List of New Zealand men's international footballers born outside New Zealand
This is a list of foreign-born football players who played for the New Zealand men's national football team.
Players
Alderney
- Gordon Barker
Australia
- Luke Adams[1]
- Andrew Durante[2]
- Liam Graham[3]
- Ken Hough[4]
- Dane Ingham[5]
- Jai Ingham[6]
- Luka Prelevic[7]
- Tim Stevens[8]
Burma
- Colin Latimour
China
- Arthur Leong[9]
Cook Islands
- Christian Bouckenooghe[10]
Croatia
- Adam Mitchell[11]
England
- Martin Akers[12]
- Bobby Almond
- Brian Armstrong
- Ken Armstrong
- Ron Armstrong
- Keith Barton
- Joe Bell[13]
- Malcolm Bland
- Keith Braithwaite
- Geoff Brand
- Dave Bright
- Tim Brown[14]
- Henry Cameron[15]
- Stan Cawtheray
- Duncan Cole
- Ted Cook
- Perry Cotton
- Roy Coxon
- Phil Dando
- Greg Draper[16]
- Ken France
- Matthew Garbett[17]
- Keith Garland
- Clint Gosling
- Paul Halford
- Peter Hall
- Brian Hardman
- Jason Hicks[18]
- David Houghton
- Arthur Inglis
- Dan Keat[19]
- Eric Lesbirel
- Tony Levy[20]
- Alan Marley
- Tommy Mason
- Billy McClure
- Ray Mears
- Kevin Mulgrew
- Dave Mulligan[21]
- James Musa[22]
- Geordie Newman
- Paul Nixon
- Doug Ottley
- Graham Pearce
- Vic Pollard
- James Pritchett[23]
- Bob Quickenden
- Tommy Randles
- Chris Riley
- Luke Rowe[24]
- Tommy Smith[25]
- Harry Spencer
- Steve Sumner[26]
- Maurice Tillotson
- Brian Turner[27]
- Alan Vest
- Colin Walker[28]
- Steve Wooddin
- Billy Wright[29]
- Bill Zuill
Germany
Greece
Hungary
- Julius Beck[32]
- Imre Kiss[32][33]
- Istvan Nemet[32]
India
Ireland
- Sean Byrne
- Tommy Farnan
- Matt Guildea
- Tom McCabe
Kenya
- John Legg
Malaysia
Netherlands
Northern Ireland
- Noel Barkley[38][39][40]
- Jim Bell[40]
- Tony Ferris[40]
- John Hill[40]
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Scotland
- Jock Aird
- George Anderson
- Allan Boath
- Alex Caldwell
- Jim Christie
- George Cuthill
- Sandy Davie
- Grahame Davis
- Adrian Elrick
- Jim Ferrier
- Iain Gillies
- Iain Hastie
- Bill Hume
- Ken Ironside
- Murray Kay
- Joe Kissock
- George Lamont
- Andy Leslie
- Sam Malcolmson
- Iain Marshall
- Neil McArthur
- Jim McDougall
- Tom McNab
- Paddy McFarlane
- Duncan McVey
- Tom Methven
- Tony Moynihan
- Keith Nelson[42]
- Jock Newall
- Bert Ormond
- Alf Stamp
- Charlie Steele Sr.
- Alex Stenhouse
- Joe Todd
South Africa
Switzerland
United States
List by country of birth
England is the country where most of foreign-born New Zealand players were born.
| Birthplace | Players |
|---|---|
 England | 59 |
 Scotland | 34 |
 Australia | 8 |
 Ireland | 4 |
 Netherlands | 4 |
 Northern Ireland | 4 |
 South Africa | 4 |
 Hungary | 3 |
 Alderney | 1 |
 Burma | 1 |
 China | 1 |
 Cook Islands | 1 |
 Croatia | 1 |
 Germany | 1 |
 Greece | 1 |
 India | 1 |
 Kenya | 1 |
 Malaysia | 1 |
 Papua New Guinea | 1 |
 Samoa | 1 |
 Switzerland | 1 |
 United States | 1 |
References
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Australian-born of English parents and one of the youngest players to appear in New Zealand's premier club competition, Adams...
- ^ "Durante All White to play for New Zealand". FTBL. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
Australian-born defender Andrew Durante is eligible to play for New Zealand.
- ^ McCartney, Aidan (26 October 2015). "One-time Coventry City trialist Liam Graham signs for Chesterfield". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
Chesterfield have signed Australian-born right-back Liam Graham
- ^ "Ken Hough". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ Cockerill, Michael (19 March 2017). "Dane Ingham, the footballer who chose the All Whites over the Socceroos". Stuff. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
Ingham is 17, born and raised in northern NSW by a Kiwi mum
- ^ Hyslop, Liam (20 March 2016). "Easy decision for Jai Ingham to choose New Zealand over Australia". Stuff. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
The 23-year-old was born and raised in Australia, but both he and his younger brother, fellow All Whites rookie Dane, qualify to play for Samoa and New Zealand through their Kiwi-born mother.
- ^ "Luka Prelevic". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "Soccer: Own goals kick-start Stevens' career". The New Zealand Herald. 31 October 2000. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
Australian-born but living in New Zealand for the last 20 of his 27 years
- ^ "The Leong Family - Frankton, Hamilton, New Zealand". Kete Hamilton: Memories of Hamilton. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
Arthur is the only sibling to be born in China.
- ^ "Soccer: Steep learning curve for newcomers". The New Zealand Herald. 30 June 2000. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
Bouckenooghe is the outsider but only just - born in the Cook Islands.
- ^ Skelly, Eddie (15 March 2018). "Bolton Wanderers defender earns international call up". Lion of Vienna Suite. SB Nation. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
Adam Mitchell has had a varied career. Born in Croatia...
