List of foreign EFL Championship players


This is a list of foreign players in the EFL Championship, which commenced play in 2004. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:
  1. Have played at least one Championship game. Players who were signed by Championship clubs, but only played in lower league, cup and/or European games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
  2. Are considered foreign, i.e., outside Great Britain and Ireland, determined by the following:
  • If a player has been capped on international level, the national team is used; if he has been capped by more than one country, the highest level team is used. These include British/Irish players with dual citizenship.
  • If a player has not been capped on international level, his country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from British/Irish parents or moved to Great Britain/Ireland at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.
Clubs listed are those the player has played at least one Championship game for—and seasons are those the player has played at least one Championship game in. Note that seasons, not calendar years, are used. For example, "2004–06" indicates that the player has played in every season from 2004–05 to 2005–06, but not necessarily every calendar year from 2004 to 2005
The players in Bold are those who are currently playing in Championship.
''Last Updated: 22 September 2025''

Albania

Algeria

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Bangladesh

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Barbados

Belgium

Benin

Bermuda

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chile

China

Chinese Taipei

Colombia

Comoros

Congo

Congo DR

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Estonia

Faroe Islands

Fiji

Finland

France

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Gibraltar

Greece

Grenada

Guadeloupe

Guatemala

Guinea-Bissau

Guinea

Guyana

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kosovo

Latvia

Liberia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Mali

Malta

Martinique

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Montenegro

Montserrat

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

North Macedonia

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Senegal

Serbia

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Slovakia

Slovenia

Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sudan

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Togo

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United States

Uruguay

Venezuela

Zambia

Zimbabwe