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List of Indian expatriate footballers

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List of Indian expatriate footballers
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This is a list of Indian football players (both men and women) who are currently playing or have played for any football club abroad, in any competitive foreign football league.

  • Players below, have signed, joined or appeared as foreign recruits (footballer) for any football club – that is not based in India (irrespective of whether the player has made an appearance for the team or not).
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Mohammed Salim, the first Indian footballer to play for an overseas club, signed with Celtic of Scotland in 1936.

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Senior men

As of 21 June 2024

Past

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Present

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Senior women

Past

As of 27 September 2024
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Present

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Youth men

As of 13 September 2023
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Youth women

As of 14 October 2023
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Explanatory notes

  1. ^
    Roy made his international debut for Pakistan in 1953, before acquiring Citizenship of India.
  2. ^
    Mohammed represented India at the Summer Olympics in 1948.
  3. ^
    Dey represented Pakistan in "China tour of 1964", before acquiring Citizenship of India. He later represented India.
  4. ^
    Born in Iran, Nassiri settled in India, acquired Citizenship of India, and is father of Indian footballer Kiyan.
  5. ^
    Vijayan joined Muktijoddha in August 2000 and appeared in five league matches, while the lack of international transfer certificate behind the signing handed him a fine of ₹50,000 by the All India Football Federation in 2001.
  6. ^
    Born in Japan, Izumi acquired Citizenship of India in 2012, and earned 9 caps with India until 2014.
  7. ^
    Born in Meghalaya, Malla Thakuri attended national camp of Nepal in 2022, but left shortly, and did not give up Indian citizenship.
  8. ^
    Born in Delhi, Verma moved to Nepal and represented the Nepal U17 team before acquiring Indian citizenship in 2021.
  9. ^
    Mohammed Jamshid has Indian citizenship, holds Indian passport, but has represented Qatar U17 team and Qatar senior team since 2024 having only an Indian mission passport to Qatar.
  10. ^
    Born in Delhi, Hans moved to the UK and acquired British passport, but later began process of being a naturalized Indian citizen in 2019 to represent India.
  11. ^
    Misha Bhandari represented India U17 team in 2022 before going to represent the United Arab Emirates in 2025.
  12. ^
    Gayathri Manohar⁣ has represented the United Arab Emirates U20 team in 2023.
  13. ^
    Born in Canada
  14. ^
    Born in England
  15. ^
    Born in Greece
  16. ^
    Born in Hong Kong
  17. ^
    Born in Iran
  18. ^
    Born in Italy
  19. ^
    Born in Japan
  20. ^
    Born in Kenya
  21. ^
    Born in Luxembourg
  22. ^
    Born in Nepal
  23. ^
    Born in New Zealand
  24. ^
    Born in Oman
  25. ^
    Born in Portugal
  26. ^
    Born in Switzerland
  27. ^
    Born in Tanzania
  28. ^
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