List of VFL/AFL players with international backgrounds
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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] In 2015 season there were 121 multicultural players, more than half had one parent from Anglophone countries, mainly the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.[3]
Current players born outside Australia
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Africa
[edit]Egypt
[edit]- Mac Andrew (born in Egypt to South Sudanese parents)[4]
- James Borlase (born in Egypt to Australian parents)[5]
- Ahmed Saad (Egyptian parents)[10]
Ethiopia
[edit]- Josh Draper (Ethiopian mother)[11]
- Changkuoth Jiath (born in Ethiopia to South Sudanese parents)
- Tew Jiath (born in Ethiopia to South Sudanese parents)
Ghana
[edit]- Joel Amartey (Ghanaian father)[12]
- Connor Idun (Ghanaian father)
- Isaac Quaynor (Ghanaian father)
- Brandon Walker (born in Ghana)
Kenya
[edit]- Aliir Aliir (born in Kenya to South Sudanese parents)
- Bigoa Nyuon (born in Kenya)
- Leek Aleer (born in Kenya to South Sudanese parents)
Nigeria
[edit]- Joel Wilkinson (Nigerian father)
Seychelles
[edit]- Matt Thomas (Seychellois mother)[13]
South Africa
[edit]- Jack Baggott (born in South Africa)
- Damian Cupido[14]
- Jack Darling (father born in South Africa)[12]
- Neil Erasmus (born in South Africa)
- Eugene Kruger (born in South Africa)[12]
- Stephen Lawrence[14]
- Ryan Lester (South African-born father)[12]
- Ian Muller
- Jason Johannisen (born in South Africa; Zambian mother, South African father)[12][7]
Sudan and South Sudan
[edit]- Aliir Aliir (born in Kenya to Sudanese parents)[15][7]
- Mac Andrew (born in Egypt to South Sudanese parents)[4]
- Martin Frederick
- Michael Frederick
- Buku Khamis (born in South Sudan)
- Majak Daw (born in Sudan)[16][7]
- Mabior Chol (born in South Sudan)[16][7]
- Reuben William (born in South Sudan)[17]
Zimbabwe
[edit]- Tendai Mzungu (Zimbabwean father)[12][18][19]
- Ian Perrie (born in Zimbabwe)
Americas
[edit]Barbados
[edit]- Josh Gibson (Bajan father)[20][12]
Brazil
[edit]- Heritier Lumumba (born in Brazil; Congolese father, Brazilian mother)[21]
Canada
[edit]- Mike Pyke (born in Canada)[22]
- Andrew McGrath (born in Canada)[7]
Chile
[edit]- Jose Romero (born in Chile)[23][24]
- Tim Kelly (Chilean mother)
Jamaica
[edit]- Callum Brown (born in England to Jamaican father)
- Touk Miller (mother of Jamaican descent)
Peru
[edit]- Nick Shipley (Peruvian mother)
United States
[edit]- Zac Clarke (American father)[18][25]
- Mason Cox (born in the United States)
- Elliott Himmelberg
- Harrison Himmelberg
- Jason Holmes (born in the United States)
- Kyle Langford
- Touk Miller (American father)
- Conor Nash
- Don Pyke (born in the United States)
- Archie Smith (footballer, born 1995) (American-born mother)
- Tim Taranto (American father)
- Sanford Wheeler (born in the United States)
Asia
[edit]China
[edit]- Connor Downie (Chinese mother)
