List of foreign Ligue 1 players: F explained
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French Guiana
Note: As it is an overseas department and region of the French Republic, French Guianan players listed here must meet the next conditions:
- They have played with the French Guiana national team, which belongs to CONCACAF but not to FIFA.
- They are not cap-tied to France or any other FIFA member association.
- Josué Albert – Clermont – 2021–22
- Ludovic Baal - Le Mans, Lens, Rennes, Brest - 2007–10, 2014–21
- Jean-Claude Darcheville – 1995–98, 2001–07, 2008–09
- Donovan Léon - AJ Auxerre, Brest - 2011–12, 2019–20
- Kévin Rimane - Paris SG - 2015–16
- Yoann Salmier - RC Strasbourg, Troyes, Le Havre - 2017–18, 2021–
French players born abroad
Thus list includes the French players born outside France who represents (or at least they are eligible) France internationally: this means naturalized players and not, and players born in the Overseas department of France.
Born in the French Guiana
- Raoul Diagne - RC Paris, Toulouse FC (1937) - 1930 - 44
- Odsonne Édouard - Toulouse FC - 2016–17
- Marc-Antoine Fortuné - Lille, Nancy - 2002–04, 2006–09
- Mike Maignan - Lille - 2015–21
- Florent Malouda - Châteauroux, Guingamp, Lyon, Metz - 1997–98, 2000–07, 2014–15
- Jean-Clair Todibo - Toulouse, Nice - 2018–19, 2020–24
Born in the French Polynesia
Born in Guadeloupe
- Taïryk Arconte – Brest – 2022–
- Pegguy Arphexad - Lens, Lille - 1995–97
- Jeanuël Belocian - Rennes - 2021–24
- Jean-Michel Capoue - Cannes - 1991–92, 1993–98
- Dimitri Cavaré - Lens, Rennes - 2014–15, 2016–17
- Jean-Pierre Cyprien - Le Havre, Saint-Étienne, Rennes, Marseille - 1987–88, 1990–94, 1995–96, 1999–2000
- Wylan Cyprien - Lens, Nice, Nantes - 2014–15, 2016–20, 2021–22
- Bernard Lambourde - Cannes, Bordeaux, Bastia – 1991–92, 1993–94, 1995–97, 2001–02
- Thomas Lemar – Caen, Monaco - 2014–18
- Yvann Maçon - Saint-Étienne - 2019–22
- Vincent Marcel - Nice - 2016–18
- Jordan Tell – Caen, Rennes, Clermont – 2016–18, 2021–22
- Lilian Thuram - Monaco - 1990–96
- Marius Trésor - Ajaccio, Marseille, Bordeaux - 1969–84
Born in Martinique
Born in Mayotte
Born in the New Caledonia
Born in Réunion
- Aboubacar Ali Abdallah – Strasbourg – 2023–
- Didier Agathe - Montpellier - 1998–99
- Ludovic Ajorque – Strasbourg – 2018–23
- Zacharie Boucher - Toulouse FC, Angers - 2013–15, 2018–19
- Guillaume Hoarau - Paris Saint-Germain, Bordeaux - 2008–14
- Dimitri Payet – Nantes, Saint-Étienne, Lille, Marseille – 2005–15, 2016–23
- Bertrand Robert - Montpellier, Lorient - 2001–04, 2007–09
- Laurent Robert - Montpellier, Paris SG - 1994–2002
- Ronny Rodelin - Nantes, Lille, Caen, Guingamp - 2008–09, 2011–19
- Florent Sinama Pongolle - Le Havre, Saint-Étienne - 2002–03, 2011–12
- Samuel Souprayen - Rennes, Dijon - 2010–12
Born outside the DOM
- Samassi Abou - Lyon, Cannes - 1992–98
- Seth Adonkor - Nantes - 1981–85
- Kodjo Afanou - Bordeaux - 1995–2006
- Lucien Agoumé - Brest, Troyes - 2021–23
- Zana Allée - Rennes - 2013–14
- Bernard Allou - Paris SG - 1994–98
- Ibrahim Amadou - Nancy, Lille - 2012–13, 2015–18
- Valentin Atangana – Reims – 2022–
- Ibrahim Ba - Le Havre, Bordeaux, Marseille - 1992–97, 2001–02
- Ivan Bek - Saint-Étienne - 1935–39
