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This is a listing of Australian Football League players with international and multicultural backgrounds. As the families of all non-indigenous Australians are originally from elsewhere, this list goes back a maximum of one generation. Countries are listed in alphabetical order.

The following criteria are used for this list:

  • player must have played at least one senior match
  • player must have been born in a country outside Australia OR have at least one of their parents either born outside of Australia or of non-Australian ethnicity

Similar criteria were used for the inaugural Multicultural Cup which was held by Aussie Rules International, a competition in which players who had a parent or grandparent born overseas were allowed to play for that country. This is similar to the eligibility rules of many World Cup tournaments. Additionally, the Australian Football International Cup has more strict criteria, according to which a player must have spent the majority of their junior life in another country.

Current players are shown in bold.

Contents

Canada Canada

Croatia Croatia

Cyprus Cyprus


England England

Fiji Fiji

Germany Germany

Greece Greece

Hungary Hungary

India India

Republic of Ireland Ireland

Italy Italy

Lebanon Lebanon

Lithuania Lithuania

Republic of Macedonia Macedonia

Malaysia Malaysia

Malta Malta

Netherlands Netherlands

New Zealand New Zealand

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea

Philippines Philippines

Poland Poland

Russia Russia

Samoa Samoa

Scotland Scotland

Serbia Serbia

South Africa South Africa

South Korea South Korea

Spain Spain

Switzerland Switzerland

Thailand Thailand

Turkey Turkish

Tuvalu Tuvalu

Ukraine Ukraine

United States United States of America

Wales Wales

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mildura man admits he's Akermanis' dad". The Age. March 13 2006. http://www.theage.com.au/news/Sport/Mildura-man-admits-hes-Akermanis-dad/2006/03/13/1142098400397.html. 
  2. ^ David Schwarz's biggest battle
  3. ^ What makes him run
  4. ^ a b Walsh, Courtney (6 June 2009). "Melting-pot rookie Clancee Pearce comes to the boil". The Australian: p. 45. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25594052-5012432,00.html. Retrieved 2009-06-08. 
  5. ^ Duffield, Mark (4 June 2009); Dockers door open for cool teenager; The West Australian; Accessed on 5 June 2009
  6. ^ Faith drives Muslim footballer Muslim News UK
  7. ^ a b Making his mark

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