscow, FC Rostov – 2003, 2005–2006
- Mustapha Bidoudane – FC Rostov – 2005
- Mbark Boussoufa – FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2011–2015[b NED][r NED]
- Mehdi Carcela – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2011–2013[b BEL][c BEL][c BEL U21][c BEL U18][c BEL U17][c BEL U16][r BEL]
- Manuel da Costa – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2011–2012[b FRA][c POR U23][c POR U21][c POR U20][r POR]
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2004
- Abdelkarim Kissi – FC Rubin Kazan – 2003–2004
- Noureddine Ziyati – FC Amkar Perm – 2004–2006
Netherlands
- Otman Bakkal – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2012
- Glenn Bijl – PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2021–2024
- Alexander Büttner – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2014–2015
- Romeo Castelen – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod – 2013[b SUR]
- Demy de Zeeuw – FC Spartak Moscow – 2011–2012
- Douglas – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2013–2015[b BRA]
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2013
- Lorenzo Ebecilio – FC Mordovia Saransk, FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2014–2016
- Jorrit Hendrix – FC Spartak Moscow – 2021
- Othman El Kabir – FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2018–2021
- Gianluca Nijholt – FC Amkar Perm – 2012–2014
- Quincy Promes – FC Spartak Moscow – 2014–2018, 2021–2023
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2006–2008
- Guus Til – FC Spartak Moscow – 2019–2020[b ZMB]
- Tonny Vilhena – FC Krasnodar – 2019–2021
- Rai Vloet – FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2022–2024
Niger
- Moussa Maâzou – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2009
- Amadou Moutari – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2015–2016
- Oumar Sako – FC Rostov – 2024[b CIV][r CIV][c CIV]
Nigeria
- Dele Adeleye – FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC SKA-Khabarovsk – 2013, 2018
- Abdulwaheed Afolabi – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2012
- Solomon Agbalaka – PFC Sochi – 2023
- Haruna Babangida – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2009[r ESP]
- Benito – FC Tambov – 2019[b CIV]
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2005
- Moses Cobnan – FC Krasnodar – 2023–2024
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2010
- Bright Dike – FC Amkar Perm – 2016[b USA][r USA]
- Augustine Eguavoen – FC Torpedo Moscow – 1997–1998
- Chidera Ejuke – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2020–2022
- Isah Eliakwu – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2011
- Emmanuel Emenike – FC Spartak Moscow – 2011–2013
- Joseph Enakarhire – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2005
- Richard Eromoigbe – FC Khimki – 2008
- Ededem Essien – FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod – 2023
- Okon Flo Essien – FC Spartak Moscow – 2001–2003
- Kehinde Fatai – FC Ufa – 2016–2018
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don– 2001
- Lukman Haruna – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2015
- Ezekiel Henty – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2016
- Brian Idowu – FC Amkar Perm, FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Khimki – 2012, 2014–2023[b RUS][r RUS]
- FC Nizhny Novgorod– 2015–2022
- Lucky Isibor – FC Dynamo Moscow – 1998–2000
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2009–2010
- Obafemi Martins – FC Rubin Kazan – 2010–2012
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2016
- Victor Moses – FC Spartak Moscow – 2020–2024[r GBR]
- Ahmed Musa – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2012–2016, 2018
- Ifeanyi David Nduka – FC Krasnodar – 2023
- Lawrence Nicholas – FC Tambov, FC Khimki – 2020, 2022
- Victor Obinna – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2011–2013
- James Obiorah – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2001–2002, 2004
- Peter Odemwingie – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2007–2010[b UZB–URS][r RUS]
- Chidi Odiah – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2004–2011
- Fegor Ogude – FC Amkar Perm, FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk – 2014–2019
- Samuel Ogunsania – FC Spartak Moscow – 2002
- Emmanuel Okoduwa – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2007, 2009
- – 2005–2013
- Jonathan Okoronkwo – FC Krasnodar – 2022
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2008–2009
- Aaron Samuel Olanare – PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Amkar Perm – 2016–2018
- Olakunle Olusegun – FC Krasnodar – 2022–2024
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Dynamo Moscow– 2002–2006
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2004–2006
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2002
- Louis Udoh – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 2001
- Mohammed Usman – FC Tambov – 2019
- Izunna Uzochukwu – FC Amkar Perm – 2015
North Korea
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2008
- Hong Yong-jo – FC Rostov – 2009–2010
North Macedonia
- FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow– 1997
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg – 2005[b SRB–YUG 1]
- FC Terek Grozny– 2008
- Nikola Gjoševski – FC Spartak Moscow – 2001
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2015–2016
- FC Terek Grozny– 2008
- FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok– 2007–2008
- Goran Maznov – FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow, FC Tom Tomsk – 2002, 2007–2010
- Igor Mitreski – FC Spartak Moscow – 2001–2004
- Stevica Ristić – FC Amkar Perm – 2010–2011[b SRB–YUG 1][r SRB]
- Marko Simonovski – FC Amkar Perm – 2014
- Igor Stamenovski – FC Spartak Moscow – 2001
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg, FC Sibir Novosibirsk– 2004–2006, 2010
- David Toshevski – FC Rostov – 2020, 2023
Norway
- Haitam Aleesami – FC Rostov – 2020–2021
- Chuma Anene – FC Amkar Perm – 2015–2017
- Emil Bohinen – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2021
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2005–2007
- Jørgen Jalland – FC Rubin Kazan – 2005–2006
- Magnus Nordengen Knudsen – FC Rostov– 2022
- FC Nizhny Novgorod– 2022
- Mathias Normann – FC Rostov, FC Dynamo Moscow – 2019–2023
- Stefan Strandberg – FC Krasnodar, FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2015–2016, 2019–2021
Panama
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2005
Paraguay
- Diego Acosta – FC Orenburg – 2022
- Júnior Alonso – FC Krasnodar – 2023–2024
- Fabián Balbuena – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2021–2024
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2005–2006
- Lucas Barrios – FC Spartak Moscow – 2013–2014[b ARG][r ARG]
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2012–2014}
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye, FC Rubin Kazan– 2004–2005
- Alexis Duarte – FC Spartak Moscow – 2023–2024
- Roberto Fernández – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2022–2024