- Ernie Foo (Chinese parents)[26]
- Lin Jong (Taiwanese mother; Timorese-Chinese father)[12]
- Wally Koochew (Chinese father and Norwegian mother)[27][28]
- Dannie Seow (Born in Singapore; Chinese father)[29][30]
- George Tansing (Chinese father)[30][31][32]
- Jack Wunhym (Chinese father)[33]
East Timor
[edit]- Lin Jong (Taiwanese mother, Timorese-Chinese father)[12]
- Jarvis Pina[7]
Hong Kong
[edit]- Cameron Polson (Born in Hong Kong, Loong 9)
India
[edit]- Daniel Kerr (Anglo-Indian father)[34]
- Jordan McMahon[35]
- Ben McNiece (Anglo-Indian mother)[36]
- Alex Morgan (Indian parent)
- Clancee Pearce (Indian mother)[18]
- Alex Rance (Indian Great Grandfather)[37][38]
- Fred Pringle (English parents)[35][39]
- Alex Silvagni (Anglo-Indian mother)[30][18]
Israel
[edit]Japan
[edit]- Alex Davies (Japanese mother)
- Mitchito Owens (Japanese mother)
Lebanon
[edit]Malaysia
[edit]- Robert Ahmat (Malay and Torres Strait Islander ancestry)[44]
- Paul Medhurst (English father, Malaysian mother)[45]
Myanmar
[edit]- Andrew Embley (Anglo-Burmese father)[46]
- Trent Dennis-Lane (Anglo-Burmese father)[47]
Philippines
[edit]- Mathew Stokes (Aboriginal, Filipino-Spanish descent)[30][48]
- Alex Woodward (Filipino mother)[12]
- Reef McInnes (Filipino mother)
South Korea
[edit]- Peter F. Bell (Born in Korea; Mother born in South Korea, father born in America)[49][50]
Sri Lanka
[edit]- Hayden Crozier (Sri Lankan father)[12][18]
- Craig Jacotine (Parents born in Sri Lanka)[30]
- David Gallagher[30]
- Enrico Misso (Burgher descent)[30]
Taiwan
[edit]Thailand
[edit]Europe
[edit]Albania
[edit]Austria
[edit]- Alex Jesaulenko (born in Salzburg, but of Ukrainian and Russian ancestry)
- Justin Leppitsch (Austrian-born father)[52]
Croatia
[edit]- Jason Akermanis (Croatian father)
- Alan Didak (Parents born in Croatia)[12]
- Jon Dorotich[53]
- Gordon Fode[54]
- Ray Gabelich[55]
- Darren Gaspar[53]
- Ilija Grgic[56]
- Allen Jakovich[53]
- Glen Jakovich[50]
- Addam Maric (Croat father)[12]
- Ivan Maric (Parents born in Croatia)[12]
- Brody Mihocek (Father born in Croatia)
- Mark Nicoski (Croat mother, Macedonian father)[12]
- Matthew Pavlich (father of Croatian descent)
- Val Perovic[57]
- Steven Salopek (Parents born in Croatia)[12]
- Ivan Soldo (Parents born in Croatia)[58]
- Brandon Starcevich
- Craig Starcevich
- Luke Strnadica (grandparents born in Croatia) [59]
- Peter Sumich[53]
- Jacob Surjan[12]
Cyprus
[edit]- Andrew Demetriou (Cypriot parents)[60]
Czech Republic
[edit]Denmark
[edit]- Tom Boyd (Danish mother)[62]
- Jim Marchbank (Danish father)
Estonia
[edit]- Dane Rampe (Estonian father)[63]
France
[edit]- Allan La Fontaine (French heritage)[49]
Germany
[edit]- Niels Becker (born in Germany)
- Neville Bruns
- Otto Buck[64]
- Wolfgang Dietrich
- Carl Ditterich
- Herman Dohrmann[64]
- Jordan Doering[64]
- Wels Eicke
- Harry Frei (born in Germany)
- Darryl Gerlach
- Don Grossman
- George Heinz
- Aaron Henneman
- Steve Hoffman
- Carl Keller[64]
