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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- Few players below, within "Youth men" and "Youth women" sections, have played or currently playing College soccer in professional/amateur college/university conference leagues outside India.
Senior men
- As of 21 June 2024
Past
Present
Senior women
Past
- As of 27 September 2024
Present
| Name | Club | League | Country | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinaya Seshan | CA Paris 14[375] | Régional 1 Féminine |  France |
2023– |
| Gayathri Manohar[b UAE][nb 12] | Banaat[376] | UAE Women's Football League |  United Arab Emirates |
2023– |
| Misha Bhandari[nb 11] | Precision FC[377] | UAE Women's Football League | United Arab Emirates |
2024– |
| Aveka Singh | Næstved HG[378] | Danish Women's 1st Division |  Denmark |
2025– |
| Harshika Jain | Atletic Olimpia Gherla[379] | Liga I |  Romania |
2025– |
| Kajol D'Souza | Al-Amal SC[380] | Saudi Women's First Division League |  Saudi Arabia |
2025– |
| Rivka Ramji | Lion City Sailors WFC[381] | Women's Premier League |  Singapore |
2025– |
| Anaya Sehgal[b HKG] | Albirex Jurong[382] | Women's Premier League | Singapore |
2026– |
| Manisha Kalyan | Alianza Lima[383] | Primera División Femenina |  Peru |
2026– |
Youth men
- As of 13 September 2023
Youth women
- As of 14 October 2023
See also
- Main pages
- Category
- Miscellaneous
Explanatory notes
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- ^ Dey represented Pakistan in "China tour of 1964", before acquiring Citizenship of India. He later represented India.
- ^ Born in Iran, Nassiri settled in India, acquired Citizenship of India, and is father of Indian footballer Kiyan.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Born in Japan, Izumi acquired Citizenship of India in 2012, and earned 9 caps with India until 2014.
- ^ Born in Meghalaya, Malla Thakuri attended national camp of Nepal in 2022, but left shortly, and did not give up Indian citizenship.
- ^ Born in Delhi, Verma moved to Nepal and represented the Nepal U17 team before acquiring Indian citizenship in 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Misha Bhandari represented India U17 team in 2022 before going to represent the United Arab Emirates U20 and United Arab Emirates in 2025.
- ^ Gayathri Manohar has represented the United Arab Emirates U20 team in 2023.
- ^ Born in Canada
- ^ Born in England
- ^ Born in Greece
- ^ Born in Hong Kong
- ^ Born in Iran
- ^ Born in Italy
- ^ Born in Japan
- ^ Born in Kenya
- ^ Born in Luxembourg
- ^ Born in Nepal
- ^ Born in New Zealand
- ^ Born in Oman
- ^ Born in Portugal
- ^ Born in Switzerland
- ^ Born in Tanzania
- ^ Born in the United Arab Emirates
