List of foreign Liga MX players

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This is a list of foreign players in Liga MX during the professional era which began in 1943.[1] The following players:

  1. have played at least one Primera División game for the respective club;
  2. have not been capped for the Mexico national team at any level; or
  3. have been born in Mexico and were capped by a foreign national team. This includes players who have dual citizenship with Mexico.

Players are sorted by the State:

  1. they played for in a national team at any level. For footballers that played for two or more national teams, they are listed with:
    1. the one he played for at A level;
    2. the national team representing his state of birth; or
  2. If they never played for any national team at any level, the state of birth. For footballers born in dissolved states, they are listed in the state which now represents their place of birth (e.g.,: Yugoslavia -> Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, etc...).

Stateless people are marked with an asterisk.

In bold: players that played at least one Primera División game in the current season.

Clubs are not allowed to play more than five foreign players in a Liga MX match. In March 2011, PRI lawmakers introduced a proposal to reduce the limit to three foreign players.[2] FMF President Justino Compeán did not support the failed proposal because he believed it would not improve the quality of Mexican football players.[3]

As of 1 January 2009, Club América had employed the most foreign players of any club in the history of the Primera División, with more than 150 in the professional era.[4] A total of 88 foreign players participated in the 2012 Apertura tournament, 29 originating from Argentina and 14 from Colombia.[5]

Africa (CAF)

Algeria Algeria

Cameroon Cameroon

Cape Verde Cape Verde

Gambia The Gambia

Ghana Ghana

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast

Morocco Morocco

Nigeria Nigeria

São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal Senegal

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone

Zambia Zambia

Asia (AFC)

Japan Japan

Lebanon Lebanon

Palestine Palestine

Europe (UEFA)

Armenia Armenia

Austria Austria

Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria Bulgaria

Croatia Croatia

Czech Republic Czech Republic

England England

France France

Germany Germany

Greece Greece

Hungary Hungary

  • Janos AdamAmérica – 1948–49
  • Iván CzintalánAmérica – 1948–49
  • István FeckseOro – 1958–59
  • István KádasAmérica, Zacapetec – 1948–49, 1952-54

Italy Italy

Lithuania Lithuania

  • Edward VirbaNecaxa – 1963–65

Montenegro Montenegro

Netherlands Netherlands

North Macedonia North Macedonia

Poland Poland

Portugal Portugal

Romania Romania

Russia Russia

Scotland Scotland

Serbia Serbia

Slovakia Slovakia

Slovenia Slovenia

Spain Spain

Switzerland Switzerland

Turkey Turkey

Wales Wales

North and Central America, Caribbean (CONCACAF)

Canada Canada

Costa Rica Costa Rica

Cuba Cuba

Curaçao Curaçao

  • Ronald MartellAmérica – 1961–62

El Salvador El Salvador

Guatemala Guatemala

Honduras Honduras

Jamaica Jamaica

Panama Panama

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago

United StatesUnited States

South America (CONMEBOL)

Argentina Argentina

Bolivia Bolivia

Brazil Brazil

Chile Chile

Colombia Colombia

Ecuador Ecuador

Paraguay Paraguay

Peru Peru

Uruguay Uruguay

Venezuela Venezuela

Notes

  1. ^
    Born in Angola
  2. ^
    Born in Argentina
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    Born in Brazil
  4. ^
    Born in Costa Rica
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    Born in England
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    Born in Spain
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    Born in France
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    Born in Italy
  9. ^
    Born in Mexico
  10. ^
    Born in Mozambique (then Portuguese Mozambique)
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    Born in the Netherlands
  12. ^
    Born in Portugal
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    Born in Senegal
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    Born in Serbia (then part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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    Born in the United States
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    Capped for the Mexico national under-22 football team
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