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] 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 of Australia
Birthplace Player Career Notes Ref.
 Kenya Aliir Aliir 2014– Born in Kenya
 Fiji Atu Bosenavulagi 2019– Born in Fiji
 New Zealand Louis Butler 2020– Born in New Zealand
 South Sudan Mabior Chol 2016– Born in South Sudan
 United Kingdom Aidan Corr 2013– Born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
 United States Mason Cox 2015– Born in the United States [4][5]
 South Sudan Michael Frederick 2020– Born in South Sudan
 Ethiopia Changkuoth Jiath 2018– Born in Ethiopia
 South Africa Jason Johannisen 2012– Born in South Africa
 South Sudan Buku Khamis 2019– Born in South Sudan
 Ireland James Madden 2021– Born in Ireland
 Belarus Oleg Markov 2016– Born in Belarus
 New Zealand Rowan Marshall 2017– Born in New Zealand
 Canada Andrew McGrath 2017– Born in Canada
 Ireland Conor Nash 2017– Born in Ireland
 Ireland Zach Tuohy 2011– Born in Ireland
 Ireland Mark Keane 2019– Born in Ireland
 Papua New Guinea Hewago Oea 2022– Born in Papua New Guinea [6]

Albania

Austria

Barbados

Brazil

Canada

Chile

China
Name Origins Career
Connor Downie Chinese mother 2021–2022
Ernie Foo Chinese parents[15] 1914
Lin Jong Taiwanese mother; Timorese-Chinese father[10] 2012–
Wally Koochew Chinese father and Norwegian mother[16][17] 1908
Dannie Seow Born in Singapore; Chinese father[18][19] 1986-1987; 1989-1990
George Tansing Chinese father[19][20][21] 1908
Jack Wunhym Chinese father[22] 1927–29

Cook Islands

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

East Timor

Egypt

Ethiopia

Estonia

Fiji

France

Germany

Ghana

Greece

see: Greek Team of the Century[43]

Hong Kong

Hungary

India

Ireland
Main article: Irish experiment
Name Origins Career
Colm Begley Born in Ireland[52] 2006–2009
Dermott Brereton Irish parents[28] 1982–1992;1994–1995
Patrick Brophy Born in Ireland[5] 2017–
Ciarán Byrne Born in Ireland[5] 2014–
Ray Connellan Born in Ireland[5] 2017–
Mark Keane (footballer) Born in Ireland[5]
Conor McKenna Born in Ireland[5] 2014–
Paul Earley Born in Ireland[52] 1984
Cian Hanley Welsh mother, Irish father[5] 2015–
Pearce Hanley Irish, born in England, United Kingdom; Welsh mother, Irish father[10][5] 2008–
Darragh Joyce Born in Ireland[5] 2017–
Tadhg Kennelly Born in Ireland[52] 2001–2008;2010–2011
James Magner Irish parents[10] 2012–13
Jock McHale Irish parents 1903–1920
Niall McKeever[10] Born in Ireland[52] 2010–2013
Dermot McNicholl Born in Ireland[52] 1990
Caolan Mooney Born in Ireland[10] 2012–2014
Conor Nash Born in Ireland[5] 2017–
Mark O'Connor Born in Ireland[5] 2017–
Brett O'Hanlon [53] 2012–
Jamie O'Reilly Born in Ireland[10] 2010–2011
Colin O'Riordan Born in Ireland[5] 2017–
Setanta Ó hAilpín Irish father, Fijian mother[10] 2005–2013
Michael Quinn Born in Ireland 2009–2010
Ciarán Sheehan Born in Ireland[5] 2014–
Brian Stynes Born in Ireland[52] 1992
Jim Stynes Born in Ireland 1987–1998[38]
Zach Tuohy Born in Ireland[10][5] 2011–
Tommy Walsh Born in Ireland[10] 2012–2014
Sean Wight Born in Scotland, United Kingdom, Irish parents[52] 1984–1995
Aidan Corr Born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom[5] 2013-
James Madden Born in Ireland 2021-

Israel

Italy
See also: Italian Team of the Century

Japan

Kenya

Latvia

Lebanon

Lithuania

Malaysia

Malta

Myanmar

Netherlands

New Zealand
See also: List of New Zealand Māori AFL players

Nigeria

North Macedonia

Norway

Papua New Guinea

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Russia

Samoa

Seychelles

Serbia

Slovenia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan/South Sudan

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

Thailand

Tonga

Turkey

Tuvalu

Uganda
  • Emmanuel Irra (Born in Uganda)[5]

Ukraine

United Kingdom

England

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

United States

Zimbabwe

See also

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