List of Iraqi expatriate footballers

Many Iraqis were forced to leave their homeland after the 2003 invasion of Iraq and had started their lives elsewhere. A number of young Iraqi talents appeared in Europe, North America and Australia with their teams for the age groups, and after their distinction, the technical staff of their clubs decided to transfer them to the first team in the club. They are now known inside Iraq as expatriate players or Iraqi professionals at times, and Iraqi football has many talents in the diaspora, especially those born in Europe, or of Iraqi origin, on the father’s or mother’s side. Some of them represented the national team and the age group teams. Some of them are like the age group teams of those countries.


 * The players marked in bold represented the Iraqi national teams.


 * The level of the leagues in which the players play has been classified as 1, 2, 3, 4....etc, regardless of the designations in those countries.

Iraq
These are the players that play in Iraq currently but started their careers elsewhere.

Retired players
These are expatriate Iraqi players formerly selected and now retired.