# List of foreign Philippines Football League players

This is a list of foreign players in the Philippines Football League. The following players are considered foreign if they do not hold a Philippine passport. If a player is naturalized through various means, then he is no longer considered a foreign player.
Up to now, 33 different nations have been represented in the Philippines Football League.

## Current foreign players

PFL clubs can register a maximum of six foreign players with at least one player of AFC affiliated nationality, but may only register four per matchday.
    As of 19 August 2023

### Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 |
| Dynamic Herb Cebu | Rintaro Hama | Ken Murayama | Ryo Togashi | Arda Çınkır | Göktuğ Demiroğlu | Marius Kore |
| Kaya–Iloilo | Daizo Horikoshi | Akito Saito | Henri Bandeken | Robert Lopez Mendy | Ricardo Sendra | Abou Sy |
| Maharlika Manila | Soufiane Bouazzaoui | Ousman Jeng | Tyler John | Boris Moundang | Ibrahima Ndour | |
| Mendiola 1991 | Milad Behgandom | Ali Ghamloush | Hamed Hajimehdi | Junior Sam | | |
| Stallion Laguna | Reo Nakamura | Yuta Nomura | Kraig Bonanken | Ignacio Giampaoli | Cristian Ivanobski | Abraham Placito |

## Asia (AFC)

    As of 27th May 2022
| Country | Player | Club | Season |
| Australia |
| Australia | Andrew Pawiak | Ilocos United | 2017 |
| Australia | Blake Powell | Ceres–Negros | 2018 |
| Australia | Harry Sawyer | Davao Aguilas | 2017, 2018 |
| Australia | Jesse Curran | Kaya–Iloilo | 2022–23 |
| Australia | Tahj Minniecon | Meralco Manila | 2017 |
| Australia | Tahj Minniecon | Davao Aguilas | 2018 |
| Australia | Yianni Perkatis | Global Cebu | 2017 |
| Iran |
| Iran | Hamed Hajimehdi | Mendiola 1991 | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022–23, 2023–24 |
| Iran | Hamed Hajimehdi | Stallion Laguna | 2022–23 |
| Iran | Milad Behgandom | Mendiola 1991 | 2020, 2023–24 |
| Iran | Milad Behgandom | Kaya–Iloilo | 2022–23 |
| Iran | Mahdi Keygobadhi | Mendiola 1991 | 2022–23 |
| Iran | Amir Memari | Stallion Laguna | 2022–23 |
| Iran | Mahan Rahmani | Mendiola 1991 | 2022–23 |
| Iraq | Ahamad Azzawi | Global Cebu | 2017 |
| Japan | Atsushi Shimono | JPV Marikina | 2017, 2018 |
| Japan | Daizo Horikoshi | Kaya–Iloilo | 2020, 2021, 2022–23, 2023–24 |
| Japan | Tamon Horikoshi | Kaya–Iloilo | 2022–23 |
| Japan | Keigo Moriyasu | JPV Marikina | 2018 |
| Japan | Ken Kensei | Stallion Laguna | 2018 |
| Japan | Rintaro Hama | Dynamic | 2022–23, 2023–24 |
| Japan | Kota Kawase | Ceres–Negros | 2017 |
