List of foreign Allsvenskan players

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This is a list of foreign players in Allsvenskan, which commenced play in 1924. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:

  1. have played at least one Allsvenskan game. Players who were signed by Allsvenskan clubs, but only played in lower league, cup and/or European games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
  2. are considered foreign, determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for Sweden men's national football team.

More specifically,

  • If a player has been capped on international level, the national team is used; if he has been capped by more than one country, the highest level (or the most recent) team is used.
  • If a player has not been capped on international level, his country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from Swedish parents or moved to Sweden at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.

Clubs listed are those which the player has played at least one Allsvenskan game for.

In bold: players who have played at least one Allsvenskan game in the most recent season (2024 Allsvenskan), and are still at the clubs for which they have played. This does not include current players of an Allsvenskan club who have not played an Allsvenskan game in the current season.

Ronald Powell, who played for Brynäs IF in the 1974 season, was the first foreign player in Allsvenskan.[1] Around 20 years later, in 1995, 18 foreign players played matches in the league, while in 2021, it had increased to 110 foreign players, being 28 percent of the players in the league that year.[2]

For the match squad, the limit of foreign players refers to if the players are home-grown or not.[3] Starting in the 2010s, each match squad of 18 players were to consist maximally to the half of not home-grown players.[4] For the 2023 season, when the total match squad size for Allsvenskan was increased from 18 to 20, the amount of non-home-grown players in the squad, would still be to the maximum half of the squad, however never more than 9.[3]

A foreign player must have a work permit, which they may earn when having a monthly salary of SEK 14,300.[5]

List of players

Afghanistan

Albania

Agon Mehmeti has played 144 Allsvenskan matches for Malmö FF and Örebro.

Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Benin

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Haris Radetinac has played 278 Allsvenskan matches for Åtvidaberg, Mjällby and Djurgården.

Bolivia

Brazil

Álvaro Santos has played 165 Allsvenskan matches for Helsingborg, Örgryte and GAIS.

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Kyriakos Stamatopoulos has played 67 Allsvenskan matches for Enköping and AIK.

Cape Verde

Chad

Chile

Miiko Albornoz has played 121 Allsvenskan matches for Brommapojkarna and Malmö FF.

Comoros

Congo

Costa Rica

Celso Borges has played 71 Allsvenskan matches for AIK.

Croatia

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Peter Nymann has played 70 Allsvenskan matches for Djurgården.

DR Congo

René Makondele has played 273 Allsvenskan matches for Djurgården, Gefle, Helsingborg and Häcken.

Egypt

England

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Faroe Islands

Finland

Markus Halsti has played 112 Allsvenskan matches for Malmö FF.
Daniel Sjölund has played 253 Allsvenskan matches for Djurgården and Åtvidaberg.

France

Gabon

Gambia

Pa Dembo Touray has played 194 Allsvenskan matches for Djurgården.

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Haiti

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

Hjálmar Jónsson has played 228 Allsvenskan matches for IFK Göteborg.
Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson has played 39 Allsvenskan matches for GIF Sundsvall.

Italy

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kosovo

Latvia

Lebanon

Liberia

Libya

Lithuania

Tomas Žvirgždauskas has played 211 Allsvenskan matches for Halmstad.

Luxembourg

Malawi

Mali

Moldova

Montenegro

Montserrat

Morocco

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

North Macedonia

Northern Ireland

Norway

Kenneth Høie has played 84 Allsvenskan matches for Elfsborg and Djurgården.

Pakistan

Palestine

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Sergio Peña has played 78 Allsvenskan matches for Malmö FF.

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Scotland

Senegal

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Alhaji Kamara has played 37 Allsvenskan matches for Djurgården and Norrköping.

Sint Maarten

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

May Mahlangu has played 118 Allsvenskan matches for Helsingborg and IFK Göteborg.

South Korea

Spain

Suriname

Switzerland

Syria

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United States

Uruguay

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Nyasha Mushekwi has played 21 Allsvenskan matches for Djurgården.

See also

Notes

References

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