List of VFL/AFL players with international backgrounds
This is a list of
ancestry (which includes players born overseas or who had one parent born overseas).[1]
In 2020, about 15 per cent of AFL players were born overseas or had one parent born overseas. This was up from 13 per cent in 2019, according to AFL data.
Current players born outside of Australia
Birthplace | Player | Career | Current club | National team | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kenya | Aliir Aliir | 2014– | Port Adelaide | — | |
New Zealand | Louis Butler | 2020– | Western Bulldogs | — | |
South Sudan | Mabior Chol | 2016– | Hawthorn | — | |
United Kingdom | Aidan Corr | 2013– | North Melbourne | — | |
United States | Mason Cox | 2015– | Collingwood | — | [4][5] |
South Sudan | Michael Frederick | 2020– | Fremantle | — | |
Ethiopia | Changkuoth Jiath | 2018– | Hawthorn | — | |
South Africa | Jason Johannisen | 2012– | Western Bulldogs | — | |
South Sudan | Buku Khamis | 2019– | Western Bulldogs | — | |
Ireland | James Madden | 2021– | Brisbane Lions | — | |
Belarus | Oleg Markov | 2016– | Collingwood | — | |
New Zealand | Rowan Marshall | 2017– | St Kilda | — | |
Canada | Andrew McGrath | 2017– | Essendon | — | |
Ireland | Conor Nash | 2017– | Hawthorn | — | |
Ireland | Zach Tuohy | 2011– | Geelong | — | |
Ireland | Mark Keane | 2019– | Adelaide | — | |
Papua New Guinea | Hewago Oea | 2022– | Gold Coast | Papua New Guinea | [6] |
Albania
Austria
- Alex Jesaulenko (born in Salzburg, but of Ukrainian and Russian ancestry)
- Justin Leppitsch (Austrian-born father)[8]
Barbados
Brazil
- Heritier Lumumba (Born in Brazil; Congolese father, Brazilian mother)[11]
Canada
Chile
China
Name | Origins | Career |
---|---|---|
Connor Downie | Chinese mother | 2021–2022 |
Ernie Foo | Chinese parents[15] | 1914 |
Lin Jong | Taiwanese mother; Timorese-Chinese father[10] | 2012– |
Wally Koochew | Chinese father and Norwegian mother[16][17] | 1908 |
Dannie Seow | Born in Singapore; Chinese father[18][19] | 1986-1987; 1989-1990 |
George Tansing | Chinese father[19][20][21] | 1908 |
Jack Wunhym | Chinese father[22] | 1927–29 |
Cook Islands
Croatia
- Jason Akermanis (Croatian father)
- Alan Didak (Parents born in Croatia)[10]
- Jon Dorotich[24]
- Gordon Fode[25]
- Ray Gabelich[26]
- Darren Gaspar[24]
- Ilija Grgic[27]
- Allen Jakovich[24]
- Glen Jakovich[28]
- Addam Maric (Croat father)[10]
- Ivan Maric (Parents born in Croatia)[10]
- Brody Mihocek (Father born in Croatia)
- Mark Nicoski (Croat mother, Macedonian father)[10]
- Val Perovic[29]
- Steven Salopek (Parents born in Croatia)[10]
- Peter Sumich[24]
- Jacob Surjan[10]
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
- Tom Boyd (Danish mother)[32]
- Jim Marchbank (Danish father)
East Timor
Egypt
- Ahmed Saad (Egyptian parents)[33]
Ethiopia
Estonia
- Dane Rampe (Estonian father)[34]
Fiji
- Alipate Carlile (Fijian mother)[10][35]
- Aaron Hall (Fijian mother)[10]
- Setanta Ó hAilpín (See below Ireland & Northern Ireland)[10][36]
- Aisake Ó hAilpín (See below Ireland & Northern Ireland)[36]
- Nic Naitanui[23][35]
- Tom Nicholls (Fijian mother)[10]
- David Rodan (Fijian-born Tongan mother, Tongan father)[10][14][35]
- Esava Ratugolea (Fijian parents)[37]
- Atu Bosenavulagi (Born in Fiji)
France
- Allan La Fontaine (Born in Australia; French)[38]
