This is a list of football players who represented the India national football team or India national youth football teams (such as India U-23, U-20 and U-17) in international football, and were born outside India.

The following players:

  1. have at least one game for the (senior or youth male and female) India international team; and
  2. were born outside India.

This list includes players born abroad alongside those, who have become naturalized Indian citizens. The players are ordered per modern-day country of birth; if the country at the time of birth differs from the current, this is indicated with a subsection.

Players

As of 12 May 2023

Canada

Italy

Japan

Kuwait

Nepal

Kingdom of Sikkim

Born before 1975 merger with India

Tanzania

United Arab Emirates

List of countries

As of 12 May 2023
Country of birth Total
 Canada 1
 Italy 1
 Japan 1
 Kuwait 1
 Nepal 1
 Kingdom of Sikkim 3
 Tanzania 1
 United Arab Emirates 1

See also

References

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  2. ^ Dey, Soumyadwip (5 April 2022). "Former India U-17 star Aniket Bharti signs for Orsomarso SC". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  3. ^ NDTV, Indo-Asian News Service (29 January 2013). "Arata Izumi becomes first foreign national to be selected for Indian football team". sports.ndtv.com. NDTV Sport. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  4. ^ Datta, Nilanjan (17 October 2004). "Meet Khalid Jamil, God's own midfielder". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. New Delhi, India: The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  5. ^ Sengupta, Somnath (30 January 2012). "Legends Of Indian Football : Shyam Thapa". www.thehardtackle.com. The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  6. ^ Ugra, Sharda (8 May 2017). "North-east football: Centre, forward". espn.in. ESPN. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  7. ^ Chatterjee, Sayan (22 January 2021). "Meet the man who inspired Bhaichung Bhutia to take up football". thebridge.in. The Bridge. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  8. ^ "This is how Sikkim celebrated National Sports Day". thesikkimchronicle.com. The Sikkim Chronicle. 30 August 2022. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  9. ^ Crasto, Gasper (2 May 2016). "Legendary Indian footballer visits Kuwait – Goans, Keralites always been dynamic footballers: Arnold". www.arabtimesonline.com. Kuwait City: Arab Times Kuwait. Archived from the original on 18 July 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  10. ^ Shetty, Chittu (15 July 2019). "Born in Al Ain, Sahal says 'Moving to India changed my life'". www.footballcounter.com. Football Counter. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

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