List of VFL/AFL players with international backgrounds
This is a list of Australian Football League players who have multicultural ancestry (which includes players born overseas or who had one parent born overseas).[ 1]
In 2020, about 15 per cent of AFL players were born overseas or had one parent born overseas. This was up from 13 per cent in 2019, according to AFL data.[ 2] Anglophone countries, mainly the United Kingdom , Ireland and New Zealand .[ 3]
Current players born outside of Australia
Albania
Austria
Barbados
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Cook Islands
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
East Timor
Egypt
Ethiopia
Estonia
Fiji
France
Germany
Ghana
Greece
see: Greek Team of the Century [ 52]
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Latvia
Lebanon
Lithuania
Malaysia
Malta
Myanmar
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Macedonia
Norway
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Russia
Samoa
Seychelles
Serbia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Lin Jong (Taiwanese mother, Timorese-Chinese father)
Thailand
Tonga
Turkey
Tuvalu
Uganda
Emmanuel Irra (Born in Uganda)[ 7]
Ukraine
United Kingdom
England
Callum Brown [ 7] Percy Bowyer (Born in England, United Kingdom)Chris Burton (Born in England, United Kingdom)[ 61] Bill Eason (Born in England, United Kingdom)Mitch Golby (Born in Australia; English father)[ 12] Ryan Harwood (Born in Australia; English mother)[ 12] Garrick Ibbotson (English mother)[ 57] Connor Idun Brandon Jack (Born in England, United Kingdom)[ 7] Daniel Kerr (See above India )Ryan Lester (Born in Australia; English-born mother and South African-born father)Brad Moran (Born in England, United Kingdom)[ 61] Chris Mayne (English father)[ 57] Paul Medhurst (English father)Brian Mynott (Born in England, United Kingdom)Bill Perkins (Born in England, United Kingdom)John Scarlett Matthew Scarlett (English father)[ 32] Billie Smedts (English mother, Dutch father)David Swallow Clive Waterhouse (Born in England, United Kingdom)[ 61] Jack Watts (Parents born in England, United Kingdom)Josh Worrell [ 7] John Worsfold [ 32]
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Thomas Leather (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)Bill Morris (Scottish father)[ 100] Charlie Norris (Scottish father)[ 101] James Aitken (Scottish father)James Duncan Gordon (Scottish father)[citation needed Ewan Thompson (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[citation needed Sean Wight (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[citation needed Roy Cazaly (Scottish mother)[ 32] [ 102] Alex Lang (Scottish father)[ 103] Luke McGuane [ 66] Rhys Palmer (Scottish father)[ 104] Firth McCallum (Scottish father)Paul Stewart (Scottish father)[ 105] Sam Docherty [ 106] John Bell (Scottish parents)Doug Fraser (Scottish parents)[ 103] Bill Proudfoot (Scottish parents)[ 107] Andy Dougall (Scottish parents)[ 108] Stan Reid (Scottish father)[citation needed Ted McLean (Scottish father)Colin Campbell (Scottish father)Les MacPherson (Scottish father)[ 109] Alick Ogilvie (Scottish father)Grant Lawrie (Scottish parents)[ 110] Alexander John Fraser (Scottish parents)[ 111] Alex Barlow (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[ 112] Matthew Dick (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[ 113] Bob Edmond (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[ 114] Brian Cook (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[citation needed Henry McPetrie (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[ 115] William Marshall (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[citation needed Jim Edmond (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[ 114] Bruce Sloss (Scottish father)[citation needed Stanley McKenzie (Scottish mother)Hugh Plowman (Scottish father)Ramsay Anderson (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[ 116] George Sutherland (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[citation needed Norman Doig (Scottish parents)Bob Cameron (Scottish parents)[ 117] Stewart Geddes (Scottish parents)[citation needed
Wales
United States
Zimbabwe
See also
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