Germany
- Otto Buck[39]
- Herman Dohrmann[39]
- Jordan Doering[39]
- Harry Frei (Born in Germany)
- Carl Keller[39]
- Harry Lampe (German father)
- Jack Riewoldt (German father)[10]
- Nick Riewoldt (German father)[10]
- Alex Ruscuklic
- Paul Schmidt
- David Schwarz (German father)[40]
- Charlie Schunke[39]
- Conrad ten Brink
- Dean Terlich[41]
- Heinz Tonn (Born in Germany)[39]
Ghana
Greece
- Ang Christou[39]
- Andrew Demetriou (See above Cyprus)
- Josh Francou
- Gary Frangalas
- John Georgiades
- John Georgiou
- Con Gorozidis
- Athas Hrysoulakis
- Patrick Karnezis[42]
- Paul Koulouriotis
- Spiro Kourkoumelis[39]
- Anthony Koutoufides (Greek father, Italian mother)[28]
- George Lakes (both parents born in Greece)
- Angelo Lekkas
- Stephen Malaxos
- Spiro Malakellis
- Tony Malakellis
- Alex Marcou[39]
- Daniel Metropolis
- Russell Morris
- Albert Pannam
- Alby Pannam
- Charlie Pannam (footballer, born 1874)
- Charlie Pannam (footballer, born 1897)[28]
- Matthew Panos (Greek father)[10]
- Chris Pavlou[39]
- Phil Poursanidis[39]
- Lou Richards
- Ron Richards
- John Rombotis[10]
- Jimmy Toumpas[42][5]
- Jason Traianidis
- Zeno Tzatzaris
- Vasil Varlamos[39]
- David Zaharakis (Greek father)[10][5]
see: Greek Team of the Century[43]
Hong Kong
- Cameron Polson (Born in Hong Kong)
Hungary
- Patrick Veszpremi (Hungarian father)[10][44]
India
- Daniel Kerr (Anglo-Indian father)[45]
- Jordan McMahon[46]
- Ben McNiece (Anglo-Indian mother)[47]
- Alex Morgan (Australian footballer) (Indian parent)
- Clancee Pearce (Indian mother)[48]
- Alex Rance (Indian Great Grandfather)[49][50]
- Fred Pringle (English parents)[46][51]
- Alex Silvagni (Anglo-Indian mother)[19][48]
Ireland
Name | Origins | Career |
---|---|---|
Colm Begley | Born in Ireland[52] | 2006–2009 |
Dermott Brereton | Irish parents[28] | 1982–1992;1994–1995 |
Patrick Brophy | Born in Ireland[5] | 2017– |
Ciarán Byrne | Born in Ireland[5] | 2014– |
Ray Connellan | Born in Ireland[5] | 2017– |
Mark Keane (footballer) | Born in Ireland[5] | |
Conor McKenna | Born in Ireland[5] | 2014– |
Paul Earley | Born in Ireland[52] | 1984 |
Cian Hanley
|
Welsh mother, Irish father[5] | 2015– |
Pearce Hanley | Irish, born in England, United Kingdom; Welsh mother, Irish father[10][5] | 2008– |
Darragh Joyce | Born in Ireland[5] | 2017– |
Tadhg Kennelly | Born in Ireland[52] | 2001–2008;2010–2011 |
James Magner | Irish parents[10] | 2012–13 |
Jock McHale | Irish parents | 1903–1920 |
Niall McKeever[10] | Born in Ireland[52] | 2010–2013 |
Dermot McNicholl | Born in Ireland[52] | 1990 |
Caolan Mooney | Born in Ireland[10] | 2012–2014 |
Conor Nash | Born in Ireland[5] | 2017– |
Mark O'Connor | Born in Ireland[5] | 2017– |
Brett O'Hanlon | [53] | 2012– |
Jamie O'Reilly | Born in Ireland[10] | 2010–2011 |
Colin O'Riordan | Born in Ireland[5] | 2017– |
Setanta Ó hAilpín | Irish father, Fijian mother[10] | 2005–2013 |
Michael Quinn | Born in Ireland | 2009–2010 |
Ciarán Sheehan | Born in Ireland[5] | 2014– |
Brian Stynes | Born in Ireland[52] | 1992 |
Jim Stynes | Born in Ireland | 1987–1998[38] |
Zach Tuohy | Born in Ireland[10][5] | 2011– |
Tommy Walsh | Born in Ireland[10] | 2012–2014 |
Sean Wight | Born in Scotland, United Kingdom, Irish parents[52] | 1984–1995 |
Aidan Corr | Born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom[5] | 2013- |
