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This is a list of Australian Football League players who have multicultural ancestry (which includes players born overseas or who had one parent born overseas).[1]
In 2020, about 15 per cent of AFL players were born overseas or had one parent born overseas. This was up from 13 per cent in 2019, according to AFL data.[2] In 2015 season there were 121 multicultural players, more than half had one parent from Anglophone countries, mainly the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.[3]
Current players born outside of Australia
Nationality | Birthplace | Player | Career | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kenya | Kenya | Aliir Aliir | 2014- | Born in Kenya | |
Fiji | Fiji | Atu Bosenavulagi | 2019- | Born in Fiji | |
New Zealand | New Zealand | Louis Butler | 2020- | Born in New Zealand | |
Sudan | Sudan | Mabior Chol | 2016- | Born in Sudan | |
Ireland | Ireland | Aidan Corr | 2013- | Born in Ireland | |
United States of America | United States of America | Mason Cox | 2015- | Born in the United States of America | [4][5] |
Sudan | Sudan | Michael Frederick | 2020- | Born in Sudan | |
Ethiopia | Ethiopia | Changkuoth Jiath | 2018- | Born in Ethiopia | |
South Africa | South Africa | Jason Johannisen | 2012- | Born in South Africa | |
Sudan | Sudan | Buku Khamis | 2019- | Born in Sudan | |
Ireland | Ireland | James Madden | 2021- | Born in Ireland | |
Belarus | Belarus | Oleg Markov | 2016– | Born in Belarus | |
New Zealand | New Zealand | Rowan Marshall | 2017- | Born in New Zealand | |
Canada | Canada | Andrew McGrath | 2017- | Born in Canada | |
Ireland | Ireland | Conor Nash | 2017- | Born in Ireland | |
Ireland | Ireland | Zach Tuohy | 2011- | Born in Ireland |
Albania
Austria
- Alex Jesaulenko (Austrian-born, born in Salzburg)
- Justin Leppitsch (Austrian-born father)[7]
Barbados
- Josh Gibson (Bajan father)[8][9]
Brazil
- Heritier Lumumba (Born in Brazil; Congolese father, Brazilian mother)[10]
Canada
Chile
China
Name | Origins | Career |
---|---|---|
Connor Downie | Chinese mother | 2021–2022 |
Ernie Foo | Chinese parents[14] | 1914 |
Lin Jong | Taiwanese mother; Timorese-Chinese father[9] | 2012– |
Wally Koochew | Chinese father and Norwegian mother[15][16] | 1908 |
Dannie Seow | Born in Singapore; Chinese father[17][18] | 1986-1987; 1989-1990 |
George Tansing | Chinese father[18][19][20] | 1908 |
Jack Wunhym | Chinese father[21] | 1927–29 |
Cook Islands
Croatia
- Jason Akermanis (Croatian father)
- Alan Didak (Parents born in Croatia)[9]
- Jon Dorotich[23]
- Gordon Fode[24]
- Ray Gabelich[25]
- Darren Gaspar[23]
- Ilija Grgic[26]
- Allen Jakovich[23]
- Glen Jakovich[27]
- Addam Maric (Croat father)[9]
- Ivan Maric (Parents born in Croatia)[9]
- Brody Mihocek (Father born in Croatia)
- Mark Nicoski (Croat mother, Macedonian father)[9]
- Val Perovic[28]
- Steven Salopek (Parents born in Croatia)[9]
- Peter Sumich[23]
- Jacob Surjan[9]
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
- Tom Boyd (Danish mother)[31]
- Jim Marchbank (Danish father)
East Timor
- Lin Jong (Taiwanese mother, Timorese-Chinese father)[9]
- Jarvis Pina[5]
Egypt
- Ahmed Saad (Egyptian parents)[32]
Ethiopia
Estonia
- Dane Rampe (Estonian father)[33]
Fiji
- Alipate Carlile (Fijian mother)[9][34]
- Aaron Hall (Fijian mother)[9]
