# List of VFL/AFL players with international backgrounds

This is a list of Australian Football League players who have multicultural ancestry (which includes players born overseas or who had one parent born overseas).
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. In 2015 season there were 121 multicultural players, more than half had one parent from Anglophone countries, mainly the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.

## Active players born outside Australia

| Birthplace | Player | Debut | Current club |
| Kenya | Leek Aleer | 2022 | Greater Western Sydney |
| Kenya | Aliir Aliir | 2014 | Port Adelaide |
| Egypt | Mac Andrew | 2022 | Gold Coast |
| Egypt | James Borlase | 2023 | Adelaide |
| England | Callum Brown | 2021 | Greater Western Sydney |
| South Sudan | Mabior Chol | 2016 | Hawthorn |
| Northern Ireland | Aidan Corr | 2013 | North Melbourne |
| United States | Mason Cox | 2015 | Collingwood |
| South Africa | Neil Erasmus | 2022 | Fremantle |
| England | Connor Idun | 2019 | Greater Western Sydney |
| Ethiopia | Changkuoth Jiath | 2018 | Hawthorn |
| Ethiopia | Tew Jiath | 2024 | Collingwood |
| South Africa | Jason Johannisen | 2012 | Western Bulldogs |
| Ireland | Darragh Joyce | 2018 | Brisbane Lions |
| Ireland | Mark Keane | 2019 | Adelaide |
| South Sudan | Buku Khamis | 2019 | Western Bulldogs |
| New Zealand | Mykelti Lefau | 2024 | Richmond |
| Belarus | Oleg Markov | 2016 | Collingwood |
| New Zealand | Rowan Marshall | 2017 | St Kilda |
| Canada | Andrew McGrath | 2017 | Essendon |
| Ireland | Conor McKenna | 2015 | Brisbane Lions |
| Ireland | Oisín Mullin | 2023 | Geelong |
| Ireland | Conor Nash | 2017 | Hawthorn |
| Ireland | Liam O'Connell | 2025 | St Kilda |
| Ireland | Mark O'Connor | 2017 | Geelong |
| Papua New Guinea | Bruce Reville | 2024 | Brisbane Lions |
| Ghana | Brandon Walker | 2021 | Fremantle |
| England | Josh Worrell | 2021 | Adelaide |

## Africa
### Egypt

* Mac Andrew (born in Egypt to South Sudanese parents)
* James Borlase (born in Egypt to Australian parents)
* Ahmed Saad (Egyptian parents)

### Ethiopia

* Josh Draper (Ethiopian mother)
* Changkuoth Jiath (born in Ethiopia to South Sudanese parents)
* Tew Jiath (born in Ethiopia to South Sudanese parents)

### Ghana

* Joel Amartey (Ghanaian father)
* Connor Idun (Ghanaian father)
* Isaac Quaynor (Ghanaian father)
* Brandon Walker (born in Ghana)

### Kenya

* Aliir Aliir (born in Kenya to South Sudanese parents)
* Bigoa Nyuon (born in Kenya to South Sudanese parents)
* Leek Aleer (born in Kenya to South Sudanese parents)

### Nigeria

* Joel Wilkinson (Nigerian father)

### Seychelles

* Matt Thomas (Seychellois mother)

### South Africa

* Jack Baggott (born in South Africa)
* Damian Cupido
* Jack Darling (father born in South Africa)
* Neil Erasmus (born in South Africa)
* Eugene Kruger (born in South Africa)
* Stephen Lawrence
* Ryan Lester (South African-born father)
* Ian Muller
* Jason Johannisen (born in South Africa; Zambian mother, South African father)

### Sudan and South Sudan

* Aliir Aliir (born in Kenya to Sudanese parents)
* Mac Andrew (born in Egypt to South Sudanese parents)
* Mabior Chol (born in South Sudan)
* Martin Frederick
* Michael Frederick
* Buku Khamis (born in South Sudan)
* Majak Daw (born in Sudan)
* Changkuoth Jiath (born in Ethiopia to South Sudanese parents)
* Tew Jiath (born in Ethiopia to South Sudanese parents)
* Bigoa Nyuon (born in Kenya to South Sudanese parents)
* Reuben William (born in South Sudan)

