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This is a list of foreign players in the English Football League, which was restructured after the advent of the Premier League in 1992. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:
 * 1) Played at least one Football League First Division game prior to its restructuring in 1992.
 * 2) Are considered foreign, i.e., outside Great Britain and Ireland, determined by the following:
 * 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. These include British/Irish players with dual citizenship.
 * If a player has not been capped on international level, his country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from British/Irish parents or moved to Great Britain/Ireland at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.

Players in bold received at least one full international cap.

Argentina

 * Osvaldo Ardiles - Tottenham Hotspur 1978-1988, Blackburn Rovers 1988, Swindon Town 1989-1991
 * Alberto Tarantini - Birmingham City F.C. 1978-1979
 * Ricardo Villa - Tottenham Hotspur 1978-1983

Australia

 * Mark Bosnich - Manchester United 1989-1991
 * Ken Grieves - Bolton Wanderers 1947-1958
 * John Kosmina - Arsenal F.C. 1978-1979
 * Craig Johnston - Middlesbrough F.C. 1977-1981, Liverpool F.C. 1981-1988
 * Joe Marston - Preston North End 1950-1955

Belgium

 * Nico Claesen - Tottenham Hotspur 1986-1988
 * François Van der Elst - West Ham United 1981-1983

Chile

 * George Robledo - Barnsley F.C. 1946-1949, Newcastle United F.C. 1949-1953
 * Ted Robledo - Barnsley F.C. 1947-1949, Newcastle United F.C. 1949-1953

Denmark

 * Nils Middelboe - Chelsea F.C. 1913-1922
 * Jan Mølby - Liverpool F.C. 1984-1996
 * Jesper Olsen - Manchester United 1984-1988
 * Peter Schmeichel - Manchester United 1991-1999
 * John Sivebæk - Manchester United 1986-1987

France

 * Eric Cantona - Leeds United 1992

Iceland

 * Albert Guðmundsson - Arsenal F.C. 1946
 * Sigurður Jónsson - Sheffield Wednesday 1984-1989, Barnsley F.C. 1985-1987, Arsenal F.C. 1989-1991

Italy

 * Carlo Sartori - Manchester United 1965-1973
 * Rolando Ugolini - Middlesbrough F.C. 1948-1957, Wrexham A.F.C. 1957-1960

Netherlands

 * Bud Brocken - Birmingham City F.C. 1981-1982
 * Gerrit Keizer - Arsenal F.C. 1930
 * Arnold Mühren - Ipswich Town 1978-1982, Manchester United 1982-1985
 * Frans Thijssen - Ipswich Town 1979-1983, Nottingham Forest 1983
 * Toine van Mierlo - Birmingham City F.C. 1981-1982

Norway

 * Erik Thorstvedt - Tottenham Hotspur 1989-1996

Poland

 * Tadeusz Nowak - Bolton Wanderers 1979-1981

South Africa

 * Des Horne - Wolverhampton Wanderers 1958-1961, Blackpool F.C. 1961-1966
 * Albert Johanneson - Leeds United 1960-1970, York City 1970-1972
 * Daniel Le Roux - Arsenal F.C. 1957-1958
 * Brian Peterson - Blackpool F.C. 1956-1962
 * Eddie Stuart - Wolverhampton Wanderers 1951-1962, Stoke City 1962-1964, Tranmere Rovers 1964-1966, Stockport County 1966-1968

Soviet Union

 * Andrei Kanchelskis - Manchester United 1991-1995

Spain

 * Nayim - Tottenham Hotspur - 1988-1993

Sweden

 * Anders Limpar - Arsenal F.C. 1990-1994
 * Roland Nilsson - Sheffield Wednesday 1989-1994

Trinidad and Tobago

 * Dwight Yorke - Aston Villa 1989-1998

United States

 * Jim Brown - Manchester United 1932-1934, Brentford F.C. 1934-1936; 1940, Tottenham Hotspur 1936-1937
 * Ed McIlvenny - Wrexham A.F.C. 1947-1948, Manchester United 1950-1953

West Germany

 * Bert Trautmann - Manchester City F.C. 1949-1964

Yugoslavia

 * Nikola Jovanović - Manchester United 1980-1982
 * Dušan Nikolić - Bolton Wanderers 1980-1982
 * Vladimir Petrović - Arsenal F.C. 1982-1983

Zimbabwe

 * Bruce Grobbelaar - Crewe Alexandra 1979-1980, Liverpool F.C. 1980-1994