- Setanta Ó hAilpín (See below Ireland & Northern Ireland)[9][35]
- Aisake Ó hAilpín (See below Ireland & Northern Ireland)[35]
- Nic Naitanui[22][34]
- Tom Nicholls (Fijian mother)[9]
- David Rodan (Fijian-born Tongan mother, Tongan father)[9][13][34]
- Esava Ratugolea (Fijian parents)[36]
- Atu Bosenavulagi (Born in Fiji)
France
- Allan La Fontaine (Born in Australia; French)[37]
Germany
- Otto Buck[38]
- Herman Dohrmann[38]
- Jordan Doering[38]
- Harry Frei (Born in Germany)
- Carl Keller[38]
- Harry Lampe (German father)
- Jack Riewoldt (German father)[9]
- Nick Riewoldt (German father)[9]
- Alex Ruscuklic
- Paul Schmidt
- David Schwarz (German father)[39]
- Charlie Schunke[38]
- Conrad ten Brink
- Dean Terlich[40]
- Heinz Tonn (Born in Germany)[38]
Ghana
Greece
- Ang Christou[38]
- Andrew Demetriou (See above Cyprus)
- Josh Francou
- Gary Frangalas
- John Georgiades
- John Georgiou
- Con Gorozidis
- Athas Hrysoulakis
- Patrick Karnezis[41]
- Paul Koulouriotis
- Spiro Kourkoumelis[38]
- Anthony Koutoufides (Greek father, Italian mother)[27]
- George Lakes (both parents born in Greece)
- Angelo Lekkas
- Stephen Malaxos
- Spiro Malakellis
- Tony Malakellis
- Alex Marcou[38]
- Daniel Metropolis
- Russell Morris
- Albert Pannam
- Alby Pannam
- Charlie Pannam (footballer, born 1874)
- Charlie Pannam (footballer, born 1897)[27]
- Matthew Panos (Greek father)[9]
- Chris Pavlou[38]
- Phil Poursanidis[38]
- Lou Richards
- Ron Richards
- John Rombotis[9]
- Jimmy Toumpas[41][5]
- Jason Traianidis
- Zeno Tzatzaris
- Vasil Varlamos[38]
- David Zaharakis (Greek father)[9][5]
see: Greek Team of the Century[42]
Hong Kong
- Cameron Polson (Born in Hong Kong)
Hungary
- Patrick Veszpremi (Hungarian father)[9][43]
India
- Blaine Boekhorst (Indian mother; Dutch father)[44]
- Daniel Kerr (Anglo-Indian father)[45]
- Jordan McMahon[46]
- Ben McNiece (Anglo-Indian mother)[47]
- Alex Morgan (Australian footballer) (Indian parent)
- Clancee Pearce (Indian mother)[48]
- Fred Pringle (English parents)[46][49]
- Alex Rance (Indian mother)[50]
- Alex Silvagni (Anglo-Indian mother)[18][48]
Ireland
Name | Origins | Career |
---|---|---|
Colm Begley | Born in Ireland[51] | 2006–2009 |
Dermott Brereton | Irish parents[27] | 1982–1992;1994–1995 |
Patrick Brophy | Born in Ireland[5] | 2017– |
Ciarán Byrne | Born in Ireland[5] | 2014– |
Ray Connellan | Born in Ireland[5] | 2017– |
Mark Keane (footballer) | Born in Ireland[5] | |
Conor McKenna | Born in Ireland[5] | 2014– |
Paul Earley | Born in Ireland[51] | 1984 |
Cian Hanley | Welsh mother, Irish father[5] | 2015– |
Pearce Hanley | Irish, born in England, United Kingdom; Welsh mother, Irish father[9][5] | 2008– |
Darragh Joyce | Born in Ireland[5] | 2017– |
Tadhg Kennelly | Born in Ireland[51] | 2001–2008;2010–2011 |
James Magner | Irish parents[9] | 2012–13 |
Jock McHale | Irish parents | 1903–1920 |
Niall McKeever[9] | Born in Ireland[51] | 2010–2013 |
Dermot McNicholl | Born in Ireland[51] | 1990 |
Caolan Mooney | Born in Ireland[9] | 2012–2014 |
Conor Nash | Born in Ireland[5] | 2017– |
Mark O'Connor | Born in Ireland[5] | 2017– |
Brett O'Hanlon | [52] | 2012– |
Jamie O'Reilly | Born in Ireland[9] | 2010–2011 |
Colin O'Riordan | Born in Ireland[5] | 2017– |
Setanta Ó hAilpín | Irish father, Fijian mother[9] | 2005–2013 |
Michael Quinn | Born in Ireland | 2009–2010 |
Ciarán Sheehan | Born in Ireland[5] | 2014– |
