List of foreign footballers in the Persian Gulf Pro League

Cameroon

• Jacques Elong Elong – Persepolis, Esteghlal – 2005 to 2009 and 2010 to 2012
• Léonard Kweuke – Esteghlal, Steel Azin – 2007 to 2008 and 2008 to 2009
• Guillaume Nkendo – Paykan
  – 2007 to 2008
• William Esenjo – Pegah – 2008
• Martin Abena – Pegah – 2008
• Joël Tchami – Pegah – 2008
• Jean Black Ngody – Aboomoslem, Payam – 2008 to 2009
• Patrick Jean Matton – Aboomoslem – 2008
• Rah Ahan, Naft Tehran
  – 2012 to 2015
• Mathias Chago – Foolad – 2014 to 2017
• Ambuno Achille – Saba Qom – 2014 to 2015
• Tractor Sazi, Esteghlal Khuzestan, Pars Jonoubi Jam and Saipa
  – 2014 to 2019
• Dorge Kouemaha – Foolad – 2016
• Ernest Webnje Nfor – Foolad – 2016 to 2017

Cape Verde

• Platini – Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. – 2018

Colombia

• Mes Kerman
  – 2011
• Zob Ahan
  – 2014
• Danny Santoya – Sanat Naft Abadan – 2016 to 2017
• Hansel Zapata – Aluminium Arak – 2022 to 2023

Costa Rica

• Michael Umaña – Persepolis, Pars Jonoubi Jam – 2014 to 2016, 2017

Croatia

• Sandro Tomić – PAS Hamedan – 2007 to 2008
• Mate Dragičević – Persepolis – 2008
• Mario Garba – PAS Hamedan – 2008
• Lek Kcira – Steel Azin, Shahin Bushehr
  – 2009 to 2012
• Marko Šimić – Sanat Naft
  – 2012
• Mes Kerman
  – 2012
• Goran Ljubojević – Naft Tehran – 2012
• Ivor Weitzer – Malavan – 2013
• Leonard Mesarić – Foolad – 2014 to 2016
• Padideh, Naft Tehran
  – 2014 to 2017
• Mate Eterović – Paykan – 2014
• Pero Pejić – Esteghlal – 2015 to 2016
• Luka Marić – Persepolis – 2015 to 2016
• Božidar Radošević – Persepolis – 2016 to 2021
• Tractor Sazi
  – 2018
• Mario Budimir – Persepolis – 2019
• Hrvoje Milić – Esteghlal – 2019 to 2021

Curaçao

• Fajr Sepasi
  – 2013 to 2014
• Persepolis
  - 2022

Cyprus

• Rah Ahan
  – 2016

Czech Republic

• Robert Caha – Persepolis – 2005 to 2007

England

• Siah Jamegan
  – 2015 to 2016
• Tractor Sazi
  – 2018 to 2019

Equatorial Guinea

• Eduardo Ferreira – Esteghlal Khuzestan – 2015 to 2016^{[b BRA]}

Finland

• Rah Ahan
  – 2015 to 2016

France

• Goran Jerković – Esteghlal – 2012 and Siah Jamegan
  – 2016 to 2017
• Paykan
  – 2017
• Arthur Yamga – Esteghlal – 2021 to present

Gabon

• Gol Gohar
  – 2021 to present

Gambia

• Siah Jamegan
  – 2016

Georgia

• Sepahan
  – 2003 to 2004
• Archil Sakhvadze – Saba Qom – 2004 to 2005
• Mamuka Tsereteli – Saba Qom – 2004 to 2005
• Pegah Gilan
  – 2004 to 2007 and 2007 to 2008
• Valter Guchua – Saba Qom – 2004
• Vladimir Akhalaia – Esteghlal – 2005
• Sepahan and Foolad
  – 2005 to 2008 and 2009 to 2012
• Mes Sarcheshmeh
  – 2011 to 2012
• Ioseb Chakhvashvili – Saba Qom – 2014 to 2015
• Gostaresh Foolad and Pars Jonoubi Jam
  – 2016 to 2017 and 2019
• Nassaji Mazandaran, Sepahan, Persepolis
  – 2017 to present

Germany

• Ronny Kockel - Paykan - 2008
• Zob Ahan
  - 2008
• Tractor Sazi
  - 2008 to 2012
• Hendrik Helmke - Esteghlal - 2014 to 2015
• Markus Neumayr - Esteghlal - 2018

Ghana

• Saba Battery
  - 2004 to 2005
• Zob Ahan
  - 2007 to 2008
• Samuel Sarfo - Saipa - 2018 to 2019

