List of foreign Canadian Premier League players explained

This is a list of foreign players in the Canadian Premier League (CPL), which commenced play in 2019. The following players:

  1. Have played at least one CPL regular season game. Players who were signed by CPL clubs, but only played in playoff games, Canadian Championship games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
  2. Are considered foreign, i.e., outside Canada determined by the following:

A player is considered foreign if his allegiance is not to play for the national team of Canada.

More specifically,

This is a list of players currently occupying one of the seven roster spots designated for foreign players. Canadian Premier League teams may sign a maximum of seven international players, out of which only five can be in the starting lineup for each match. The following players are considered foreign players for the 2024 season.[1] [2] Some players are considered to be domestic, though they do not represent Canada, (e.g. Osaze De Rosario) through reasons like holding Canadian citizenship, being a refugee, or being a permanent resident.

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Player 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Player 7
Atlético Ottawa Aboubakary Sacko Alberto Zapater Rubén del Campo Liberman Torres Kévin dos Santos
Cavalry FC Daan Klomp Jesse Daley Lleyton Brooks Tobias Warschewski Jack Barrett Tom Field
Forge FC Malik Owolabi-Belewu Béni Badibanga Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson Elimane Cissé Opoku Ampomah Daniel Parra
HFX Wanderers Lorenzo Callegari Andre Rampersad Vitor Dias Christian Volesky Giorgio Probo
Pacific FC Ayman Sellouf Aly Ndom Reon Moore Andrei Tîrcoveanu
Valour FC Roberto Alarcón Charalampos Chantzopoulos Tass Mourdoukoutas Jordan Swibel Kian Williams Diogo Ressurreição
Vancouver FC Renan Garcia Alejandro Díaz José Navarro Moses Dyer
York United Oswaldo León Brem Soumaoro Dennis Salanović Orlando Botello Josué Martínez Thomas Vincensini
If not stated otherwise, the country the player is under is the country they were born in.

In bold (for this section): players who have played at least one CPL game in the current season (2024 Canadian Premier League season).

Africa (CAF)

Algeria

Burundi

Benin

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Congo

DR Congo

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Ivory Coast

Liberia

Mali

Morocco

Nigeria

Senegal

Somalia

South Sudan

Tunisia

Zimbabwe

Asia (AFC)

Afghanistan

Australia

Chinese Taipei

Iran

Iraq

Japan

Jordan

Lebanon

Saudi Arabia

South Korea

Philippines

Syria

Europe (UEFA)

Albania

Belgium

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

England

Estonia

France

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Italy

Netherlands

Northern Ireland

Portugal

Serbia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

Wales

North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF)

Belize

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominican Republic

El Salvador

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Jamaica

Mexico

Panama

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos

United States

Oceania (OFC)

New Zealand

South America (CONMEBOL)

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Peru

Uruguay

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tracking Canadian Premier League clubs' 2023-24 offseason roster updates – Canadian Soccer Daily . 2024-01-26 . canadiansoccerdaily.com. 15 November 2023 .
  2. Web site: 2024-01-15 . CPL Off-Season Roster Tracker: Who's in and who's out for 2024? . 2024-01-26 . Canadian Premier League.
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