### Zimbabwe

* Tendai Mzungu (Zimbabwean father)
* Ian Perrie (born in Zimbabwe)

## Americas
### Barbados

* Josh Gibson (Bajan father)

### Brazil

* Heritier Lumumba (born in Brazil; Congolese father, Brazilian mother)

### Canada

* Mike Pyke (born in Canada)
* Andrew McGrath (born in Canada)

### Chile

* Jose Romero (born in Chile)
* Tim Kelly (Chilean mother)

### Jamaica

* Callum Brown (born in England to Jamaican father)
* Touk Miller (mother of Jamaican descent)

### Peru

* Nick Shipley (Peruvian mother)

### United States

* Zac Clarke (American father)
* 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) (American-born mother)
* Tim Taranto (American father)
* Sanford Wheeler (born in the United States)

## Asia
### China

* Connor Downie (Chinese mother)
* Ernie Foo (Chinese parents)
* Lin Jong (Taiwanese mother; Timorese-Chinese father)
* Wally Koochew (Chinese father and Norwegian mother)
* Dannie Seow (Born in Singapore; Chinese father)
* George Tansing (Chinese father)
* Jack Wunhym (Chinese father)

### East Timor

* Lin Jong (Taiwanese mother, Timorese-Chinese father)
* Jarvis Pina

### Hong Kong

* Cameron Polson (Born in Hong Kong, Loong 9)

### India

* Daniel Kerr (Anglo-Indian father)
* Jordan McMahon
* Ben McNiece (Anglo-Indian mother)
* Alex Morgan (Indian parent)
* Clancee Pearce (Indian mother)
* Alex Rance (Indian Great Grandfather)
* Fred Pringle (English parents)
* Alex Silvagni (Anglo-Indian mother)

### Israel

* Mordy Bromberg
* Ezra Poyas
* Ian Synman

### Japan

* Alex Davies (Japanese mother)
* Mitchito Owens (Japanese mother)

### Lebanon

* Bachar Houli
* Mil Hanna
* Robin Nahas
* Adam Saad
* Christian Salem

### Malaysia

* Robert Ahmat (Malay and Torres Strait Islander ancestry)
* Paul Medhurst (English father, Malaysian mother)

### Myanmar

* Andrew Embley (Anglo-Burmese father)
* Trent Dennis-Lane (Anglo-Burmese father)

### Philippines

* Mathew Stokes (Aboriginal, Filipino-Spanish descent)
* Alex Woodward (Filipino mother)
* Reef McInnes (Filipino mother)

### South Korea

* Peter F. Bell (Born in Korea; Mother born in South Korea, father born in America)

### Sri Lanka

* Hayden Crozier (Sri Lankan father)
* Craig Jacotine (Parents born in Sri Lanka)
* David Gallagher
* Enrico Misso (Burgher descent)

### Taiwan

* Lin Jong (Taiwanese mother, Timorese-Chinese father)

### Thailand

* Sudjai Cook

## Europe
### Albania

* Adem Yze

### Austria

* Alex Jesaulenko (born in Salzburg, but of Ukrainian and Russian ancestry)
* Justin Leppitsch (Austrian-born father)

### Belarus

* Oleg Markov (Born in Belarus)

### Croatia

* Jason Akermanis (Croatian father)
* Alan Didak (Parents born in Croatia)
* Jon Dorotich
* Gordon Fode
* Ray Gabelich
* Darren Gaspar
* Ilija Grgic
* Allen Jakovich
* Glen Jakovich
* Addam Maric (Croat father)
* Ivan Maric (Parents born in Croatia)
* Brody Mihocek (Father born in Croatia)
* Mark Nicoski (Croat mother, Macedonian father)
* Matthew Pavlich (father of Croatian descent)
* Val Perovic
* Steven Salopek (Parents born in Croatia)
* Ivan Soldo (Parents born in Croatia)
* Brandon Starcevich
* Craig Starcevich
* Luke Strnadica (grandparents born in Croatia)
* Peter Sumich
* Jacob Surjan