- ^ "Martin Akers". World Football. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ Voerman, Andrew (24 November 2019). "Joe Bell a professional in waiting as he eyes a national title with the Virginia Cavaliers". Stuff. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
Born in England, but raised in Wanaka, Bell...
- ^ Shaw, Aimee (25 December 2018). "The Interview: Tim Brown, from All Whites footballer to captain of $2 billion company". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
Brown was born in Ascot, England, and moved to New Zealand aged 3.
- ^ Burgess, Michael (23 August 2015). "Football: Hudson eyes UK-born teen". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016.
- ^ Rollo, Phillip (11 October 2020). "From Phoenix castoff to European goal-machine: Greg Draper making waves in Wales". Stuff. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
...scoring goals has always come naturally to the England-born forward.
- ^ Rollo, Phillip (27 August 2021). "'He's pumped': New Zealand teenager Matthew Garbett joins Serie A club Torino". Stuff. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
Garbett was born in England but grew up on the Kāpiti Coast before moving to Wellington
- ^ "Jason Hicks". Wellington Phoenix. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
Born in England, Hicks moved to New Zealand as a small child...
- ^ "O.F.A Graduate Dan Keat sets sights high in Sweden". Olé Football Academy. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
After being been born in England he grew up in New Zealand
- ^ "Tony Levy". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
No further chances emerged for the Edmonton-born midfielder...
- ^ "David Mulligan". Stuff. 11 May 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
English-born Mulligan played for Kevin Fallon's New Zealand youth team...
- ^ Kovzan, Sam (11 August 2017). "Sporting KC signs 25-year-old midfielder James Musa from Swope Park Rangers". Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
Born in Plymouth, England, Musa moved to New Zealand at the age of six and turned professional in 2010...
- ^ "Soccer: Born with football in their blood". The New Zealand Herald. 31 October 2002. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
James Pritchett. Born: 1/7/82, Watford, England.
- ^ "Soccer: Rowe is ready to roll". The New Zealand Herald. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
the English-born lad, who is eligible to represent New Zealand through his father
- ^ "Tommy Smith". Stuff. 11 May 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
Born in Macclesfield in Cheshire, the Smith family moved to Auckland when Tommy was eight years old.
- ^ "Former All Whites captain Steve Sumner has died". Stuff. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
England-born Sumner is regarded as one of the most influential figures in New Zealand football.
- ^ "Brian Turner". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 633. ISBN 978-1-85291-665-7.
- ^ Persoglia, Tony; Stock, Greg. "Australian Player Database - WO". OzFootball. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
Wright, Billy. Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1962, England
- ^ "New Zealand international Shane Smeltz confirms his retirement". ESPN. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
An old-fashioned, predatory No. 9, German-born Gold Coast-raised Smeltz
- ^ "Football: Greek recruit at home". The New Zealand Herald. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
Tzimopoulos has spent all his life in Greece, and his only previous connection with New Zealand football was a three-month stint playing here as a 13-year-old.
- ^ a b c George, Damian (3 August 2018). "Hungarian influence remembered as Wellington United marks 125th anniversary". Stuff. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
Despite their local snub, three players - Julius Beck, Imre Kiss, and Stefan Nemet - went on to play for the All Whites.
- ^ Shaskey, Tara (25 May 2015). "Taranaki football veteran inspires Hungarian team". Stuff. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
Kiss, born in Budapest...
- ^ "Footballer with a passion inspires newcomers". Indian Newslink. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
Born in Navsari (Gujarat) in India, Jeram arrived in New Zealand during his formative years.
- ^ "Harry Edge refuses to represent Malaysia internationally". Oceania Football Center. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
Harry was born in New Zealand but he is eligible to represent Malaysia because his father Declan was born there.
- ^ "All Whites centreback Nando Pijnaker moves to Danish club from Portugal". Stuff. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
Holland-born Pijnaker will be the fourth graduate of New Zealand's...
- ^ "Barrow add New Zealand international midfielder Benjamin van den Broek". The Non-League Paper. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
Barrow have brought in Dutch-born, New Zealand international Benjamin van den Broek
- ^ "Make or break time for "Big Two"". Belfast Telegraph. 28 January 1983. p. 24.
- ^ "Ex-All White Noel Barkley to head football charity". Stuff. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
Barkley, who came to New Zealand from his native Northern Ireland...
- ^ a b c d "Northern Irish Footballers Who Played for New Zealand". Arconada Armstrong. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "Rodney Reid". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "Vale | Keith Nelson". New Zealand Football. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
the Scotland-born striker represented his country on 39 occasions and scored 25 goals.
- ^ McLennan, Anthony (17 January 2018). "Cape Town-born striker De Vries earns move to Japan". Independent Online. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "Daniel Ellensohn, New Zealand Olympian: 1024". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ Davidson, John (13 November 2013). "Storm could have been a Socceroux". FTBL. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
Born in Cape Town to South African parents but raised both in New Zealand and Australia, Roux has dual Kiwi and Australian nationality.
- ^ "Energy FC Signs New Zealand International Deklan Wynne to Loan Deal". Energy FC. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
Wynne, who was born in Johannesburg, South Africa before moving to New Zealand at the age of 14...
- ^ Windon, Jacob (25 September 2019). "Household name: Rufer ready to lead Phoenix's new generation". A-League Men. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
the Geneva-born midfielder will be one of the on-field lieutenants of choice
- ^ Rollo, Phillip (17 October 2016). "Hawaii-born All Whites defender Kip Colvey relishes United States test". Stuff. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
External links
- All Whites lineups at Ultimate NZ Soccer
- Caps and goals of players representing New Zealand at Ultimate NZ Soccer
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