List of VFL/AFL players born outside Australia

The following is a list of Australian rules footballers to have competed in the Australian Football League (previously known as VFL) that were born in a country other than Australia (sorted by country of birth).

These players have all played one or more games in the senior competition of the VFL/AFL.

See also List of VFL/AFL players by ethnicity.

Austria

• Alex Jesaulenko (Carlton/St Kilda)

Brazil

• Heritier O'Brien (Collingwood)

Chile

• Jose Romero (North Melbourne/Footscray)
• Daniel Segovia (Collingwood)

England

• Brett Kirk (Sydney)
• Brendon Lade (Port Adelaide)
• Brad Moran (Kangaroos)
• Clive Waterhouse (Fremantle)
• Colin Alexander (Collingwood/Brisbane)
• Mark Bayliss (Collingwood)
• Lawrence Bingham (Hawthorn/St Kilda)
• Wayne Blackwell (Carlton)
• Chris Burton (Footscray/Richmond)
• Ian Dargie (St Kilda/West Coast)
• Fred Fairweather (North Melbourne)
• Andy Goodwin (Richmond/Melbourne)
• Paul Harding (Hawthorn/St Kilda/West Coast)
• Johnny Leonard (South Melbourne)
• Brian Mynott (St Kilda)
• Richard Nixon (St Kilda)
• Polly Perkins (Richmond)

Fiji

David Rodan was born in Fiji

• David Rodan (Richmond/Port Adelaide)
• Alipate Carlile (Port Adelaide)

France

• Allan La Fontaine (Melbourne)

Germany

• Harry Frei (Footscray)
• Alex Ruscuklic (Fitzroy / Carlton)

Holland

• Ron Van T’Hag (Geelong)

Ireland

• Martin Clarke (Collingwood)
• Colm Begley (Brisbane)
• Tadhg Kennelly (Sydney)
• Jim Stynes (Melbourne)
• Paul Earley (Melbourne)
• Stuart Magee (South Melbourne/Fitzroy)
• Dermott McNichol (St Kilda)
• Brian Stynes (Melbourne)
• Colm Earley (New Monaghan)

Italy

• Peter Bevilaqua

Lebanon

• Milham Hanna (Carlton)

New Guinea

• Ben Sexton (Footscray/Carlton)

New Zealand

• Adam Campbell (Fremantle)
• Trent Croad (Fremantle/Hawthorn)
• Peter Bennett (Hawthorn/Essendon)
• Donald Dickie (Port Adelaide)
• Warren Jones (Carlton/St Kilda)
• Daniel McAlister (Essendon)
• Marty McDonnell (Footscray)
• Tom O'Halloran (Richmond)
• Wayne Schwass (North Melbourne/Sydney)
• Joel Selwood (Geelong)

Papua New Guinea

PNG born Mal Michael playing for the Essendon Bombers

• Mal Michael (Essendon Bombers/Brisbane Lions/Collingwood)

Samoa

• Aaron Edwards (West Coast/Kangaroos)

Scotland

• Sean Wight (Melbourne)

South Africa

• Jack Baggott (Richmond/Essendon)
• Damian Cupido (Brisbane Lions/Essendon)
• Ian Muller (Carlton, St Kilda)

South Korea

South Korean-born Peter Bell

• Peter Bell (Fremantle/North Melbourne)

Sweden

• Kris Massie (Carlton/Adelaide)

Switzerland

• Henri Jenneret (South Melbourne/Melbourne)

United States of America

• Tom Banks (Fitzroy)
• Don Pyke (West Coast)
• Sandford Wheeler (Sydney)

Thailand

• Sudjai Cook (Adelaide)

Wales

• John McCarthy (footballer) (North Melbourne/Fitzroy)

Zimbabwe

• Ian Perrie (Adelaide)
• Stephen Lawrence (footballer) (Hawthorn)

References

• Brian Clarke (2003). "Overseas Born VFL/AFL players". International Australian Football Council. Retrieved December 14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
• "Other Nationalities". Full Points Footy. Retrieved March 1. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
• Rod Curtis (2005). "The AFL evangelist". The Age. Retrieved November 8. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

See also

• List of VFL/AFL players by ethnicity