Guinea

• Kévin Constant - Tractor - 2019

Guinea-Bissau

• Isma - Esteghlal - 2019

Honduras

• Zob Ahan
  – 2015 to 2017
• Zob Ahan
  – 2018 to 2019

Hungary

• Vladimir Koman – Sepahan – 2018 to 2020

Indonesia

• Sepahan
  - 2014

Iraq

• Mohannad Mahdi Al-Nadawi – Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. – 2001 to 2003
• Foolad
  – 2003 to 2010
• Ahmad Kadhim Assad – PAS Tehran and Esteghlal Ahvaz
  – 2004 to 2007 and 2008 to 2009
• Ahmad Mnajed – Esteghlal Ahvaz
  – 2004
• Bassim Abbas – Esteghlal Ahvaz – 2004 to 2005
• Hussam Fawzi – Pegah – 2005
• Sepahan
  – 2005 to 2010
• Tractor Sazi
  – 2006 to 2007 and 2014
• Paykan
  – 2006 to 2007
• Luay Salah – Persepolis and Aboomoslem – 2006 to 2007
• Mes Kerman
  – 2006 to 2007
• Khaldoun Ibrahim – Bargh Shiraz, Aboomoslem, Naft Tehran – 2006 to 2007 and 2010 to 2011
• Shahin Bushehr
  – 2007 to 2010
• Sepahan and Esteghlal Ahvaz
  – 2008 to 2009
• Zob Ahan
  – 2008
• Jassim Ghulam Al-Hamd – Aboomoslem – 2008
• Paykan
  – 2009 and 2011
• Hawar Mulla Mohammed – Persepolis and Esteghlal – 2009 to 2010 and 2010 to 2011
• Tractor Sazi – 2009 to 2011 and 2016 to 2017, Sanat Naft Abadan
  – 2017 to 2019
• Fareed Majeed – Naft Tehran – 2010 to 2011
• Samal Saeed – Foolad – 2011 to 2012
• Sepahan
  – 2017 to 2018
• Bashar Resan – Persepolis – 2017 to 2020
• Humam Tariq – Esteghlal – 2018 to 2019
• Safaa Hadi – Tractor – 2022 to present
• Mohammed Ridha Jalil – Sanat Naft
  – 2022 to 2023
• Muntadher Mohammed – Mes Rafsanjan – 2023 to present
• Ali Adnan – Mes Rafsanjan
  – 2023 to present

Ivory Coast

• Zob Ahan
  – 2012 to 2013
• Padideh
  – 2016 to 2017

Japan

• Tractor Sazi, Foolad
  – 2018 to 2020 – 2023

• Takafumi Akahoshi – Foolad – 2019

Jordan

• Anas Bani Yaseen - Foolad F.C. - 2019-2020

Kuwait

• Waleed Ali - Esteghlal - 2011

Kyrgyzstan

• Aziz Sydykov - Naft Abadan - 2019

Lebanon

• Zob Ahan
  – 2014 to 2018
• Zob Ahan
  – 2014 to 2016
• Zob Ahan
  – 2017 to 2018
• Zob Ahan
  – 2020

Liberia

• Christopher Wreh - Persepolis - 2003

Libya

• Éamon Zayed - Persepolis and Aluminium Hormozgan - 2011 to 2013

Lithuania

• Egidijus Majus - Steel Azin - 2010 to 2011
• Rah Ahan
  - 2010 to 2011

Macedonia

• Pegah Gilan
  - 2003 to 2005 and 2007
• Ilče Pereski - Persepolis F.C. - 2004 to 2005
• Jane Nikolovski - Persepolis F.C. - 2005
• Marjan Belčev - Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C. - 2008 to 2009
• Zoran Zlatkovski - Malavan F.C. - 2011 to 2012
• Zob Ahan
  - 2012
• Vlatko Grozdanoski - Persepolis F.C. - 2013
• Bojan Najdenov - Esteghlal - 2018

Mali

• Rah Ahan F.C.
  - 2003 to 2007, 2008 to 2011
• Shirin Faraz F.C., Steel Azin F.C.
  , - 2007 to 2008, 2008 to 2009
• Mes Kerman F.C.
  - 2007 to 2008
• Tractor Sazi F.C.
  - 2007 to 2011
• Yossi Metsu - Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. 2007
• Bakary Diakité - Foolad F.C., Gostaresh Foulad F.C. - 2010 to 2011, 2011 to 2012
• Sékou Berthé - Persepolis F.C. - 2010
• Founéké Sy - Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. - 2011 to 2012
• Esteghlal Khuzestan
  - 2013 to 2014
• Sepahan, Foolad
  - 2013 to present
• Esteghlal Khuzestan
  - 2014 to 2015
• Esteghlal Khuzestan
  - 2014 to 2015
• Cheick Diabaté - Esteghlal, Persepolis – 2019 to 2021 - 2022 to 2023
• Adama Niane - Nassaji – 2022 to 2023

