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List of England international footballers born outside England

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This is a list of England international footballers who were born outside England. For the purposes of international football the football world governing body, FIFA, considers England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to be distinct and individual countries.{{cite web|title="FIFA vote threat to Scotland team" |work=SNP |url=http://www.snp.org/node/14655 |access-date=13 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220111635/http://www.snp.org/node/14655 |archive-date=December 20, 2008 }}{{cite web | author=Robert Wagman | title="FIFA needs to tighten nationality loopholes" | work=Soccer Times | url=http://www.soccertimes.com/wagman/1999/oct20.htm | access-date=13 January 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908063649/http://www.soccertimes.com/wagman/1999/oct20.htm | archive-date=8 September 2008 | url-status=dead }} Players born in countries other than England may qualify for the England team through English parents or grandparents, or through residency in England and subsequent naturalisation as British citizens. The Crown dependencies, which for footballing purposes come under the purview of the Football Association of England, have provided two players to the England football team.

Players are listed below by birthplace and played for the full England team.

Australia

  • Tony Dorigo{{cite news |title=Made in Australia: Tony Dorigo |url=https://www.insidesport.com.au/feature/made-in-australia-tony-dorigo-284684 |access-date=22 August 2018 |publisher=Inside Sport |date=16 December 2011 |archive-date=22 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822213909/https://www.insidesport.com.au/feature/made-in-australia-tony-dorigo-284684 |url-status=live }}
  • Arthur Savagehttp://www.englandstats.com/players.php?pid=840 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127050640/http://www.englandstats.com/players.php?pid=840 |date=27 January 2013 }} Arthur Savage (Identity disputed)

Belgium

  • William Bryant{{cite web|url=http://www.englandstats.com/players.php?pid=175|title=William Ingram Bryant|publisher=Englandstats.com|access-date=20 October 2011|archive-date=1 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101071721/http://englandstats.com/players.php?pid=175|url-status=live}}

Canada

  • Owen Hargreaves{{cite news |title=How Owen Hargreaves competed for England at the World Cup |url=https://www.cbc.ca/archives/how-owen-hargreaves-competed-for-england-at-the-world-cup-1.4739065 |access-date=22 August 2018 |publisher=CBC |date=9 July 2018 |archive-date=22 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822104738/https://www.cbc.ca/archives/how-owen-hargreaves-competed-for-england-at-the-world-cup-1.4739065 |url-status=live }}
  • Edward Hagarty Parry{{cite web|url=http://www.englandstats.com/players.php?pid=735|title=Edward Hagerty Parry - englandstats.com|website=www.englandstats.com|access-date=31 January 2013|archive-date=27 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127064551/http://www.englandstats.com/players.php?pid=735|url-status=live}}
  • Fikayo Tomori{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/07/christian-pulisic-admits-frustration-limited-playing-time-chelsea|title=Fikayo Tomori says international allegiance ‘wasn’t England all the way’|last=Steinberg|first=Jacob|date=2019-10-07|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-11-17|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=17 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117192738/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/07/christian-pulisic-admits-frustration-limited-playing-time-chelsea|url-status=live}}

France

=French Guiana=

Guernsey

  • Matt Le Tissier{{cite news |title=Matthew Le Tissier, 44, will make his Guernsey debut on Sunday |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22056769 |access-date=22 August 2018 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=7 April 2013 |archive-date=19 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019032646/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22056769 |url-status=live }}

India

=British India=

  • Claude Ashton{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamCapt/CaptBio/CaptAshtonCT.html|title=England Players - Claude Ashton|website=www.englandfootballonline.com|access-date=18 September 2018|archive-date=15 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115050239/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamCapt/CaptBio/CaptAshtonCT.html|url-status=live}}
  • Alfred Goodwyn{{cite web|url=http://englandstats.com/players.php?pid=400|title=Lieutenant Alfred George Goodwyn - englandstats.com|website=englandstats.com|access-date=31 January 2013|archive-date=27 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127054256/http://www.englandstats.com/players.php?pid=400|url-status=live}}
  • Elphinstone Jackson{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersIJ/BioJacksonE.html|title=England Players - Elphinstone Jackson|website=www.englandfootballonline.com|access-date=18 September 2018|archive-date=19 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919024825/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersIJ/BioJacksonE.html|url-status=live}}
  • William Kenyon-Slaney{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16002.html|title=William Kenyon-Slaney|website=Cricinfo|access-date=31 January 2013|archive-date=4 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004095139/http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16002.html|url-status=live}}
  • William Lindsay{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersL/BioLindsayW.html|title=England Players - William Lindsay|website=www.englandfootballonline.com|access-date=31 January 2013|archive-date=6 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406124438/http://englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersL/BioLindsayW.html|url-status=live}}
  • Stuart Macrae{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersMc/BioMacraeS.html|title=England Players - Stuart Macrae|website=www.englandfootballonline.com|access-date=13 February 2013|archive-date=29 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729073837/http://englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersMc/BioMacraeS.html|url-status=live}}
  • James F. M. Prinsep{{cite web|url=http://englandstats.com/players.php?pid=772|title=Captain James Frederick McLeod Prinsep - englandstats.com|website=englandstats.com|access-date=31 January 2013|archive-date=27 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127060643/http://www.englandstats.com/players.php?pid=772|url-status=live}}
  • Alf Quantrill{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersL/BioLindsayW.html|title=England Players - Alf Quantrill|website=www.englandfootballonline.com|access-date=31 January 2013|archive-date=6 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406124438/http://englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersL/BioLindsayW.html|url-status=live}}