- Justin Koschitzke
- Harry Lampe (German father)
- Otto Landmann (German grandparents)
- Bruce Lindner
- Stewart Loewe
- David Neitz
- Matthew Pavlich (mother of German descent)
- Jack Riewoldt (German father)[12]
- Nick Riewoldt (German father)[12]
- Alex Ruscuklic
- Paul Schmidt
- Adam Schneider
- John Schultz
- Michael Schulze
- David Schwarz (German father)[65]
- Charlie Schunke[64]
- Ernie Schunke
- Conrad ten Brink
- Dean Terlich[66]
- Heinz Tonn (Born in Germany)[64]
- Jack Ziebell
Greece
[edit]- Luke Beveridge (Greek mother)
- Ang Christou[64]
- Josh Francou
- Gary Frangalas
- John Georgiades
- Mitch Georgiades
- John Georgiou
- Con Gorozidis
- Athas Hrysoulakis
- Peter Kanis
- Arthur Karanicolas
- Patrick Karnezis[67]
- Paul Koulouriotis
- Spiro Kourkoumelis[64]
- Anthony Koutoufides (Greek father, Italian mother)[50]
- George Lakes (parents born in Greece)
- Angelo Lekkas
- Stephen Malaxos
- Spiro Malakellis
- Tony Malakellis
- Alex Marcou[64]
- Daniel Metropolis
- Russell Morris
- Albert Pannam
- Alby Pannam
- Charlie Pannam (footballer, born 1874)
- Charlie Pannam (footballer, born 1897)[50]
- Chris Pavlou[64]
- Phil Poursanidis[64]
- Josh Rachele (mother with Greek heritage)
- Tony Spassopoulos[68]
- Lou Richards
- Ron Richards
- John Rombotis[12]
- Jimmy Toumpas[67][7]
- Jason Traianidis
- Elijah Tsatas
- James Tsitas
- Zeno Tzatzaris
- Vasil Varlamos[64]
- David Zaharakis (Greek father)[12][7]
Hungary
[edit]- Patrick Veszpremi (Hungarian father)[12][70]
Ireland
[edit]- Colm Begley (born in Ireland)[14]
- Shadeau Brain (Irish heritage)
- Dermott Brereton (Irish parents)[50]
- Callum Brown (grew up in Ireland)[71]
- Ciarán Byrne (born in Ireland)[7]
- Paul Earley (born in Ireland)[14]
- Cian Hanley (Irish father)[7]
- Pearce Hanley (Irish father)[12][7]
- Darragh Joyce (born in Ireland)[7]
- Mark Keane (born in Ireland)[7]
- Tadhg Kennelly (born in Ireland)[14]
- James Madden (born in Ireland)
- James Magner (Irish parents)[12]
- Jock McHale (Irish parents)
- Niall McKeever[12] (born in Ireland)[14]
- Conor McKenna (born in Ireland)[7]
- Dermot McNicholl (born in Ireland)[14]
- Caolan Mooney (born in Ireland)[12]
- Oisín Mullin (born in Ireland)[71]
- Conor Nash (born in Ireland)[7]
- Mark O'Connor (born in Ireland)[7]
- Brett O'Hanlon[41]
- Jamie O'Reilly (born in Ireland)[12]
- Colin O'Riordan (born in Ireland)[7]
- Setanta Ó hAilpín (Irish father)[12]
- Michael Quinn (born in Ireland)
- Ciarán Sheehan (born in Ireland)[7]
- Brian Stynes (born in Ireland)[14]
- Jim Stynes (born in Ireland)[49]
- Zach Tuohy (born in Ireland)[12][7]
- Tommy Walsh (born in Ireland)[12]
- Sean Wight (Irish parents)[14]
Italy
[edit]- Steven Alessio (father and mother Italian-born)[72]
- Ron Auchettl[64]
- Edo Benetti (Italian parents)[72]
- John Benetti (Italian father)[72]
- Peter Bevilaqua (born in Italy)[64][72]
- Marcus Bontempelli
- Bert Boromeo (Italian father)[64][72]
- Mario Bortolotto (Italian parents)[64][72]
