List of foreign Eliteserien players

This is a list of foreign players in the top flight of Norwegian football, currently known as Eliteserien, which commenced play in 1937. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:

  1. Have played at least one Eliteserien game. Players who were signed by Eliteserien clubs, but only played in lower league, cup and/or European games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
  2. Are considered foreign, determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for Norway national football team, more specifically:
  • If a player has been capped on international level, the national team is used; if he has been capped by more than one country, the highest level (or the most recent) team is used.
  • If a player has not been capped on international level, his country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from Norwegian parents or moved to Norway at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.

Clubs listed are those for which the player has played at least one Eliteserien game — and seasons are those in which the player has played at least one Eliteserien game.

In bold: players who have played at least one Eliteserien game in the current season (2023), and are still at a club for which they have played. This does not include current players of an Eliteserien club who have not played an Eliteserien game in the current season.

Details correct as of 28 November 2021

Albania

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Algeria

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Andorra

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Angola

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Argentina

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Armenia

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Australia

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Austria

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Belgium

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Benin

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Brazil

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Bulgaria

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Burkina Faso

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Burundi

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Cameroon

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Canada

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Rob Friend has played 40 top division matches for Molde.

Cape Verde

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Central African Republic

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Chile

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Comoros

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Costa Rica

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Michael Barrantes has played 122 top division matches for Aalesund.

Croatia

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Curaçao

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Czech Republic

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Bořek Dočkal has played 55 top division matches for Rosenborg.

Denmark

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Nicklas Bendtner has played 57 Eliteserien matches for Rosenborg.
 
Mike Jensen won four consecutive Eliteserien titles for Rosenborg, including three as captain

DR Congo

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Egypt

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El Salvador

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England

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Estonia

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Ethiopia

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Equatorial Guinea

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Faroe Islands

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Finland

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France

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Gabon

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Gambia

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Georgia

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Germany

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Ghana

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Guatemala

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Guinea

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Guinea-Bissau

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Honduras

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Hungary

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Iceland

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India

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Indonesia

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Iran

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Iraq

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Israel

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Italy

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Ivory Coast

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Jamaica

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Japan

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Kenya

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Kosovo

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Latvia

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Lebanon

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Liberia

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Libya

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Lithuania

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Luxembourg

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Malawi

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Mali

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Malta

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Mauritania

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Mexico

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Montenegro

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Morocco

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Namibia

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Netherlands

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New Zealand

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Nigeria

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Northern Ireland

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North Macedonia

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Oman

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Paraguay

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Poland

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Portugal

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Republic of Ireland

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Romania

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Russia

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Rwanda

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Scotland

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Senegal

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Serbia

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Sierra Leone

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Slovakia

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Slovenia

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Somalia

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South Africa

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South Korea

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Spain

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Sweden

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Mikael Dorsin played 270 Eliteserien matches for Rosenborg and won five league titles.
 
Mattias Moström has played 281 Eliteserien matches for Molde and has won four Eliteserien titles.
 
Daniel Nannskog has played 118 top division matches for Stabæk.

Switzerland

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Syria

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Tanzania

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Togo

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Trinidad and Tobago

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Tunisia

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Turkey

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Uganda

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Ukraine

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United States

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Uruguay

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Venezuela

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Wales

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Zimbabwe

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Notes

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  1. ^
    Born in Belgium
  2. ^
    Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Burkina Faso
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    Born in Cameroon
  5. ^
    Born in Canada
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    Born in Colombia
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    Born in Croatia (then part of Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Denmark
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    Born in England
  10. ^
    Born in Ethiopia
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    Born in Finland
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    Born in France
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    Born in Germany
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    Born in West Germany (now part of Germany)
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    Born in Ghana
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    Born in Greece
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    Born in Israel
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    Born in the Ivory Coast
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    Born in Kosovo (then part of Yugoslavia)
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    Born in Lebanon
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    Born in Malawi
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    Born in Morocco
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    Born in the Netherlands
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    Born in Norway
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    Born in Poland
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    Born in Portugal
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    Born in Russia
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    Born in South Africa
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    Born in Spain
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    Born in Switzerland
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    Born in Sweden
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    Born in Togo
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    Born in Uganda
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    Born in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union)
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    Born in the United States
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    Born in Uruguay
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    Born in Venezuela
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  1. ^ a b Nielsen, p. 259
  2. ^ Nielsen, pp. 237, 240–244
  3. ^ Nielsen, p. 254
  4. ^ Nielsen, pp. 257–258
  5. ^ Nielsen, p. 255
  6. ^ Nielsen, pp. 229–234, 236
  7. ^ Nielsen, pp. 253–255
  8. ^ Nielsen, p. 252
  9. ^ Nielsen, p. 231
  10. ^ Nielsen, pp. 252–254
  11. ^ Nielsen, p. 228

References

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  • Nielsen, Atle (2008). Sportsklubben Brann: 100 år med tro, håp og kjærlighet (in Norwegian). Bergen: Schibsted. ISBN 978-82-516-2658-3.