| Japan | Masaki Yanagawa | JPV Marikina | 2017 |
| Japan | Masanari Omura | Kaya–Iloilo | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| Japan | Dylan Nobiraki | Kaya–Iloilo | 2022–23 |
| Japan | Ren Okuda | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 2022–23, 2023–24 |
| Japan | Ryo Fujii | Kaya–Iloilo | 2021, 2022–23 |
| Japan | Ryo Tamiya | Stallion Laguna | 2017 |
| Japan | Ryota Ishikawa | Stallion Laguna | 2017 |
| Japan | Ryuki Kozawa | JPV Marikina | 2018 |
| Japan | Shu Sasaki | Global Cebu | 2017 |
| Japan | Takashi Odawara | JPV Marikina | 2017 |
| Japan | Takashi Odawara | Davao Aguilas | 2018 |
| Japan | Takashi Odawara | Ceres–Negros | 2019 |
| Japan | Takashi Odawara | United City | 2020 |
| Japan | Takumi Uesato | JPV Marikina | 2017, 2018 |
| Japan | Takumi Uesato | Ceres–Negros | 2018 |
| Japan | Takumi Uesato | Kaya–Iloilo | 2020 |
| Japan | Tsubasa Suzuki | JPV Marikina | 2018 |
| Japan | Yu Hoshide | Global Cebu | 2017 |
| Japan | Yusuke Yamagata | Stallion Laguna | 2017 |
| Japan | Yusuke Hayashi | Stallion Laguna | 2022–23 |
| Japan | Kosuke Uchida | Stallion Laguna | 2022–23 |
| Japan | Ken Murayama | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 2023–24 |
| Japan | Ryo Togashi | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 2023–24 |
| Japan | Akito Saito | Kaya–Iloilo | 2023–24 |
| Japan | Reo Nakamura | Stallion Laguna | 2023–24 |
| Japan | Yuta Nomura | Stallion Laguna | 2023–24 |
| Lebanon | Ali Ghamloush | Mendiola 1991 | 2022–23, 2023–24 |
| South Korea | Jung Da-hwon | United City | 2021 |
| South Korea | Kim Dong-Hyeon | Stallion Laguna | 2019 |
| South Korea | Kim Dongyeon | Stallion Laguna | 2020 |
| South Korea | Kim Hyun-Kyoon | Green Archers United | 2019 |
| South Korea | Kim Minsu | Mendiola 1991 | 2021, 2022–23 |
| South Korea | Kim Myung-Su | Stallion Laguna | 2017 |
| South Korea | Kim Sung-min | Davao Aguilas | 2018, |
| South Korea | Kim Sung-min | Stallion Laguna | 2021 |
| South Korea | Kim Sung-min | Maharlika Manila | 2020, 2022–23 |
| South Korea | Ko Kyung-joon | Stallion Laguna | 2017, 2018 |
| South Korea | Lee Jeong-min | Meralco Manila | 2017 |
| South Korea | Lee Jeong-min | Global Cebu | 2018 |
| South Korea | Park Jeong-chol | Stallion Laguna | 2019 |
| South Korea | Yu Seungpyo | Stallion Laguna | 2019 |
| South Korea | Yu Sung-Na | Stallion Laguna | 2018 |
| Tajikistan | Amirbek Juraboev | United City | 2022–23 |
| Yemen | Gamal Al Mesbahi | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 2021 |