- Jesús Medina – PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Spartak Moscow – 2022–2024
- Lorenzo Melgarejo – FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Spartak Moscow – 2013–2020
- Nelson Valdez – FC Rubin Kazan – 2011–2012
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2012
Peru
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2003–2004
- Christian Cueva – FC Krasnodar – 2018
- Jefferson Farfán – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2017–2020
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2003, 2005
- Andrés Mendoza – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2006
- Yordy Reyna – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2023
- Carlos Zambrano – FC Rubin Kazan – 2016–2017
Poland
- Rafał Augustyniak – FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2019–2022
- Ariel Borysiuk – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod – 2014
- Janusz Gol – FC Amkar Perm – 2013–2018
- Damian Gorawski – FC Moscow, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2005–2008
- Bartłomiej Grzelak – FC Sibir Novosibirsk – 2010
- Dawid Janczyk – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2007–2008
- Artur Jędrzejczyk – FC Krasnodar – 2013–2016
- Mariusz Jop – FC Moscow – 2004–2009
- Adam Kokoszka – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2014–2015
- FC Terek Grozny– 2012–2015
- Marcin Kowalczyk – FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod – 2008–2010, 2013–2014
- Wojciech Kowalewski – FC Spartak Moscow, FC Sibir Novosibirsk – 2003–2006, 2010
- Grzegorz Krychowiak – FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Krasnodar – 2018–2021
- Michał Kucharczyk – FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2019–2020
- Marcin Kuś – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2006
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Kuban Krasnodar– 2004–2009
- FC Terek Grozny– 2012–2013
- Konrad Michalak – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2019
- Rafał Murawski – FC Rubin Kazan – 2009–2010
- Grzegorz Piechna – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2006
- FC Terek Grozny, FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod– 2011–2014
- – 2012–2024
- Łukasz Sekulski – FC SKA-Khabarovsk – 2018
- Damian Szymański – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2019
- Sebastian Szymański – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2019–2022
- Jarosław Tkocz – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2004
- Jakub Wawrzyniak – FC Amkar Perm – 2014
- Maciej Wilusz – FC Rostov, FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2017–2018, 2020
- Damian Zbozień – FC Amkar Perm – 2014
Portugal
- Márcio Abreu – FC Krasnodar – 2011–2014
- Hugo Almeida – FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2015
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2010–2013
- Ricardo Alves – FC Orenburg – 2018–2020
- Bruno Basto – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2008
- Miguel Cardoso – FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Tambov – 2018–2020
- Costinha – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2005
- Custódio – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2007
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg – 2005–2017[b VEN]
- Yannick Djaló – FC Mordovia Saransk – 2015[b GNB]
- Eder – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2017–2021[b GNB]
- Fábio Felício – FC Rubin Kazan – 2007
- Manuel Fernandes – FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Krasnodar – 2014–2020
- Nuno Frechaut – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2005
- Kiki Afonso – FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2023–2024
- João Lameira – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 2023
- Luís Loureiro – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2005
- Maniche – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2005
- João Mário – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2019–2020
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2009–2011
- Rui Miguel – FC Krasnodar – 2011
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2013–2019
- Nuno – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2005[b STP–POR]
- Jorge Ribeiro – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2005
- Tiago Rodrigues – FC Ufa – 2022
- Ricardo Silva – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2008
- Tomás Tavares – FC Spartak Moscow – 2023–2024
- Hugo Vieira – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2014–2015
Romania
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2001
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2018–2020
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2000
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2005
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast– 2016–2024
- Valeriu Bordeanu – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2004
- Alexandru Bourceanu – FC Arsenal Tula – 2017
- FC Uralan Elista– 2002
- Gheorghe Bucur – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2011–2016
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2002
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2002–2004
- Răzvan Cociș – FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Rostov – 2007–2009, 2011–2013
- Florin Costea – FC Arsenal Tula – 2015
- Ovidiu Dănănae – FC Tom Tomsk – 2011
- Cristian Dancia – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2004–2006
- Iulian Dăniță – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 2003
- Mihai Drăguș – FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 1999–2000
- Gabriel Enache – FC Rubin Kazan – 2018
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz, FC Dynamo Moscow– 2006, 2010, 2013–2014
- Sorin Ghionea – FC Rostov – 2010
- Gabriel Giurgiu – FC Rubin Kazan – 2007
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2001–2003
- FC Terek Grozny– 2013–2017
- Gabriel Iancu – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2021
- Adrian Iencsi – FC Spartak Moscow – 2004–2006
- Adrian Iordache – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2006
- Andrei Ivan – FC Krasnodar – 2017–2018
- Erik Lincar – FC Amkar Perm – 2004–2006
- FC Terek Grozny– 2008–2009
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2012
- Damian Militaru – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 1999
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2000–2001
- Andrei Mureșan – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2009
- Gabriel Mureșan – FC Tom Tomsk – 2013–2014
- Ionuț Nedelcearu – FC Ufa – 2018–2020
- Daniel Niculae – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2012–2013
- FC Uralan Elista– 2002
- Daniel Oprița – FC Mordovia Saransk – 2013
- FC Terek Grozny– 2008–2009
- Ionel Pârvu – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 2003
- FC Terek Grozny– 2008–2009
- Mihăiță Pleșan – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod – 2011–2013
- Andrei Prepeliță – FC Rostov – 2016–2017
- Adrian Ropotan – FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Tom Tomsk, FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod – 2009–2014
