American professional soccer players abroad

The following is a list of American professional soccer players abroad.

The list includes the following players:

• Players born in the United States, who by virtue of that are American citizens
• Players born in a foreign country who acquired American citizenship via parentage
• Players who are naturalized American citizens

The one exception is Gedion Zelalem, who became an American citizen via the Child Citizenship Act of 2000.

The list does not include the following players:

• Players who fall under one of the previous three categories, but have also played for another country's senior national team
• Players born in a foreign country who have one parent with American citizenship who did not meet residency requirements to pass along American citizenship to the player
• Players who have received permanent residence in the United States, but are not naturalized American citizens
• Players who are currently in a foreign club's youth system, but not in that club's first team (with the exception of players currently in a German club's reserve team in the Regionalliga)
• Players on Canadian teams that are in one of the top three domestic leagues (MLS, NASL, and USL)

Men

Asia – AFC

Philippines

In The Philippines' UFL Division 1

• Johnny McArtor (Team Socceroo)

Europe – UEFA

Armenia

In Armenia's Premier League

• Bryan de la Fuente (Shirak)
• Christian Chaney (Ararat)
• Moisés Orozco (Ararat)

Austria

In Austria's Landesliga Ost

• Colt Klipfel (SV Sierning)

Belgium

In Belgium's Third Amateur Division

• Dion Watson (KVV Vosselaar)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

In Bosnia and Herzegovina's Premier League

• Mahip Riar (Slavija)
• Nermin Crnkič (Sarajevo)

Denmark

In Denmark's Superliga

• Conor O'Brien (Horsens)

In Denmark's 1st Division

• Sammy Adjei Jr. (Næstved)
• Ryan Finley (Næstved)
• Babajide Ogunbiyi (Hobro)

In Denmark's 2nd Division Group 2

• Anton Peterlin (B93)

England

In England's Premier League

• Geoff Cameron (Stoke City)
• Cameron Carter-Vickers (Tottenham Hotspur)
• Lynden Gooch (Sunderland)
• Brad Guzan (Middlesbrough)
• Emerson Hyndman (Bournemouth)
• Gedion Zelalem (Arsenal)

In England's Championship

• Adam Henley (Blackburn Rovers)
• Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest)
• Andrija Novakovich (Reading)
• Tim Ream (Fulham)
• Jonathan Spector (Birmingham City)
• Danny Williams (Reading)
• DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle United)

In England's League One

• Gboly Ariyibi (Chesterfield)
• Duane Holmes (Scunthorpe United)
• Jack McBean (Coventry City) - on loan from LA Galaxy

Finland

In Finland's Veikkausliiga

• Tyler Back (RoPS)
• Christian Eissele (PS Kemi Kings)
• Craig Hill (KuPS)
• Will John (RoPS)
• Brian Span (Mariehamn)

In Finland's Ykkönen

• Kyle Curinga (FF Jaro)
• Tim Murray (EIF)
• Etchu Tabe (Haka)

In Finland's Kakkönen Itäinen

• Jakeem Johnson (JIPPO)
• Nathan Stockie (PEPO)

In Finland's Kakkönen Läntinen

• Tolani Ibikunle (ESC)

In Finland's Kakkönen Pohjoinen

• Chris Corcoran (GBK)
• Jossimar Sanchez (Närpes Kraft)
• Lawrence Smith (GBK)

France

In France's Ligue 2

• Theoson Siebatcheu (Stade de Reims)
• Quentin Westberg (Tours)

Germany

In Germany's Bundesliga

• Terrence Boyd (RB Leipzig)
• John Brooks (Hertha Berlin)
• Timothy Chandler (Eintracht Frankfurt)
• Ken Gipson (RB Leipzig)
• Ashton Götz (Hamburg)
• Julian Green (Bayern Munich)
• Aron Jóhannsson (Werder Bremen)
• Fabian Johnson (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
• Alfredo Morales (Ingolstadt 04)
• Devante Parker (Mainz)
• Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund)
• Sandro Sirigu (Darmstadt 98)
• Jeremy Toljan (1899 Hoffenheim)
• Bobby Wood (Hamburg)

In Germany's 2. Bundesliga

• Russell Canouse (VfL Bochum) - on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim
• Jerome Kiesewetter (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
• Shawn Parker (Nürnberg) - on loan from Augsburg
• Fafà Picault (FC St. Pauli)
• Andrew Wooten (Sandhausen)

In Germany's 3. Liga

• Shawn Barry (FSV Frankfurt)
• Marc Heider (VfL Osnabrück)
• Kenneth Kronholm (Holstein Kiel)
• David Yelldell (SG Sonnenhof Großaspach)
• Royal-Dominique Fennell (Hallescher FC)

In Germany's Regionalliga Nord

• Omar Castro (Eintracht Braunschweig II)

In Germany's Regionalliga Nordost

• Masami Okada (Schönberg 95)
• Shelby Printemps (Optik Rathenow)
• Devann Yao (Neustrelitz)

