List of foreign Ligue 1 players: I

Iceland

 * Thorolfur Beck – Rouen – 1966–67
 * Arnór Guðjohnsen – Bordeaux – 1990–91
 * Eiður Guðjohnsen – AS Monaco – 2009–10
 * Albert Guðmundsson – FC Nancy, RC Paris, Nice – 1947–48, 1949–53
 * Veigar Páll Gunnarsson – AS Nancy – 2008–09
 * Hákon Arnar Haraldsson – Lille – 2023–
 * Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson – Dijon – 2018–20
 * Kolbeinn Sigþórsson – Nantes – 2015–18
 * Karl Þórðarson – Laval – 1981–84
 * Teitur Thordarson – Lens – 1981–83

Iran

 * Saman Ghoddos – Amiens – 2018–21

Ireland

 * John Byrne – Le Havre AC – 1988–90
 * Tony Cascarino – Marseille, AS Nancy – 1996–97, 1998–2000
 * Tom Davis – FC Metz – 1934–35
 * Michael Kelly – Marseille – 1948–49
 * Noel King – Valenciennes FC – 1982–85
 * Mick McCarthy – Lyon – 1989–90
 * Jacko McDonagh – Nîmes Olympique – 1985–87
 * Jake O'Brien – Lyon – 2023–
 * Frank Stapleton – Le Havre AC – 1988–89
 * Bernard Williams – Sochaux – 1932–39, 1945–46

Israel

 * Eliran Atar – Reims – 2013–15
 * Tal Banin – Cannes – 1993–94
 * Eden Ben Basat – Brest, Toulouse – 2011-2014
 * Ronnie Calderon – Paris FC – 1973–74
 * Maor Melikson – Valenciennes – 2012–14
 * Vicky Peretz – Strasbourg – 1980–82
 * Itay Shechter – Nantes – 2013–15
 * Giora Spiegel – Strasbourg, Lyon – 1973–78
 * Mordechai Spiegler – Paris FC, Paris SG – 1972–74
 * Shalom Tikva – Lens – 1991–92

Italy

 * Henri Alberto – Lyon, Monaco – 1954–56, 1956–61
 * Gennaro Luigi Alfano – Toulon – 1983–93
 * Mario Balotelli – Nice, Marseille – 2016–19
 * Antonio Barreca – Monaco – 2018–19
 * Cristian Battocchio – Brest – 2019–21
 * Raoul Bellanova – Bordeaux – 2019–20
 * Cesare Benedetti – Marseille, Toulouse FC – 1948–51
 * Armando Bianchi – Paris SG – 1978–80
 * Angelo Bollano – Marseille – 1948–50
 * Gianluigi Buffon – Paris SG – 2018–19
 * Arturo Calabresi – Amiens – 2019–20
 * Aridex Calligaris – Saint-Étienne, Lyon – 1945–49, 1951–52
 * Angelo Contini – Lens – 1950–51
 * Elpidio Coppa – Rennes – 1948–49
 * Alessandro Crescenzi – AC Ajaccio – 2013–14
 * Antoine Curcuru – Marseille – 1935–36
 * Paolo De Ceglie – Marseille – 2015–16
 * Morgan De Sanctis – Monaco – 2016–17
 * Mattia De Sciglio – Lyon – 2020–21
 * Edmondo Della Valle – Nice – 1932–34
 * Marco Di Costanzo – Nice, Rennes – 1994–95, 1997–98
 * Marco Di Vaio – Monaco – 2006–07
 * Gianluigi Donnarumma – Paris SG – 2021–
 * Stephan El Shaarawy – Monaco – 2015–16
 * Emerson – Lyon – 2021–22
 * Felica Farina – Sedan – 1958–59
 * Paolo Farina – Bastia – 1968–71
 * Marcello Farrabi – Sedan – 1972–74
 * Emilio Ferlatti – Béziers – 1957–58
 * Alessandro Florenzi – Paris SG – 2020–21
 * Ivan Franceschini – Marseille – 1996–97
 * Dante Gentini – Nice – 1956–57
 * Corrado Grossi – Marseille – 1948–49
 * Fabio Grosso – Lyon – 2007–10
 * Moise Kean – Paris SG – 2020–21
 * Pietro Landi – RC Paris, Nice, Troyes – 1949–53, 1954–56
 * Luigi Lavecchia – Le Mans – 2005–06
 * Dante Lerda – Cannes – 1938–39, 1945–49
 * Alberto Malusci – Marseille – 1996–97
 * Vito Mannone – Monaco, Lorient, Lille – 2020–21, 2022–
 * Renato Marchiaro – Nice – 1948–49 (or Alès)
 * Pietro Migliaccio – Marseille – 1946–47
 * Alberto Molina – Montpellier – 1952–53
 * Stelvio Molinari – Nice – 1949–50
 * Thiago Motta – Paris SG – 2011–18
 * Cher Ndour – Paris SG – 2023–
 * Roberto Onorati – Nice – 1996–97
 * Joseph Dayo Oshadogan – Monaco – 2003–05
 * Michele Padovano – Metz – 1999–2000
 * Christian Panucci – Monaco – 2000–02
 * Pietro Pellegri – Monaco – 2017–19, 2020–21
 * Alberto Poli – Angers, Paris SG, Rouen – 1965–68, 1969–75, 1977–78
 * Ovilio Pratesi – Monaco – 1953–56
 * Andrea Raggi – Monaco – 2013–19
 * Fabrizio Ravanelli – Marseille – 1997–2000
 * Francesco Rier – Nice – 1932–34
 * Flavio Roma – Monaco – 2001–09
 * Daniele Rugani – Rennes – 2020–21
 * Ernesto Sandroni – Rennes – 1951–52
 * Nello Sbaiz – Saint-Étienne – 1959–67
 * Alfredo Scapinello – Le Havre – 1961–62
 * Antonio Scavarini – Marseille – 1948–52
 * Roberto Serone – Nice – 1949–51
 * Marco Simone – Paris SG, Monaco, Nice – 1997–2001, 2003–04
 * Salvatore Sirigu – Paris SG – 2011–16
 * Alfredo Spadavecchia – Saint-Étienne – 1952–53
 * Ernesto Tomasi – Nice, Cannes – 1932–33, 1946–47
 * Denis Tonucci – AC Ajaccio – 2013–14
 * Stefano Torrisi – Marseille – 2001–02
 * Primo Vecchies – Stade Français – 1946–47, 1948–49
 * Giuseppe Verk – SC Nîmes – 1932–33
 * Marco Verratti – Paris SG – 2012–23
 * Christian Vieri – Monaco – 2005–06
 * Mattia Viti – Nice – 2022–23
 * Aldo Vollono – Antibes – 1933–34
 * Kelvin Yeboah – Montpellier – 2023–24

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