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List of foreign Frauen-Bundesliga players

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This is a list of foreign players in the Frauen-Bundesliga, which commenced play in 1990. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:

  1. Have played at least one Bundesliga game. Players who were signed by Frauen-Bundesliga 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. Players of 2. Frauen-Bundesliga clubs are also not included.
  2. Are considered foreign, i.e., outside Germany determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if she is not eligible to play for the national team of Germany.

More specifically,

  • If a player has been capped at international level, the national team is used; if she has been capped by more than one country, the highest level (or the most recent) team is used. These include German players with dual citizenship.
  • If a player has not been capped at international level, her country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from German parents or moved to Germany at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched her nationality to another nation.

Clubs listed are those for which the player has played at least one Frauen-Bundesliga game – and seasons are those in which the player has played at least one Frauen-Bundesliga game. Note that seasons, not calendar years, are used. For example, "1992–95" indicates that the player has played in every season from 1992–93 to 1994–95, but not necessarily every calendar year from 1992 to 1995. Therefore, a player should always have a listing under at least two years — for instance, a player making his debut in 2014, during the 2013–14 season, will have '2013–14' after his name. This follows general practice in expressing sporting seasons.

Also please consider, that season specifications shall only be divided into more than one element, if a player has at least one season played no game in the Bundesliga. For example, a player plays in 2012–13 at club "A" and in 2013–14 at club "B", the correct season specification is "2012–14". This approach is used to keep the list more clear and readable.

In bold: players who are currently under contract by a Frauen-Bundesliga club.

As of 11 December 2024

Naturalized players

Africa (CAF)

Algeria

Cameroon

DR Congo

Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea Genoveva Añonma won the league title with Turbine Potsdam in season 2011–12 and became the first foreign player in Bundesliga history to win the top scorer award with 22 goals. She scored a total of 100 goals in 141 matches for three clubs.

Ghana

Ivory Coast

Mali

Morocco

Nigeria

Tunisia

Asia (AFC)

Afghanistan

Australia

Jamilla Rankin

China

China Wang Fei

Japan

Japan Saki Kumagai

Jordan

Philippines

South Korea

Syria

Europe (UEFA)

Albania

Albania Geldona Morina

Austria

Austria Jasmin Eder
Austria Sarah Zadrazil
Austria Barbara Dunst
Austria Verena Hanshaw
Austria Marina Georgieva
Austria Nicole Billa
Austria Laura Feiersinger won two league titles with Bayern Munich and has 235 Bundesliga appearances with 5 clubs up to now.

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Belgium Tessa Wullaert
Belgium Femke Maes

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Lidija Kuliš

Bulgaria

Croatia

Croatia Allison Scurich

Czech Republic

Czech Republic Lucie Voňková

Denmark

Denmark Pernille Harder won four Bundesliga titles with VfL Wolfsburg and two titles with Bayern Munich.
Denmark Cecilie Sandvej

England

England Georgia Stanway

Finland

Finland Essi Sainio

France

France Viviane Asseyi

Greece

Sofia Nati

Hungary

Hungary Lilla Turányi
Hungary Alexandra Szarvas
Hungary Zsanett Jakabfi played twelve Bundesliga seasons for VfL Wolfsburg. She won six championships and scored 70 goals in 191 matches.

Iceland

Iceland Sandra Jessen
Iceland Glódís Perla Viggósdóittir

Ireland

Republic of Ireland Diane Caldwell
Republic of Ireland Amber Barrett

Israel

Israel Sharon Beck

Italy

Italy Raffaella Manieri

Kosovo

Kosovo Gentiana Fetaj

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Montenegro

Netherlands

Netherlands Jill Roord
Netherlands Dyanne Bito
Netherlands Jolijn Heuvels
Netherlands Lineth Beerensteyn

North Macedonia

North Macedonia Nataša Andonova

Norway

Norway Karina Sævik
Norway Caroline Graham Hansen played 88 Bundesliga matches, scored 29 goals, and won three championships with VfL Wolfsburg.

Poland

Poland Silvana Chojnowski
Poland Marta Stobba
Poland Ewa Pajor

Portugal

Portugal Ana Leite

Romania

Russia

Russia Tatiana Egorova

Scotland

Scotland Emma Mukandi

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovakia Jana Vojteková

Slovenia

Slovenia Lara Prašnikar has played over 160 matches in the Bundesliga since 2016.

Spain

Spain Verónica Boquete

Sweden

Sara Thunebro
Sweden Sofia Jakobsson
Sweden Nilla Fischer

Switzerland

Switzerland Lara Dickenmann
Switzerland Noelle Maritz
Switzerland Ramona Bachmann
Switzerland Rahel Kiwic
Switzerland Sandrine Mauron

Turkey

Turkey Meryem Yamak

Ukraine

Wales

Wales Jess Fishlock

North and Central America, Caribbean (CONCACAF)

Canada

Canada Sophie Schmidt
Canada Emily Zurrer
Vanessa Gilles in top scorer in 2025

Curaçao

Jamaica

Mexico

Puerto Rico

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Suriname

United States

United States India Trotter
United States Ingrid Wells
United States Gina Lewandowski made 199 appearances in twelve Bundesliga seasons and won three championships with 1. FFC Frankfurt and Bayern Munich.
United States Keelin Winters
United States Sarah Hagen
United States Ali Krieger
United States Chioma Igwe

Oceania (OFC)

New Zealand

New Zealand Ria Percival
New Zealand Betsy Hassett

South America (CONMEBOL)

Argentina

Brazil

Ivana Fuso
Letícia Santos

Chile

Colombia

Summary

By nationality

  • USA (69)
  • Austria (50)
  • Poland (49)
  • Netherlands (48)
  • Switzerland (45)
  • Norway (42)
  • Canada (39)
  • Hungary (38)
  • New Zealand (35)
  • Turkey (29)
  • Iceland (16)
  • Ireland (6)
  • Israel (6)
  • Italy (9)
  • Japan (27)
  • France (28)
  • Denmark (26)
  • Russia (17)
  • Sweden (17)
  • Belgium (10)
  • Australia (10)
  • DR Congo (1)
  • Ivory Coast (1)
  • Nigeria (8)
  • Curacao (1)
  • England (7)
  • Slovakia (6)
  • Slovenia (7)
  • Bulgaria (6)
  • Finland (6)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina (6)
  • Ghana (6)
  • Albania (4)
  • Kosovo (4)
  • Algeria (3)
  • Cameroon (2)
  • Colombia (2)
  • Montenegro (2)
  • Tunisia (2)
  • China (2)
  • Latvia (2)
  • Puerto Rico (2)
  • Belarus (2)
  • Chile (1)
  • Jordan (1)
  • Mali (1)
  • Morocco (3)
  • Luxembourg (1)
  • Equatorial Guinea (1)
  • Afghanistan (1)
  • Syria (1)
  • Wales (1)
  • Jordan (1)
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis (1)
  • Ukraine (6)
  • Afghanistan (1)
  • South Korea (2)
  • Portugal (6)
  • Romania (5)
  • Scotland (6)
  • Serbia (3)
  • Spain (11)
  • Jamaica (1)
  • Suriname (1)
  • Mexico (1)
  • Argentina (1)
  • Azerbaijan (1)
  • Philippines (1)

By continent

  • Europe (UEFA)
  • North America and Caribbean (CONCACAF)
  • Asia (AFC)
  • Oceania (OFC)
  • South America (CONMEBOL)
  • Africa (CAF)

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