List of foreign footballers in the Persian Gulf Pro League

This is a list of foreign players who have been played in the Persian Gulf Pro League from 2001 onwards. The following players have been born outside Iran and have not been capped for the Iranian national football team at any level.

• Players in bold have capped for their national teams.
• For a list of players before 2001 see List of foreign footballers in Iran 1920 to 2000.

Afghanistan

• Faysal Shayesteh – Paykan – 2017

Albania

• Xhevahir Sukaj – Sepahan – 2012 to 2015
• Ervin Bulku – Sepahan – 2012 to 2014
• Ditmar Bicaj – Tractor Sazi – 2014
• Edon Hasani – Sepahan – 2018

Algeria

Okacha Hamzaoui – Tractor – 2020 to 2021

Angola

• Carlos – Foolad – 2008 to 2009

Argentina

• Miguel Barreto – Paykan – 2006
• Gabriel Iribarren – Zob Ahan – 2009 to 2010
• Gustavo Blanco – Esteghlal – 2023 to present

Armenia

Austria

• Christopher Knett–Sepahan, Foolad 2021 to present

Australia

• Liam Reddy – Esteghlal – 2012
• Milan Susak – Sepahan – 2013
• Iain Fyfe – Mes Kerman – 2013 to 2014
• Antony Golec – Persepolis – 2016
• Ruon Tongyik – Mes Kerman – 2023

Azerbaijan

• Mushfig Huseynov - Paykan 2001 to 2002
• Pasha Aliyev - Aboomoslem - 2001 to 2002
• Ramiz Mammadov - Paykan 2001 to 2003, Pegah Gilan 2003 to 2004
• Rafat Kuliev - Esteghlal and Sanat Naft - 2001 to 2003
• Tarlan Ahmadov - Esteghlal - 2002 to 2003
• Farrukh Ismayilov - Sanat Naft 2002 to 2003
• Itma Qurbanov - Pegah Gilan
• Mahmud Qurbanov - Foolad - 2002 to 2003
• Rashad Sadygov - Foolad - 2002 to 2003
• Ilham Yadullayev - Sanat Naft 2002 to 2003
• Sergey Koriev - Zob Ahan - 2003 to 2004

Benin

• Rudy Gestede – Esteghlal – 2021 to 2022

Bolivia

• Vicente Arze – Esteghlal – 2012 to 2013

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Almir Tolja - Saba Battery - 2005 to 2009
• Alen Avdić - Saba Battery, Bargh Shiraz - 2006 to 2009
• Marinko Mačkić - Saba Battery - 2006 to 2008
• Enes Mešanović - Bargh Shiraz - 2006
• Faruk Ihtijarević - PAS Hamedan - 2007 to 2008
• Ivan Savorjest - Aboomoslem - 2007 to 2008
• Emir Obuća - PAS Hamedan, Rah Ahan - 2007 to 2008 and 2009 to 2010
• Fuad Salihović - Aboomoslem - 2008
• Tomislav Stanić - Malavan - 2008 to 2009
• Alen Bašić - Malavan - 2008 to 2012
• Nenad Timkov - Bargh Shiraz - 2008 to 2009
• Mladen Bartolović - Foolad - 2009 to 2010
• Samir Bekrić - Mes Kerman 2013 to 2014, Fajr Sepasi - 2014
• Muamer Svraka - Paykan - 2014 to 2015
• Ratko Dujković - Saipa - 2015 to 2016
• Senijad Ibričić - Sepahan - 2016
• Sulejman Krpić - Tractor Sazi - 2018

Brazil

Bulgaria

• Georgi Georgiev – Naft Masjed Soleyman, Gostaresh Foolad – 2015 to 2016
• Nikolay Bodurov – Esteghlal – 2020

Burkina Faso

• Hervé Oussalé – Persepolis – 2010
• Mamadou Tall – Persepolis – 2011 to 2012
• Boubacar Kébé – Damash Gilan and Esteghlal – 2012 to 2014
• Moussa Traoré – Siah Jamegan – 2016
• Bryan Dabo – Sepahan – 2023 To Present