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Khimki– 2004–2008
- Nicolae Stanciu – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2002
- Pompiliu Stoica – FC Moscow, FC Tom Tomsk – 2004–2008
- János Székely – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod – 2011
- Gabriel Tamaș – FC Spartak Moscow – 2004, 2006
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2005
- FC Terek Grozny– 2016–2017
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz, FC Moscow– 2003–2005
- Alexandru Tudorie – FC Arsenal Tula – 2019, 2021
- Dacian Varga – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2011
Rwanda
- Gerard Gohou – FC Krasnodar – 2013[b CIV][r CIV]
Scotland
- Garry O'Connor – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2006–2007
Senegal
- Ibrahima Baldé – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2012–2016
- Keita Baldé – FC Spartak Moscow – 2022–2023[b ESP][r ESP]
- Baye Djiby Fall – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2009, 2011
- Marcel Gomis – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2008
- Papa Gueye – FC Rostov – 2016
- Ibra Kébé – FC Spartak Moscow, FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2001–2004, 2010–2011
- Pape Maguette Kebe – FC Rubin Kazan – 2003
- Moussa Konaté – FC Krasnodar – 2012–2013
- Ablaye Mbengue – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2015–2020
- Pascal Mendy – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2003–2006
- Baye Gueye Ndiaga – FC Rubin Kazan – 2003
- Ibrahima Niasse – FC Mordovia Saransk – 2014–2015
- Oumar Niasse – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2014–2015
- Dame N'Doye – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2012–2014
- Babacar Sarr – FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk – 2019
- Mamadou Sylla – FC Orenburg – 2020
- Khaly Thiam – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2017
- Pape Thiaw – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2002
Serbia
- FC Uralan Elista– 2000
- Dušan Anđelković – FC Rostov, FC Krasnodar – 2009–2013
- Komnen Andrić – FC Ufa – 2020–2021
- Nikola Antić – FC Khimki – 2023
- Srđan Babić – FC Spartak Moscow – 2023–2024
- Mihajlo Banjac – FC Krasnodar – 2022–2024
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2004
- FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok– 2008
- Marko Blažić – FC Amkar Perm – 2011–2012
- Miroslav Bogosavac – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2020–2024
- Vidak Bratić – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2003–2004
- Goran Čaušić – FC Arsenal Tula – 2017–2022
- Aleksandar Ćirković – PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2022–2023
- FC Uralan Elista– 2000
- Nikola Čumić – FC Rubin Kazan – 2023
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2000
- Ivan Cvetković – FC Khimki – 2009[b KOS–YUG]
- FC Saturn-RenTV Ramenskoye – 2002[b BIH–YUG]
- Đorđe Despotović – FC Orenburg, FC Rubin Kazan, FC Arsenal Tula – 2018–2022[b BIH–YUG]
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast– 2016–2018
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2010–2011
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl– 2005, 2008
- Rade Dugalić – FC Tosno, FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk – 2017–2018
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2023–2024
- Milan Gajić – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2022–2024
- Nemanja Glavčić – FC Khimki – 2022–2023
- Stevo Glogovac – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2002[b BIH–YUG]
- Jovan Golić – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2010–2012[b BIH–YUG]
- Petar Golubović – FC Khimki – 2023
- Nenad Injac – FC Amkar Perm – 2008
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2006–2007, 2017–2020
- Nebojša Jelenković – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2007[r BUL]
- FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz– 2003
- Bogdan Jočić – FC Rubin Kazan – 2024
- Đorđe Jokić – FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Tom Tomsk – 2005–2006, 2008–2011
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2001–2005
- Goran Jovanović – FC Anzhi Makhachkala– 2001
- Milan Jovanović – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2004
- Miodrag Jovanović – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk, FC Khimki – 2000, 2007–2009
- FC Saturn-RenTV Ramenskoye– 2000–2003
- Branko Jovičić – FC Amkar Perm, FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2014–2017, 2020–2021
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2009
- Zoran Knežević – FC Khimki – 2008
- Aleksandar Komadina – FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow – 2002–2003
- FC Terek Grozny – 2002–2005, 2011[b BIH–YUG]
- Zoran Kostić – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2006
- Miloš Krasić – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2004–2010
- Miloš Kruščić – FC Rostov – 2001–2007
- Jovica Lakić – FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow – 2001–2002
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2000
- Darko Lazić – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2015–2016
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg, FC Rostov– 2010–2013
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2003–2005
- Marko Lomić – FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Mordovia Saransk – 2010–2016
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2010–2013
- Milan Majstorović – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2023–2024
- Nikola Maksimović – FC Spartak Moscow – 2018
- Miroslav Marković – FC SKA-Khabarovsk – 2017–2018
- Stefan Melentijević – FC Khimki – 2023[b MNE–SCG]
- Nikola Mijailović – FC Khimki, FC Amkar Perm – 2008, 2011–2013
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2017–2020
- Predrag Mijić – FC Amkar Perm – 2011–2012
- FC Nizhny Novgorod– 2019–2023
- FC Uralan Elista– 2000
- Nemanja Miletić – FC Ufa – 2021
- Aleksandar Miljković – FC Amkar Perm – 2016–2018
- Savo Milošević – FC Rubin Kazan – 2008[b BIH–YUG]
- Marko Milovanović – FC Amkar Perm – 2007–2008
- Dragan Mrđa – FC Khimki – 2007–2008
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2002
- Albert Nađ – FC Rostov – 2007
- Nenad Nastić – FC Khimki – 2009
- Nemanja Nikolić – FC Rostov – 2013–2014
- Ratko Nikolić – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2001
- FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok– 2007–2008
- Milan Obradović – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2001–2003
- Ivan Ostojić – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 2023–2024
- Ognjen Ožegović – FC Arsenal Tula – 2018–2019[b BIH–YUG]
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast– 2016–2017
- Veljko Paunović – FC Rubin Kazan – 2007[b MKD–YUG]
- Nemanja Pejčinović – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2014–2018
- Mitar Peković – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2010
- Milan Perendija – FC Mordovia Saransk – 2013–2016
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2004, 2006–2007
