List of foreign football players in Serbia

Excluded the players that played before 1992 when Bosnia and Herzegovina became independent and counted as domestic, but included the players that are Bosnian Serbs and usually have double citizenship.

Bosnian internationals that played in Serbian top league clubs only during Yugoslav period: Excluded the players that played before 1991 when Croatia became independent, but including the players that were Croatian Serbs born in nowadays Croatia, usually having double citizenship.

Croatian internationals that played in Serbian top league clubs only during Yugoslav period: Players that represented NDH (Independent State of Croatia): Including the periods of Bohemia and Czechoslovakia.

Montenegrin players that were internationals for FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro are indicated in italics.

Macedonian internationals that played in Serbian top league clubs only during Yugoslav period: Including the period of Soviet Union.

Slovenian internationals that played in Serbian top league clubs during Yugoslav period: Including the period of Soviet Union.

Argentine international Hernán Barcos played for Red Star in 2007/08.
Degenek impressed in 2018 FIFA World Cup and Red Star bought him directly to their team afterwaards.
Born in Vienna with Serbian ancestry, Dragović became key player in Red Star and Austrian defense, with 100 appearances for the national team.
Branimir Bajić spent 7 seasons with Partizan and became regular in the Bosnian national team.
Nemanja Bilbija, Vojvodina, 4 times Bosnian Premier League top-scorer.
Mario Božić played in several Serbian clubs.
Dario Damjanović, Bosnian international with spells in Obrenovac, Novi Pazar and Jagodina.
Rade Krunić, Bosnian international, played with Donji Srem and Borac Čačak before moving to Italy and joining AC Milan. In 2024/25 he joined Red Star on loan and played in the CL.
Vule Trivunović, Obilić.
Bolić played with Red Star before becoming Fenerbahçe idol.
Adilson, made impact in Red Star in late 1990s.
Aílton, former Bundesliga topscorer and footballer of the year in 2004, joined Red Star in 2006.
Everton Luiz, Partizan.
Cléo, the first foreigner that played for both rivals, Red Star and Partizan.
Evandro, former Brazilian youth international, Red Star.
Leonardo, Partizan, 2016/17 league topscorer with 24 goals along teammate Đurđević .
Saldanha, Partizan, 2023/24 league topscorer with 16 goals along Luković .
William, OFK Beograd.
Former Juventus striker Valeri Bojinov signed with Partizan in summer 2015.
Ivan Ivanov, Bulgarian Footballer of the Year 2013, played with Partizan.
Nasser Djiga played for Red Star in the Champions League.
Djemba-Djemba, former Manchester United player, joined Partizan in summer 2013.
Tawamba debuted for Cameroon in 2018 while playing with Partizan
Milan Borjan, Canada national goalkeeper, spent much of his career in Serbia.
Ben, Red Star recorder in league appearances for a foreigner.
After 5 years in Stuttgart, in 2024 Red Star brought him for their CL campaign .
Krasso, 2023 Africa Cup of Nations champion while playing with Red Star.
Matej Delač, Vojvodina.
Robert Prosinečki, first as player, then more recently as coach, at Red Star.
Zlatko Čajkovski, Partizan.
Segundo Castillo, during his period in Red Star, was the captain and commanded the game of both, the club, and Ecuador.
Damian Le Tallec, Red Star.
Guélor Kanga, Red Star. His compatriot Delicat in 1983 became the first African to play in Yugoslav First League.
Marko Marin, German international, signed with Red Star when they reached the group stage of 2018–19 UEFA Champions League .
Stephen Appiah, Vojvodina, one of the best known foreigners to play in Serbia.
Richmond Boakye, Red Star striker.
Prince Tagoe, Partizan striker.
Osman Bukari, Red Star and Ghana star at the 2022 World Cup .
Seydouba Soumah, Partizan and Novi Pazar.
Moreira, Partizan fans idol.
Ferenc Plattkó, before spending 7 seasons in FC Barcelona, played with KAFK Kula.
László Köteles, another Hungarian goalkeeper that spent part of his career in Serbia.
István Nyers, who played with Inter, Roma and Barcelona among others, played with ŽAK Subotica during WWII and in 1945.
Natcho, Israel national team long-standing captain, joined Partizan in summer 2019.
Piccini, Red Star defender and Italian international..
Asano, summer 2019 Partizan reinforcement, regular international, response to Red Star Takayuki Suzuki sensational signing previous decade.
Hong Yong-jo, North Korean captain at the WC2010 played with Bežanija.
Hwang In-beom, Red Star.
Mladen Božović, Partizan.
Vladimir Božović, OFK Beograd.
Stevan Jovetić, Partizan.
Mladen Kašćelan, OFK Beograd and Voždovac.
Ivan Kecojević, Čukarički and OFK Beograd.
Yugoslav international goalkeeper Kralj played most of his career in Patizan.
Stefan Savić, BSK Borča and Partizan, before moving to the Premier League.
Filip Stojković, Red Star.
Marko Vešović, Red Star.
Vladimir Volkov, OFK Beograd, Partizan, Radnički Niš and Rad.
Simon Vukčević, Partizan and Vojvodina.
Ivan Vuković, OFK Beograd.
Radoslav Batak, Vojvodina.
Bojan Brnović, Partizan and Obilić.
Andrija Delibašić, Partizan.
Miodrag Džudović, OFK Beograd.
Milorad Peković, OFK Beograd and Partizan.
Abiola Dauda, Red Star
Umar Sadiq, bronze medalist at the 2016 Olympics , was brought by Partizan in 2019.
Mario Đurovski, Bežanija and Vojvodina.
Nikola Gligorov, Bežanija.
Vlatko Grozdanoski, Vojvodina.
Goran Popov, Red Star.
Mitko Stojkovski, Red Star and Macedonian national team standard defender during the 1990s.
Ivan Tričkovski, Red Star.
Darko Pančev, Red Star European Cup winner and 1991 Ballon d'Or .
Tomasz Rząsa played with Partizan in the Champions League.
Hugo Vieira, Red Star.
One of the best defenders of his time, after winning the Champions League with FCSB he was brought by Red Star and win it again, becoming one of the rare players to win the CL with two different teams..
Konovalov, spent couple of seasons in Serbia.
Senegalese international Lamine Diarra, Partizan
Mohamed Kamara – Medo, Partizan.
Milenko Ačimovič was Red Star and Slovenian national team playmaker in the turn of the century .
Nejc Pecnik, Red Star.
Srečko Katanec, one of Partizans icons from the late 1980s.
Valiente, Partizan.
Mitchell Donald, Red Star.
Former ManUtd and Swedish U21 midfielder, Bojan Djordjic, played with Red Star.
Freddy Adu played with Jagodina in 2014 .
Besnik Hasi started his career at Liria.
Serbian Australian Susak spent most of his early career in Serbia.
Subasic played in several clubs in Serbia.
Junior Tallo, Ivorian international, joined Dubočica in 2024.
Marko Muslin played with Hajduk Beograd.
Fodé Camara, played with Novi Sad in 2023.
Ibrahima Sory Camara played with Zemun in 2016.
Krizán, OFK Kikinda in 1990/91.
Kazuo Honma, Mačva Šabac.
Yuri Gazzaev, back then from Soviet Union, joined Mačva in 1990/91.
Fallou Fall, Grafičar
Mustapha Hadji Bangura, after SuperLiga, joined First League side Zemun.
Ri Kwang-il, North Korean international goalkeeper played with Radnički Kragujevac.