Burundi

• Elvis Kamsoba – Sepahan – 2022 to 2023

Cameroon

• Jacques Elong Elong – Persepolis, Esteghlal – 2005 to 2009 and 2010 to 2012
• Léonard Kweuke – Esteghlal, Steel Azin – 2007 to 2008 and 2008 to 2009
• Guillaume Nkendo – Paykan – 2007 to 2008
• William Esenjo – Pegah – 2008
• Martin Abena – Pegah – 2008
• Joël Tchami – Pegah – 2008
• Jean Black Ngody – Aboomoslem, Payam – 2008 to 2009
• Patrick Jean Matton – Aboomoslem – 2008
• David Tahnya Wirikom – Saba Qom, Rah Ahan, Naft Tehran – 2012 to 2015
• Mathias Chago – Foolad – 2014 to 2017
• Ambuno Achille – Saba Qom – 2014 to 2015
• Aloys Nong – Foolad, Naft Tehran, Tractor Sazi, Esteghlal Khuzestan, Pars Jonoubi Jam and Saipa – 2014 to 2019
• Dorge Kouemaha – Foolad – 2016
• Ernest Webnje Nfor – Foolad – 2016 to 2017

Cape Verde

• Platini – Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. – 2018

Colombia

• Carlos Eduardo Salazar – Mes Kerman – 2011
• Victor Guaza Lucumi – Zob Ahan – 2014
• Danny Santoya – Sanat Naft Abadan – 2016 to 2017
• Hansel Zapata – Aluminium Arak – 2022 to 2023

Costa Rica

• Michael Umaña – Persepolis, Pars Jonoubi Jam – 2014 to 2016, 2017

Croatia

• Sandro Tomić – PAS Hamedan – 2007 to 2008
• Mate Dragičević – Persepolis – 2008
• Mario Garba – PAS Hamedan – 2008
• Lek Kcira – Steel Azin, Shahin Bushehr – 2009 to 2012
• Marko Šimić – Sanat Naft – 2012
• Aljoša Vojnović – Mes Kerman – 2012
• Goran Ljubojević – Naft Tehran – 2012
• Ivor Weitzer – Malavan – 2013
• Leonard Mesarić – Foolad – 2014 to 2016
• Igor Prahić – Padideh, Naft Tehran – 2014 to 2017
• Mate Eterović – Paykan – 2014
• Pero Pejić – Esteghlal – 2015 to 2016
• Luka Marić – Persepolis – 2015 to 2016
• Božidar Radošević – Persepolis – 2016 to 2021
• Šime Gregov – Tractor Sazi – 2018
• Mario Budimir – Persepolis – 2019
• Hrvoje Milić – Esteghlal – 2019 to 2021

Curaçao

• Sendley Sidney Bito – Fajr Sepasi – 2013 to 2014
• Jürgen Locadia - Persepolis - 2022

Cyprus

• Athos Solomou – Rah Ahan – 2016

Czech Republic

• Robert Caha – Persepolis – 2005 to 2007

England

• Korede Aiyegbusi – Siah Jamegan – 2015 to 2016
• Harry Forrester – Tractor Sazi – 2018 to 2019

Equatorial Guinea

• Eduardo Ferreira – Esteghlal Khuzestan – 2015 to 2016^{[b BRA]}

Finland

• Sebastian Strandvall – Rah Ahan – 2015 to 2016

France

• Goran Jerković – Esteghlal – 2012 and Siah Jamegan – 2016 to 2017
• Jérémy Manzorro – Paykan – 2017
• Arthur Yamga – Esteghlal – 2021 to present