- Marko Petković – FC Spartak Moscow – 2017–2018
- Nikola Petković – FC Tom Tomsk – 2010
- Aleksandar R. Petrović – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2008
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2001
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2007, 2009–2010
- Mihajlo Pjanović – FC Spartak Moscow, FC Rostov – 2003–2007
- Marko Poletanović – FC Tosno – 2017–2018
- Uroš Radaković – FC Orenburg, FC Arsenal Tula – 2019–2022
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz, PFC Spartak Nalchik, FC Rostov– 2004–2005, 2007–2011
- Nikola Radmanovac – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 2023–2024
- Milan Radojičić – FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow – 2001
- Slobodan Rajković – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2020
- Lazar Ranđelović – FC Ural Yekaterinburg, FC Rubin Kazan – 2022–2024
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2000–2003
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2002[b FRG]
- Mihailo Ristić – FC Krasnodar – 2017[b BIH]
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2013–2017[b BIH–YUG]
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz – 2000[b KOS–YUG]
- Stefan Šapić – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2022
- FC Uralan Elista– 2000
- FC Terek Grozny– 2015
- Predrag Sikimić – FC Amkar Perm – 2007–2009
- Aleksandar Simčević – FC Mordovia Saransk – 2012
- Petar Škuletić – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2015–2016[b MNE–YUG 1]
- Nenad Šljivić – FC Rostov – 2009
- Uroš Spajić – FC Krasnodar – 2018–2019, 2021
- FC Uralan Elista– 2000
- Sreten Sretenović – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2009
- Srđan Stanić – FC Spartak Moscow – 2003
- FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok– 2007
- FC Uralan Elista– 2000
- Nebojša Stojković – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2000–2002
- Zoran Tošić – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2010–2017
- Goran Trobok – FC Spartak Moscow – 2003–2004[b BIH–YUG]
- Nikola Trujić – FC Tosno – 2017–2018
- Nemanja Tubić – FC Krasnodar, FC SKA-Khabarovsk – 2011–2013, 2018
- Nikola Valentić – FC Sibir Novosibirsk – 2010[b BIH–YUG]
- FC Uralan Elista– 2000
- Nemanja Vidić – FC Spartak Moscow – 2004–2005
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast– 2002–2008, 2013
- FC Uralan Elista– 2003
- Nemanja Vučićević – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2001–2003
- Vanja Vučićević – PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2019
- Zvonimir Vukić – FC Moscow – 2008–2009
- Ivan Vukomanović – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2002–2003
- Saša Zdjelar – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2022–2024
- Ivan Živanović – FC Rostov – 2009–2011
Sierra Leone
- Mohamed Camara – FC Fakel Voronezh – 2001
Slovakia
- Ladislav Almási – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2021
- Marek Bakoš – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2006
- Michal Breznaník – FC Amkar Perm – 2012–2013
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2003–2007, 2009
- Juraj Dovičovič – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2000
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye, FC Lokomotiv Moscow– 2006–2016
- Michal Ďuriš – FC Orenburg – 2017[b CZE–CSK]
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2006
- FC Terek Grozny– 2017
- Marián Had – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2006–2007
- Michal Hanek – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2003–2005
- Richard Höger – FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 1999
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz, FC Anzhi Makhachkala– 1999–2001
- Zsolt Hornyák – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2001–2002
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg, FC Dynamo Moscow– 2008–2016
- – 2006–2010, 2012–2015
- FC Saturn Moscow Oblast– 2010
- František Kubík – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2011
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2016–2019
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Arsenal Tula– 2013–2015
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2006
- Pavol Pavlus – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 2001
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2006–2008
- Kornel Saláta – FC Rostov, FC Tom Tomsk – 2011–2014
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2004–2007
- Lukáš Tesák – FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Arsenal Tula – 2014–2016
- FC Terek Grozny– 2008–2009
Slovenia
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast– 2017–2018
- Jaka Bijol – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2018–2022
- Lovro Bizjak – FC Ufa – 2018–2020
- Matija Boben – FC Rostov – 2017–2018
- Nastja Čeh – FC Khimki – 2007–2008
- Vanja Drkušić – PFC Sochi – 2022–2024
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2006–2007
- Goran Gutalj – PFC CSKA Moscow – 1999
- FC Saturn Moscow Oblast– 2009–2010
- Branko Ilić – FC Moscow, FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2009–2011
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2010
- Bojan Jokić – FC Ufa – 2017–2022
- Amir Karić – FC Moscow – 2004[b BIH–YUG]
- Miha Kline – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2006
- Martin Kramarič – PFC Sochi – 2023–2024
- FC Terek Grozny– 2005
- Žan Majer – FC Rostov – 2017–2018
- Darijan Matić – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2006–2007
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg, PFC Sochi, FC Spartak Moscow– 2016–2022
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2011
- FC Terek Grozny– 2005
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2017–2020
- Aleksandar Radosavljević – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Tom Tomsk – 2002, 2004–2009
- Dejan Rusič – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2010
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2017–2019
- Žiga Škoflek – FC Orenburg – 2019–2020
- Dalibor Stevanović – FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Mordovia Saransk – 2014–2016
- Dušan Stojinović – FC Khimki – 2021
- Dalibor Volaš – FC Mordovia Saransk – 2012–2013
- Andrés Vombergar – FC Ufa – 2019–2020[b ARG]
- Luka Žinko – FC Amkar Perm – 2010
South Africa
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2002–2008[r GBR]
- Thabo Cele – FC Fakel Voronezh – 2023–2024
- Tony Coyle – FC Rostov – 2003–2005[r GBR]
- Stanton Fredericks – FC Moscow – 2004–2005
- Rowan Hendricks – FC Rostov – 2003–2005
- Jacob Lekgetho – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2001–2004
- Bennett Mnguni – FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Rostov – 2002–2005
- Dillon Sheppard – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2004
- MacBeth Sibaya – FC Rubin Kazan – 2003–2010
- Siyanda Xulu – FC Rostov – 2012–2014
- Japhet Zwane – FC Rostov – 2003–2005
South Korea
- Hwang In-beom – FC Rubin Kazan – 2020–2021
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2006