Brian Stynes | Born in Ireland[51] | 1992 |
Jim Stynes | Born in Ireland | 1987–1998[37] |
Zach Tuohy | Born in Ireland[9][5] | 2011– |
Tommy Walsh | Born in Ireland[9] | 2012–2014 |
Sean Wight | Born in Scotland, United Kingdom, Irish parents[51] | 1984–1995 |
Aidan Corr | Born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom[5] | 2013- |
James Madden | Born in Ireland | 2021- |
Israel
Italy
Japan
- Alex Davies (Japanese mother)
- Mitchito Owens (Japanese mother)
Kenya
- Aliir Aliir (See Sudan below)
- Majak Daw
Latvia
- Peter Agrums
- Mark Blicavs
- Arnold Briedis
- Andrejs Everitt (Latvian mother)
- Peter Everitt (Latvian mother)
- Rene Kink
- Arnold Briedis
Lebanon
Lithuania
- Algy Vosilaitis (Born in Lithuania)[59]
- Adam Ramanauskas[59]
- Jack Lukosius[59]
Malaysia
- Robert Ahmat (Malay and Torres Strait Islander ancestry)[60]
- Paul Medhurst (English father, Malaysian mother)[61]
Malta
- Jayden Attard
- Tony Buhagiar
- Jaryd Cachia
- David Calthorpe
- John Formosa (footballer)
- Blake Grima
- Nathan Grima
- Adam Saliba
Myanmar
- Andrew Embley (Anglo-Burmese father)[62]
- Trent Dennis-Lane (Anglo-Burmese father)[63]
Netherlands
- Robbert Klomp[64]
- Paul van der Haar
- David Hale (Dutch mother)[8]
- Matthew Kreuzer[65]
- Daniel Pearce (Dutch mother, New Zealand father)[8]
- Ben Rutten (New Zealand mother, Dutch father)[9]
- Billie Smedts (English mother, Dutch father)[9]
- Andrew Swallow (Dutch mother, English father)[9]
- David Swallow (Dutch mother, English father)[9]
- Richard Vandenberg
- Jay van Berlo
- Nathan van Berlo
- Nick Vlastuin[66]
New Zealand
- Oskar Baker
- Simon Black[9]
- Paul Bower (Maori mother)[18]
- Greg Broughton (Maori father)[67]
- Louis Butler[5]
- Adam Campbell[68]
- Trent Croad[51]
- Danny Dickfos (Maori)[18]
- Donald Dickie (Maori)[18]
- Aaron Edwards (New Zealand father, Samoan mother)[69]
- Max Gawn[9]
- Heath Grundy[9]
- Kurt Heatherley[5]
- Karmichael Hunt[22]
- Jarrad Jansen (Born in New Zealand; parents born in New Zealand)[5]
- Dustin Martin (Maori father)[18]
- Beau Maister[70]
- Rowan Marshall (Born in New Zealand)[5]
- Daniel McAlister (Maori)[18]
- Sam Mitchell[8]
- Thomas O'Halloran (Born in New Zealand)
- Brett Peake (Maori)[18]
- Brian Peake (Maori)[18]
- Daniel Pearce (Dutch mother, New Zealand father)[9]
- Jasper Pittard[9]
- Jordan Russell[9]
- Ben Rutten (New Zealand mother, Dutch father)[9]
- Shane Savage (Born in New Zealand; Maori father, European mother)[71][5]
- Wayne Schwass (Maori)[27]
- Joe Sellwood
- Nathan van Berlo[72]
- Jay van Berlo[72]
- Brent Renouf[73]
- Rupert Wills (Born in New Zealand)[5]
- Marley Williams (Maori father)[9]
- Toby Wooller (Born in New Zealand)[5]
Nigeria
- Joel Wilkinson (Nigerian father)
North Macedonia
- Josh Daicos (Father's parents)[27]
- Nick Daicos (Father's parents)
- Peter Daicos (Parents born in Greek Macedonia)[27]
- John Gastev
- Mark Nicoski (Mother born in Croatia; father born in North Macedonia)[9]
- Nick Malceski (Macedonian father)[43]
- Alex Marcou (Parents born in Greek Macedonia)[74]
- Paul Peos (Parents born in Greek Macedonia)
- Sam Petrevski-Seton (Indigenous Australian/Macedonian)[75]
Norway
- Wally Koochew (Chinese father and Norwegian mother)[15]
Papua New Guinea
- Aiden Bonar (Papua New Guinean mother, Scottish father)
- Cameron Ellis-Yolmen[5]
