List of VFL/AFL players with international backgrounds

This is a list of Australian Football League players who have multicultural ancestry (which includes players born overseas or who had one parent born overseas).

In 2020, about 15 per cent of AFL players were born overseas or had one parent born overseas. This was up from 13 per cent in 2019, according to AFL data. In 2015 season there were 121 multicultural players, more than half had one parent from Anglophone countries, mainly the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.

Albania

 * Adem Yze

Austria

 * Alex Jesaulenko (born in Salzburg, but of Ukrainian and Russian ancestry)
 * Justin Leppitsch (Austrian-born father)

Barbados

 * Josh Gibson (Bajan father)

Brazil

 * Heritier Lumumba (Born in Brazil; Congolese father, Brazilian mother)

Canada

 * Mike Pyke
 * Andrew McGrath

Chile

 * Jose Romero
 * Tim Kelly

Cook Islands

 * Karmichael Hunt

Croatia

 * Jason Akermanis (Croatian father)
 * Alan Didak (Parents born in Croatia)
 * Jon Dorotich
 * Gordon Fode
 * Ray Gabelich
 * Darren Gaspar
 * Ilija Grgic
 * Allen Jakovich
 * Glen Jakovich
 * Addam Maric (Croat father)
 * Ivan Maric (Parents born in Croatia)
 * Brody Mihocek (Father born in Croatia)
 * Mark Nicoski (Croat mother, Macedonian father)
 * Val Perovic
 * Steven Salopek (Parents born in Croatia)
 * Ivan Soldo (Parents born in Croatia)
 * Brandon Starcevich
 * Jackson Starcevich
 * Craig Starcevich
 * Luke Strnadica (grandparents born in Croatia)
 * Peter Sumich
 * Jacob Surjan

Cyprus

 * Andrew Demetriou

Czech Republic

 * Paul Vinar

Denmark

 * Tom Boyd (Danish mother)
 * Jim Marchbank (Danish father)

East Timor

 * Lin Jong (Taiwanese mother, Timorese-Chinese father)
 * Jarvis Pina

Egypt

 * Mac Andrew (born in Egypt to South Sudanese parents)
 * James Borlase (born in Egypt to Australian parents)
 * Ahmed Saad (Egyptian parents)

Ethiopia

 * Josh Draper
 * Changkuoth Jiath

Estonia

 * Dane Rampe (Estonian father)

Fiji

 * Alipate Carlile (Fijian mother)
 * Aaron Hall' (Fijian mother)
 * Setanta Ó hAilpín (See below Ireland & Northern Ireland)
 * Aisake Ó hAilpín (See below  Ireland & Northern Ireland)
 * Nic Naitanui
 * Tom Nicholls (Fijian mother)
 * David Rodan (Fijian-born Tongan mother, Tongan father)
 * Esava Ratugolea (Fijian parents)
 * Atu Bosenavulagi (Born in Fiji)

France

 * Allan La Fontaine (Born in Australia; French)

Germany

 * Otto Buck
 * Herman Dohrmann
 * Jordan Doering
 * Harry Frei (Born in Germany)
 * Carl Keller
 * Harry Lampe (German father)
 * Jack Riewoldt (German father)
 * Nick Riewoldt (German father)
 * Alex Ruscuklic
 * Paul Schmidt
 * David Schwarz (German father)
 * Charlie Schunke
 * Conrad ten Brink
 * Dean Terlich
 * Heinz Tonn (Born in Germany)

Ghana

 * Joel Amartey
 * Connor Idun
 * Isaac Quaynor
 * Brandon Walker (Born)