- Kim Dong-hyun – FC Rubin Kazan – 2006
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2006–2009
- Kim In-sung – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2012
- Kim Nam-il – FC Tom Tomsk – 2010–2011
- Denis Laktionov – FC Tom Tomsk – 2011[b RUS–URS]
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2006
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2008–2009
- Yoo Byung-soo – FC Rostov – 2013–2015
Spain
- Víctor Álvarez – FC Arsenal Tula – 2017–2020[c CAT]
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2004[b BRA]
- Chico – FC Rubin Kazan – 2018
- Marc Crosas – FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod – 2011
- Ángel Dealbert – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2012–2014
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2014–2017
- Jordi – FC Rubin Kazan – 2010
- José Manuel Jurado – FC Spartak Moscow – 2012–2015
- Iván Marcano – FC Rubin Kazan – 2012–2013
- César Navas – FC Rubin Kazan, FC Rostov – 2009–2018
- Pablo Orbaiz – FC Rubin Kazan – 2012–2013
- Rubén Rochina – FC Rubin Kazan – 2016–2017
- Rodri – FC Spartak Moscow – 2011–2012
- Samu – FC Rubin Kazan – 2016
- Sergio Sánchez – FC Rubin Kazan – 2016–2017
- Antonio Soldevilla – FC Amkar Perm – 2007
- Jonatan Valle – FC Rubin Kazan – 2012
- Alberto Zapater – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2011–2013
Suriname
- Mitchell Donald – FC Mordovia Saransk – 2014–2015[b NED][c NED U21][r NED]
- Gyrano Kerk – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2021–2022[b NED][r NED]
Sweden
- Pontus Almqvist – FC Rostov – 2020–2022
- Marcus Berg – FC Krasnodar – 2019–2021
- Emil Bergström – FC Rubin Kazan – 2016
- Axel Björnström – FC Arsenal Tula – 2021
- Viktor Claesson – FC Krasnodar – 2017–2021
- Filip Dagerstål – FC Khimki – 2021–2022
- Rasmus Elm – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2012–2014
- Pyotr Gitselov – FC Rubin Kazan, FC Rostov – 2007–2009[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- Andreas Granqvist – FC Krasnodar – 2013–2018
- Oscar Hiljemark – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2019–2020
- Sebastian Holmén – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2016–2019
- Kim Källström – FC Spartak Moscow – 2012–2015
- Jordan Larsson – FC Spartak Moscow – 2019–2022[b NED]
- Kristoffer Olsson – FC Krasnodar – 2019–2021
- Filip Rogić – FC Orenburg – 2019–2020
- Besard Šabović – FC Khimki – 2021–2022
- Anton Salétros – FC Rostov – 2018
- Carl Starfelt – FC Rubin Kazan – 2020–2021
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast– 2015–2016
- FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow– 2003
- Pontus Wernbloom – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2012–2018
Switzerland
- Kemal Ademi – FC Khimki – 2021–2022
- Marco Aratore – FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2018–2020
- Eldin Jakupović – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2006–2007[b BIH–YUG][c BIH U21]
- Darko Jevtić – FC Rubin Kazan – 2020–2021, 2024
- Vero Salatić – FC Ufa – 2017–2019[b BIH–YUG]
- Reto Ziegler – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2012
- Steven Zuber – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2013–2014
Syria
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 1996–1997
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi– 1994, 1998
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl– 1996–1999
Tajikistan
- Aliyor Ashurmamadov – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 1993
- FC Uralan Elista – 1996–2000, 2002[r RUS]
- Yuri Baturenko – FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Tyumen – 1992–1995, 1997
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz – 1996–2002[r RUS]
- Alisher Dzhalilov – FC Rubin Kazan – 2011–2013, 2016[c RUS U17][c RUS U18][c RUS U19][c RUS U21][r RUS]
- Khakim Fuzaylov – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 1992–1994
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz – 2002–2005[r RUS]
- Nail Galimov – FC Luch Vladivostok – 1993
- Valeriy Gorbach – FC Fakel Voronezh – 1992[b UZB–URS]
- Rustam Khaidaraliyev – FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 1996
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg, FC Rotor Volgograd– 1992–1993
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 1992
- Vitaliy Parakhnevych – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 1995
- Vasili Postnov – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 1992[b UZB–URS]
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg, FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny– 1992–1995
- Rashid Rakhimov – FC Spartak Moscow, FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 1992–1994[c RUS]
- Oleg Shirinbekov – FC Torpedo Moscow – 1994–1995
- Georgi Takhokhov – FC Spartak Vladikavkaz – 1992
- FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg– 1992–1994
Togo
- Arafat Djako – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2011
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2010
Trinidad and Tobago
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2015–2017
Tunisia
- Selim Benachour – FC Rubin Kazan – 2006–2007[b FRA][r FRA]
- Anis Boussaïdi – FC Rostov – 2011
- Nader Ghandri – FC Akhmat Grozny – 2024[b FRA][r FRA]
- Montassar Talbi – FC Rubin Kazan – 2021–2022[b FRA][r FRA]
- Chaker Zouaghi – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2006–2007
Turkey
- Mehmet Aksu – FC Rostov – 2003
- Caner Erkin – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2007–2009
- Emircan Gürlük – FC Orenburg – 2023–2024
- Hasan Kabze – FC Rubin Kazan – 2007–2010
- Gökdeniz Karadeniz – FC Rubin Kazan – 2008–2018
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg, FC Rubin Kazan– 2006–2010
- Gökhan Töre – FC Rubin Kazan – 2012–2013[b DEU]
- FC Terek Grozny– 2005
- Yusuf Yazıcı – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2022
Turkmenistan
- Wladimir Baýramow – FC Rubin Kazan, FC Khimki – 2003–2008[r RUS]
- Valeri Broshin – PFC CSKA Moscow – 1993–1994[b RUS–URS]
- Pavel Harçik – FC Rubin Kazan – 2003, 2005–2007[r RUS]
- Maksim Kazankov – FC SKA-Khabarovsk – 2017–2018[r RUS]
- FC Terek Grozny – 1996–2000, 2002–2003, 2005[r RUS]
- Vladimir Kostyuk – FC Dynamo Moscow – 1992–1993
- Andrei Martynov – FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 1992, 1997
- FC Lada Togliatti– 1996
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 1992–1994, 1996
- Denis Peremenin – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2000–2002[r RUS]
- Wahyt Orazsähedow – FC Rubin Kazan – 2011
- FC KamAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny – 1995[b UKR–URS]
Ukraine
- FC KamAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny – 1995–1996[b RUS–URS]
- Akhmed Alibekov – FC Ufa – 2020
- Oleksandr Aliyev – FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2010, 2014[b RUS–URS]
- Vadym Alpatov – FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 2000
- Oleksiy Antyukhin – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 2003[r RUS]
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 1995–1996
