List of foreign Veikkausliiga players

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This is a list of all foreign players in the Finnish Veikkausliiga, which commenced play in 1990. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:

  1. Have played at least one Veikkausliiga regular season game. Players who were signed by Veikkausliiga clubs, but only played in playoff stages, lower league, cup and/or European games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
  2. Are considered foreign, i.e., outside Finland determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if his allegiance is not to play for the national team of Finland.

More specifically,

  • If a player has been capped at 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. These include Finnish players with dual citizenship.
  • If a player has not been capped at international level, his country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from Finnish parents or moved to Finland at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.

Clubs listed are those for which the player has played at least one Veikkausliiga game – and seasons are those in which the player has played at least one Veikkausliiga game. Note that a Veikkausliiga season is same as the calendar year.

In bold: players still active in Veikkausliiga and their respective teams in current season.

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Angola

Rui Modesto played 50 matches for Honka

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

As of January 2025, Johannes Kreidl has played 121 matches for KuPS

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

Belarus

Belgium

Benin

Bermuda

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Rafael has played 358 macthes for HJK, Jazz and Lahti
Rafinha has played 258 matches for AC Oulu, Tampere United and HJK

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Ariel Ngueukam has played 249 matches for Lahti, SJK, Ilves, KuPS and IFK Mariehamn

Canada

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Alfredo Morelos has played 42 matches for HJK Helsinki

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cuba

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Democratic Republic of Congo

Denmark

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

England

Steven Polack has played 183 matches for RoPS and Inter Turku
Jake Jervis has played 64 matches for SJK Seinäjoki and KuPS

Equatorial Guinea

Estonia

Ats Purje has played 209 matches for Inter Turku and KuPS
Mihkel Aksalu has played 158 matches for SJK Seinäjoki

Ethiopia

Faroe Islands

France

Gabon

Gambia

Demba Savage played 280 matches for Honka and HJK
Omar Colley has played 58 matches for KuPS

Georgia

Germany

Thomas Dähne played 56 matches for HJK Helsinki

Ghana

Anthony Annan played 121 matches for HJK Helsinki and Inter Turku
Nana Boateng has played 34 matches for KuPS

Greece

Grenada

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iraq

Ireland

Italy

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Steven Morrissey has played 198 matches for VPS

Japan

Atomu Tanaka has played 151 matches for HJK

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Amos Ekhalie has played 241 matches for IFK Mariehamn

Kosovo

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Jānis Ikaunieks has played 31 matches for KuPS

Lebanon

Liberia

Liechtenstein

Dennis Salanović has played 26 matches for AC Oulu and Lahti

Lithuania

Mali

Malaysia

Martinique

Mexico

Moldova

Montenegro

Morocco

Nassim Boujellab has played 20 matches for HJK

Mozambique

Namibia

Netherlands

Rick Ketting played 86 matches for IFK Mariehamn and FC Inter Turku

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Faith Obilor has played 206 matches for Inter Turku, RoPS and HJK Helsinki
Taye Taiwo played 91 matches for HJK Helsinki and RoPS

North Macedonia

Northern Ireland

Conor Hazard played 24 matches for HJK

Norway

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

  • Isidro LeguizamónMyPa – 2006

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Beto played 12 matches for HIFK

Puerto Rico

Romania

Russia

Valeri Popovitch has played 395 matches for TPV, Ilves, Haka and HJK. He is the all-time leading goalscorer of Veikkausliiga with 166 goals.
Yevgeni Bashkirov has played 55 matches for VPS.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saudi Arabia

Scotland

Lee Erwin has played 39 matches for Haka and HJK

Senegal

Macoumba Kandji has played 151 matches for HJK Helsinki, Inter Turku, Honka and Lahti

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Medo has played 153 matches for KuPS, HJK and Haka

Slovakia

Slovenia

Filip Valenčič has played 133 matches for PS Kemi, HJK Helsinki, Inter Turku and KuPS

Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Antonio Reguero played 162 matches for RoPS, HJK Helsinki and FC Lahti.[2]

Sudan

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Togo

Trinidad and Tobago

Brent Sancho played one match for MYPA

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

Denys Oliynyk played 94 matches for SJK Seinäjoki

United States

Freddy Adu played five matches for KuPS

Uruguay

Facundo Guichón played 13 matches for SJK Seinäjoki.

Venezuela

Wales

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Notes

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    Born in Belgium
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    Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Belarus
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    Born in Brazil
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    Born in Botswana
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    Born in Canada
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    Born in Ivory Coast
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    Born in Cameroon
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    Born in the Czech Republic (then part of Czechoslovakia)
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    Born in England
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    Born in Finland
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    Born in France
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    Born in Georgia (then part of the Soviet Union)
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    Born in Germany
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    Born in Ghana
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    Born in Guinea
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    Born in Greece
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    Born in Guyana
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    Born in Iran
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    Born in Israel
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    Born in Jamaica
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    Born in Kenya
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    Born in Liberia
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    Born in Morocco
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    Born in Malta
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    Born in the Netherlands
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    Born in Portugal
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    Born in Russia
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    Born in Russia (then part of the Soviet Union)
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    Born in Saudi Arabia
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    Born in Senegal
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    Born in Spain
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    Born in Serbia (then part of Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Suriname
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    Born in Sweden
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    Born in Switzerland
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    Born in Ukraine
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    Born in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union)
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    Born in the United States
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    Born in Zimbabwe
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    Capped for the Poland national under-15 football team
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