### Cyprus

* Andrew Demetriou (Cypriot parents)

### Czech Republic

* Paul Vinar

### Denmark

* Tom Boyd (Danish mother)
* Jim Marchbank (Danish father)

### Estonia

* Dane Rampe (Estonian father)

### France

* Allan La Fontaine (French heritage)

### Germany

* Niels Becker (born in Germany)
* Neville Bruns
* Otto Buck
* Wolfgang Dietrich
* Carl Ditterich
* Herman Dohrmann
* Jordan Doering
* Wels Eicke
* Harry Frei (born in Germany)
* Fraser Gehrig
* Phil Gehrig
* Darryl Gerlach
* Don Grossman
* George Heinz
* Aaron Henneman
* Steve Hoffman
* Carl Keller
* Justin Koschitzke
* Harry Lampe (German father)
* Otto Landmann (German grandparents)
* Bruce Lindner
* Stewart Loewe
* David Neitz
* Matthew Pavlich (mother of German descent)
* Jack Riewoldt (German father)
* Nick Riewoldt (German father)
* Alex Ruscuklic
* Paul Schmidt
* Adam Schneider
* John Schultz
* Michael Schulze
* David Schwarz (German father)
* Charlie Schunke
* Ernie Schunke
* Conrad ten Brink
* Dean Terlich
* Heinz Tonn (Born in Germany)
* Jack Ziebell

### Greece

* Luke Beveridge (Greek mother)
* Ang Christou
* Josh Francou
* Gary Frangalas
* John Georgiades
* Mitch Georgiades
* John Georgiou
* Con Gorozidis
* Athas Hrysoulakis
* Peter Kanis
* Arthur Karanicolas
* Patrick Karnezis
* Paul Koulouriotis
* Spiro Kourkoumelis
* Anthony Koutoufides (Greek father, Italian mother)
* George Lakes (parents born in Greece)
* Angelo Lekkas
* Stephen Malaxos
* Spiro Malakellis
* Tony Malakellis
* Alex Marcou
* Daniel Metropolis
* Russell Morris
* Albert Pannam
* Alby Pannam
* Charlie Pannam (footballer, born 1874)
* Charlie Pannam (footballer, born 1897)
* Chris Pavlou
* Phil Poursanidis
* Josh Rachele (mother with Greek heritage)
* Tony Spassopoulos
* Lou Richards
* Ron Richards
* John Rombotis
* Jimmy Toumpas
* Jason Traianidis
* Elijah Tsatas
* James Tsitas
* Zeno Tzatzaris
* Vasil Varlamos
* David Zaharakis (Greek father)
see: Greek Team of the Century

### Hungary

* Patrick Veszpremi (Hungarian father)

### Ireland

* Colm Begley (born in Ireland)
* Shadeau Brain (Irish heritage)
* Dermott Brereton (Irish parents)
* Callum Brown (grew up in Ireland)
* Ciarán Byrne (born in Ireland)
* Paul Earley (born in Ireland)
* Conor Glass (Born in Ireland)
* Cian Hanley (Irish father)
* Pearce Hanley (Irish father)
* Nathan Jones (Irish parents)
* Zak Jones (Irish parents)
* Darragh Joyce (born in Ireland)
* Mark Keane (born in Ireland)
* Tadhg Kennelly (born in Ireland)
* James Madden (born in Ireland)
* James Magner (Irish parents)
* Jock McHale (Irish parents)
* Niall McKeever (born in Ireland)
* Conor McKenna (born in Ireland)
* Dermot McNicholl (born in Ireland)
* Ross McQuillan (Born in Ireland)
* Caolan Mooney (born in Ireland)
* Oisín Mullin (born in Ireland)
* Conor Nash (born in Ireland)
* Liam O'Connell (born in Ireland)
* Mark O'Connor (born in Ireland)
* Brett O'Hanlon
* Jamie O'Reilly (born in Ireland)
* Colin O'Riordan (born in Ireland)
* Setanta Ó hAilpín (Irish father)
* Michael Quinn (born in Ireland)
* Ciarán Sheehan (born in Ireland)
* Liam Shiels (Irish parents)
* Brian Stynes (born in Ireland)
* Jim Stynes (born in Ireland)
* Zach Tuohy (born in Ireland)
* Tommy Walsh (born in Ireland)
* Sean Wight (Irish parents)