Gabon

• Eric Bocoum – Gol Gohar – 2021 to present

Gambia

• Alagie Sosseh – Siah Jamegan – 2016

Georgia

• Kakhaber Akhaladze – Sepahan – 2003 to 2004
• Archil Sakhvadze – Saba Qom – 2004 to 2005
• Mamuka Tsereteli – Saba Qom – 2004 to 2005
• Akvsenti Gilauri – Esteghlal and Pegah Gilan – 2004 to 2007 and 2007 to 2008
• Valter Guchua – Saba Qom – 2004
• Vladimir Akhalaia – Esteghlal – 2005
• Jaba Mujiri – Sepahan and Foolad – 2005 to 2008 and 2009 to 2012
• Georgi Krasovski – Mes Sarcheshmeh – 2011 to 2012
• Ioseb Chakhvashvili – Saba Qom – 2014 to 2015
• Kakhaber Kakashvili – Machine Sazi, Gostaresh Foolad and Pars Jonoubi Jam – 2016 to 2017 and 2019
• Giorgi Gvelesiani – Zob Ahan, Nassaji Mazandaran, Sepahan, Persepolis – 2017 to present

Germany

• Ronny Kockel - Paykan - 2008
• Bajram Nebihi - Zob Ahan - 2008
• Shpejtim Arifi - Payam, Persepolis and Tractor Sazi - 2008 to 2012
• Hendrik Helmke - Esteghlal - 2014 to 2015
• Markus Neumayr - Esteghlal - 2018

Ghana

• Skelley Adu Tutu - Saba Battery - 2004 to 2005
• Mohammed Martin Mensah - Zob Ahan - 2007 to 2008
• Samuel Sarfo - Saipa - 2018 to 2019

Guinea

• Kévin Constant - Tractor - 2019

Guinea-Bissau

• Isma - Esteghlal - 2019

Honduras

• Jerry Bengtson – Persepolis, Zob Ahan – 2015 to 2017
• Eddie Hernández – Zob Ahan – 2018 to 2019

Hungary

• Vladimir Koman – Sepahan – 2018 to 2020

Indonesia

• Sergio van Dijk - Sepahan - 2014

Iraq

Ivory Coast

• Ismaël Béko Fofana – Zob Ahan – 2012 to 2013
• Drissa Diarrassouba – Padideh – 2016 to 2017

Japan

• Yukiya Sugita – Tractor Sazi, Foolad – 2018 to 2020 – 2023

• Takafumi Akahoshi – Foolad – 2019

Jordan

• Anas Bani Yaseen - Foolad F.C. - 2019-2020

Kuwait

• Waleed Ali - Esteghlal - 2011

Kyrgyzstan

• Aziz Sydykov - Naft Abadan - 2019

Lebanon

• Ali Hamam – Zob Ahan – 2014 to 2018
• Walid Ismail – Zob Ahan – 2014 to 2016
• Rabih Ataya – Zob Ahan – 2017 to 2018
• Mehdi Khalil – Zob Ahan – 2020

Liberia

• Christopher Wreh - Persepolis - 2003

Libya

• Éamon Zayed - Persepolis and Aluminium Hormozgan - 2011 to 2013

Lithuania

• Egidijus Majus - Steel Azin - 2010 to 2011
• Mantas Savėnas - Rah Ahan - 2010 to 2011

Macedonia

• Saša Ilić - Persepolis F.C., Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C., Pegah Gilan - 2003 to 2005 and 2007
• Ilče Pereski - Persepolis F.C. - 2004 to 2005
• Jane Nikolovski - Persepolis F.C. - 2005
• Marjan Belčev - Esteghlal Ahvaz F.C. - 2008 to 2009
• Zoran Zlatkovski - Malavan F.C. - 2011 to 2012
• Aco Stojkov - Zob Ahan - 2012
• Vlatko Grozdanoski - Persepolis F.C. - 2013
• Bojan Najdenov - Esteghlal - 2018