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg – 1998–1999[b UZB–URS]
- Oleksandr Babych – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2002
- Vitaliy Balashov – FC Tambov – 2020
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz – 2002[r RUS]
- Serhiy Bezhenar – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 2001
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don – 1994–1995, 1997–2001[r RUS]
- Maksym Biletskyi – PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Moscow, FC Rostov – 2000–2006[r RUS]
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast– 2015
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2000
- FC Terek Grozny– 2005
- Viktor Brovchenko – FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 2000
- Pylyp Budkivskyi – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2016–2018
- Bohdan Butko – FC Amkar Perm – 2015–2016
- Ihor Chaykovskyi – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2017–2018
- Oleh Danchenko – FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk, FC Rubin Kazan, FC Ufa – 2017–2020
- FC Terek Grozny– 2000–2005
- Denys Dedechko – FC Amkar Perm, FC SKA-Khabarovsk – 2010, 2017
- Marko Dević – FC Rubin Kazan, FC Rostov – 2014–2017[b SRB–YUG 1]
- Anatoliy Didenko – FC Amkar Perm – 2004–2005
- Serhiy Dmytriyev – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2001–2002
- Yuriy Dmytrulin – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2006
- FC Lada Togliatti – 1994[b RUS–URS]
- FC Lada Togliatti– 1994
- FC Terek Grozny– 2008
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don– 1993, 1997–1998
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don, FC Sokol Saratov – 1996–2002[r RUS]
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi– 1997–1999
- Vitaliy Fedoriv – FC Amkar Perm – 2008–2011
- Vitaliy Fedotov – FC SKA-Khabarovsk – 2017–2018[r RUS]
- Dmitry Gorbushin – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2009[r RUS]
- FC Uralan Elista– 2003
- Oleh Haras – FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Fakel Voronezh – 1996, 1998, 2000–2001
- Serhiy Harashchenkov – FC Amkar Perm – 2012
- Volodymyr Herashchenko – FC Rotor Volgograd – 1992–1998
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don– 2001
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1995–1997
- FC Terek Grozny, FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2008, 2010–2021[r RUS]
- FC KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny– 1994–1995
- FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg, FC Fakel Voronezh – 1994–1995, 1997[b RUS–URS]
- Oleksandr Hranovskyi – FC Spartak Moscow – 2001
- FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen – 1994–1995[r RUS]
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2017
- Dmytro Hryshko – FC SKA-Khabarovsk – 2017–2018
- Yuriy Hulyayev – FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 1992, 1993[b RUS–URS]
- FC Lada Togliatti – 1993–1994[b KGZ–URS]
- Oleksandr Humenyuk – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1998
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2005–2006, 2008
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 1998
- Dmytro Ivanisenya – PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2021–2024
- Yuriy Kalitvintsev – FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 1992–1994[b RUS–URS]
- Maksym Kalynychenko – FC Spartak Moscow – 2000–2008
- Oleksandr Kapliyenko – FC Tambov – 2020
- Oleh Kastornyi – FC Baltika Kaliningrad, FC Fakel Voronezh – 1998, 2000–2001
- Oleksandr Kasyan – FC Tom Tomsk – 2016
- FC Uralan Elista– 2000
- FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen– 1994–1995
- Ihor Khudobyak – FC Rostov – 2013–2014
- FC Uralan Elista, FC Torpedo Moscow – 1998, 2000–2006[b RUS–URS]
- Ihor Korniyets – FC Rotor Volgograd – 1995–1997
- Ihor Korol – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 1998
- FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow– 1997
- Ihor Kostyuk – FC Tyumen – 1997
- Pavlo Kotovenko – FC Rotor Volgograd – 2001–2004
- Oleksandr Koval – FC Sokol Saratov – 2001
- Kyrylo Kovalchuk – FC Tom Tomsk – 2009–2011, 2016
- Serhiy Krukovets – FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 1996–2000
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast– 2015–2024
- Kostyantyn Kulyk – FC Rotor Volgograd – 1995
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don– 1994–1995, 1997–2000
- FC KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny – 1994[b RUS–URS]
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz – 2010[r HUN]
- FC Asmaral Moscow– 1993
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk– 2000–2001
- FC Uralan Elista– 1999
- FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow– 2000–2003
- Viktor Leonenko – FC Dynamo Moscow – 1992[b RUS–URS]
- FC Saturn Moscow Oblast– 2009
- Maksym Levytskyi – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk, FC Spartak Moscow, FC Dynamo Moscow – 1999–2005[r RUS]
- FC Energiya-Tekstilshchik Kamyshin– 1996
- Andriy Lopushynskyi – FC Fakel Voronezh – 1997
- Yehor Luhachov – FC Spartak Moscow – 2008[r RUS]
- FC Uralan Elista– 1999–2000
- Yevhen Lutsenko – FC Dynamo Moscow, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2003–2004
- Yevhen Lysytsyn – FC Spartak Moscow – 2001
- Yuriy Maksymov – FC Rostov – 2003
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 1998–1999
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don– 2000–2002
- Mark Mampassi – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2022[r RUS]
- Oleksandr Martsun – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 1998
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don– 1996–2000
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod– 1996–1998, 2000
- Roman Meleshko – FC Spartak Vladikavkaz – 1993
- Ilya Mikhalyov – FC Amkar Perm – 2011
- Oleh Mishchenko – FC Amkar Perm – 2016
- Oleksandr Mitrofanov – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2002
- FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg– 1996
- FC Asmaral Moscow– 1993
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi– 1997
- FC Uralan Elista– 2002–2003
- FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 1998, 2001–2003, 2006, 2008[r RUS]
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz, FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow– 1997–1998, 2001
- Ruslan Mostovyi – PFC Spartak Nalchik, FC Tom Tomsk – 2006–2007
- FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg – 1995[b TJK–URS]
- Taras Mykhalyk – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2013–2018
- Volodymyr Mykytyn – FC Rostov– 2001–2003
- Oleh Naduda – FC Spartak Moscow – 1994
- Serhiy Nahornyak – FC Spartak Moscow – 1995–1996
- FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg– 1995
- FC KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny– 1993–1994
- Denys Onyshchenko – FC Tom Tomsk – 2006
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi– 1995
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi– 1999
- Hennadiy Orbu – FC Rotor Volgograd, FC Sokol Saratov – 1996, 2001–2002