- Scott Camporeale
- Vin Catoggio (Italian parents)[64][72]
- Reece Conca (Italian father)[12][7]
- Stephen Coniglio (Italian father)[67][7]
- Adam Contessa (Italian father)[72]
- Frank Curcio[72]
- Steven Da Rui (Italian parents)[64][72]
- Ron De Iulio (Italian parents)[64][72]
- Danny Del-Re (Italian parents)[72]
- Brett Deledio[41]
- Frank Dimattina (Italian parents)[72]
- Robert DiPierdomenico[50]
- Alec Epis[72]
- Alex Fasolo
- Brendan Fevola (Italian father)[72]
- Michael Firrito[12]
- Silvio Foschini (Italian parents)[72]
- Dominic Fotia
- Cyril Gambetta
- Adam Iacobucci
- Len Incigneri[72]
- Anthony Koutoufides
- Tom Liberatore (grandparents born in Italy)
- Tony Liberatore[72] (parents born in Italy)
- Paul Licuria (Italian father)
- Frank Marchesani[64]
- Al Martello[72]
- Ray Martini[64]
- Peter Matera[50]
- Phillip Matera[72]
- Wally Matera[72]
- Mark Mercuri[72]
- Joe Misiti[72]
- Anthony Morabito (Italian mother)[12][18]
- Romano Negri[73]
- Christian Petracca[74][7]
- Peter Pianto[72]
- Paul Puopolo (Italian parents)[12][7]
- Simon Prestigiacomo (Italian father)[73]
- Josh Rachele (father with Italian heritage)[68]
- Adam Ramanauskas[72]
- Peter Riccardi[72]
- Mark Ricciuto[72]
- Frank Rigaldi[64]
- Matt Riggio
- Guy Rigoni
- Anthony Rocca (father born in Italy)[50]
- Saverio Rocca (father born in Italy)[50]
- Renato Serafini[64]
- Alex Silvagni (Italian father)[30][7]
- Jack Silvagni (paternal grandmother and two great-grandparents Italian-born)
- Sergio Silvagni (father and mother Italian-born)[72]
- Stephen Silvagni (mother and paternal grandparents Italian-born)[50]
- Ian Stewart
- Shane Valenti
- Bill Valli (Italian parents)[73]
- Herc Vollugi[73]
Latvia
[edit]- Peter Agrums
- Mark Blicavs (Latvian grandparents)
- Arnold Briedis
- Andrejs Everitt (Latvian mother)
- Peter Everitt (Latvian mother)
- Rene Kink
- Arnold Briedis
Lithuania
[edit]- Algy Vosilaitis (born in Lithuania)[75]
- Adam Ramanauskas[75]
- Jack Lukosius
Malta
[edit]Netherlands
[edit]- Peter Castrikum (born in Dutch East Indies)[76]
- Robbert Klomp[77]
- David Hale (Dutch mother)[20]
- Matthew Kreuzer[78]
- Daniel Pearce (Dutch mother)[20]
- Ben Rutten (Dutch father)[12]
- Billie Smedts (Dutch father)[12]
- Andrew Swallow (Dutch mother)[12]
- David Swallow (Dutch mother)[12]
- Richard Vandenberg
- Jay van Berlo
- Nathan van Berlo
- Paul van der Haar
- Nick Vlastuin[79]
North Macedonia and Macedonia
[edit]- Josh Daicos (paternal grandparents)[50]
- Nick Daicos (paternal grandparents)
- Peter Daicos (parents born in Greek Macedonia)[50]
- John Gastev
- Mark Nicoski (father born in North Macedonia)[12]
- Nick Malceski (Macedonian father)[70]
- Alex Marcou (parents born in Greek Macedonia)[80]
- Paul Peos (parents born in Greek Macedonia)
- Sam Petrevski-Seton[81]
Nic Martin (grandparents born in Macedonia)
Norway
[edit]- Wally Koochew (Norwegian mother)[27]
Poland
[edit]- Jason Blake (Polish mother)[12]
- John Pitura[82]
