List of foreign Canadian Premier League players

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This is a list of foreign players[a] that have played in the Canadian Premier League, which commenced play in 2019. The following players:

  1. Have played at least one CPL regular season game. Players who were signed by CPL clubs, but only played in playoff games, Canadian Championship games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
  2. Are considered foreign, i.e., outside Canada determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if his allegiance is not to play for the national team of Canada.

More specifically,

  • If a player has been capped at 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 Canadian players with dual citizenship.
  • If a player has not been capped at international level, his country of birth is used, except for those who are clearly indicated to have switched to another nation (e.g. Matthew Baldisimo).

This is a list of players currently occupying one of the seven spots designated for foreign players. Canadian Premier League teams may sign a maximum of seven international players, out of which only five can be in the starting lineup for each match.[1] The following players are considered foreign players for the 2024 season.[2][3] Some players are considered to be domestic, though they do not represent Canada, (e.g. Osaze De Rosario) through reasons like holding Canadian citizenship, being a refugee, or being a permanent resident.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Player 7
Atlético OttawaFrance Aboubakary SackoNorthern Ireland Ollie Bassett [b ENG]Spain Alberto ZapaterSwitzerland Rubén del CampoEcuador Liberman TorresPortugal Kévin dos Santos
Cavalry FCNetherlands Daan KlompAustralia Jesse DaleyAustralia Lleyton BrooksGermany Tobias WarschewskiEngland Jack BarrettRepublic of Ireland Tom Field[b ENG]
Forge FCEngland Malik Owolabi-BelewuBelgium Béni Badibanga[b DRC]Sweden Alexander Achinioti-JönssonSenegal Elimane CisséGhana Opoku AmpomahMexico Daniel Parra
HFX WanderersFrance Lorenzo CallegariTrinidad and Tobago Andre RampersadBrazil Vitor DiasUnited States Christian VoleskyItaly Giorgio Probo
Pacific FCNetherlands Ayman SelloufFrance Aly NdomTrinidad and Tobago Reon MooreRomania Andrei Tîrcoveanu
Valour FCSpain Roberto AlarcónGermany Charalampos ChantzopoulosAustralia Tass MourdoukoutasAustralia Jordan SwibelEngland Kian WilliamsPortugal Diogo Ressurreição
Vancouver FCBrazil Renan GarciaMexico Alejandro DíazMexico José NavarroNew Zealand Moses Dyer
York UnitedMexico Oswaldo LeónLiberia Brem Soumaoro[b GUI]Liechtenstein Dennis SalanovićMexico Orlando BotelloMexico Josué MartínezFrance Thomas Vincensini

If not stated otherwise, the country the player is under is the country they were born in.

In bold (for this section): players who have played at least one CPL game in the current season (2024 Canadian Premier League season).

Africa (CAF)

Algeria

Burundi

Benin

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Congo

DR Congo

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Ivory Coast

Liberia

Mali

Morocco

Nigeria

Senegal

Somalia

South Sudan

Tunisia

Zimbabwe

Asia (AFC)

Afghanistan

Australia

Chinese Taipei

Iran

Iraq

Japan

Jordan

Lebanon

Saudi Arabia

South Korea

Philippines

Syria

Europe (UEFA)

Albania

Belgium

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

England

Malik Owolabi-Belewu won the 2022 CPL playoffs with Forge FC.

Estonia

France

Abdoulwhaid Sissoko was in 2 team of the weeks with Atlético Ottawa

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Italy

Netherlands

Northern Ireland

Portugal

Serbia

Spain

Álvaro Rivero was the last foreign goalscorer for York9 before they rebranded to York United.

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

Wales

North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF)

Belize

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominican Republic

El Salvador

Guyana

Haiti

Garven Metusala won the 2022 CPL with Forge FC.

Honduras

Jamaica

Mexico

Panama

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Trinidad and Tobago

Akeem García won the CPL Golden Boot in 2020 with HFX Wanderers.

Turks and Caicos

United States

Oceania (OFC)

New Zealand

South America (CONMEBOL)

Argentina

Brazil

João Morelli won the 2021 CPL Golden Boot with HFX Wanderers.

Chile

Colombia

Peru

Uruguay

See also

Notes

References

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