Greece
see: Greek Team of the Century
 * Tom Anastasopoulos (Greek family)
 * Luke Beveridge (Greek mother)
 * Ang Christou
 * Andrew Demetriou (See above Cyprus)
 * Josh Francou
 * Gary Frangalas
 * John Georgiades
 * Mitch Georgiades
 * John Georgiou
 * Con Gorozidis
 * Athas Hrysoulakis
 * Peter Kanis
 * Arthur Karanicolas
 * Patrick Karnezis
 * Paul Koulouriotis
 * Spiro Kourkoumelis
 * Anthony Koutoufides (Greek father, Italian mother)
 * George Lakes (both parents born in Greece)
 * Angelo Lekkas
 * Stephen Malaxos
 * Spiro Malakellis
 * Tony Malakellis
 * Alex Marcou
 * Daniel Metropolis
 * Russell Morris
 * Albert Pannam
 * Alby Pannam
 * Charlie Pannam (footballer, born 1874)
 * Charlie Pannam (footballer, born 1897)
 * Matthew Panos (Greek father)
 * Chris Pavlou
 * Phil Poursanidis
 * Josh Rachele (mother with Greek heritage, father with Italian heritage)
 * Tony Spassopoulos
 * Lou Richards
 * Ron Richards
 * John Rombotis
 * Jimmy Toumpas
 * Jason Traianidis
 * Elijah Tsatas
 * James Tsitas
 * Zeno Tzatzaris
 * Vasil Varlamos
 * David Zaharakis (Greek father)

Hong Kong

 * Cameron Polson (Born in Hong Kong)

Hungary

 * Patrick Veszpremi (Hungarian father)

India

 * Daniel Kerr (Anglo-Indian father)
 * Jordan McMahon
 * Ben McNiece (Anglo-Indian mother)
 * Alex Morgan (Australian footballer) (Indian parent)
 * Clancee Pearce (Indian mother)
 * Alex Rance (Indian Great Grandfather)
 * Fred Pringle (English parents)
 * Alex Silvagni (Anglo-Indian mother)

Israel

 * Mordy Bromberg
 * Ezra Poyas
 * Ian Synman

Italy

 * Steven Alessio (father and mother Italian-born)
 * Ron Auchettl
 * Edo Benetti (Father and mother)
 * John Benetti (Father)
 * Peter Bevilaqua (Born in Italy)
 * Marcus Bontempelli
 * Bert Boromeo (Italian father)
 * Mario Bortolotto (Father and mother)
 * Vin Catoggio (Father and mother)
 * Reece Conca (Italian father)
 * Stephen Coniglio (English mother; Italian father)
 * Adam Contessa (father)
 * Frank Curcio
 * Steven Da Rui (Father and mother)
 * Ron De Iulio (Father and mother)
 * Danny Del-Re (Father and mother)
 * Brett Deledio
 * Frank Dimattina (Father and mother)
 * Robert DiPierdomenico
 * Alec Epis
 * Alex Fasolo
 * Brendan Fevola (Italian father)
 * Michael Firrito
 * Silvio Foschini (Father and mother)
 * Cyril Gambetta
 * Len Incigneri
 * Anthony Koutoufides (See above Greece)
 * Tom Liberatore (grandparents born in Italy)
 * Tony Liberatore (parents born in Italy)
 * Paul Licuria (Italian father, Spanish mother)
 * Frank Marchesani
 * Al Martello
 * Ray Martini
 * Peter Matera
 * Phillip Matera
 * Wally Matera
 * Mark Mercuri
 * Joe Misiti
 * Anthony Morabito (Italian mother)
 * Romano Negri
 * Christian Petracca
 * Peter Pianto
 * Paul Puopolo (Italian parents)
 * Simon Prestigiacomo (Italian father)
 * Josh Rachele (mother with Greek heritage, father with Italian heritage)
 * Adam Ramanauskas
 * Peter Riccardi
 * Mark Ricciuto
 * Frank Rigaldi
 * Matt Riggio
 * Guy Rigoni
 * Anthony Rocca (Father born in Italy)
 * Saverio Rocca (Father born in Italy)
 * Renato Serafini
 * Alex Silvagni (Anglo-Indian mother, Italian father)
 * Sergio Silvagni (Father and mother Italian-born)
 * Stephen Silvagni (Mother and paternal grandparents Italian-born)
 * Ian Stewart
 * Shane Valenti
 * Bill Valli (Italian parents)
 * Herc Vollugi