- James Podsiadly[83]
- Jared Polec
- Patrick Lipinski
Russia
[edit]- Bohdan Jaworskyj
- Alex Jesaulenko (Russian mother)[84]
- Oleg Markov (Russian parents)[7]
Serbia
[edit]Slovenia
[edit]- Nick Suban
- Rene Kink
- Dayne Zorko (father born in Yugoslavia, now Slovenia)
Spain
[edit]- Kyle Langford (Spanish heritage)[85]
- Paul Licuria
Sweden
[edit]- Kyle Langford (Swedish heritage)[85]
- Kris Massie (born in Sweden)
Switzerland
[edit]- Henri Jeanneret
- Matthew Leuenberger (Swiss father)[12]
Turkey
[edit]- Taylin Duman (Turkish-born father)[86]
- Sedat Sir
- Errol Gulden
United Kingdom
[edit]- Roy Cazaly (Scottish mother, English father)[50]
- Martin Clarke[12]
- Pearce Hanley (born in England; Welsh mother, Irish father)
- Jamie O'Reilly[12]
- Brodie Smith (English mother, Scottish father)[12]
- Aaron Young (English mother, Scottish father)[12]
England
[edit]- Callum Brown (born in England)[7]
- Percy Bowyer (born in England)
- Chris Burton (born in England)[14]
- Bill Eason (born in England)
- Mitch Golby (English father)[52]
- Ryan Harwood (English mother)[52]
- Garrick Ibbotson (English mother)[18]
- Connor Idun (born in England)
- Brandon Jack (born in England)[7]
- Daniel Kerr
- Ryan Lester (English-born mother)[12]
- Brad Moran (born in England)[14]
- Chris Mayne (English father)[18]
- Paul Medhurst (English father)
- Brian Mynott (born in England)
- Bill Perkins (born in England)
- John Scarlett
- Matthew Scarlett (English father)[50]
- Billie Smedts (English mother)[12]
- David Swallow (English father)[12]
- Clive Waterhouse (born in England)[14]
- Jack Watts (parents born in England)[12]
- Josh Worrell (porn in England)[7]
- John Worsfold[50]
Jersey
[edit]- Mark Blicavs (mother born in Jersey)
Northern Ireland
[edit]- Aidan Corr (born in Northern Ireland)[7]
- Conor Glass (born in Northern Ireland)
- Stuart Magee (born in Northern Ireland)
Scotland
[edit]- James Aitken (Scottish father)
- Ramsay Anderson (born in Scotland)[87]
- Alex Barlow (born in Scotland)[88]
- John Bell (Scottish parents)
- Bob Cameron (Scottish parents)[89]
- Colin Campbell (Scottish father)
- Roy Cazaly (Scottish mother)[50][90]
- Brian Cook (born in Scotland)
- Matthew Dick (born in Scotland)[91]
- Sam Docherty (Scottish father)[92]
- Norman Doig (Scottish parents)
- Andy Dougall (Scottish parents)[93]
- Bob Edmond (born in Scotland)[94]
- Jim Edmond (born in Scotland)[94]
- Alexander John Fraser (Scottish parents)[95]
- Doug Fraser (Scottish parents)[96]
- Stewart Geddes (Scottish parents)
- James Duncan Gordon (Scottish father)
- Alex Lang (Scottish father)[96]
- Grant Lawrie (Scottish parents)[97]
- Thomas Leather (born in Scotland)
- Les MacPherson (Scottish father)[98]
- William Marshall (born in Scotland)
- Firth McCallum (Scottish father)
- Luke McGuane[41]
- Stanley McKenzie (Scottish mother)
- Ted McLean (Scottish father)
- Henry McPetrie (born in Scotland)[99]
- Bill Morris (Scottish father)[100]