Mali

• Issa Traoré - Persepolis F.C., Pas F.C., Saipa F.C., Rah Ahan F.C. - 2003 to 2007, 2008 to 2011
• Alou Badra Diakité - Shirin Faraz F.C., Steel Azin F.C., - 2007 to 2008, 2008 to 2009
• Sékou Fofana - Mes Kerman F.C. - 2007 to 2008
• Alou Traoré - Saipa F.C., Tractor Sazi F.C. - 2007 to 2011
• Yossi Metsu - Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. 2007
• Bakary Diakité - Foolad F.C., Gostaresh Foulad F.C. - 2010 to 2011, 2011 to 2012
• Sékou Berthé - Persepolis F.C. - 2010
• Founéké Sy - Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. - 2011 to 2012
• Idrissa Traoré - Esteghlal Khuzestan - 2013 to 2014
• Moussa Coulibaly - Esteghlal Khuzestan, Sepahan, Foolad - 2013 to present
• Lamine Diawara - Esteghlal Khuzestan - 2014 to 2015
• Soumbeïla Diakité - Esteghlal Khuzestan - 2014 to 2015
• Cheick Diabaté - Esteghlal, Persepolis – 2019 to 2021 - 2022 to 2023
• Adama Niane - Nassaji – 2022 to 2023

Malta

• Udochukwu Nwoko - PAS Hamedan - 2010 to 2011

Moldova

• Gheorghe Stratulat - Zob Ahan - 2003 to 2007
• Serghei Paşcenco - Malavan - 2012 to 2014, 2015
• Alexandru Pașcenco - Naft Masjed Soleyman - 2014 to 2015

Montenegro

• Nenad Brnović – Mes Sarcheshmeh – 2011 to 2012
• Radomir Đalović – Sepahan – 2012 to 2014
• Darko Božović – Zob Ahan – 2012 to 2013
• Milan Mijatović – Mes Kerman, Zob Ahan – 2012 to 2014
• Marko Šćepanović – Persepolis – 2013 to 2014
• Milan Jovanović – Padideh, Siah Jamegan – 2014 to 2016
• Bogdan Milić – Saipa – 2017

Morocco

• Adil Chihi – Esteghlal – 2016

Mozambique

• Armando Sá – Sepahan – 2008 to 2010

Netherlands

• Collins John - Mes Sarcheshmeh - 2011-2012
• Donovan Deekman - Naft Tehran - 2015

Nicaragua

• Carlos Chavarría – Shahr Khodro – 2019 to 2020

Nigeria

• Emmanuel Ezukam - F.C. Zob Ahan - 2003 to 2004
• Sambo Choji - Persepolis F.C. - 2004 to 2005
• Kabir Bello - Sepahan F.C. - 2005 to 2008
• Raphael Edereho - Persepolis F.C. - 2005 to 2006
• Daniel Olerum - Foolad F.C., F.C. Aboomoslem, Tractor Sazi F.C. - 2005 to 2011
• Taribo West - Paykan F.C. - 2007
• Necho Tanna - Paykan F.C. - 2007
• Uche Iheruome - Mes Kerman F.C., Shahin Bushehr F.C. - 2008, 2010 to 2011
• Edison Joseph - Pas Hamedan F.C. - 2008 to 2009
• Obaji Sunday - Shahin Bushehr F.C. - 2009 to 2010
• Darlington Iziger - Mes Sarcheshmeh F.C. - 2011
• Godwin Mensha - Paykan F.C. - 2016 to 2017, Persepolis - 2017 to 2019, Esteghlal - 2019, Gol Gohar - 2020 to 2021, Mes Rafsanjan - 2021 to 2023, Foolad - 2023
• Rasheed Alabi - Sanat Naft Abadan - 2016 to 2017
• Kenneth Ikechukwu - Paykan F.C. - 2017 to 2018
• Alhaji Gero - Esteghlal - 2018

Oman

• Muhsen Al-Ghassani – Sepahan – 2019 to 2020
• Faiz Al-Rushaidi – Mes Rafsanjan – 2021 to 2022
• Zahir Al-Aghbari – Mes Rafsanjan – 2021 to 2022

Palestine

• Imad Zatara - Sanat Naft Abadan - 2012

Panama

• José Anthony Torres - Persepolis - 2005 to 2006
• Carlos Rivera - Persepolis - 2005 to 2006

