List of foreign Liga I players

This is a list of foreign players in the Liga I, which commenced play in 1909. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:

  1. Have played at least one Liga I game. Players who were signed by Liga I 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 Romania determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for the national teams of Romania.

More specifically,

  • 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 (or the most recent) team is used. These include Romanian players with dual citizenship. Players who played for Romania but came as foreign players (such as István Avar) are also listed.
  • If a player has not been capped on international level, his country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from Romanian parents or moved to Romania at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched their nationality to another nation.

Clubs listed are those that the player has played at least one Liga I game for.

Seasons listed are those that the player has played at least one Liga I game in. Note that seasons, not calendar years, are used. For example, "1992–1995" indicates that the player has played in every season from 1992–1993 to 1994–1995, but not necessarily every calendar year from 1992 to 1995.

In bold: players that have played at least one Liga I game in the current season (2025–26) and the clubs they've played for. They include players that have subsequently left the club, but do not include current players of a Liga I club that have not played a Liga I game in the current season.

Albania

Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Benin

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Before winning together the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Collins Fai (left) and Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui (right) played in Liga I for Dinamo București and FC Botoșani respectively.

Canada

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

Colombia

Comoros

Congo

Congo DR

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cuba

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Djibouti

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

England

Equatorial Guinea

Estonia

Faroe Islands

Finland

France

French Guiana

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guadeloupe

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Hungary's Mighty Magyar, Gyula Lóránt (left), and the Romanian-Hungarian international József Pecsovszky (right) won the Liga I title in their single season together at UTA Arad.

Iceland

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kenya

Kosovo

Latvia

Lebanon

Liberia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Mali

Martinique

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Moldova

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Netherlands

New Caledonia

New Zealand

Nigeria

North Macedonia

Norway

Palestine

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Russia

Rwanda

Saint Lucia

Saudi Arabia

Scotland

Senegal

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sudan

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Tajikistan

Togo

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United States

Uruguay

Venezuela

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Notes

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    Born in Albania
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    Born in Angola
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    Born in Australia
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    Born in Austria
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    Born in Austria (then part of Austria-Hungary)
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    Born in Belarus (then part of the Soviet Union)
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    Born in Belgium
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    Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Brazil
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    Born in Cameroon
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    Born in Canada
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    Born in Cape Verde
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    Born in Croatia
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    Born in Croatia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in England
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    Born in Ghana
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    Born in Italy
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    Born in Ivory Coast
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    Born in Kosovo (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Kosovo (then part of FR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Luxembourg
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    Born in Netherlands
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    Born in Nigeria
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    Born in Paraguay
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    Born in Poland
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    Born in Portugal
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    Born in the Réunion
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    Born in Romania
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    Born in Romania (then part of Austria-Hungary)
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    Born in Russia
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    Born in Serbia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Serbia (then part of FR Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Slovakia (then part of First Czechoslovak Republic)
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    Born in South Africa
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    Born in Spain
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    Born in Sweden
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    Born in Switzerland
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    Born in Turkey
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    Born in the Uganda
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    Born in the Ukraine
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    Born in the USA
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    Born in West Germany (now part of Germany)
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    Capped for the Belgium national under-20 football team
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    Capped for the Ivory Coast national under-19 football team
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    Capped for the Norway national under-15 football team
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    Capped for the Norway national under-16 football team
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    Capped for the Romania national under-15 football team
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    Capped for the Romania national under-18 football team
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    Capped for the Switzerland national under-15 football team
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