List of foreign Serie B players

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This is a list of foreign players in Serie B of the Italian football league system. The following players:

  1. have played at least one Serie B game for the respective club;
  2. have not been capped for the Italy national team on any level, independently from the birthplace, except for players born in San Marino and active in the Italy national team before the first official match of the Sammarinese national team played on November 14, 1990 and players of Italian formation born abroad of Italian parents;
  3. have been born in Italy and were capped by a foreign national team. This includes players who have dual citizenship with Italy.

These are all the teams that have had at least a foreign player while playing in a Serie B season and in bold are the ones currently playing for the 2023–24 season :

AlbinoLeffe, Alessandria, Alzano Virescit, Ancona, Arezzo, Ascoli, Atalanta, Avellino, Bari, Benevento, Bologna, Brescia, Cagliari, Carpi, Castel di Sangro, Catania, Catanzaro, Cesena, Chievo, Cittadella, Como, Cosenza, Crema, Cremonese, Crotone, Empoli, Entella, Fanfulla Lodi, Feralpisalò, Fermana, Fidelis Andria, Fiorentina, Foggia, Frosinone, Gallipoli, Genoa, Gubbio, Juve Stabia, Juventus, Lanciano, Latina, Lazio, Lecce, Lecco, Legnano, Licata, Livorno, Lucchese, Maceratese, Magenta Mantova, Messina, Milan, Modena, Monza, Napoli, Nocerina, Novara, Padova, Palermo, Parma, Perugia, Pescara, Piacenza, Pisa, Pordenone, Portogruaro, Pistoiese, Pro Patria, Pro Vercelli, Reggiana, Reggina, Rimini, Roma, Salernitana, Sambenedettese, Sampdoria, Sassuolo, Siena, SPAL, Spezia, Südtirol, Taranto, Ternana, Torino, Trapani, Treviso, Triestina, Udinese, Varese, Venezia, Verona, Vicenza, Voghera.

These are the only teams that have participated in Serie B but have not had a foreign player: Acireale, Alba Roma, Barletta, Biellese, Bolzano, Brindisi, Campobasso, Carrarese, Casale, Cavese, Centese, Derthona, Fiumana, Forlì, Massese, Matera In bold are the players who are currently playing in Serie B.

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Chile

Colombia

Congo

DR Congo

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

England

Equatorial Guinea

Estonia

Finland

France

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guadeloupe

Guinea

Guinea Bissau

Haiti

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Iran

Israel

Ivory Coast

Japan

Kenya

Kosovo

Latvia

Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Mali

Malta

Martinique

Mauritania

Mexico

Moldova

Montenegro

Morocco

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

North Korea

North Macedonia

Northern Ireland

Norway

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Qatar

Romania

Russia

San Marino

Scotland

Senegal

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Slovakia

Slovenia

Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Togo

Tunisia

Turkey

Ukraine

United States

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

  • Ilyos Zeytulayev – Crotone, Genoa, Vicenza, Virtus Lanciano – 2005–07, 2012–13

Venezuela

Wales

See also

Notes

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    Born in Algeria
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    Born in Angola
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    Born in Angola (then Portuguese Angola)
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    Born in Argentina
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    Born in Australia
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    Born in Austria
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    Born in Belgium
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    Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Brazil
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    Born in Cameroon
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    Born in Canada
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    Born in Croatia
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    Born in Croatia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Denmark
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    Born in England
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    Born in France
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    Born in Gabon
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    Born in Germany
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    Born in Ghana
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    Born in Greece
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    Born in Guinea
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    Born in Hungary
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    Born in Italy
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    Born in Ivory Coast
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    Born in Kosovo (then part of Kingdom of Serbia)
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    Born in Kosovo (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Lebanon
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    Born in Luxembourg
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    Born in Moldova (then part of the Kingdom of Romania)
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    Born in Morocco
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    Born in the Netherlands
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    Born in Nigeria
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    Born in Romania
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    Born in Romania (then Austria-Hungary)
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    Born in Scotland
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    Born in Senegal
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    Born in Serbia (then FR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Singapore
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    Born in Slovenia
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    Born in Slovenia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Spain
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    Born in Suriname
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    Born in Sweden
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    Born in Switzerland
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    Born in Turkey
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    Born in Uganda
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    Born in Ukraine (then part of the Kingdom of Romania)
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    Born in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union)
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    Born in Uruguay
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    Born in West Germany (now part of Germany)
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References

  1. ^ He played only in the playoffs