Paraguay

• Jorge Gaona - Persepolis - 2008

Peru

• Rinaldo Cruzado – Esteghlal – 2009 to 2010
• Diego Chávarri – Gostaresh Foolad – 2013
• Willyan Mimbela – Tractor – 2019 to 2020

Philippines

• Iain Ramsay – Tractor Sazi – 2015 to 2016

Poland

• Andrzej Bednarz - Saba Qom - 2009 to 2010

Portugal

• Ivan Sa Borges Dju – Aboomoslem – 2006 to 2007
• Hugo Machado – Zob Ahan – 2011 to 2013
• Flávio Paixão – Tractor Sazi – 2011 to 2013
• Marco Paixão – Naft Tehran – 2012
• João Vilela – Tractor Sazi – 2012 to 2013
• Anselmo Cardoso – Tractor Sazi – 2012 to 2013
• Tiago Ferreira – Tractor – 2022
• Manuel Fernandes – Sepahan – 2022 to 2023
• Ricardo Alves – Tractor – 2022 to present

Republic of Ireland

• Anthony Stokes - Tractor Sazi, Persepolis - 2018 to 2020

Romania

• Iosif Tâlvan - Pegah - 2003 to 2004
• Claudiu Mircea Ionescu - Foolad - 2012 to 2013
• Cosmin Vancea - Saipa - 2013 to 2014

Scotland

• Lee Erwin - Tractor Sazi - 2018 to 2019

Senegal

• Issa Ndoye – Zob Ahan and Tractor Sazi – 2005 to 2009 and 2014 to 2015
• Ibrahima Touré – Paykan, Persepolis and Sepahan – 2007 to 2011
• Arfang Daffé – Paykan, Nassaji – 2017 to 2019
• Mame Baba Thiam – Esteghlal – 2018

Serbia

• Dejan Maksić - Pegah - 2003 to 2005
• Slavko Matić - Pegah - 2004 to 2005
• Đorđe Topalović - Esteghlal - 2004 to 2005
• Saša Radivojević - Pegah - 2004 to 2005
• Boža Đurković - Pegah - 2004 to 2005
• Ivan Petrović - Aboomoslem, Persepolis, Shahin Bushehr - 2006 to 2013
• Srđan Urošević - Esteghlal - 2007
• Nenad Stojaković - Shirin Faraz - 2007
• Dejan Pešić - Shahin Bushehr - 2007 to 2008
• Ivan Dragičević - Shirin Faraz, Damash Gilan, - 2007 to 2008, 2008 to 2009
• Saša Kolunija - PAS Hamedan, Gahar Zagros, Saipa - 2009 to 2013
• Milorad Janjuš - Sepahan, Shahrdari Tabriz - 2010 to 2012
• Dragan Žarković - Shahrdari Tabriz, Gostaresh Foolad - 2011 to 2012, 2017 to 2018
• Goran Lovre - Esteghlal - 2013
• Marko Perović - Persepolis - 2012 to 2013
• Zoran Knežević - Padideh - 2013 to 2015
• Ivan Marković – Zob Ahan - 2020 to 2022
• Darko Bjedov - Zob Ahan - 2020 to 2023

Slovakia

• Kamil Susko – Sepahan – 2003 to 2004
• Miroslav Hýll – Zob Ahan and Bargh Shiraz – 2005 to 2007
• Zoltán Harsányi – Paykan – 2010 to 2011

Slovenia

• Igor Nenezić – Rah Ahan – 2014 to 2015

South Africa

• Ayanda Patosi – Esteghlal, Foolad – 2019, 2020

South Sudan

• Valentino Yuel – Aluminium Arak – 2022
• Tito Okello – Paykan – 2022 to 2023

South Korea

• Kwon Jun – Persepolis – 2012
• Kim Gwi-hyeon – Sanat Naft Abadan – 2016 to 2017