## Africa (CAF)

    As of 19 June 2022
| Country | Player | Club | Season |
| Cameroon | Boris Moundang | Philippine Air Force | 2019 |
| Cameroon | Boris Moundang | Maharlika Manila | 2022–23, 2023–24 |
| Cameroon | Christian Nana | Stallion Laguna | 2017, 2019 |
| Cameroon | Frank Baring | Maharlika Manila | 2022–23 |
| Cameroon | Freddy Mbang | Green Archers United | 2019 |
| Cameroon | Henri Bandeken | Green Archers United | 2019 |
| Cameroon | Henri Bandeken | Maharlika Manila | 2020, 2022–23 |
| Cameroon | Henri Bandeken | Mendiola 1991 | 2022–23 |
| Cameroon | Henri Bandeken | Kaya–Iloilo | 2023–24 |
| Cameroon | Joel Okono | Green Archers United | 2019 |
| Cameroon | Joel Okono | Philippine Air Force | 2019 |
| Cameroon | Junior Ngong Sam | United City | 2022–23 |
| Cameroon | Junior Ngong Sam | Mendiola 1991 | 2022–23, 2023–24 |
| Cameroon | Serge Kaole | Global Cebu | 2017 |
| Cameroon | Serge Kaole | Kaya–Iloilo | 2018 |
| Cameroon | Serge Kaole | Maharlika Manila | 2020 |
| Cameroon | Serge Kaole | Mendiola 1991 | 2022–23 |
| Cameroon | Souleyman Ndepe | Mendiola 1991 | 2019, 2020 |
| Cameroon | William Ebanda | Ilocos United | 2017 |
| DR Congo | Gary Epesso | Maharlika Manila | 2020, 2022–23 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Ben Konaté | Maharlika Manila | 2022–23 |
| Gambia | Ousman Jeng | Maharlika Manila | 2022–23, 2023–24 |
| Ghana | Alfred Osei | Kaya–Iloilo | 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| Ghana | Baba Sampana | Ilocos United | 2017 |
| Ghana | Isaac Essel | Maharlika Manila | 2022–23 |
| Ghana | Daniel Ashley | Mendiola 1991 | 2021 |
| Ghana | David Asare | Maharlika Manila | 2022–23 |
| Ghana | Emmanuel Osei | Kaya–Iloilo | 2020 |
| Ghana | Patrick Arthur | Kaya–Iloilo | 2022–23 |
| Ghana | Patrick Asare | Kaya–Iloilo | 2021 |
| Ghana | Samuel Bonney | Stallion Laguna | 2020 |
| Ghana | Stephen Appiah | Green Archers United | 2019 |
| Ghana | Stephen Appiah | Mendiola 1991 | 2020, 2022–23 |
| Ghana | Valentine Kama | Ilocos United | 2017 |
| Guinea | Mohamed Soumah | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 2021, 2022–23 |
| Guinea | Sekou Sylla | Global Cebu | 2017 |
| Ivory Coast | Arthur Kouassi | Ilocos United | 2017 |
| Ivory Coast | Dini Ouattara | Mendiola 1991 | 2019, 2020 |
| Ivory Coast | Hosni Dosso | Mendiola 1991 | 2021 |
| Ivory Coast | Marius Kore | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 2021, 2022–23, 2023–24 |
| Ivory Coast | Roland Sadia | Stallion Laguna | 2017 |
| Morocco | Soufiane Bouazzaoui | Maharlika Manila | 2023–24 |
| Nigeria | Anthony Okoh | Global Makati | 2019 |
| Nigeria | Ekundayo Andrew | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 2021 |
| Nigeria | Emmanuel Otuyemi | Global Makati | 2019 |
| Nigeria | Emmanuel Otuyemi | Maharlika Manila | 2022–23 |
| Nigeria | Ilemona Usman | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 2021 |
| Nigeria | Kenneth Obananaya | Global Makati | 2019 |
| Senegal | Abou Sy | Stallion Laguna | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022–23 |
| Senegal | Abou Sy | Kaya–Iloilo | 2023–24 |
| Senegal | Alassane Wade | Mendiola 1991 | 2022–23 |
| Senegal | Ibrahima Ndour | Stallion Laguna | 2020 |
| Senegal | Ibrahima Ndour | Maharlika Manila | 2022–23, 2023–24 |
| Senegal | Robert Lopez Mendy | Kaya–Iloilo | 2017, 2018, 2022–23, 2023–24 |
| Senegal | Robert Lopez Mendy | Ceres–Negros | 2019 |
| Senegal | Robert Lopez Mendy | United City | 2020 |
| South Africa | Alan Robertson | United City | 2022–23 |
| Togo | Ibrahim Moro | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 2022–23 |

