List of foreign Saudi Professional League players

This is a list of foreign players in the Saudi Pro League, which commenced play in 2008. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:

  1. Have played at least one Pro League game. Players who were signed by Pro League clubs, but only played in cup and/or Asian games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
  2. Are considered foreign, i.e., outside Saudi Arabia determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if his allegiance is not to play for the national team of Saudi Arabia.

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.
  • If a player has not been capped on international level, his country of birth is used, except those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.

Clubs listed are those for which the player has played at least one Pro game — and seasons are those in which the player has played at least one Pro League game. Note that seasons, not calendar years, are used. For example, "2008–11" indicates that the player has played in every season from 2008–09 to 2010–11, but not necessarily every calendar year from 2008 to 2011. Therefore, a player should always have a listing under at least two years — for instance, a player making his debut in 2011, during the 2011–12 season, will have '2011–12' after his name. This follows general practice in expressing sporting seasons in Saudi Arabia.

117 of the 207 foreign FIFA-affiliated nations have been represented in the Pro League. On 30 December 2025, Cyprus became the most recent country to be represented, with Stylianos Vrontis making his league debut for Al-Fayha against Al-Ahli.

In bold: players who have played at least one Premier League game in the current season (2025–26), and are still at a club for which they have played. This does not include current players of a Pro League club who have not played a Pro League game in the current season.

Details correct as of 3 September 2025

Albania

Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Bahrain

Belarus

Belgium

Benin

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

Colombia

Comoros

Congo

Costa Rica

Croatia

Curaçao

Until 2010 Netherlands Antilles

Cyprus

Denmark

DR Congo

Ecuador

Egypt

England

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Finland

France

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

Iraq

Italy

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Korea Republic

Kuwait

Lebanon

Liberia

Libya

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Madagascar

Mali

Mauritania

Mexico

Moldova

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Netherlands

Niger

Nigeria

North Macedonia

Until 2019 named Republic of Macedonia

Norway

Oman

Palestine

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Qatar

Romania

São Tomé and Príncipe

Scotland

Senegal

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Sudan

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Timor-Leste

Togo

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Türkiye

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United States

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Notes

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    Born in Argentina
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    Born in Angola
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    Born in Belgium
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    Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of 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 Chad
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    Born in Colombia
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    Born in Croatia
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    Born in Croatia (then part of Yugoslavia)
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    Born in England
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    Born in France
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    Born in The Gambia
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    Born in Germany
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    Born in the Ivory Coast
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    Born in Kenya
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    Born in Morocco
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    Born in Nigeria
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    Born in North Macedonia (then Macedonia, part of Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Portugal
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    Born in Saudi Arabia
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    Born in Scotland
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    Born in Serbia (then part of Serbia and Montenegro)
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    Born in Serbia (then part of Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Slovakia (then part of Czechoslovakia)
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    Born in Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Somalia
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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 Togo
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