Spain

• Manu – Machine Sazi – 2016 to 2017
• Ibai Gómez – Foolad – 2022
• Jaime Romero – Tractor – 2023
• Roberto Torres – Foolad, Gol Gohar – 2023 to present
• Álex Alegría – Foolad – 2023
• Álvaro Jiménez – Tractor – 2023
• Nono – Nassaji – 2023 to Present

Sweden

• Kyle Konwea – Siah Jamegan – 2015 to 2016
• Nabil Bahoui – Persepolis – 2023

Syria

• Zyad Chaabo – Persepolis – 2007
• Tarek Jabban – Persepolis – 2007
• Mohamed Al Zeno – Rah Ahan – 2009
• Mahmoud Al Amenah – Rah Ahan – 2009 to 2012
• George Mourad – Mes Kerman – 2011 to 2012
• Mohammed Estanbeli – Aluminium Hormozgan – 2012 to 2013
• Thaer Kroma – Machine Sazi – 2016
• Ibrahim Alma – Sepahan – 2017 to 2018

Tajikistan

• Akmal Kholmatov – PAS Hamedan – 2010 to 2012
• Manuchehr Safarov – Persepolis – 2021 to 2022
• Vahdat Hanonov – Persepolis – 2021 to present
• Sheriddin Boboyev – Naft Abadan – 2022 to 2023
• Ehson Panjshanbe – Zob Ahan – 2022

Timor-Leste

• Pedro Henrique Oliveira – Sepahan – 2016

Trinidad and Tobago

• Jlloyd Samuel – Esteghlal and Paykan – 2012 to 2015

Tunisia

• Mohamed Ali Gharzoul – Rah Ahan – 2012
• Hamza Younes – Tractor Sazi – 2015

Turkey

• Sezer Güler – Shahid Ghandi – 2005 to 2006

Turkmenistan

• Begençmuhammet Kulyýew – Aboomoslem – 2005 to 2006
• Gurbangeldi Durdyýew – Aboomoslem – 2005 to 2006

Togo

• Franck Atsou – Aboomoslem, Persepolis and Esteghlal Ahvaz – 2006 to 2010
• Abdou Moumouni – Aboomoslem – 2008 to 2010

Uganda

• Martin Mutumba – Rah Ahan – 2015

Ukraine

• Oleksiy Polyanskiy – Persepolis – 2016 to 2017
• Volodymyr Priyomov – Persepolis – 2016 to 2017
• Miro Slavov – Shahr Khodro – 2020

Uruguay

• Martín Barlocco – Bargh Shiraz – 2007 to 2008
• Gerardo Morales – Mes Kerman – 2007 to 2008
• Marcelo de Souza – Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. – 2007
• Edgardo Simovic – Zob Ahan – 2007
• Peter Vera – Foolad – 2007
• Freddy Freire – Bargh Shiraz – 2008
• Álvaro Pintos – Rah Ahan – 2008 to 2009
• César Pellegrín – Rah Ahan – 2008
• Cristian Yeladian – Foolad – 2009 to 2010
• Rodrigo Odriozola López – Gostaresh Foolad – 2014
• Sebastián Píriz – Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. – 2023

Uzbekistan

• Zaynitdin Tadjiyev – Saba Battery – 2007
• Shakhboz Erkinov – PAS Hamedan – 2008 to 2010
• Yaroslav Krushelnitskiy – Mes Sarceshmeh – 2012
• Bahodir Nasimov – Padideh – 2014 to 2015
• Ruslan Melziddinov – Naft Masjed Soleyman – 2015
• Oybek Kilichev – Paykan – 2015
• Fozil Musaev – Sepahan – 2015 to 2016
• Alexander Lobanov – Persepolis – 2016
• Aziz Ibragimov – Machine Sazi – 2017
• Server Djeparov – Sepahan, Esteghlal – 2017 to 2018
• Sherzod Temirov – Persepolis, Paykan – 2022 to 2023
• Azizbek Amonov – Esteghlal – 2022 to 2023
• Sharof Mukhiddinov – Sanat Naft – 2022 to 2023

Yemen

• Ayman Al Hagri – Tractor Sazi – 2011

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)