List of Fenerbahçe S.K. foreign footballers
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Many many many many have played for Fenerbahçe since its founding in 1907. Among Fenerbahçe's foreign players, the largest number of them are Brazilian citizens. These are Alex, the foreign player with the most appearances for the club,[1] world-renowned left-back Roberto Carlos; and another Brazilian national team players André Santos, Diego, Ederson, Edu Dracena, Fábio Luciano, Fred, Giuliano and Luiz Gustavo. Argentinian star Ariel Ortega and Uruguayan defender Diego Lugano are another notable South American players to have played for the club.
Numerous players from the Balkans have also played for the team. Among these are Bosnian striker Edin Džeko, Croatian forward Milan Rapaić, Serbian internationals Dušan Tadić, Filip Kostić, and Mateja Kežman.
Also worth mentioning are French star Nicolas Anelka, Germany's unforgettable goal-keeper Toni Schumacher and wizard midfielder Mesut Özil, Italian international defender Leonardo Bonucci, Swedish international striker Kennet Andersson, Spanish scorer Roberto Soldado, Dutch stars Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dirk Kuyt and Robin van Persie, Portuguese stars Bruno Alves, Raul Meireles and Nani.
Among the most important African players in the club's history are Nigerian stars Jay-Jay Okocha and Okechukwu Uche, Senegalese stars Mamadou Niang, Moussa Sow and Ghanaian star Stephen Appiah.
In addition, there are also players such as Levent Mercan[2] (Germany U20), Sinan Gümüş[3] (Germany U20) and Tolgay Arslan[4] (Germany U21) who have played in the lower age group national teams of other countries but have not yet played in the senior national team. For this reason, they are still in the domestic player quota.
There are also football players who were transferred to other teams without playing in any official match despite being transferred by the club, prominent names among these are Serbian international wing-back Ognjen Mimović,[5] Senegalese Lamine Diack,[6] Ivorian Marius Trésor Doh,[7] South Korean Jo Jin-ho,[8] Egyptian international defender Omar Fayed,[9] Sierre Leonean international defender Steven Caulker.[10] Azerbaijani international midfielder Ilgar Gurbanov.[11]
Senegal U17 national midfielder Abdou Aziz Fall signed a 5-year contract starting from the 2025-26 season with Fenerbahçe and joined to Fenerbahçe Academy.[12]
Players are listed below by theirs country. Players who have never played in an official match for the club are not included in the list.
In Fenerbahçe's history, four players have served as team captains: Toni Schumacher (1988–1991), Alex (2007–2012), Mesut Özil (2021–2022) and Edin Džeko (2023–2025).
Uche Okechukwu, Elvir Bolić, Haim Revivo, Pierre van Hooijdonk, Roberto Carlos, Dirk Kuyt, Enner Valencia, Dušan Tadić, Fred, and Milan Škriniar, who served as vice-captains, have also served as captains during matches.
Foreign topscorers
Two foreign footballers won Süper Lig topscorer award in club history; Alex scored 19 goals in 32 matches in 2006–07 Süper Lig season and scored 28 goals in 33 matches in 2010–11 Süper Lig season[1] also Enner Valencia scored 29 goals in 31 matches in 2022–23 Süper Lig season.[13]
Foreign internationals
Throughout the club's history, many star players—such as Ariel Ortega, Alex, Ederson, André Santos, Diego Lugano, Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dirk Kuyt, Robin van Persie, Simon Kjær, Nani, Nicolas Anelka, N'Golo Kanté, Mateja Kežman, Dušan Tadić, Edin Džeko, Dani Güiza, Jay-Jay Okocha, Mamadou Niang, Stephen Appiah and Kim Min-jae had already played for their respective national teams prior to their transfers; meanwhile, others—such as Edu Dracena, Allahyar Sayyadmanesh, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Eljif Elmas and Roman Neustädter earned caps for their senior national teams after joining Fenerbahçe.
In addition, another star footballers such as Toni Schumacher, Kennet Andersson, Roberto Carlos, Papiss Cissé, Mathieu Valbuena, José Sosa, Adil Rami, Mesut Özil, Leonardo Bonucci and Fred also transferred to the club after retiring from their national teams.
List of players
Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Fenerbahçe.
Information correct as of the match played on 11 April 2026.
