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List of Philippines international footballers born outside the Philippines

This is a list of foreign-born football players who played for the Philippines national football team. Players born in countries other than the Philippines including those born in diaspora may qualify for the Philippines team through Filipino parents or grandparents, or through naturalization as Philippine citizens.

The Philippines is noted for including Filipinos of foreign-descent in their national football teams.[1][2][3][4] Most of these players are born abroad. They have naturalized only one player without any Filipino ancestry so far – Bienvenido Marañón

This list excludes players with non-Filipino heritage such as Filipino-Japanese Daisuke Sato (Davao-born), Filipino-Iranian Misagh Bahadoran (Pampanga-born) and Simone Rota (adopted by Italian parents). This only includes players that have made at least one international cap for the Philippine national team.

List of players

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Men

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List

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Player Place of birth First cap[a] Last cap[a] Filipino ancestry[b] Ref
Oliver Bias   Germany (Johanngeorgenstadt) 2021 2023 Maternal
Simen Lyngbø   Norway (Bærum) 2022 present Maternal
Iain Ramsay   Australia (Perth) 2015 2022 Maternal [5][6]
Jesse Curran   Australia (Tasmania) 2022 present Maternal [7]
Dennis Cagara   Denmark (Glostrup) 2011 2014 Paternal [8]
Mark Hartmann   England (Southampton) 2011 present Maternal
Kevin Ray Mendoza   Denmark (Herning) 2021 present
Sebastian Rasmussen   Denmark (Aarhus) 2022 present Maternal
Jerry Lucena   Denmark (Aarhus) 2011 2015 Paternal
Michael Kempter    Switzerland (Schlieren) 2021 present Maternal
Paul Mulders   Netherlands (Amsterdam) 2011 2018 Maternal
Dylan De Bruycker   Belgium (Ghent) 2017 present Maternal [9]
Neil Etheridge   England (London) 2008 present Maternal [10][11]
Rob Gier   England (Ascot) 2009 2015 Maternal [12]
James Younghusband   England (Ashford, Surrey) 2006 2019 Maternal [13]
Phil Younghusband   England (Ashford, Surrey) 2006 2019 Maternal [13]
Oskari Kekkonen   Finland (Kotka) 2021 present Maternal [14]
Nate Burkey   United States (Washington, D.C.) 2011 2014 Maternal
Jeffrey Christiaens   Belgium (Brussels) 2011 2018 Maternal
Curt Dizon   England (London) 2014 2019 Full
Dennis Villanueva   Italy (Rome) 2015 present Paternal [15][6]
Hikaru Minegishi   Japan (Sendai, Miyagi) 2016 2023 Maternal [citation needed]
Michael Falkesgaard   Denmark (Kastrup) 2018 2019 Maternal
Harry Föll   Germany (Offenburg) 2022 2022 Maternal
Chris Greatwich   England (Westminster) 2004 2014 Maternal
Jefferson Tabinas   Japan (Shinjuku, Tokyo) 2021 present [citation needed]
Satoshi Otomo   Japan (Sakae, Chiba) 2014 2014 Maternal [citation needed]
Carli de Murga   Spain (El Puerto de Santa Maria) 2011 present Maternal
Ángel Guirado   Spain (Málaga) 2011 2021 Maternal [16]
Christian Rontini   Italy (Bagno a Ripoli) 2019 present Maternal
Bernd Schipmann   Germany (Münster) 2021 2021 Maternal
Luke Woodland   United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) 2015 2021 Maternal
John-Patrick Strauß   Germany (Wetzlar) 2018 present Maternal
Bienvenido Marañón   Spain (El Puerto de Santa María) 2021 present None (Naturalized) [17]
Martin Steuble    Switzerland (Schlieren) 2014 2021 Maternal [18]
Stephan Schröck   Germany (Schweinfurt) 2011 present Maternal [19]
Kevin Ingreso   Germany (Hamburg) 2015 present Paternal [20]
Manuel Ott   Germany (Munich) 2010 present Maternal [21][22]
Mike Ott   Germany (Munich) 2016 present Maternal [22]
Jesper Nyholm   Sweden (Uppsala) 2021 present Maternal
Patrick Reichelt   Germany (East Berlin) 2012 present Maternal
Javier Patiño   Spain (San Sebastián de los Reyes) 2013 2019 Maternal
Amin Nazari   Sweden (Malmö) 2018 2021 Maternal [23]
Aly Borromeo   United States (San Francisco) 2004 2011 Maternal [24]
Kenshiro Daniels   United States (Irvine, California) 2014 2023 Maternal [25][6]
Stephan Palla   Austria (Mauerbach) 2015 2019 Maternal
Anton del Rosario   United States (San Francisco) 2004 2014 Full[c] [26]
Michael Baldisimo   Canada (Vancouver) 2024 present Full
Matthew Baldisimo   Canada (Vancouver) 2024 present Full

By country of birth

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Birthplace Players[d]
  Germany 9
  England 7
  Denmark 5
  Spain 4
  United States
  Japan 3
  Australia 2
  Belgium
  Italy
  Sweden
  Switzerland
  Austria 1
  Finland
  Netherlands
  Norway
  United Arab Emirates

Women

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Player Place of birth First cap[e] Last cap[e] Filipino ancestry[b] Ref
Maya Alcantara   United States (Rancho Cucamonga, California) 2022 present —
Tahnai Annis   United States (Zanesville, Ohio) 2018 present —
Angela Beard   Australia (Meadowbrook, Queensland) 2023 present Maternal [27]
Sarina Bolden   United States (Santa Clara, California) 2018 present Maternal [28][29]
Reina Bonta   United States (New Haven, Connecticut) 2022 present Paternal [30]
Jessika Cowart   United States (Fairfield, California) 2022 present Maternal [31]
Sara Eggesvik   Norway (Bodø) 2022 present —
Kiara Fontanilla   United States (Fullerton, California) 2022 present Paternal [32]
Carleigh Frilles   United States (Fairfax, Virginia) 2022 present —
Cathrine Graversen   Denmark 2019 present —
Katrina Guillou   United States (Washington D.C.) 2022 present Maternal [33]
Sofia Harrison   United States (Montgomery County, Maryland) 2018 present —
Kaya Hawkinson   United States (Torrance, California) 2022 present —
Hali Long   United States (Cape Girardeau, Missouri) 2016 present Maternal [34]
Chandler McDaniel   United States (Orange, California) 2021 present Maternal [35]
Olivia McDaniel   United States (Laguna Beach, California) 2021 present Maternal [35]
Natalie Oca   United States (Los Alamitos, California) 2023 present —
Quinley Quezada   United States (Rosemead, California) 2018 present Maternal [36]
Jaclyn Sawicki   Canada (Coquitlam, British Columbia) 2022 present Maternal
Jesse Shugg   Canada (Burlington, Ontario) 2013 2018 Maternal [37]

By country of birth

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Birthplace Players[d]
  United States 15
  Canada 2
  Australia 1
  Denmark 1
  Norway 1

Notes

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  1. ^ a b For the senior Philippine national team only
  2. ^ a b Guide:
    Maternal – ancestry through Filipino mother
    Paternal – ancestry through Filipino father
    Full – ancestry through both Filipino parents
  3. ^ Conflicting information. Del Rosario describes himself to be of full Filipino ancestry though he also noted that his mother is a Spaniard based in Quezon City.
  4. ^ a b Only takes into account players listed above
  5. ^ a b For the senior Philippine national team only

References

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