List of foreign Ligue 1 players: F

Finland

 * Nils Rikberg – Toulouse FC (1937) – 1953–57
 * Aulis Rytkönen – Toulouse FC (1937) – 1953–60
 * Naatan Skyttä – Toulouse – 2022–
 * Timo Stavitski – Caen – 2017–19
 * Teemu Tainio – Auxerre – 1997–2005
 * Jere Uronen – Brest – 2021–23

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:
 * 1) They have played with the French Guiana national team, which belongs to CONCACAF but not to FIFA.
 * 2) 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–

Born in the French Polynesia

 * Pascal Vahirua – Auxerre, Caen – 1984–95, 1996–97

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

 * Yannis Clementia – Nice – 2019–21

Born in Mayotte

 * Warmed Omari – Rennes – 2021–

Born in the New Caledonia

 * Christian Karembeu – Nantes, Bastia – 1990–95, 2004–05
 * Antoine Kombouaré – Nantes, Paris SG – 1983–95
 * Jacques Zimako – Bastia, Saint-Étienne, Sochaux – 1972–85

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
 * 🇦🇷 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
 * 🇨🇮 Olivier Kapo – Auxerre, Monaco, US Boulogne – 1998–2004, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2011–12
 * 🇨🇮 Yann Karamoh – Caen, Bordeaux – 2016–17, 2018–19
 * 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
 * 🇵🇱 Henri Skiba
 * 🇹🇩 Loum Tchaouna – Rennes – 2021–22
 * 🇮🇹 Khéphren Thuram – Nice – 2019–
 * 🇮🇹 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

Club pages

 * AJ Auxerre former players
 * AJ Auxerre former players
 * Girondins de Bordeaux former players
 * Girondins de Bordeaux former players
 * Les ex-Tangos (joueurs), Stade Lavallois former players
 * Olympique Lyonnais former players
 * Olympique de Marseille former players
 * FC Metz former players
 * AS Monaco FC former players
 * Ils ont porté les couleurs de la Paillade... Montpellier HSC Former players
 * AS Nancy former players
 * FC Nantes former players
 * Paris SG former players
 * Red Star Former players
 * Red Star former players
 * Stade de Reims former players
 * Stade Rennais former players
 * CO Roubaix-Tourcoing former players
 * AS Saint-Étienne former players
 * Sporting Toulon Var former players

Others

 * stat2foot
 * footballenfrance
 * French Clubs' Players in European Cups 1955-1995, RSSSF
 * Finnish players abroad, RSSSF
 * Italian players abroad, RSSSF
 * Romanians who played in foreign championships
 * Swiss players in France, RSSSF
 * EURO 2008 CONNECTIONS: FRANCE, Stephen Byrne Bristol Rovers official site