- James Gwilt (British Welsh father, Papua New Guinean mother)
- Peter Ladhams[5]
- Mal Michael[51]
- Patrick Murtagh[5]
- Ben Sexton
- Michael Sexton
- Nick Vlastuin[5]
- Ollie Wines[5]
Peru
- Nick Shipley (Peruvian mother)
Philippines
- Mathew Stokes (Aboriginal, Filipino-Spanish descent)[18][76]
- Alex Woodward (Filipino mother)[9]
Poland
- Jason Blake (Polish mother, English father)[9]
- John Pitura[77]
- James Podsiadly[78]
- Jared Polec
Russia
- Bohdan Jaworskyj
- Alex Jesaulenko (Born in Salzburg, Austria to a Ukrainian father, Russian mother)[79]
- Oleg Markov (born in Belarus, to Russian parents)[5]
Samoa
- Aaron Edwards (See above New Zealand)[69]
- Karmichael Hunt[22]
Seychelles
- Matt Thomas (Seychelles mother)[80]
Serbia
Slovenia
- Nick Suban
- Rene Kink
- Dayne Zorko (father born in Yugoslavia, now Slovenia)
South Africa
- Jack Baggott (Born in South Africa)
- Damian Cupido[51]
- Jack Darling (Father born in South Africa)[9]
- Eugene Kruger (Born in South Africa)[9]
- Stephen Lawrence[51]
- Ryan Lester (Born in Australia; English-born mother and South African-born father)[9]
- Ian Muller
- Jason Johannisen (Born in South Africa; Zambian mother, South African father)[9][5]
South Korea
- Peter F. Bell (Born in Korea; Mother born in South Korea, father born in America)[37][27]
Spain
- Paul Licuria (See above Italy)
Sri Lanka
- Hayden Crozier (Sri Lankan father)[9][48]
- Craig Jacotine (Parents born in Sri Lanka)[18]
- David Gallagher[18]
- Enrico Misso (Burgher descent)[18]
Sudan/South Sudan
- Aliir Aliir (born in Kenya to Sudanese parents)[81][5]
- Tarir Bayok[5]
- Michael Frederick
- Buku Khamis
- Majak Daw[82][5]
- Gach Nyuon[82]
- Mabior Chol[82][5]
- Reuben William[83]
Sweden
- Kris Massie (Born in Sweden)
Switzerland
- Henri Jeanneret
- Matthew Leuenberger (Swiss father)[9]
Taiwan
Thailand
Tonga
- Israel Folau
- David Rodan (Fijian-Tongan mother, Tongan father)[9][34]
Turkey
- Taylin Duman (Turkish born father)[84]
- Sedat Sir
- Errol Gulden
Tuvalu
Uganda
- Emmanuel Irra (Born in Uganda)[5]
Ukraine
- Jason Daniltchenko
- Alex Ishchenko[51]
- Bohdan Jaworskyj
- Alex Jesaulenko (Born in Salzburg, Austria to a Ukrainian father, Russian mother)[79]
- Jake Kolodjashnij (Ukrainian Russian father)[85]
- Kade Kolodjashnij (Ukrainian Russian father)[85]
- Steven Kolyniuk
- Jared Petrenko
- Jason Porplyzia
- Justin Staritski
- Shane Woewodin
United Kingdom
- Roy Cazaly (Scottish mother, English father)[27]
- Martin Clarke[9]
- Pearce Hanley (Born in England, United Kingdom; Welsh mother, Irish father)
- Jamie O'Reilly[9]
- Brodie Smith (English mother, Scottish father)[9]
- Aaron Young (English mother, Scottish father)[9]
England
- Callum Brown (Born in England, United Kingdom)[5]
- Percy Bowyer (Born in England, United Kingdom)
- Chris Burton (Born in England, United Kingdom)[51]
- Bill Eason (Born in England, United Kingdom)
- Mitch Golby (Born in Australia; English father)[7]
- Ryan Harwood (Born in Australia; English mother)[7]
- Garrick Ibbotson (English mother)[48]
- Connor Idun (Born in England, United Kingdom)
- Brandon Jack (Born in England, United Kingdom)[5]
- Daniel Kerr (See above India)
- Ryan Lester (Born in Australia; English-born mother and South African-born father)[9]
- Brad Moran (Born in England, United Kingdom)[51]
- Chris Mayne (English father)[48]
- Paul Medhurst (English father)