Jamaica

 * Callum Brown (born in England to Jamaican father)
 * Touk Miller (mother of Jamaican descent)

Japan

 * Alex Davies (Japanese mother)
 * Mitchito Owens (Japanese mother)

Kenya

 * Aliir Aliir (see Sudan)
 * Majak Daw
 * Bigoa Nyuon
 * Leek Aleer

Latvia

 * Peter Agrums
 * Mark Blicavs
 * Arnold Briedis
 * Andrejs Everitt (Latvian mother)
 * Peter Everitt (Latvian mother)
 * Rene Kink
 * Arnold Briedis

Lebanon

 * Bachar Houli
 * Mil Hanna
 * Robin Nahas
 * Adam Saad
 * Christian Salem

Lithuania

 * Algy Vosilaitis (Born in Lithuania)
 * Adam Ramanauskas
 * Jack Lukosius

Malaysia

 * Robert Ahmat (Malay and Torres Strait Islander ancestry)
 * Paul Medhurst (English father, Malaysian mother)

Malta

 * Jayden Attard
 * Tony Buhagiar
 * Jaryd Cachia
 * David Calthorpe
 * John Formosa (footballer)
 * Blake Grima
 * Nathan Grima
 * Adam Saliba

Myanmar

 * Andrew Embley (Anglo-Burmese father)
 * Trent Dennis-Lane (Anglo-Burmese father)

Netherlands

 * Robbert Klomp
 * Paul van der Haar
 * David Hale (Dutch mother)
 * Matthew Kreuzer
 * Daniel Pearce (Dutch mother, New Zealand father)
 * Ben Rutten (New Zealand mother, Dutch father)
 * Billie Smedts (English mother, Dutch father)
 * Andrew Swallow (Dutch mother, English father)
 * David Swallow (Dutch mother, English father)
 * Richard Vandenberg
 * Jay van Berlo
 * Nathan van Berlo
 * Nick Vlastuin

New Zealand

 * Oskar Baker
 * Simon Black
 * Paul Bower (Maori mother)
 * Greg Broughton (Maori father)
 * Louis Butler
 * Adam Campbell
 * Trent Croad
 * Danny Dickfos (Maori)
 * Donald Dickie (Maori)
 * Aaron Edwards (New Zealand father, Samoan mother)
 * Max Gawn
 * Heath Grundy
 * Kurt Heatherley
 * Karmichael Hunt
 * Jarrad Jansen (Born in New Zealand; parents born in New Zealand)
 * Dustin Martin (Maori father)
 * Beau Maister
 * Rowan Marshall (Born in New Zealand)
 * Daniel McAlister (Maori)
 * Sam Mitchell
 * Thomas O'Halloran (Born in New Zealand)
 * Brett Peake (Maori)
 * Brian Peake (Maori)
 * Daniel Pearce (Dutch mother, New Zealand father)
 * Jasper Pittard
 * Jordan Russell
 * Ben Rutten (New Zealand mother, Dutch father)
 * Shane Savage (Born in New Zealand; Maori father, European mother)
 * Wayne Schwass (Maori)
 * Joe Sellwood
 * Nathan van Berlo
 * Jay van Berlo
 * Brent Renouf
 * Rupert Wills (Born in New Zealand)
 * Marley Williams (Maori father)
 * Toby Wooller (Born in New Zealand)

Nigeria

 * Joel Wilkinson (Nigerian father)

North Macedonia

 * Josh Daicos (paternal grandparents)
 * Nick Daicos (paternal grandparents)
 * Peter Daicos (Parents born in Greek Macedonia)
 * John Gastev
 * Mark Nicoski (Mother born in Croatia; father born in North Macedonia)
 * Nick Malceski (Macedonian father)
 * Alex Marcou (Parents born in Greek Macedonia)
 * Paul Peos (Parents born in Greek Macedonia)
 * Sam Petrevski-Seton (Indigenous Australian/Macedonian)

Norway

 * Wally Koochew (Chinese father and Norwegian mother)