James Madden | Born in Ireland | 2021- |
Israel
Italy
Japan
- Alex Davies (Japanese mother)
- Mitchito Owens(Japanese mother)
Kenya
- Aliir Aliir (See Sudan below)
- Majak Daw
- Bigoa Nyuon
- Leek Aleer
Latvia
- Peter Agrums
- Mark Blicavs
- Arnold Briedis
- Andrejs Everitt (Latvian mother)
- Peter Everitt (Latvian mother)
- Rene Kink
- Arnold Briedis
Lebanon
Lithuania
- Algy Vosilaitis (Born in Lithuania)[60]
- Adam Ramanauskas[60]
- Jack Lukosius[60]
Malaysia
- Robert Ahmat (Malay and Torres Strait Islander ancestry)[61]
- Paul Medhurst (English father, Malaysian mother)[62]
Malta
- Jayden Attard
- Tony Buhagiar
- Jaryd Cachia
- David Calthorpe
- John Formosa (footballer)
- Blake Grima
- Nathan Grima
- Adam Saliba
Myanmar
- Andrew Embley (Anglo-Burmese father)[63]
- Trent Dennis-Lane (Anglo-Burmese father)[64]
Netherlands
- Robbert Klomp[65]
- Paul van der Haar
- David Hale (Dutch mother)[9]
- Matthew Kreuzer[66]
- Daniel Pearce (Dutch mother, New Zealand father)[9]
- Ben Rutten (New Zealand mother, Dutch father)[10]
- Billie Smedts (English mother, Dutch father)[10]
- Andrew Swallow (Dutch mother, English father)[10]
- David Swallow (Dutch mother, English father)[10]
- Richard Vandenberg
- Jay van Berlo
- Nathan van Berlo
- Nick Vlastuin[67]
New Zealand
- Oskar Baker
- Simon Black[10]
- Paul Bower (Maori mother)[19]
- Greg Broughton (Maori father)[68]
- Louis Butler[5]
- Adam Campbell[69]
- Trent Croad[52]
- Danny Dickfos (Maori)[19]
- Donald Dickie (Maori)[19]
- Aaron Edwards (New Zealand father, Samoan mother)[70]
- Max Gawn[10]
- Heath Grundy[10]
- Kurt Heatherley[5]
- Karmichael Hunt[23]
- Jarrad Jansen (Born in New Zealand; parents born in New Zealand)[5]
- Dustin Martin (Maori father)[19]
- Beau Maister[71]
- Rowan Marshall (Born in New Zealand)[5]
- Daniel McAlister (Maori)[19]
- Sam Mitchell[9]
- Thomas O'Halloran (Born in New Zealand)
- Brett Peake (Maori)[19]
- Brian Peake (Maori)[19]
- Daniel Pearce (Dutch mother, New Zealand father)[10]
- Jasper Pittard[10]
- Jordan Russell[10]
- Ben Rutten (New Zealand mother, Dutch father)[10]
- Shane Savage (Born in New Zealand; Maori father, European mother)[72][5]
- Wayne Schwass (Maori)[28]
- Joe Sellwood
- Nathan van Berlo[73]
- Jay van Berlo[73]
- Brent Renouf[74]
- Rupert Wills (Born in New Zealand)[5]
- Marley Williams (Maori father)[10]
- Toby Wooller (Born in New Zealand)[5]
Nigeria
- Joel Wilkinson (Nigerian father)
North Macedonia
- Josh Daicos (paternal grandparents)[28]
- Nick Daicos (paternal grandparents)
- Peter Daicos (Parents born in Greek Macedonia)[28]
- John Gastev
- Mark Nicoski (Mother born in Croatia; father born in North Macedonia)[10]
- Nick Malceski (Macedonian father)[44]
- Alex Marcou (Parents born in Greek Macedonia)[75]
- Paul Peos (Parents born in Greek Macedonia)
- Sam Petrevski-Seton (Indigenous Australian/Macedonian)[76]
Norway
- Wally Koochew (Chinese father and Norwegian mother)[16]
Papua New Guinea
- Aiden Bonar (Papua New Guinean mother, Scottish father)
- Cameron Ellis-Yolmen[5]
- James Gwilt (British Welsh father, Papua New Guinean mother)
- Peter Ladhams[5]
- Mal Michael[52]
- Patrick Murtagh[5]
- Ben Sexton
- Michael Sexton
- Nick Vlastuin[5]
- Ollie Wines[5]
Peru
- Nick Shipley (Peruvian mother)
Philippines
- Mathew Stokes (Aboriginal, Filipino-Spanish descent)[19][77]
