List of Iran international footballers born outside Iran

This is a list of footballers who have played international football for the Iranian national football team and that were born outside Iranian territory.

The following players:

have played at least one game for the full (senior male) Iran international team.
were born outside Iran.

Key[edit]

Pos	Positions
*	Current internationals. Statistics are correct as of 1 February 2022.
Caps	Appearances
GK	Goalkeeper
DF	Defender
MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward

As of 1 February 2022

Place of birth	Player	Pos	Caps	Goals	First cap	Last cap	Ref
Poland	Pierre Karlów	GK	2	0	1947	1948	^[1]
Iraq (Baghdad)	Laith Nobari	FW	3	0	4 February 2000	26 May 2000	^[2]
West Germany (Emden)	Ferydoon Zandi	MF	29	5	9 February 2005	30 December 2009	^[3]
Sweden (Malmö)	Omid Nazari	MF	5	1	15 August 2012	15 December 2012	^[4]
USA (San Jose, California)	Steven Beitashour	DF	6	0	15 October 2013	30 May 2014	^[5]
West Germany (Gießen)	Daniel Davari	GK	4	0	15 November 2013	30 May 2014	^[6]
Sweden (Malmö)	Saman Ghoddos	MF	31	2	8 January 2017	1 February 2022	^[7]

↑ "Pierre Karlow". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
↑ "Laith Nobari Nasseri". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
↑ "Ferydoon Zandi". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
↑ "Omid Nazari". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
↑ "Steven Beitashour". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
↑ "Daniel Davari". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
↑ "Saman Ghoddos". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

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Cup competitions	Hazfi Cup Super Cup
Defunct competitions	Takht Jamshid Cup
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UEFA
European

Men's	Albania 25+ caps 1–24 caps born outside Andorra Armenia Austria 25+ caps 1–24 caps born outside Azerbaijan Belgium 20+ caps 5–20 caps 1–4 caps born outside Bosnia and Herzegovina born outside Croatia born outside Czech Republic Denmark 25+ caps 1–24 caps England 10+ caps 4–9 caps 2–3 caps 1 cap born outside Capped while at lower division club Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany 20+ caps 5–19 caps 1–4 caps born outside Gibraltar Greece Hungary born outside Iceland Israel Italy born outside Kosovo 10+ caps 1–9 caps born outside Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands born outside Northern Ireland North Macedonia Norway 25+ caps 10–24 caps 2–9 caps 1 cap Poland Portugal born outside Republic of Ireland born outside Romania Russia born outside San Marino Scotland 10+ caps 4–9 caps 2–3 caps 1 cap born outside Serbia born outside Slovakia Slovenia Spain born outside Sweden born outside Switzerland born outside Turkey Ukraine born outside Wales born outside
Women's	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic England Estonia France Germany Israel Kosovo Luxembourg Malta Moldova Netherlands Norway Scotland Turkey
Defunct	East Germany Saarland

CONMEBOL
South American

Men's	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile born outside Colombia Peru Uruguay
Women's

CONCACAF
North American

Men's	Aruba Canada Costa Rica United States born outside
Women's	Bermuda Canada Guatemala El Salvador Guyana Mexico Nicaragua Panama United States

CAF
African

Men's	Algeria born outside Angola Chad Kenya South Africa Tunisia
Women's	Botswana DR Congo Ghana Ivory Coast Kenya Morocco Nigeria Tunisia

AFC
Asian

Men's	Australia 10+ caps 4–9 caps 2–3 caps 1 cap born outside Bahrain born outside China naturalized India Iran born outside Iraq born outside Japan Lebanon born outside Malaysia born outside Palestine born outside Philippines born outside Qatar born outside Singapore born outside Thailand born outside Syria born outside Vietnam born outside
Women's	Australia Hong Kong Iran Japan Jordan Lebanon born outside Myanmar Pakistan Philippines born outside Saudi Arabia Uzbekistan

OFC
Oceanian

Men's	American Samoa Cook Islands Kiribati New Zealand born outside Solomon Islands Tuvalu
Women's	American Samoa New Zealand

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