Papua New Guinea

 * Aiden Bonar (Papua New Guinean mother, Scottish father)
 * Cameron Ellis-Yolmen
 * James Gwilt (British Welsh father, Papua New Guinean mother)
 * Peter Ladhams
 * Mal Michael
 * Patrick Murtagh
 * Hewago Oea
 * Ben Sexton
 * Michael Sexton
 * Nick Vlastuin
 * Ollie Wines

Peru

 * Nick Shipley (Peruvian mother)

Philippines

 * Mathew Stokes (Aboriginal, Filipino-Spanish descent)
 * Alex Woodward (Filipino mother)
 * Reef McInnes (Filipino mother)

Poland

 * Jason Blake (Polish mother, English father)
 * John Pitura
 * James Podsiadly
 * Jared Polec
 * Patrick Lipinski

Russia

 * Bohdan Jaworskyj
 * Alex Jesaulenko (Born in Salzburg, Austria to a Ukrainian father, Russian mother)
 * Oleg Markov (born in Belarus, to Russian parents)

Samoa

 * Aaron Edwards (See above New Zealand)
 * Karmichael Hunt
 * Mykelti Lefau
 * Pati Piva
 * Shem Tatupu

Seychelles

 * Matt Thomas (Seychelles mother)

Serbia

 * Brian Kekovich
 * Sam Kekovich
 * Lazar Vidovic
 * Lukas Markovic

Slovenia

 * Nick Suban
 * Rene Kink
 * Dayne Zorko (father born in Yugoslavia, now Slovenia)

South Africa

 * Jack Baggott (Born in South Africa)
 * Damian Cupido
 * Jack Darling (Father born in South Africa)
 * Neil Erasmus (Born in South Africa)
 * Eugene Kruger (Born in South Africa)
 * Stephen Lawrence
 * Ryan Lester (Born in Australia; English-born mother and South African-born father)
 * Ian Muller
 * Jason Johannisen (Born in South Africa; Zambian mother, South African father)

South Korea

 * Peter F. Bell (Born in Korea; Mother born in South Korea, father born in America)

Spain

 * Paul Licuria (See above Italy)

Sri Lanka

 * Hayden Crozier (Sri Lankan father)
 * Craig Jacotine (Parents born in Sri Lanka)
 * David Gallagher
 * Enrico Misso (Burgher descent)

Sudan/South Sudan

 * Aliir Aliir (born in Kenya to Sudanese parents)
 * Mac Andrew (born in Egypt to South Sudanese parents)
 * Tarir Bayok
 * Martin Frederick
 * Michael Frederick
 * Buku Khamis
 * Majak Daw
 * Gach Nyuon
 * Mabior Chol
 * Reuben William

Sweden

 * Kris Massie (Born in Sweden)

Switzerland

 * Henri Jeanneret
 * Matthew Leuenberger (Swiss father)

Taiwan

 * Lin Jong (Taiwanese mother, Timorese-Chinese father)

Thailand

 * Sudjai Cook

Tonga

 * Paul Curtis
 * Israel Folau
 * David Rodan (Fijian-Tongan mother, Tongan father)

Turkey

 * Taylin Duman (Turkish born father)
 * Sedat Sir
 * Errol Gulden

Tuvalu

 * Scott Harding

Uganda

 * Emmanuel Irra (Born in Uganda)

Ukraine

 * Jason Daniltchenko
 * Alex Ishchenko
 * Bohdan Jaworskyj
 * Alex Jesaulenko (Born in Salzburg, Austria to a Ukrainian father, Russian mother)
 * Jake Kolodjashnij (Ukrainian Russian father)
 * Kade Kolodjashnij (Ukrainian Russian father)
 * Steven Kolyniuk
 * Jared Petrenko
 * Jason Porplyzia
 * Justin Staritski
 * Shane Woewodin

