List of New Zealand men's international footballers born outside New Zealand

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This is a list of foreign-born football players who played for the New Zealand men's national football team.

Players[edit]

Alderney[edit]

Australia[edit]

Burma[edit]

China[edit]

Cook Islands[edit]

Croatia[edit]

England[edit]

Germany[edit]

Greece[edit]

Hungary[edit]

India[edit]

Ireland[edit]

Kenya[edit]

Malaysia[edit]

Netherlands[edit]

Northern Ireland[edit]

Papua New Guinea[edit]

Samoa[edit]

Scotland[edit]

South Africa[edit]

Switzerland[edit]

United States[edit]

List by country of birth[edit]

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 Alderney 1
Myanmar 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[edit]

  1. ^ Maddaford, Terry (27 January 2011). "Soccer: Young star taking on the world". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 4 October 2021. Australian-born of English parents and one of the youngest players to appear in New Zealand's premier club competition, Adams...
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ "Ken Hough". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Luka Prelevic". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  8. ^ "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
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ 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...
  12. ^ "Martin Akers". World Football. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  13. ^ 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...
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Burgess, Michael (23 August 2015). "Football: Hudson eyes UK-born teen". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ 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
  18. ^ "Jason Hicks". Wellington Phoenix. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2021. Born in England, Hicks moved to New Zealand as a small child...
  19. ^ "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
  20. ^ "Tony Levy". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 4 October 2021. No further chances emerged for the Edmonton-born midfielder...
  21. ^ "David Mulligan". Stuff. 11 May 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2021. English-born Mulligan played for Kevin Fallon's New Zealand youth team...
  22. ^ 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...
  23. ^ "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.
  24. ^ "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
  25. ^ "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.
  26. ^ "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.
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  30. ^ "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
  31. ^ "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.
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  33. ^ Shaskey, Tara (25 May 2015). "Taranaki football veteran inspires Hungarian team". Stuff. Retrieved 4 October 2021. Kiss, born in Budapest...
  34. ^ "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.
  35. ^ "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.
  36. ^ "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...
  37. ^ "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
  38. ^ "Make or break time for "Big Two"". Belfast Telegraph. 28 January 1983. p. 24.
  39. ^ "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...
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  41. ^ "Rodney Reid". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  42. ^ "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.
  43. ^ McLennan, Anthony (17 January 2018). "Cape Town-born striker De Vries earns move to Japan". Independent Online. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  44. ^ "Daniel Ellensohn, New Zealand Olympian: 1024". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  45. ^ 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.
  46. ^ "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...
  47. ^ 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
  48. ^ Rollo, Phillip (17 October 2016). "Hawaii-born All Whites defender Kip Colvey relishes United States test". Stuff. Retrieved 4 October 2021.

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