### Italy

* Steven Alessio (father and mother Italian-born)
* Ron Auchettl
* Edo Benetti (Italian parents)
* John Benetti (Italian father)
* Peter Bevilaqua (born in Italy)
* Marcus Bontempelli
* Bert Boromeo (Italian father)
* Mario Bortolotto (Italian parents)
* Scott Camporeale
* Vin Catoggio (Italian parents)
* Reece Conca (Italian father)
* Stephen Coniglio (Italian father)
* Adam Contessa (Italian father)
* Frank Curcio
* Massimo D'Ambrosio
* Steven Da Rui (Italian parents)
* Ron De Iulio (Italian parents)
* Danny Del-Re (Italian parents)
* Brett Deledio
* Frank Dimattina (Italian parents)
* Robert DiPierdomenico
* Alec Epis
* Alex Fasolo
* Brendan Fevola (Italian father)
* Michael Firrito
* Silvio Foschini (Italian parents)
* Dominic Fotia
* Cyril Gambetta
* Adam Iacobucci
* Len Incigneri
* Anthony Koutoufides
* Tom Liberatore (grandparents born in Italy)
* Tony Liberatore (parents born in Italy)
* Paul Licuria (Italian father)
* Frank Marchesani
* Al Martello
* Ray Martini
* Peter Matera
* Phillip Matera
* Wally Matera
* Mark Mercuri
* Joe Misiti
* Anthony Morabito (Italian mother)
* Romano Negri
* Christian Petracca
* Peter Pianto
* Paul Puopolo (Italian parents)
* Simon Prestigiacomo (Italian father)
* Josh Rachele (father with Italian heritage)
* Adam Ramanauskas
* Peter Riccardi
* Mark Ricciuto
* Frank Rigaldi
* Matt Riggio
* Guy Rigoni
* Anthony Rocca (father born in Italy)
* Saverio Rocca (father born in Italy)
* Renato Serafini
* Alex Silvagni (Italian father)
* Jack Silvagni (paternal grandmother and two great-grandparents Italian-born)
* Sergio Silvagni (father and mother Italian-born)
* Stephen Silvagni (mother and paternal grandparents Italian-born)
* Ian Stewart
* Shane Valenti
* Bill Valli (Italian parents)
* Herc Vollugi

### Latvia

* Peter Agrums
* Mark Blicavs (Latvian grandparents)
* Arnold Briedis
* Andrejs Everitt (Latvian mother)
* Peter Everitt (Latvian mother)
* Rene Kink
* Arnold Briedis

### Lithuania

* Algy Vosilaitis (born in Lithuania)
* Adam Ramanauskas
* Jack Lukosius

### Malta

* Jayden Attard
* Tony Buhagiar
* Jaryd Cachia
* David Calthorpe
* John Formosa
* Blake Grima
* Nathan Grima
* Adam Saliba
* Tristan Xerri (Maltese heritage)

### Netherlands

* Peter Castrikum (born in Dutch East Indies)
* Robbert Klomp
* David Hale (Dutch mother)
* Matthew Kreuzer
* Daniel Pearce (Dutch mother)
* Ben Rutten (Dutch father)
* Billie Smedts (Dutch father)
* Andrew Swallow (Dutch mother)
* David Swallow (Dutch mother)
* Richard Vandenberg
* Jay van Berlo
* Nathan van Berlo
* Paul van der Haar
* Nick Vlastuin

