List of foreign Serie A players

This is a list of foreign players (i.e. non-Italian players) in Serie A.

The following players: Players are sorted by the State, according to the FIFA eligibility rules: These are all the teams that have had at least one foreign player while playing in a Serie A season.

Teams in bold are the ones currently playing in the 2023–24 Serie A season: Alessandria, Ancona, Ascoli, Atalanta, Avellino, Bari, Benevento, Bologna, Brescia, Cagliari, Carpi, Catania, Catanzaro, Cesena, Chievo, Como, Cremonese, Crotone, Empoli, Fiorentina, Foggia, Frosinone, Genoa, Hellas Verona, Internazionale, Juventus, Lazio, Lecce, Lecco, Legnano, Livorno, Lucchese, Mantova, Messina, Milan, Modena, Monza, Napoli, Novara, Padova, Palermo, Parma, Perugia, Pescara, Piacenza, Pisa, Pistoiese, Pro Patria, Reggiana, Reggina, Roma, Salernitana, Sampdoria, Sassuolo, Siena, SPAL, Spezia, Torino, Treviso, Triestina, Udinese, Varese, Venezia, Vicenza.

These are the only teams that have participated in Serie A but have not had at least one foreign player: Casale, Pro Vercelli, Ternana.

In bold: Players still active in Serie A and their respective teams in the current season.

Samuel Eto'o , a protagonist of the 2010 treble by Inter , training. He also played 6 months for Sampdoria .
Mohamed Salah playing for Fiorentina in 2015
Gervinho with Roma in 2014
Obafemi Martins
Victor Osimhen was the first African player to win the Capocannoniere , scoring 26 goals in Napoli 's title-winning 2022–23 campaign.
Alfred Gomis , the second African goalkeeper in Serie A after his brother Lys , and the first to be starter in the category. [ 1 ]
Kalidou Koulibaly made over 200 Serie A appearances for Napoli
Mark Bresciano , Australian player of Italian descent who played in European competitions with Parma and Palermo
Hidetoshi Nakata has been an important player for Roma's Scudetto in 2001
Kim Min-jae won a Serie A title with Napoli in 2023
Elseid Hysaj made over 300 Serie A appearances for Empoli , Napoli and Lazio
Henrikh Mkhitaryan was the first Armenian to play in Serie A
Herbert Prohaska won a scudetto with Roma in 1983
Dries Mertens is Napoli's all-time top goalscorer.
Valeri Bojinov , the youngest foreign player to make his debut in Serie A at the age of 15 and 11 months. [ 3 ]
Mario Mandžukić , Croatian player appreciated with Juventus for his grit and determination. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
Marcelo Brozović made over 250 Serie A appearances for Inter Milan
Pavel Nedvěd playing for Juventus in 2007, he is one of the best players in the history of the Turin team. He won the 2003 Ballon d'Or and he has been an important player also for the Sergio Cragnotti 's Lazio
Preben Elkjær in 2011; he played a vital role in Verona's scudetto win in 1985
David Beckham playing for AC Milan in 2009
Oliver Bierhoff scored 112 goals in Serie A
Kostas Manolas playing for Roma
Dejan Savićević , one of the stars of the '90 AC Milan
Clarence Seedorf playing for Milan
Wesley Sneijder , a protagonist of the 2010 treble by Inter
Goran Pandev was part of Inter 's treble success in 2010.
Cristiano Ronaldo playing for Juventus in 2020
Siniša Mihajlović as Fiorentina head coach in 2010. As player he was a free kick specialist. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] He scored a record 28 goals from free kicks in Serie A. [ 8 ]
Dejan Stanković with Inter . He won five championships with Inter and one with Lazio , also lifting the treble with Inter in 2010.
Sergej Milinković-Savić made over 250 Serie A appearances for Lazio
Marek Hamšík was formerly Napoli 's all-time top goalscorer
Srečko Katanec in 2015, he had an important role in the Sampdoria team that won the 1990–91 Scudetto.
José Callejón playing for Napoli in 2014
Luis Alberto playing for Lazio in 2018
Luis Suárez , a legend of Inter, club where he played and that he trained
Valon Behrami playing for Napoli
Stephan Lichtsteiner won 7 consecutives leagues with Juventus between 2011 and 2018
Andriy Shevchenko won the Ballon d'Or while at Milan in 2004
John Charles
Weston McKennie playing for Juventus in 2021
Arturo Vidal , an important player for Juventus between 2011 and 2015 for the rise of the club