Ivory Coast

  • Marc Guéhi
  • Wilfried Zaha (later played for Ivory Coast){{cite news |last1=Ronay |first1=Barney |title=Blinkered criticism of Wilfried Zaha shows startling insularity |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/mar/29/wilfried-zaha-england-ivory-coast |access-date=22 August 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=29 March 2017 |archive-date=22 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822181359/https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/mar/29/wilfried-zaha-england-ivory-coast |url-status=live }}

Jamaica

  • Luther Blissett
  • John Barnes{{cite news |last1=Joyce |first1=Paul |title=‘England may never see best of Sterling – just like me’ |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/england-may-never-see-best-of-sterling-just-like-me-vpzzfgpbt |access-date=22 August 2018 |work=The Times |date=1 December 2017 |archive-date=22 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822213755/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/england-may-never-see-best-of-sterling-just-like-me-vpzzfgpbt |url-status=live }}
  • Raheem Sterling

Jersey

  • Graeme Le Saux{{cite news |title=What's your story? Graeme Pierre Le Saux: A game of two halves |url=https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2008/09/04/whats-your-story-graeme-pierre-le-saux-a-game-of-two-halves/ |access-date=22 August 2018 |work=Jersey Evening Post |date=4 September 2008 |archive-date=22 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822213948/https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2008/09/04/whats-your-story-graeme-pierre-le-saux-a-game-of-two-halves/ |url-status=live }}

Mauritius

  • Herbert Rawson{{cite web|url=http://englandstats.com/players.php?pid=784|title=Colonel Herbert Edward Rawson - englandstats.com|website=englandstats.com|access-date=31 January 2013|archive-date=27 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127060203/http://www.englandstats.com/players.php?pid=784|url-status=live}}

Mexico

  • Richard Geaveshttp://englandstats.com/players.php?pid=386 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127052609/http://www.englandstats.com/players.php?pid=386 |date=27 January 2013 }} Richard Geaves

Nigeria

Scotland

  • John Bain[https://www.skysports.com/football/news/18804/10278640/how-many-england-internationals-have-been-born-in-your-area Where are England stars born?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915002031/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/18804/10278640/how-many-england-internationals-have-been-born-in-your-area |date=15 September 2018 }} Sky Sports, 20 May 2016

Sierra Leone

  • Nathaniel Chalobah{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45780621 |title=Spain 2–3 England |first=Phil |last=McNulty |publisher=BBC Sport |date=15 October 2018 |access-date=15 October 2018 |archive-date=10 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410062934/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45780621 |url-status=live }}

Singapore

  • Terry Butcher{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Paul |title=Ex-England captain Butcher says grit can help ASEAN players succeed |url=http://www.espn.co.uk/football/blog/football-asia/153/post/2817892/terry-butcher-asean-players-must-get-tougher |access-date=22 August 2018 |publisher=ESPN FC |date=1 March 2016 |archive-date=22 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822213833/http://www.espn.co.uk/football/blog/football-asia/153/post/2817892/terry-butcher-asean-players-must-get-tougher |url-status=live }}
  • Basil Patchitt{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersP/BioPatchittBCA.html|title=England Players - Basil Patchitt|website=www.englandfootballonline.com|access-date=18 September 2018|archive-date=18 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918231048/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersP/BioPatchittBCA.html|url-status=live}}

South Africa

  • Gordon Hodgson{{cite web |url=http://www.englandstats.com/players.php?pid=493 |title=A Complete Database of England Internationals Since 1872 |publisher=Englandstats.com |access-date=18 September 2018 |archive-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918231017/http://englandstats.com/players.php?pid=493 |url-status=live }}
  • Frank Osborne{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersO/BioOsborneFR.html|title=England Players - Frank Osborne|website=www.englandfootballonline.com|access-date=18 September 2018|archive-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911114636/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersO/BioOsborneFR.html|url-status=live}}
  • Reg Osborne{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersO/BioOsborneR.html|title=England Players - Reg Osborne|website=www.englandfootballonline.com|access-date=18 September 2018|archive-date=18 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918231224/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersO/BioOsborneR.html|url-status=live}}
  • Bill Perry{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersP/BioPerryW.html|title=England Players - Bill Perry|website=www.englandfootballonline.com|access-date=18 September 2018|archive-date=18 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918231126/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersP/BioPerryW.html|url-status=live}}
  • William Rawson{{cite web|url=http://englandstats.com/players.php?pid=785|title=William Stepney Rawson - englandstats.com|website=englandstats.com|access-date=31 January 2013|archive-date=27 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127060221/http://www.englandstats.com/players.php?pid=785|url-status=live}}
  • Brian Stein
  • Colin Viljoen{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersUV/BioViljoenC.html|title=England Players - Colin Viljoen|website=www.englandfootballonline.com|access-date=18 September 2018|archive-date=18 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918231046/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersUV/BioViljoenC.html|url-status=live}}

Sri Lanka

=British Ceylon=

  • Charles Eastlake Smithhttp://www.englandstats.com/players.php?pid=882 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127051328/http://www.englandstats.com/players.php?pid=882 |date=27 January 2013 }} Charles Eastlake Smith

Wales

  • Frederick Greenhttp://englandstats.com/players.php?pid=412 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127054134/http://www.englandstats.com/players.php?pid=412 |date=27 January 2013 }} Frederick Green
  • Rob Jones

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