- Charlie Norris (Scottish father)[101]
- Alick Ogilvie (Scottish father)
- Rhys Palmer (Scottish father)[102]
- Hugh Plowman (Scottish father)
- Bill Proudfoot (Scottish parents)[103]
- Stan Reid (Scottish father)
- Bruce Sloss (Scottish father)
- Paul Stewart (Scottish father)[104]
- George Sutherland (born in Scotland)
- Ewan Thompson (born in Scotland)
- Sean Wight (born in Scotland)
Wales
[edit]- James Gwilt (Welsh father)[105]
- Cian Hanley (Welsh mother)[106]
- Pearce Hanley (Welsh mother)[106]
- John McCarthy[107]
Ukraine
[edit]- Jason Daniltchenko
- Alex Ishchenko[14]
- Bohdan Jaworskyj
- Alex Jesaulenko (Ukrainian father)[84]
- Jake Kolodjashnij (Ukrainian-Russian father)[108]
- Kade Kolodjashnij (Ukrainian-Russian father)[108]
- Steven Kolyniuk
- Jared Petrenko
- Jason Porplyzia
- Justin Staritski
- Shane Woewodin (Ukrainian parents)
- Taj Woewodin (Ukrainian grandparents)
Oceania
[edit]Cook Islands
[edit]Fiji
[edit]- Alipate Carlile (Fijian mother)[12][110]
- Aaron Hall' (Fijian mother)[12]
- Setanta Ó hAilpín[12][111]
- Aisake Ó hAilpín[111]
- Nic Naitanui[109][110]
- Tom Nicholls (Fijian mother)[12]
- David Rodan (Fijian-born mother)[12][24][110]
- Esava Ratugolea (Fijian parents)[112]
- Atu Bosenavulagi (born in Fiji)
New Zealand
[edit]- Oskar Baker
- Simon Black[12]
- Paul Bower (Maori mother)[30]
- Greg Broughton (Maori father)[113]
- Louis Butler[7]
- Adam Campbell[114]
- Trent Croad[14]
- Danny Dickfos (Maori)[30]
- Donald Dickie (Maori)[30]
- Aaron Edwards (New Zealand father)[115]
- Max Gawn[12]
- Heath Grundy[12]
- Kurt Heatherley[7]
- Karmichael Hunt[109]
- Jarrad Jansen (born in New Zealand; parents born in New Zealand)[7]
- Mykelti Lefau (born in New Zealand)
- Dustin Martin (Maori father)[30]
- Beau Maister[116]
- Rowan Marshall (born in New Zealand)[7]
- Daniel McAlister (Maori)[30]
- Sam Mitchell[20]
- Thomas O'Halloran (born in New Zealand)
- Brett Peake (Maori)[30]
- Brian Peake (Maori)[30]
- Daniel Pearce (New Zealand father)[12]
- Jasper Pittard[12]
- Jordan Russell[12]
- Ben Rutten (New Zealand mother)[12]
- Shane Savage (born in New Zealand; Maori father)[117][7]
- Wayne Schwass (Maori)[50]
- Joe Sellwood
- Nathan van Berlo[118]
- Jay van Berlo[118]
- Brent Renouf[119]
- Rupert Wills (born in New Zealand)[7]
- Marley Williams (Maori father)[12]
Papua New Guinea
[edit]- Aiden Bonar (Papua New Guinean mother)
- Cameron Ellis-Yolmen[7]
- James Gwilt (Papua New Guinean mother)
- Peter Ladhams[7]
- Mal Michael[14]
- Patrick Murtagh[7]
- Hewago Oea (born in Papua New Guinea)
- Bruce Reville (born in Papua New Guinea)
- Ben Sexton
- Michael Sexton
- Nick Vlastuin[7]
- Ollie Wines[7]
Samoa
[edit]- Aaron Edwards[115]
- Karmichael Hunt[109]
- Mykelti Lefau (Samoan father)
- Shem Tatupu
Tonga
[edit]- Paul Curtis (Tongan mother)
- Israel Folau (Tongan parents)
- David Rodan (Fijian-Tongan mother, Tongan father)[12][110]
Tuvalu
[edit]See also
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