- Alex Woodward (Filipino mother)[10]
- Reef McInnes (Filipino mother)
Poland
- Jason Blake (Polish mother, English father)[10]
- John Pitura[78]
- James Podsiadly[79]
- Jared Polec
- Patrick Lipinski
Russia
- Bohdan Jaworskyj
- Alex Jesaulenko (Born in Salzburg, Austria to a Ukrainian father, Russian mother)[80]
- Oleg Markov (born in Belarus, to Russian parents)[5]
Samoa
- Aaron Edwards (See above New Zealand)[70]
- Karmichael Hunt[23]
- Mykelti Lefau
- Pati Piva
- Shem Tatupu
Seychelles
- Matt Thomas (Seychelles mother)[81]
Serbia
Slovenia
- Nick Suban
- Rene Kink
- Dayne Zorko (father born in Yugoslavia, now Slovenia)
South Africa
- Jack Baggott (Born in South Africa)
- Damian Cupido[52]
- Jack Darling (Father born in South Africa)[10]
- Eugene Kruger (Born in South Africa)[10]
- Stephen Lawrence[52]
- Ryan Lester (Born in Australia; English-born mother and South African-born father)[10]
- Ian Muller
- Jason Johannisen (Born in South Africa; Zambian mother, South African father)[10][5]
South Korea
- Peter F. Bell (Born in Korea; Mother born in South Korea, father born in America)[38][28]
Spain
- Paul Licuria (See above Italy)
Sri Lanka
- Hayden Crozier (Sri Lankan father)[10][48]
- Craig Jacotine (Parents born in Sri Lanka)[19]
- David Gallagher[19]
- Enrico Misso (Burgher descent)[19]
Sudan/South Sudan
- Aliir Aliir (born in Kenya to Sudanese parents)[82][5]
- Tarir Bayok[5]
- Michael Frederick
- Buku Khamis
- Majak Daw[83][5]
- Gach Nyuon[83]
- Mabior Chol[83][5]
- Reuben William[84]
Sweden
- Kris Massie (Born in Sweden)
Switzerland
- Henri Jeanneret
- Matthew Leuenberger (Swiss father)[10]
Taiwan
Thailand
Tonga
- Israel Folau
- David Rodan (Fijian-Tongan mother, Tongan father)[10][35]
Turkey
- Taylin Duman (Turkish born father)[85]
- Sedat Sir
- Errol Gulden
Tuvalu
Uganda
- Emmanuel Irra (Born in Uganda)[5]
Ukraine
- Jason Daniltchenko
- Alex Ishchenko[52]
- Bohdan Jaworskyj
- Alex Jesaulenko (Born in Salzburg, Austria to a Ukrainian father, Russian mother)[80]
- Jake Kolodjashnij (Ukrainian Russian father)[86]
- Kade Kolodjashnij (Ukrainian Russian father)[86]
- Steven Kolyniuk
- Jared Petrenko
- Jason Porplyzia
- Justin Staritski
- Shane Woewodin
United Kingdom
- Roy Cazaly (Scottish mother, English father)[28]
- Martin Clarke[10]
- Pearce Hanley (Born in England, United Kingdom; Welsh mother, Irish father)
- Jamie O'Reilly[10]
- Brodie Smith (English mother, Scottish father)[10]
- Aaron Young (English mother, Scottish father)[10]
England
- Callum Brown (Born in England, United Kingdom)[5]
- Percy Bowyer (Born in England, United Kingdom)
- Chris Burton (Born in England, United Kingdom)[52]
- Bill Eason (Born in England, United Kingdom)
- Mitch Golby (Born in Australia; English father)[8]
- Ryan Harwood (Born in Australia; English mother)[8]
- Garrick Ibbotson (English mother)[48]
- Connor Idun (Born in England, United Kingdom)
- Brandon Jack (Born in England, United Kingdom)[5]
- Daniel Kerr (See above India)
- Ryan Lester (Born in Australia; English-born mother and South African-born father)[10]
- Brad Moran (Born in England, United Kingdom)[52]
- Chris Mayne (English father)[48]
- Paul Medhurst (English father)
- Brian Mynott (Born in England, United Kingdom)
- Bill Perkins (Born in England, United Kingdom)
- John Scarlett
- Matthew Scarlett (English father)[28]