In Germany's Regionalliga West

• Junior Flores (Borussia Dortmund II)
• Joe Gyau (Borussia Dortmund II)
• Mario Rodriguez (Borussia Mönchengladbach II)

In Germany's Regionalliga Südwest

• Eric Lickert (Freiburg II)
• Irvin Parra (Kaiserslautern II)
• Ethan Sonis (Freiburg II)
• Matt Taylor (Saarbrücken)
• Ryan Malone (Stuttgarter Kickers)

In Germany's Regionalliga Bayern

• Julian Ceesay (Amberg)
• Jann George (Jahn Regensburg)
• Fabian Hürzeler (1860 München II)
• Dominic Robinson (Memmingen)
• David Spies (Augsburg II)

Iceland

In Iceland's Úrvalsdeild

• Jose Seone (ÍBV)

In Iceland's 1. deild karla

• Dion Acoff (Þróttur Reykjavík)
• Chukwudi Chijindu (Keflavík)
• Will Dieterich (Haukar)
• J. C. Mack (Selfoss)

In Iceland's 2. deild karla

• Calvin Crooks (Vestri)
• Harrison Hanley (Njarðvík)
• Rodchil Prevalus (Vestri)
• Philip Saunders (Vestri)
• Joey Spivack (Vestri)
• Aaron Walker (Vestri)

In Iceland's 3. deild karla

• Ben Griffiths (Tindastóll)

Ireland

In Ireland's Premier Division

• Don Cowan (Longford Town)
• Jake Keegan (Galway)
• Morgan Langley (St Patrick's Athletic)

In Ireland's First Division

• Craig Burns (Waterford United)
• Michael Lyons (Cabinteely)

Israel

In Israel's Premier League

• Bryan Gerzicich (Maccabi Petah Tikva)
• Aaron Schoenfeld (Hapoel Tel Aviv)

Italy

In Italy's Serie A

• Joshua Pérez (Fiorentina)

In Italy's Serie B

• Robert Krišto (Spezia Calcio)

Macedonia

In Macedonia's 1. MFL

• Cesar Romero (Vardar)

In Macedonia's 2. MFL

• Alex Vrzovski (Pelister)

Malta

In Malta's Premier League

• Gibson Bardley (Pembroke Athleta)

Netherlands

In the Netherlands' Eredivisie

• Desevio Payne (Gronigen)
• Rubio Rubin (Utrecht)
• Matt Miazga (Vitesse) - on loan from Chelsea

In the Netherlands' Eerste Divisie

• Shane O'Neill (NAC Breda) - on loan from Apollon Limassol

In the Netherlands' Derde Divisie

• Charles Kazlauskas (JVC Cuijk)

Norway

In Norway's Tippeligaen

• Josh Gatt (Molde)
• Cole Grossman (Stabæk)
• Ethan Horvath (Molde)
• Alex Horwath (Brann)

In Norway's First Division

• Alex DeJohn (Start)
• Paul Torres (Sandnes Ulf)

In Norway's Second Division

• Anthony Avalos (Vard Haugesund)
• Kris Devaux (Bærum)
• Sebastian Troupe (Bærum)

Portugal

In Portugal's Segunda Liga

• Galvão (Gil Vicente)
• Keaton Parks (Varzim)
• Armando Pelaez (Varzim)

In Portugal's Campeonato Nacional

• Roberto Del Toro (SU Sintrense)
• Sérgio Duarte (Oriental) - on loan from Nacional
• Caleb Patterson-Sewell (Farense)
• Steven Silva Rodrigues (Salgueiros 08)

Scotland

In Scotland's Premiership

• Bjørn Johnsen (Heart of Midlothian)
• Perry Kitchen (Heart of Midlothian)

In Scotland's League One

• Kevin Dzierzawski (Peterhead)
• Scott Pittman (Livingston)

Serbia

In Serbia's SuperLiga

• Izzy Tandir (Javor Ivanjica)

Spain

In Spain's La Liga

• Ali Khatoun (Leganes FC | La Liga)

In Spain's Segunda División B

• Shaquell Moore (Atlético Levante)

In Spain's Tercera División

• Nicholas Gaitan (San Roque de Lepe)

In Spain's Segunda Catalana

• Richard Velez (Sant Adria CF)

Sweden

In Sweden's Allsvenskan

• Tristan Bowen (AFC United)
• Brendan Hines-Ike (Örebro)
• Patrick Hopkins (Sirius)
• Andrew Stadler (Östersund)
• Josh Wicks (AFC United)

In Sweden's Superettan

• Matt Pyzdrowski (Helsingborg)

In Sweden's Division 1 Norra

• Romain Gall (Nyköping)
• Jochen Graf (Carlstad United)
• Eric Pothast (Ängelholm)

Switzerland

In Switzerland's Super League

• Caleb Stanko (Vaduz) - on loan from Freiburg
• Maki Tall (Sion)

North & Central America, Caribbean – CONCACAF

Costa Rica

In Costa Rica's Primera División

• Ramón Martín Del Campo (Saprissa)

