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American professional soccer players abroad

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The following is a list of American professional soccer players abroad who are playing in fully-professional leagues

The list includes American citizens who have acquired citizenship by any one of the following means:

The list does not include the following players:

  • Players who fall under one of the previous three categories, but have also played for another country's senior national team
  • Players born in a foreign country who have one parent with American citizenship who did not meet residency requirements to pass along American citizenship to the player
  • Players who have received permanent residence in the United States, but are not naturalized American citizens

This list includes only players who are playing abroad in a fully-professional league. It does not include players who are playing abroad in a league that is not fully-professional.

The list does not include the following leagues and teams:

  • Players who are currently in a foreign club's youth system, but not in that club's first team (with the exception of players currently in a German club's reserve team in the Regionalliga)
  • Players on Canadian teams that are in one of the top three U.S.-based leagues (MLS, NASL, and USL)

Men[edit]

Europe – UEFA[edit]

Belgium[edit]

In Belgium's Belgian Pro League

Denmark[edit]

In Denmark's Superliga

England[edit]

In England's Premier League
In England's Championship
In England's League One

Finland[edit]

In Finland's Veikkausliiga

France[edit]

In France's Ligue 2

Germany[edit]

In Germany's Bundesliga
In Germany's 2. Bundesliga
In Germany's 3. Liga

Ireland[edit]

In Ireland's Premier Division

Israel[edit]

In Israel's Premier League

Italy[edit]

In Italy's Serie A

Netherlands[edit]

In the Netherlands' Eredivisie
In the Netherlands' Eerste Divisie

Norway[edit]

In Norway's Eliteserien

Scotland[edit]

In Scotland's Premiership

Spain[edit]

In Spain's Segunda División B

Sweden[edit]

In Sweden's Allsvenskan

Switzerland[edit]

In Switzerland's Super League

North & Central America, Caribbean – CONCACAF[edit]

Guatemala[edit]

In Guatemala's Liga Nacional

Mexico[edit]

In Mexico's Liga MX
In Mexico's Ascenso MX

Panama[edit]

In Panama's Liga Panameña de Fútbol

South America – CONMEBOL[edit]

Brazil[edit]

In Brazil's Série A

Colombia[edit]

In Colombia's Primera A

Uruguay[edit]

In Uruguay's Primera División
In Uruguay's Segunda División
  • Leonardo MacDonald (Danubio)
  • Mateo Quatararo (Danubio)

Women[edit]

This section include players who play in the Netherlands' Eredivisie (women) or Sweden's Damallsvenskan, the only two non-American fully-professional leagues for women's soccer.

Europe – UEFA[edit]

Sweden[edit]

In Sweden's Damallsvenskan

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • Yanks Abroad — Website that focuses exclusively on American professional soccer players abroad.
  • SBI Soccer — Website focused on American soccer includes regular features on Americans abroad, including a weekly "Americans Abroad Weekend Rewind" series. (Click the "Americans Abroad" or "Americans Abroad Spotlight" tabs).
  • Goal.com — Soccer website includes regular articles on Americans overseas. (Click the "Americans Abroad" tab under "United States").
  • Washington PostSteven Goff's "Soccer Insider" column from the Washington Post provides regular updates on Americans abroad titled "Americans Abroad" or "American soccer players abroad". See articles tagged as "Americans abroad" category.
  • Sports Illustrated — provides regular articles titled "Americans Abroad" on American players overseas.
  • Soccer America — the Soccer America magazine offers regular articles on Americans overseas titled "Americans Abroad" or "U.S. Abroad".


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