### North Macedonia and Macedonia

* Josh Daicos (paternal grandparents)
* Nick Daicos (paternal grandparents)
* Peter Daicos (parents born in Greek Macedonia)
* John Gastev
* Mark Nicoski (father born in North Macedonia)
* Nick Malceski (Macedonian father)
* Alex Marcou (parents born in Greek Macedonia)
* Paul Peos (parents born in Greek Macedonia)
* Sam Petrevski-Seton
Nic Martin (grandparents born in Macedonia)

### Norway

* Wally Koochew (Norwegian mother)

### Poland

* Jason Blake (Polish mother)
* John Pitura
* James Podsiadly
* Jared Polec
* Patrick Lipinski

### Russia

* Bohdan Jaworskyj
* Alex Jesaulenko (Russian mother)

### Serbia

* Brian Kekovich
* Sam Kekovich
* Lazar Vidovic
* Lukas Markovic

### Slovenia

* Nick Suban
* Rene Kink
* Dayne Zorko (father born in Yugoslavia, now Slovenia)

### Spain

* Kyle Langford (Spanish heritage)
* Paul Licuria

### Sweden

* Kyle Langford (Swedish heritage)
* Kris Massie (born in Sweden)

### Switzerland

* Henri Jeanneret
* Matthew Leuenberger (Swiss father)

### Turkey

* Taylin Duman (Turkish-born father)
* Sedat Sir
* Errol Gulden (Turkish-born father)

### United Kingdom

* Roy Cazaly (Scottish mother, English father)
* Martin Clarke
* Pearce Hanley (born in England; Welsh mother, Irish father)
* Jamie O'Reilly
* Brodie Smith (English mother, Scottish father)
* Aaron Young (English mother, Scottish father)

#### England

* Callum Brown (born in England)
* Percy Bowyer (born in England)
* Chris Burton (born in England)
* Stephen Coniglio (English mother)
* Bill Eason (born in England)
* Mitch Golby (English father)
* Ryan Harwood (English mother)
* Garrick Ibbotson (English mother)
* Connor Idun (born in England)
* Brandon Jack (born in England)
* Daniel Kerr
* Ryan Lester (English-born mother)
* Brad Moran (born in England)
* Chris Mayne (English father)
* Paul Medhurst (English father)
* Brian Mynott (born in England)
* Bill Perkins (born in England)
* John Scarlett
* Matthew Scarlett (English father)
* Billie Smedts (English mother)
* Brodie Smith (English mother)
* David Swallow (English father)
* Clive Waterhouse (born in England)
* Jack Watts (parents born in England)
* Josh Worrell (born in England)
* John Worsfold

#### Jersey

* Mark Blicavs (mother born in Jersey)

#### Northern Ireland

* Aidan Corr (born in Northern Ireland)
* Conor Glass (born in Northern Ireland)
* Stuart Magee (born in Northern Ireland)

#### Scotland

* James Aitken (Scottish father)
* Ramsay Anderson (born in Scotland)
* Alex Barlow (born in Scotland)
* John Bell (Scottish parents)
* Bob Cameron (Scottish parents)
* Colin Campbell (Scottish father)
* Roy Cazaly (Scottish mother)
* Brian Cook (born in Scotland)
* Matthew Dick (born in Scotland)
* Sam Docherty (Scottish father)
* Norman Doig (Scottish parents)
* Andy Dougall (Scottish parents)
* Bob Edmond (born in Scotland)
* Jim Edmond (born in Scotland)
* Alexander John Fraser (Scottish parents)
* Doug Fraser (Scottish parents)
* Stewart Geddes (Scottish parents)
* James Duncan Gordon (Scottish father)
* Alex Lang (Scottish father)
* Grant Lawrie (Scottish parents)
* Thomas Leather (born in Scotland)
* Les MacPherson (Scottish father)
* William Marshall (born in Scotland)
* Firth McCallum (Scottish father)
* Luke McGuane
* Stanley McKenzie (Scottish mother)
* Ted McLean (Scottish father)
* Henry McPetrie (born in Scotland)
* Bill Morris (Scottish father)
* Charlie Norris (Scottish father)
* Alick Ogilvie (Scottish father)
* Rhys Palmer (Scottish father)
* Hugh Plowman (Scottish father)
* Bill Proudfoot (Scottish parents)
* Stan Reid (Scottish father)
* Bruce Sloss (Scottish father)
* Paul Stewart (Scottish father)
* George Sutherland (born in Scotland)
* Ewan Thompson (born in Scotland)
* Sean Wight (born in Scotland)