## Europe (UEFA)

    As of 28 May 2022
| Country | Player | Club | Season |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mahir Karic | Ceres–Negros | 2019 |
| England | Adam Mitter | Ilocos United | 2017 |
| England | Adam Mitter | Global Cebu | 2018 |
| Norway | Simen Lyngbø | Azkals Development Team | 2020 |
| Norway | Simen Lyngbø | United City | 2022–23 |
| Serbia | Bojan Mališić | Davao Aguilas | 2017 |
| Serbia | Marko Trkulja | Davao Aguilas | 2017 |
| Serbia | Milan Nikolić | Meralco Manila | 2017 |
| Serbia | Milan Nikolić | Global Cebu | 2018 |
| Serbia | Miloš Krstić | Davao Aguilas | 2017 |
| Serbia | Nikola Grubješić | Davao Aguilas | 2017 |
| Spain | Antonio Bello | Ceres–Negros | 2017 |
| Spain | Bienvenido Marañón | Ceres–Negros | 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| Spain | Bienvenido Marañón | United City | 2020 |
| Spain | Bienvenido Villaflor | Maharlika Manila | 2022–23 |
| Spain | Fernando Rodríguez | Ceres–Negros | 2017 |
| Spain | Joaco Cañas | Meralco Manila | 2017 |
| Spain | Joaco Cañas | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 2021, 2022–23 |
| Spain | Rufo Sánchez | Global Cebu | 2017, 2018 |
| Spain | Súper | Ceres–Negros | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Spain | Toni Doblas | Ceres–Negros | 2018 |
| Sweden | Andoni Suescun | Stallion Laguna | 2019 |
| Switzerland | Carlo Polli | Stallion Laguna | 2017, 2018 |
| Switzerland | Gabriele Mascazzini | Stallion Laguna | 2017 |
| Turkey | Arda Çınkır | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 2022–23, 2023–24 |
| Turkey | Mert Altınöz | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 2022–23 |
| Turkey | Nazım Özcan | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 2022–23 |

## North and Central America, Caribbean (CONCACAF)

    As of 28 May 2022
| Country | Player | Club | Season |
| Canada | Edris Najm | Stallion Laguna | 2019 |
| Canada | Matt Silva | United City | 2022–23 |
| Canada | Leaford Allen | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 2022–23 |
| Curaçao | Kemy Agustien | Global Cebu | 2017 |
| Mexico | Juan Trujillo | Stallion Laguna | 2021, 2022–23, 2023–24 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Carlyle Mitchell | Kaya–Iloilo | 2020, 2021, 2022–23 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Darren Mitchell | Davao Aguilas | 2017 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Darryl Roberts | Global Cebu | 2017, 2018 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Darryl Roberts | Kaya–Iloilo | 2019 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Darryl Roberts | Azkals Development Team | 2020 |
| United States | Abraham Placito | Stallion Laguna | 2021, 2022–23, 2023–24 |
| United States | Jonny Campbell | United City | 2021 |
| United States | Tyler John | Maharlika Manila | 2023–24 |
| United States | Hunter Harrison | Meralco Manila | 2017 |
| United States | Oscar Delgado | Stallion Laguna | 2022–23 |
| United States | Rafael Nogueda | Stallion Laguna | 2022–23 |
| United States | Kraig Bonanken | Stallion Laguna | 2022–23, 2023–24 |

## Oceania (OFC)

    As of 28 May 2022
| Country | Player | Club | Season |
| New Zealand | Jai Ingham | United City | 2021 |
| Papua New Guinea | Brad McDonald | Davao Aguilas | 2017, 2018 |

## South America (CONMEBOL)

    As of 28 May 2022
| Country | Player | Club | Season |
| Argentina | Ricardo Sendra | Mendiola 1991 | 2019 |
| Argentina | Ricardo Sendra | Stallion Laguna | 2020 |
| Argentina | Ricardo Sendra | Dynamic Herb Cebu | 2021 |
| Argentina | Ricardo Sendra | United City | 2022–23 |
| Argentina | Ricardo Sendra | Kaya–Iloilo | 2023–24 |
| Argentina | Cristian Ivanobski | Stallion Laguna | 2023–24 |
| Argentina | Ignacio Giampaoli | Stallion Laguna | 2023–24 |
| Brazil | Daniel Matsunaga | Maharlika Manila | 2020 |
| Brazil | Diego Alves | Davao Aguilas | 2018 |
| Brazil | Gabriel Silva | Stallion Laguna | 2021, 2022–23 |
| Brazil | Leonardo Nogueira | Stallion Laguna | 2022–23 |
| Brazil | Rafael Dumas | Global Cebu | 2017 |
| Brazil | Wesley dos Santos | Global Cebu | 2017, 2018 |
| Brazil | Wesley dos Santos | Davao Aguilas | 2018 |