- Billie Smedts (English mother, Dutch father)[10]
- David Swallow (Dutch mother, English father)[10]
- Clive Waterhouse (Born in England, United Kingdom)[52]
- Jack Watts (Parents born in England, United Kingdom)[10]
- Josh Worrell (Born in England, United Kingdom)[5]
- John Worsfold[28]
Northern Ireland
- Conor Glass (Born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
- Stuart Magee (Born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
Scotland
- Thomas Leather (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)
- Bill Morris (Scottish father)[87]
- Charlie Norris (Scottish father)[88]
- James Aitken (Scottish father)
- James Duncan Gordon (Scottish father)[citation needed]
- Ewan Thompson (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[citation needed]
- Sean Wight (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[citation needed]
- Roy Cazaly (Scottish mother)[28][89]
- Alex Lang (Scottish father)[90]
- Luke McGuane[53]
- Rhys Palmer (Scottish father)[91]
- Firth McCallum (Scottish father)
- Paul Stewart (Scottish father)[92]
- Sam Docherty (Scottish father)[93]
- John Bell(Scottish parents)
- Doug Fraser (Scottish parents)[90]
- Bill Proudfoot (Scottish parents)[94]
- Andy Dougall (Scottish parents)[95]
- Stan Reid (Scottish father)[citation needed]
- Ted McLean (Scottish father)
- Colin Campbell(Scottish father)
- Les MacPherson (Scottish father)[96]
- Alick Ogilvie (Scottish father)
- Grant Lawrie (Scottish parents)[97]
- Alexander John Fraser (Scottish parents)[98]
- Alex Barlow (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[99]
- Matthew Dick (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[100]
- Bob Edmond (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[101]
- Brian Cook (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[citation needed]
- Henry McPetrie (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[102]
- William Marshall (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[citation needed]
- Jim Edmond (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[101]
- Bruce Sloss (Scottish father)[citation needed]
- Stanley McKenzie (Scottish mother)
- Hugh Plowman (Scottish father)
- Ramsay Anderson (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[103]
- George Sutherland (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[citation needed]
- Norman Doig (Scottish parents)
- Bob Cameron (Scottish parents)[104]
- Stewart Geddes (Scottish parents)[citation needed]
Wales
- James Gwilt (British Welsh father, Papua New Guinean mother)[105]
- Cian Hanley (Welsh mother, Irish father)[106]
- Pearce Hanley (Welsh mother, Irish father)[106]
- John McCarthy[107]
United States
- Zac Clarke (Born in Australia; American father)[48][108]
- Mason Cox (Born in the United States)
- Elliott Himmelberg
- Harrison Himmelberg
- Jason Holmes (Born in the United States)
- Kyle Langford
- Touk Miller (American father)
- Conor Nash
- Don Pyke (Born in the United States)
- Archie Smith (footballer, born 1995) (Born in Australia; American-born mother)
- Tim Taranto (American father)
- Sanford Wheeler (Born in the United States)
Zimbabwe
- Tendai Mzungu (Zimbabwean father)[10][48][109]
- Ian Perrie
See also
- List of Australian Football League players born outside Australia
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