- Ivan Ordets – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2019–2021
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk– 2000–2001
- Oleh Ostapenko – FC Fakel Voronezh– 2001
- FC Saturn Moscow Oblast – 1998–2007, 2009–2010[r RUS]
- Oleh Patyak – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2008
- Hennadiy Perepadenko – FC Spartak Moscow – 1992
- Serhiy Perepadenko – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 1994–1995
- Serhiy Perkhun – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2001
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don, FC Spartak Moscow– 1996–1999, 2003
- FC KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny– 1994
- Serhiy Pohodin – FC Spartak Moscow – 1993–1994
- Artem Polyarus – FC Khimki, FC Akhmat Grozny – 2020–2021
- FC Saturn-RenTV Ramenskoye – 1993, 1996–1998, 2001–2002[r RUS]
- FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen– 1995
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 1996–1997
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 1997–2001
- Andriy Poroshyn – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2006
- Oleksiy Prokhorenkov – FC Dynamo Moscow – 1998 [b RUS–URS]
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2011–2012
- Andriy Proshyn – FC Tom Tomsk, FC Rostov – 2006–2007, 2010–2011[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi – 1993–1995[r RUS]
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don, FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 1996–2002[r RUS]
- Oleksandr Pryzetko – FC Tyumen, FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1995, 1997–1998, 2000–2001, 2003
- FC KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny– 1994
- Vitaliy Pushkutsa – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 2000–2001
- Andriy Pylyavskyi – FC Rubin Kazan – 2016
- Serhiy Pylypchuk – PFC Spartak Nalchik, FC Khimki – 2006–2009, 2011[r RUS]
- Yaroslav Rakitskyi – FC Zenit Saint Petersburg – 2019–2021
- Serhii Rebrov – FC Rubin Kazan– 2008–2009
- Oleksandr Rolevych – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 1996
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 1999
- Petro Rusak – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1996–1997
- Roman Rusanovskyi – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1996–1998
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don– 1996–1997
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 1994, 1999
- FC KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny– 1993
- Vitaliy Samoylov – FC Sokol Saratov, FC Rotor Volgograd – 2001–2002, 2004[r RUS]
- FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg– 1992–1993
- Andriy Sapuha – FC Torpedo Moscow, FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 1998–2000
- FC Terek Grozny– 1997–2003, 2005
- Serhiy Seleznyov – FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow – 2001
- Yevhen Seleznyov – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2016
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don– 2000–2001
- FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Khimki– 2000, 2002–2003, 2006–2009
- Serhiy Serebrennikov – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 1998[b RUS–URS]
- Oleksandr Sevidov – FC Torpedo Moscow – 1993
- Dmytro Shcherbak – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2016
- Bohdan Shershun – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2002–2005
- FC Torpedo-Metallurg Moscow– 2003
- Vyacheslav Shevchuk – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2002–2004
- FC Uralan Elista, FC Torpedo Moscow– 1999–2001
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 1999
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi– 1996–1997
- FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg– 1996
- Vitaliy Shumeyko – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2007–2008[r RUS]
- – 1995–1999, 2004–2005
- Anton Shynder – FC Amkar Perm – 2016–2017
- Serhiy Shyshchenko – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 1998
- Andriy Sidelnikov – PFC CSKA Moscow – 1997
- Serhiy Skachenko – FC Torpedo Moscow – 1992–1993, 1998–1999[b KAZ–URS]
- Denys Skepskyi – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2006, 2009
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1996
- Miro Slavov – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2011
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don– 1999
- Serhiy Snytko – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk, FC Kuban Krasnodar – 1997–2001, 2003–2004[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- FC Uralan Elista – 1994–1997, 1999–2000, 2002[b UZB–URS][r RUS]
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 1994–1995
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg – 2000–2006[r RUS]
- Mykhaylo Starostyak – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2004–2005
- Pavlo Stepanets – FC Mordovia Saransk, FC Ufa – 2012–2015[r RUS]
- FC Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz– 2003
- FC Asmaral Moscow– 1992–1993
- FC Dynamo-Gazovik Tyumen– 1992
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi– 1998
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2002–2005
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg, FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk– 1997, 2000–2001
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1999, 2001–2002
- FC Uralan Elista, FC Sokol Saratov, FC Fakel Voronezh– 1993, 1998–2001
- Maksim Tishchenko – FC Rotor Volgograd – 1996–2000[r RUS]
- Maksym Trusevych – FC Rostov – 2007
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara – 2005, 2010[r RUS]
- Eduard Tsykhmeystruk – FC Spartak Moscow – 2001–2002
- FC Uralan Elista – 1999–2000[b RUS–URS]
- Dmytro Tyapushkin – FC Spartak Moscow, PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Dynamo Moscow – 1994–1998[b RUS–URS]
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2007–2009, 2013–2015
- Vladyslav Vashchuk – FC Spartak Moscow – 2003[b TKM–URS]
- FC Energiya-Tekstilshchik Kamyshin– 1996
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 1997–1999
- Kostyantyn Vizyonok – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 1998
- FC Asmaral Moscow– 1993
- Valeriy Vorobyov – FC Torpedo Moscow – 1997–2003[r RUS]
- Andriy Voronin – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2010–2014
- Viktor Yablonskyi – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 1996–1998
- Dmytro Yakovenko – PFC CSKA Moscow – 1997
- FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi, FC Fakel Voronezh– 1993, 2000
- FC Energiya-Tekstilshchik Kamyshin– 1994, 1996
- Serhiy Yarmolych – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1995[b RUS–URS]
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast– 2014–2016
- FC Uralan Elista – 1992, 1998, 2002[b RUS–URS]
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2000
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don– 1999
- Vasyl Yevseyev – FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin – 1993
- Andriy Yudin – FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin, FC Fakel Voronezh – 1993–1994, 1997