- Brian Mynott (Born in England, United Kingdom)
- Bill Perkins (Born in England, United Kingdom)
- John Scarlett
- Matthew Scarlett (English father)[27]
- Billie Smedts (English mother, Dutch father)[9]
- David Swallow (Dutch mother, English father)[9]
- Clive Waterhouse (Born in England, United Kingdom)[51]
- Jack Watts (Parents born in England, United Kingdom)[9]
- Josh Worrell (Born in England, United Kingdom)[5]
- John Worsfold[27]
Northern Ireland
- Conor Glass (Born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
- Stuart Magee (Born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
Scotland
- Thomas Leather (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)
- Bill Morris (Scottish father)[86]
- Charlie Norris (Scottish father)[87]
- James Aitken (Scottish father)
- James Duncan Gordon (Scottish father)[citation needed]
- Ewan Thompson (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[citation needed]
- Sean Wight (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[citation needed]
- Roy Cazaly (Scottish mother)[27][88]
- Alex Lang (Scottish father)[89]
- Luke McGuane[52]
- Rhys Palmer (Scottish father)[90]
- Firth McCallum (Scottish father)
- Paul Stewart (Scottish father)[91]
- Sam Docherty (Scottish father)[92]
- John Bell (Scottish parents)
- Doug Fraser (Scottish parents)[89]
- Bill Proudfoot (Scottish parents)[93]
- Andy Dougall (Scottish parents)[94]
- Stan Reid (Scottish father)[citation needed]
- Ted McLean (Scottish father)
- Colin Campbell (Scottish father)
- Les MacPherson (Scottish father)[95]
- Alick Ogilvie (Scottish father)
- Grant Lawrie (Scottish parents)[96]
- Alexander John Fraser (Scottish parents)[97]
- Alex Barlow (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[98]
- Matthew Dick (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[99]
- Bob Edmond (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[100]
- Brian Cook (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[citation needed]
- Henry McPetrie (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[101]
- William Marshall (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[citation needed]
- Jim Edmond (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[100]
- Bruce Sloss (Scottish father)[citation needed]
- Stanley McKenzie (Scottish mother)
- Hugh Plowman (Scottish father)
- Ramsay Anderson (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[102]
- George Sutherland (Born in Scotland, United Kingdom)[citation needed]
- Norman Doig (Scottish parents)
- Bob Cameron (Scottish parents)[103]
- Stewart Geddes (Scottish parents)[citation needed]
Wales
- James Gwilt (British Welsh father, Papua New Guinean mother)[104]
- Cian Hanley (Welsh mother, Irish father)[105]
- Pearce Hanley (Welsh mother, Irish father)[105]
- John McCarthy[106]
United States
- Zac Clarke (Born in Australia; American father)[48][107]
- Mason Cox (Born in the United States)
- Elliott Himmelberg
- Harrison Himmelberg
- Jason Holmes (Born in the United States)
- Kyle Langford
- Touk Miller (American father)
- Conor Nash
- Don Pyke (Born in the United States)
- Archie Smith (footballer, born 1995) (Born in Australia; American-born mother)
- Tim Taranto
- Sanford Wheeler (Born in the United States)
Zimbabwe
- Tendai Mzungu (Zimbabwean father)[9][48][108]
- Ian Perrie
See also
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