Malta

• PAS Hamedan
  - 2010 to 2011

Moldova

• Zob Ahan
  - 2003 to 2007
• Malavan
  - 2012 to 2014, 2015
• Alexandru Pașcenco - Naft Masjed Soleyman - 2014 to 2015

Montenegro

• Mes Sarcheshmeh
  – 2011 to 2012
• Sepahan
  – 2012 to 2014
• Zob Ahan
  – 2012 to 2013
• Zob Ahan
  – 2012 to 2014
• Marko Šćepanović – Persepolis – 2013 to 2014
• Siah Jamegan
  – 2014 to 2016
• Bogdan Milić – Saipa – 2017

Morocco

• Adil Chihi – Esteghlal – 2016

Mozambique

• Sepahan
  – 2008 to 2010

Netherlands

• Mes Sarcheshmeh
  - 2011-2012
• Donovan Deekman - Naft Tehran - 2015

Nicaragua

• Carlos Chavarría – Shahr Khodro – 2019 to 2020

Nigeria

• F.C. Zob Ahan
  - 2003 to 2004
• Sambo Choji - Persepolis F.C. - 2004 to 2005
• Sepahan F.C.
  - 2005 to 2008
• Raphael Edereho - Persepolis F.C. - 2005 to 2006
• Tractor Sazi F.C.
  - 2005 to 2011
• Taribo West - Paykan F.C. - 2007
• Necho Tanna - Paykan F.C. - 2007
• Mes Kerman F.C., Shahin Bushehr F.C.
  - 2008, 2010 to 2011
• Pas Hamedan F.C.
  - 2008 to 2009
• Obaji Sunday - Shahin Bushehr F.C. - 2009 to 2010
• Mes Sarcheshmeh F.C.
  - 2011
• Gol Gohar - 2020 to 2021, Mes Rafsanjan - 2021 to 2023, Foolad
  - 2023
• Rasheed Alabi - Sanat Naft Abadan - 2016 to 2017
• Kenneth Ikechukwu - Paykan F.C.
  - 2017 to 2018
• Alhaji Gero - Esteghlal - 2018

Oman

• Muhsen Al-Ghassani – Sepahan – 2019 to 2020
• Faiz Al-Rushaidi – Mes Rafsanjan – 2021 to 2022
• Zahir Al-Aghbari – Mes Rafsanjan – 2021 to 2022

Palestine

• Sanat Naft Abadan
  - 2012

Panama

• José Anthony Torres - Persepolis - 2005 to 2006
• Carlos Rivera - Persepolis - 2005 to 2006

Paraguay

• Jorge Gaona - Persepolis - 2008

Peru

• Rinaldo Cruzado – Esteghlal – 2009 to 2010
• Gostaresh Foolad
  – 2013
• Willyan Mimbela – Tractor – 2019 to 2020

Philippines

• Tractor Sazi
  – 2015 to 2016

Poland

• Andrzej Bednarz - Saba Qom - 2009 to 2010

Portugal

• Ivan Sa Borges Dju – Aboomoslem – 2006 to 2007
• Zob Ahan
  – 2011 to 2013
• Tractor Sazi
  – 2011 to 2013
• Marco Paixão – Naft Tehran – 2012
• Tractor Sazi
  – 2012 to 2013
• Tractor Sazi
  – 2012 to 2013
• Tiago Ferreira – Tractor – 2022
• Manuel Fernandes – Sepahan – 2022 to 2023
• Ricardo Alves – Tractor – 2022 to present

Republic of Ireland

• Tractor Sazi, Persepolis
  - 2018 to 2020

Romania

• Iosif Tâlvan - Pegah - 2003 to 2004
• Claudiu Mircea Ionescu - Foolad - 2012 to 2013
• Cosmin Vancea - Saipa - 2013 to 2014

Scotland

• Tractor Sazi
  - 2018 to 2019

Senegal

• Tractor Sazi
  – 2005 to 2009 and 2014 to 2015
• Sepahan
  – 2007 to 2011
• Nassaji
  – 2017 to 2019
• Mame Baba Thiam – Esteghlal
  – 2018

Serbia

• Dejan Maksić - Pegah - 2003 to 2005
• Slavko Matić - Pegah - 2004 to 2005
• Đorđe Topalović - Esteghlal - 2004 to 2005
• Saša Radivojević - Pegah - 2004 to 2005
• Boža Đurković - Pegah - 2004 to 2005
• Ivan Petrović - Aboomoslem, Persepolis, Shahin Bushehr - 2006 to 2013
• Srđan Urošević - Esteghlal - 2007
• Shirin Faraz
  - 2007
• Dejan Pešić - Shahin Bushehr - 2007 to 2008
• Damash Gilan
  , - 2007 to 2008, 2008 to 2009
• Saša Kolunija - PAS Hamedan, Gahar Zagros, Saipa - 2009 to 2013
• Sepahan, Shahrdari Tabriz
  - 2010 to 2012
• Gostaresh Foolad
  - 2011 to 2012, 2017 to 2018
• Goran Lovre - Esteghlal - 2013
• Marko Perović - Persepolis
  - 2012 to 2013
• Padideh
  - 2013 to 2015
• Zob Ahan
  - 2020 to 2022
• Zob Ahan
  - 2020 to 2023