- Vyacheslav Zapoyaska – FC Sokol Saratov – 2002
- Artem Zasyadvovk – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2005–2006
- FC KamAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny, FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk– 1996–1997, 1999–2001
- FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg– 1994–1995
- Ihor Zhabchenko – FC Rotor Volgograd – 1996
- Ihor Zhurakhovskyi – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2016
- Hennadiy Zhylkin – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1995
- Oleksandr Zinchenko – FC Ufa – 2015–2016
- FC KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny, FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod– 1993–1997
United States
Uruguay
- Luis Aguiar – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2009
- Juan Manuel Boselli – FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod – 2023–2024
- Gonzalo Bueno – FC Kuban Krasnodar – 2013[r POR]
- Guillermo Cotugno – FC Rubin Kazan – 2015–2016
- FC Saturn Ramenskoye– 2004–2005
- Carlos Gutiérrez – FC Rostov– 2004–2006
- Abel Hernández – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2018–2019
- Diego Laxalt – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2021–2024
- Mauricio Lemos – FC Rubin Kazan – 2015
- FC Uralan Elista – 2003[r ARG]
- Javier Mancini – FC Rostov – 2005
- Nicolás Marichal – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2022–2024
- FC Uralan Elista – 2003[r ARG]
- Lucas Olaza – FC Krasnodar – 2023–2024[r ESP]
- Omar Pérez – FC Rostov – 2004–2006
- Mauricio Pereyra – FC Krasnodar – 2013–2019
- FC Terek Grozny– 2013–2017
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2018–2019
- Andrés Scotti – FC Rubin Kazan – 2003–2006
- Bruno Silva – FC Rostov – 2004
- Marcelo Sosa – FC Spartak Moscow – 2004
- Cristian Tassano – FC Khimki – 2023[r ITA]
- Guillermo Varela – FC Dynamo Moscow – 2020–2022[r ITA]
Uzbekistan
- Rustam Ashurmatov – FC Rubin Kazan – 2023–2024
- Vadim Afonin – FC Orenburg, FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2016–2019[r RUS]
- Ruslan Agalarov – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2000–2002[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- Odil Ahmedov – FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Krasnodar – 2011–2016
- Andrey Akopyants – FC Rostov – 2000–2005[r RUS]
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 1998
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2003, 2005
- Ulugbek Bakayev – PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow – 2001–2002
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz – 2005, 2008–2010[r RUS]
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2000
- Gennadi Denisov – FC Spartak Vladikavkaz – 1992–1994
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Rubin Kazan– 2013–2019
- Khojimat Erkinov – FC Torpedo Moscow – 2022–2023
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2000–2002
- Abbosbek Fayzullaev – PFC CSKA Moscow – 2023–2024
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz, FC Rubin Kazan– 1998–1999, 2003–2008
- Vagiz Galiulin – FC Rubin Kazan, FC Sibir Novosibirsk, FC Ufa, FC Tosno – 2008, 2010, 2014–2015, 2017–2018[r RUS]
- Alexander Geynrikh – PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Torpedo Moscow – 2003, 2005–2006
- Jafar Irismetov – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk, FC Spartak Moscow, FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 1998, 2001–2002
- Victor Karpenko – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2003–2004[r RUS]
- Dostonbek Khamdamov – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2018
- Igor Kichigin – FC Fakel Voronezh – 1992
- Leonid Koshelev – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2005–2006
- Yaroslav Krushelnitskiy – FC Rotor Volgograd – 2004[r RUS]
- Sergey Lebedev – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 1999
- FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don – 1997–2003[r RUS]
- Vladimir Maminov – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 1993–2008[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- Davron Mirzaev – FC Rubin Kazan – 2009[r RUS]
- Eduard Momotov – FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk – 1998–1999[b KAZ–URS][r RUS]
- Bahodir Nasimov – FC Rubin Kazan – 2010
- Aleksey Nikolaev – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2006[b RUS–URS]
- Oleg Pashinin – FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 1993–2007[b RUS–URS][r RUS]
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 1992, 1994–1996, 1999–2001, 2003–2004
- Vladimir Radkevich – FC Rotor Volgograd – 2002–2004
- Bakhodyr Rakhmanov – FC Okean Nakhodka – 1993
- Umarali Rakhmonaliev – FC Rubin Kazan – 2023–2024
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 1993–1999[b UKR–URS]
- Yevgeni Safonov – FC Shinnik Yaroslavl – 2002–2006[r RUS]
- FC Uralan Elista, FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – 1998–2000[r RUS]
- Nikolay Shirshov – FC Rostov – 2002–2005
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 1992
- Eldor Shomurodov – FC Rostov – 2017–2020
- FC Dynamo Stavropol– 1992
- FC Saturn Moscow Oblast – 2007[r RUS]
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz – 2011–2012[r RUS]
- Oston Urunov – FC Ufa, FC Spartak Moscow, FC Ural Yekaterinburg – 2020–2022
- Igor Volkov – FC Torpedo Moscow – 1994–1996
- Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev – FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod – 2021–2023
Venezuela
- FC Terek Grozny– 2016–2021
- Jhon Chancellor – FC Anzhi Makhachkala – 2018
- Sergio Córdova – PFC Sochi – 2024
- Saúl Guarirapa – PFC Sochi – 2024
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz– 2005
- Diego Luna – FC Baltika Kaliningrad – 2024
- FC Uralan Elista– 2003
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg– 2019–2020
- Andrés Ponce – FC Anzhi Makhachkala, FC Akhmat Grozny, FC Rotor Volgograd – 2018–2021
- FC Zenit St. Petersburg, PFC CSKA Moscow– 2012–2015, 2021
Zambia
- Lameck Banda – FC Arsenal Tula – 2019–2020
- Gift Kampamba – FC Rostov – 2002–2004
- Evans Kangwa – FC Arsenal Tula – 2017–2022
- Kings Kangwa – FC Arsenal Tula – 2019–2022
- FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast – 2013–2017[c GEO U21]
- FC Krylia Sovetov Samara– 2003
- Stoppila Sunzu – FC Arsenal Tula – 2017–2018
Zimbabwe
- Newton Ben Katanha – PFC Spartak Nalchik – 2006
- FC Terek Grozny– 2011
Notes
- ^ Born in Argentina
- ^ Born in Azerbaijan (then part of the Soviet Union)
- ^ Born in Belarus (then part of the Soviet Union)
- ^ Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- ^ Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
- ^ Born in Belgium
- ^ Born in Brazil
- ^ Born in Ivory Coast
- ^ Born in Cameroon
- ^ Born in Croatia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
- ^ Born in Czech Republic (then part of the Czechoslovakia)
- ^ Born in East Germany (now part of Germany)
- ^ Born in France
- ^ Born in Georgia (then part of the Soviet Union)
- ^ Born in Germany
- ^ Born in Spain
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