List of Pakistan international footballers born outside Pakistan

[3] One of the players was Osman Jan originally hailing from Delhi, who eventually became the first ever captain of the Pakistan national football team in their international debut in 1950.

In 1947, during the Partition of British India, Kutty was serving in the Royal Indian Air Force, where the majority of his colleagues hailed from the western Punjab Province, which eventually became part of Pakistan after the independence.

[7][8] In 1989, England-born Jimmy Khan became the first overseas player to be called up to play for the Pakistan national football team, where he made a single appearance at the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification on 10 February 1989 against the United Arab Emirates.

[9] In 2005, Premier League club Fulham player Zesh Rehman made his international debut for Pakistan in the 2005 SAFF Gold Cup.

The inclusion of Serbian coach Zaviša Milosavljević brought Norway born Omar Malik and Denmark based Hassan Bashir, Yousuf Butt and Mohammad Ali for a friendly against Singapore in 2012.

[25] The appointment of Bahraini coach Mohammad Al-Shamlan was again marred by controversies as he constantly sidelined overseas players in important competitions in hope to develop local talent.