List of Chile international footballers born outside Chile

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According to the current or previous Chilean nationality laws, the following players who were born outside Chile and have played (or have been part of any squad) for Chile national team are considered on two terms about his naturalisation:

• By descent: Players who any of their parents or grandparents are/were Chilean through the principle of jus soli or naturalisation.
• By residence: Players who have kept a permanent residence in Chile.

By descent

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.
Caps includes non A-Class matches.

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Name	Birthplace	Another nationality	Position	Obtained citizenship date	Career	Caps	Goals
Gabriel Arias	Neuquén		Goalkeeper	2015[1]	2018–2024	19	0
Luciano Cabral	General Alvear, Mendoza		Midfielder		2024–2025	3	0
Gustavo Canales	General Roca, Río Negro		Striker	2010[2]	2011	1	0
Matías Catalán	Mar del Plata		Defender		2023–2024[3]	9	0
Matías Fernández	Merlo, Buenos Aires		Midfielder	1990[4]	2005–2018	74	14
Pablo Hernández	Tucumán		Midfielder	2013[5]	2014–2019	30	3
Lautaro Millán	Bahía Blanca		Midfielder		2025–	4	0
Ulises Ortegoza	San Nicolás de los Arroyos		Midfielder		2024–	1	0
Daniel Pérez	Trelew, Chubut		Forward		2003–2005	2	0
Francisco Ugarte	Mendoza[6]		Midfielder		1987–1988	6	0
Nayel Mehssatou	Brussels	[7]	Midfielder		2022–2023[7]	8	0
Francisco Arrué	São Paulo		Midfielder		2006[8]	1	0
Marcos González	Rio de Janeiro		Defender		2003–2014	29	2
Paulo Magalhães	Porto Alegre		Defender		2011–2013	2	0
Jaime Lo Presti	Vancouver		Defender		1995[9]	1	0
Joaquín Montecinos	Barranquilla		Midfielder		2021–2022	11	0
Ben Brereton Díaz	Stoke-on-Trent		Forward	December 2020[10]	2021–	42	10
Lawrence Vigouroux	Camden	[11]	Goalkeeper	2013[11]	2018–	9	0
Niklas Castro	Oslo		Forward	2020[12]	2019[13]	1	0
Mark González	Durban		Winger		2003–2016	56	6
Miiko Albornoz	Stockholm	[14]	Defender	2013[14]	2014–2019	14	2
Nils Reichmuth	Zug		Midfielder		2026–	2	0
Francisco Urroz	Higuerote		Defender		1947–1950	11	0
Jorge Valdivia	Maracay		Midfielder		2004–2017	78	7

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Players called up with no caps

• Giuliano Gatica (born in Stockholm, Sweden) (2019)^[15]
• Marcelo Larrondo (born in Tunuyán, Argentina) (2016)^[16]
• Alí Manouchehri (born in Vienna, Austria, to an Iranian father) (2005)^[17]
• Vicente Reyes (born in Charleston, South Carolina, United States) (2024–2025)^[18][19]
• Robbie Robinson (born in Camden, South Carolina, United States) (2021)^[20]
• Mauricio Viana (born in São Paulo, Brazil) (2011–2012)^[21][22]

By residence

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.
Caps includes non A-Class matches.

More information Name, Birthplace ...

Name	Birthplace	Another nationality	Position	Obtained citizenship date	Career	Caps	Goals
Rodolfo Almeida	Buenos Aires		Midfielder		1954–1960	25[23]	0
Ernesto Álvarez	Fuentes, Santa Fe		Striker	1963	1963	1	0
Colin Campbell	Buenos Aires	[24]	Striker		1910[25]	4	2[23]
Fernando de Paul	Álvarez, Santa Fe		Goalkeeper	14 June 2016[26]	2018–2022	2	0
Javier di Gregorio	Mendoza		Goalkeeper		2007[27]	1	0
Óscar Fabbiani	Buenos Aires		Striker	21 September 1979	1979	4[23]	0
Salvador Nocetti	Buenos Aires		Midfielder	1940[28]	1940[29]	2	0
Jorge Spedaletti	Rosario, Santa Fe		Striker	1974[30]	1975–1977	6[23]	0
Sergio Vargas	Chacabuco, Buenos Aires		Goalkeeper	April 2001[31]	2001	10	0
Matías Zaldivia	San Isidro, Buenos Aires		Defender	6 December 2021[32]	2023	1	0
Fernando Zampedri	Chajarí		Striker	19 February 2025[33]	2025	2	0
Hernán Bolaños	Granada		Forward		1940[34]	3	0
José Balbuena	Lima		Forward	1945[35]	1947	1[23]	0
Segundo Castillo	Callao		Midfielder		1941[36]	1	0
Pablo Pasache	Ica		Midfielder		1941[36]	1	0
Eduardo De Saa	Lugo[37]		Defender	1941	1941[38]	?	?
Juan Legarreta	Irún		Defender		1921[39]	2[23]	0
Francisco Molina	Súria		Midfielder	1942[40]	1953–1959	8[23]	8
Ramón Unzaga	Bilbao		Midfielder	1910[41]	1916–1920	9[23]	1

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Players called up with no caps

• Leandro Benegas (born in Mendoza, Argentina) (2020)^[42]
• Omar Carabalí (born in Guayaquil, Ecuador) (2020)^[43]
• Daniel Morón (born in Tunuyán, Argentina) (1995–1996)^[44]

At the beginning, from 1910 to 1913,^{[45][46][47][48][citation needed]} the Chile National Team squad was made up of Chilean and British citizens,^[23] but there is no further information about each player. The following players were probably born in the UK or another country such as Colin Campbell. However, it is possible they were only of British descent:^[49]

Goalkeepers:

• Leonard Gibson (Leonard Claude Gibson Yelli) (4 caps)
• Pablo Woitas (Pablo Woitas Dorgan) (1 cap)
• Roy Lester (1 cap)

Defenders:

• John McWilliam (John Fraser McWilliam Stroyan a.k.a. J. MacWilliams) (2 caps)
• Edward Ash (Edward John Heneage Ash Potts a.k.a. E. F. Ashe) (3 caps)
• Humberto Bardi (Humberto Bardi Cárdenas a.k.a. Bardie) (1 cap)
• Walter Forgie (1 cap)
• Harold Dean (1 cap)

Midfielders:

• William Hoy (William John Hoy McCann a.k.a. Andrés Hoyl) (2 caps)
• Henry Allen (Henry Allen Harrison) (3 caps)
• Alberto Lewis (1 cap)
• Otto Eikhof (Otto Andreas Cornils Eikhof Deertz a.k.a. Eickoff) (1 cap)

Forwards:

• George Simmons (George Francis Simmons Henshaw a.k.a. Frank Simmons) (3 caps, 1 goal)
• John Davidson (John Philip Davidson Galloway a.k.a. J. P. Davidson) (3 caps)
• John Hamilton (John Hamilton Smith a.k.a. Juan H. Hamilton) (3 caps)^[50]
• José Robson (José Sloan Robson Cameron a.k.a. Joseph Robson) (3 caps)
• Herbert Sturgess (Herbert Charles Sturgess Sant a.k.a. Heriberto Sturgess) (1 cap)
• Norman Loades (1 cap)
• J. Johnstone (1 cap)
• Alexander Skewes (1 cap)

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