Slovakia

• Sepahan
  – 2003 to 2004
• Zob Ahan and Bargh Shiraz
  – 2005 to 2007
• Zoltán Harsányi – Paykan – 2010 to 2011

Slovenia

• Rah Ahan
  – 2014 to 2015

South Africa

• Ayanda Patosi – Esteghlal, Foolad – 2019, 2020

South Sudan

• Valentino Yuel – Aluminium Arak – 2022
• Tito Okello – Paykan – 2022 to 2023

South Korea

• Kwon Jun – Persepolis – 2012
• Kim Gwi-hyeon – Sanat Naft Abadan – 2016 to 2017

Spain

• Manu – Machine Sazi
  – 2016 to 2017
• Ibai Gómez – Foolad – 2022
• Jaime Romero – Tractor – 2023
• Roberto Torres – Foolad, Gol Gohar – 2023 to present
• Álex Alegría – Foolad – 2023
• Álvaro Jiménez – Tractor – 2023
• Nassaji
  – 2023 to Present

Sweden

• Siah Jamegan
  – 2015 to 2016
• Nabil Bahoui – Persepolis – 2023

Syria

• Zyad Chaabo – Persepolis – 2007
• Tarek Jabban – Persepolis – 2007
• Rah Ahan
  – 2009
• Rah Ahan
  – 2009 to 2012
• Mes Kerman
  – 2011 to 2012
• Mohammed Estanbeli – Aluminium Hormozgan
  – 2012 to 2013
• Thaer Kroma – Machine Sazi
  – 2016
• Sepahan
  – 2017 to 2018

Tajikistan

• Akmal Kholmatov – PAS Hamedan – 2010 to 2012
• Manuchehr Safarov – Persepolis
  – 2021 to 2022
• Vahdat Hanonov – Persepolis – 2021 to present
• Sheriddin Boboyev – Naft Abadan
  – 2022 to 2023
• Ehson Panjshanbe – Zob Ahan – 2022

Timor-Leste

• Sepahan
  – 2016

Trinidad and Tobago

• Jlloyd Samuel – Esteghlal and Paykan – 2012 to 2015

Tunisia

• Rah Ahan
  – 2012
• Tractor Sazi
  – 2015

Turkey

• Shahid Ghandi
  – 2005 to 2006

Turkmenistan

• Begençmuhammet Kulyýew – Aboomoslem – 2005 to 2006
• Gurbangeldi Durdyýew – Aboomoslem – 2005 to 2006

Togo

• Franck Atsou – Aboomoslem, Persepolis and Esteghlal Ahvaz – 2006 to 2010
• Abdou Moumouni – Aboomoslem
  – 2008 to 2010

Uganda

• Rah Ahan
  – 2015

Ukraine

• Oleksiy Polyanskiy – Persepolis
  – 2016 to 2017
• Volodymyr Priyomov – Persepolis
  – 2016 to 2017
• Miro Slavov – Shahr Khodro – 2020

Uruguay

• Martín Barlocco – Bargh Shiraz – 2007 to 2008
• Mes Kerman
  – 2007 to 2008
• Marcelo de Souza – Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. – 2007
• Zob Ahan
  – 2007
• Peter Vera – Foolad – 2007
• Freddy Freire – Bargh Shiraz – 2008
• Rah Ahan
  – 2008 to 2009
• Rah Ahan
  – 2008
• Cristian Yeladian – Foolad
  – 2009 to 2010
• Rodrigo Odriozola López – Gostaresh Foolad
  – 2014
• Sebastián Píriz – Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. – 2023

Uzbekistan

• Saba Battery
  – 2007
• Shakhboz Erkinov – PAS Hamedan – 2008 to 2010
• Mes Sarceshmeh
  – 2012
• Padideh
  – 2014 to 2015
• Ruslan Melziddinov – Naft Masjed Soleyman – 2015
• Oybek Kilichev – Paykan – 2015
• Sepahan
  – 2015 to 2016
• Alexander Lobanov – Persepolis
  – 2016
• Aziz Ibragimov – Machine Sazi – 2017
• Server Djeparov – Sepahan, Esteghlal – 2017 to 2018
• Sherzod Temirov – Persepolis, Paykan – 2022 to 2023
• Azizbek Amonov – Esteghlal – 2022 to 2023
• Sanat Naft
  – 2022 to 2023

Yemen

• Tractor Sazi
  – 2011

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)