United Kingdom

 * Roy Cazaly (Scottish mother, English father)
 * Martin Clarke
 * Pearce Hanley (Born in England, United Kingdom; Welsh mother, Irish father)
 * Jamie O'Reilly
 * Brodie Smith (English mother, Scottish father)
 * Aaron Young (English mother, Scottish father)

England

 * Callum Brown (Born in England, United Kingdom)
 * Percy Bowyer (Born in England, United Kingdom)
 * Chris Burton (Born in England, United Kingdom)
 * Bill Eason (Born in England, United Kingdom)
 * Mitch Golby (Born in Australia; English father)
 * Ryan Harwood (Born in Australia; English mother)
 * Garrick Ibbotson (English mother)
 * Connor Idun (Born in England, United Kingdom)
 * Brandon Jack (Born in England, United Kingdom)
 * Daniel Kerr (See above India)
 * Ryan Lester (Born in Australia; English-born mother and South African-born father)
 * Brad Moran (Born in England, United Kingdom)
 * Chris Mayne (English father)
 * Paul Medhurst (English father)
 * Brian Mynott (Born in England, United Kingdom)
 * Bill Perkins (Born in England, United Kingdom)
 * John Scarlett
 * Matthew Scarlett (English father)
 * Billie Smedts (English mother, Dutch father)
 * David Swallow (Dutch mother, English father)
 * Clive Waterhouse (Born in England, United Kingdom)
 * Jack Watts (Parents born in England, United Kingdom)
 * Josh Worrell (Born in England, United Kingdom)
 * John Worsfold

Northern Ireland

 * Aidan Corr (Born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
 * Conor Glass (Born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
 * Stuart Magee (Born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)

Scotland

 * Thomas Leather (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)
 * Bill Morris (Scottish father)
 * Charlie Norris (Scottish father)
 * James Aitken (Scottish father)
 * James Duncan Gordon (Scottish father)
 * Ewan Thompson (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)
 * Sean Wight (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)
 * Roy Cazaly (Scottish mother)
 * Alex Lang (Scottish father)
 * Luke McGuane
 * Rhys Palmer (Scottish father)
 * Firth McCallum (Scottish father)
 * Paul Stewart (Scottish father)
 * Sam Docherty (Scottish father)
 * John Bell (Scottish parents)
 * Doug Fraser (Scottish parents)
 * Bill Proudfoot (Scottish parents)
 * Andy Dougall (Scottish parents)
 * Stan Reid (Scottish father)
 * Ted McLean (Scottish father)
 * Colin Campbell (Scottish father)
 * Les MacPherson (Scottish father)
 * Alick Ogilvie (Scottish father)
 * Grant Lawrie (Scottish parents)
 * Alexander John Fraser (Scottish parents)
 * Alex Barlow (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)
 * Matthew Dick (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)
 * Bob Edmond (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)
 * Brian Cook (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)
 * Henry McPetrie (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)
 * William Marshall (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)
 * Jim Edmond (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)
 * Bruce Sloss (Scottish father)
 * Stanley McKenzie (Scottish mother)
 * Hugh Plowman (Scottish father)
 * Ramsay Anderson (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)
 * George Sutherland (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)
 * Norman Doig (Scottish parents)
 * Bob Cameron (Scottish parents)
 * Stewart Geddes (Scottish parents)

Wales

 * James Gwilt (British Welsh father, Papua New Guinean mother)
 * Cian Hanley (Welsh mother, Irish father)
 * Pearce Hanley (Welsh mother, Irish father)
 * John McCarthy

United States

 * Zac Clarke (Born in Australia; American father)
 * Mason Cox (Born in the United States)
 * Elliott Himmelberg
 * Harrison Himmelberg
 * Jason Holmes (Born in the United States)
 * Kyle Langford
 * Touk Miller (American father)
 * Conor Nash
 * Don Pyke (Born in the United States)
 * Archie Smith (footballer, born 1995) (Born in Australia; American-born mother)
 * Tim Taranto (American father)
 * Sanford Wheeler (Born in the United States)

Zimbabwe

 * Tendai Mzungu (Zimbabwean father)
 * Ian Perrie