El Salvador

In El Salvador's Primera División

• David Lopez (Isidro Metapán)
• Miguel Palafox (Santa Tecla)

Guatemala

In Guatemala's Liga Nacional

• Roberto González (Deportivo Guastatoya)
• Fredy Santiago (Xelajú)

Honduras

In Honduras' Liga Nacional

• Christopher Sheridan (Platense)

Mexico

In Mexico's Liga MX

• Ventura Alvarado (Santos Laguna)
• Fernando Arce, Jr. (Tijuana)
• Paul Arriola (Tijuana)
• Jonathan Bornstein (Querétaro)
• Edgar Castillo (Monterrey)
• Joe Corona (Tijuana)
• Gabriel Farfan (Chiapas)
• Dennis Flores (León)
• Jaime Frias (Guadalajara) - on loan to Indy Eleven
• Herbert Garcia (Santos Laguna)
• Greg Garza (Tijuana)
• Luis Gil (Queretaro)
• Omar Gonzalez (Pachuca)
• Austin Guerrero (Puebla)
• Alejandro Guido (Tijuana)
• Miguel Ibarra (León)
• Bernabé Magaña (Pumas)
• Amando Moreno (Tijuana)
• Michael Orozco Fiscal (Tijuana)
• John Requejo (Tijuana)
• Esteban Rodriguez (Tijuana)
• Omar Salgado (UANL)
• Richard Sánchez (UANL)
• José Francisco Torres (UANL)
• Jorge Villafaña (Santos Laguna)
• William Yarbrough (León)

In Mexico's Ascenso MX

• Isaac Acuña (Celaya) - on loan from Atlante
• Ricardo Bocanegra (Correcaminos UAT) - on loan from Atlas
• Sonny Guadarrama (Atlante)
• Alonso Hernandez (Juárez) - on loan from Monterrey
• Alan Huerta (Atlante)
• Kevin Huezo (Murciélagos)
• Benji Joya (Necaxa) - on loan from Santos Laguna
• Julio Morales (Tepic) - on loan from Guadalajara
• Juan Pablo Ocegueda (Oaxaca) - on loan from UANL
• Jesús Padilla (Cimarrones de Sonora) - on loan from Guadalajara
• Bruno Piceno (Cafetaleros de Tapachula) - on loan from Tijuana
• Adrián Ruelas (Celaya)
• Jesús Vázquez (Universidad de Guadalajara)
• Marco Vidal (Atlético San Luis) - on loan from León

Panama

In Panama's Liga Panameña de Fútbol

• Taylor Rice (Chorrillo)

South America – CONMEBOL

Argentina

In Argentina's Primera División

• Michael Hoyos (Sarmiento)

Brazil

In Brazil's Série A

• Bryan Olivera (Fluminense) - on loan to LA Galaxy II

Chile

In Chile's Primera División

• Modou Jadama (Colo-Colo)

Colombia

In Colombia's Primera A

• Juan Niño (Atlético Huila)
• Kevin Piedrahita (Águilas Doradas)

In Colombia's Primera B

• Kevin Rozo (Llaneros)

Peru

In Peru's Segunda División

• Diego Chavarri (San Simón)

Uruguay

In Uruguay's Primera División

• Fabián Bastidas (Villa Teresa)
• Agustín Viana (Danubio)

Venezuela

In Venezuela's Primera División

• Diego Restrepo (Metropolitanos)

Women

Asia – AFC

Australia

In Australia's W-League

• Lori Lindsey (Canberra United)
• Katie Schubert (Perth Glory)

Japan

In Japan's L. League

• Gloria Douglas (Kunoichi)
• Molly Menchel (Kunoichi)

Europe – UEFA

Austria

In Austria's 1. Frauenbundesliga

• Nicole (Ironside) Bonnell (FC Bergheim)

England

In England's WSL 1

• Daphne Corboz (Manchester City)
• Satara Murray (Liverpool)
• Libby Stout (Liverpool)
• Chioma Ubogagu (Arsenal)

France

In France's Division 1 Féminine

• Genessee Daughetee (Montpellier HSC)
• Lindsey Horan (Paris Saint-Germain)

Germany

In Germany's Frauen-Bundesliga

• Jenista Clark (Freiburg)
• Rachel Gerdin (Sand)
• Lydia Hastings (Herford)
• Chioma Igwe (Freiburg)
• Gina Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
• Mallori Lofton-Malachi (Sand)
• Rachel Mercik (Turbine Potsdam)
• Alexa St. Martin (Herford)
• Katie Stengel (Bayern Munich)
• Ingrid Wells (Turbine Potsdam)

Sweden

In Sweden's Damallsvenskan

• Katie Bethke (Mallbacken)
• Monica Dolinsky (Mallbacken)
• Katlynn Fraine (Linköping)
• Tessa Gavilsky (Mallbacken)
• Brett Maron (Kristianstad)
• Michelle Pao (Vittsjö)

Tommi Goodman, Sara Tosti, MacKenzie Semarad

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