#### Wales

* James Gwilt (Welsh father)
* Cian Hanley (Welsh mother)
* Pearce Hanley (Welsh mother)
* John McCarthy

### Ukraine

* Jason Daniltchenko
* Alex Ishchenko
* Bohdan Jaworskyj
* Alex Jesaulenko (Ukrainian father)
* Jake Kolodjashnij (Ukrainian-Russian father)
* Kade Kolodjashnij (Ukrainian-Russian father)
* Steven Kolyniuk
* Jared Petrenko
* Jason Porplyzia
* Justin Staritski
* Shane Woewodin (Ukrainian parents)
* Taj Woewodin (Ukrainian grandparents)

## Oceania
### Cook Islands

* Karmichael Hunt

### Fiji

* Alipate Carlile (Fijian mother)
* Aaron Hall' (Fijian mother)
* Setanta Ó hAilpín
* Aisake Ó hAilpín
* Nic Naitanui
* Tom Nicholls (Fijian mother)
* David Rodan (Fijian-born mother)
* Esava Ratugolea (Fijian parents)
* Atu Bosenavulagi (born in Fiji)

### New Zealand

* Oskar Baker
* Simon Black
* Paul Bower (Maori mother)
* Greg Broughton (Maori father)
* Louis Butler
* Adam Campbell
* Trent Croad
* Danny Dickfos (Maori)
* Donald Dickie (Maori)
* Aaron Edwards (New Zealand father)
* Max Gawn
* Heath Grundy
* Kurt Heatherley
* Karmichael Hunt
* Jarrad Jansen (born in New Zealand; parents born in New Zealand)
* Mykelti Lefau (born in New Zealand)
* Dustin Martin (Maori father)
* Beau Maister
* Rowan Marshall (born in New Zealand)
* Daniel McAlister (Maori)
* Sam Mitchell
* Thomas O'Halloran (born in New Zealand)
* Brett Peake (Maori)
* Brian Peake (Maori)
* Daniel Pearce (New Zealand father)
* Jasper Pittard
* Jordan Russell
* Ben Rutten (New Zealand mother)
* Shane Savage (born in New Zealand; Maori father)
* Wayne Schwass (Maori)
* Joe Sellwood
* Nathan van Berlo
* Jay van Berlo
* Brent Renouf
* Rupert Wills (born in New Zealand)
* Marley Williams (Maori father)

### Papua New Guinea

* Aiden Bonar (Papua New Guinean mother)
* Cameron Ellis-Yolmen
* James Gwilt (Papua New Guinean mother)
* Peter Ladhams
* Mal Michael
* Patrick Murtagh
* Hewago Oea (born in Papua New Guinea)
* Bruce Reville (born in Papua New Guinea)
* Ben Sexton
* Michael Sexton
* Nick Vlastuin
* Ollie Wines

### Samoa

* Aaron Edwards
* Karmichael Hunt
* Mykelti Lefau (Samoan father)
* Shem Tatupu

### Tonga

* Paul Curtis (Tongan mother)
* Israel Folau (Tongan parents)
* David Rodan (Fijian-Tongan mother, Tongan father)

### Tuvalu

* Scott Harding