- Larbi Benbarek – Marseille, Stade Français – 1938–39, 1946–48, 1953–55
- Basile Boli - Auxerre, Marseille, Monaco - 1983–94, 1995–96
- Charles Boli - Lens - 2021–22
- Roger Boli - Auxerre, Lille, Lens, Le Havre - 1984–89, 1991–97
- Jean-Alain Boumsong – Le Havre, Auxerre, Lyon – 1997–2004, 2007–10
- Eduardo Camavinga - Rennes - 2018–22
- Grégory Noel Campi - Lille - 2002–03
- Bruno Carotti – Montpellier, Nantes, Paris SG, Saint-Étienne, Toulouse FC – 1991–2004
- René Charrier – Marseille, Paris FC – 1974–80
- Sidiki Chérif – Angers – 2024–
- Néstor Combin - Lyon, Metz - 1959–64, 1970–73
- Karim Coulibaly - Nancy - 2012–13, 2016–17
- Carlos Curbelo - Nancy, Nice - 1972–88
- Mouhamadou Dabo - Caen - 2004–10, 2011–17
- Julien Darui – Lille, Montpellier – 1937–40, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1953–54
- Marcel Desailly – Nantes, Marseille – 1987–94
- Oumar Dieng – Lille, Paris SG, Auxerre, Sedan – 1989–90, 1992–96, 1998–2000
- Martin Djetou - Strasbourg, Monaco, Nice - 1992–2001, 2004–05
- Manuel dos Santos – Monaco, Montpellier, Marseille, Strasbourg – 1994–2004, 2005–08
- Fabrice Ehret – Strasbourg, Evian – 1998–2001, 2002–04, 2011–14
- Patrice Evra – Monaco, Marseille – 2002–06, 2016–17
- Joachim Fernandez – Bordeaux, Caen, Toulouse FC – 1995–97, 1998–99
- Luis Fernández – Paris SG, RC Paris, Cannes – 1980–93
- Angelo Fulgini – Angers – 2017–22
- Djeidi Gassama – Paris SG – 2021–22
- Yann Gboho – Rennes – 2020–22
- Dario Grava – Strasbourg, Nice – 1968–77
- Patrick Guillou – Saint-Étienne, Sochaux – 1999–2000, 2001–02
- George Ilenikhena – Monaco – 2024–
- Olivier Kapo – Auxerre, Monaco, US Boulogne – 1998–2004, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2011–12
- Yann Karamoh – Caen, Bordeaux, Montpellier – 2016–17, 2018–19, 2023–24
- Jirès Kembo Ekoko – Rennes – 2006–13
- Ferenc Kocsur - Nice, Saint-Étienne - 1949–61
- Alban Lafont - Toulouse FC, Nantes - 2015–18, 2019–
- Peguy Luyindula - Strasbourg, Lyon, Marseille, Auxerre, Paris SG - 1998–2013
- Claude Makélélé – Nantes, Marseille, Paris SG - 1991–98, 2008–11
- Steed Malbranque - Lyon, Saint-Étienne, Caen - 1997–2001, 2011–17
- Steve Mandanda – Marseille, Rennes – 2007–16, 2017–
- Loïc Mbe Soh - Paris SG - 2018–20
- Hemza Mihoubi - Metz - 2004–06
- Vincent Péricard - Saint-Étienne – 1999–2000
- Julien Ponceau – Lorient – 2022–
- Ángel Rambert - Lyon - 1968–70
- Brice Samba - Marseille, Caen, Lens - 2013–14, 2017–19, 2022–
- Amara Simba - Paris SG, Cannes, Monaco, Caen, Lille - 1986–97
- Khéphren Thuram - Nice - 2019–24
- Marcus Thuram - Guingamp - 2017–19
- Jean Tigana - Lyon, Bordeaux, Marseille – 1978–91
- Adrien Truffert - Rennes - 2020–
- Joseph Ujlaki - Nice, RC Paris, Metz - 1953–65
- Samuel Umtiti - Lyon, Lille - 2011–16, 2023–
- Patrick Vieira - Cannes - 1993–96
- Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa - Montpellier, Lyon - 2009–13, 2015–18
Notes
Books
- Book: Barreaud, Marc . Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997) . 1998 . L'Harmattan, Paris . 2-7384-6608-7.
- Book: Tamás Dénes . Pál Peterdi . Zoltán Rochy . József Selmeci . Kalandozó magyar labdarúgók . 1999 . 963-85967-0-8.
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