Ex-Player Thread Best Ever Foreign Player

[unification]

Aha, I suddenly remember I posted a similar thread on the old YF. The internet never forgets so I’ve managed to extract it again. This should be up to date now but shout if you see someone missing from it.

A reminder that qualifying criteria to be:

A. Being a citizen of the country listed, or
B. Having represented that country international level.

And by country I mean a sovereign state and a member of the UN in its own right. That said, international football is conducted by FAs and not nations (eg, Faroe Islands are part of Denmark but have their own FA and League system). I've added the full internationals only for the home nations + Republic of Ireland.

Those with full international honours have their number of caps in brackets. If they’ve scored an international goal, the total of these is the second number.

EDIT. Sod the table. It takes ages to format it. One long list it is. Sorry, mods.

BEST FOREIGN PLAYER ​

EUROPE - UEFA

Albania
Agon Mehmeti (13)

Belgium
Brian De Keersmaeker

Bulgaria
Filip Krastev (30/4)
Slavi Spasov

England (full internationals only)
David Bardsley (2)
Steve Foster (3)
Colin McDonald (8)
Steve Perryman (1)
Colin Todd (27)
Ian Walker (4)
Nigel Winterburn (2)
Mark Wright (45/1)

France
Jeremy Balmy
Doudou
Alex Jeannin
Amine Karam
Ateef Konaté
Derick Osei Yaw
Christophe Remy
Djoumin Sangare

Greece
George Baldock (12)

Italy
Andrea Guatelli

Israel
Josh Kennet
Yoav Sade

Latvia
Kristaps Grebis (13/2)

Liechtenstein
Benji Buchel (82)

Malta
Mark E'Beyer
Jodi Jones (17)

Moldova
Stephen Negru (1)

Netherlands
Hidde Ter Avest
Dwight Tiendalli (2)
Arjan Van Heusden

Northern Ireland (full internationals only)
Ciaron Brown (21)
Tony Capaldi (22)
Jamie Donley (6/2)
Ray Gaston (1)
Phil Gray (26/6)
Billy Hamilton (41/5)
Paul Kee (9)
Jim Magilton (52/5)
Darren Patterson (17/1)
Anton Rogan (18)
Billy Simpson (12/5)
Brodie Spencer (19)
Gavin Whyte (30/5)

Poland
Alex Cisak
Michal Helik (7)
Przemysław Płacheta (7)

Portugal
Fabio Lopes
Rúben Rodrigues

Republic of Ireland (full internationals only)
John Aldridge (69/19)
Keith Andrews (35/3)
John Byrne (23/4)
David Connolly (41/9)
Terry Donovan (2)
Dominic Foley (6/2)
Ray Houghton (73/6)
Mick Kearns (19)
Dave Langan (26)
Callum O'Dowda (32/1)
Barry Quinn (4)
Dave Savage (5)
David Sloan (2)
Mark Sykes (7)

Scotland (full internationals only)
Jordan Archer (1)
Peter Buchanan (1/1)
Chris Cadden (2)
Hugh Curran (5/1)
Matt Elliott (18/1)
Stuart Findlay (1/1)
Scot Gemmill (26/1)
Jamie Mackie (9/2)
Chris Maguire (2)
David Mathers (1)
Matt Phillips (16/1)

Slovenia
Nik Prelec

Spain
Pep Clotet (Manager)
Alex Gorrin
Toni Martinez
Xemi

Sweden
Pal Lundin
Ivo Pekalski (2)

Turkey
Yunus Konak

Wales (full internationals only)
Billy Bodin (1)
Tom Bradshaw (8)
Wes Burns (10)
Jeremy Charles (19/1)
Craig Davies (7)
Christian Edwards (1)
Paul Evans (2)
Mark Harris (17)
Andy Melville (65/3)
Lee Nogan (2)
Malcolm Page (28)
Billy Rees (4)
Christian Ribiero (2)
Sam Ricketts (52)
Dave Roberts (17)
Tyler Roberts (20)
Vic Rouse (1)
Dean Saunders (75/22)
Neil Slatter (22/2)
Fin Stevens (2)
Ben Woodburn (11/2)

AFRICA - CA

Algeria
Ahmed Kashi (1)
Mehdi Kerrouche

Cape Verde
Georges Santos (4)

DR Congo
Carlin Itonga
Peter Kioso (1)
T’cham N’Toya

Ghana
Dan Agyei (1)
Daniel Boateng
Tarique Fosu (4/1)

Guinea
Norman Sylla (1)

Ivory Coast
Siriki Dembélé
Armand Gnanduillet
Arthur Gnohere

Morocco
Oussama Zamouri

Nigeria
Yemi Odubade
Manny Omoyinmi
Onome Sodje

Republic of the Congo
Chris Makosso (4)

Senegal
Abdou Sall

South Africa
Andre Arendse (67)
Warren Goodhind

Tanzania
Eddie Anaclet (Odiambo)

Tunisia
Idris El Mizouni (2)

Uganda
Jordan Obita (6)

Zimbabwe
Bruce Grobbelaar (33)

SOUTH AMERICA - CONMEBOL

Argentina
Emiliano Diaz
Michael Diaz
Ramon Diaz (Manager)
Emiliano ‘Damien’ Martinez (59)
Juan Pablo Raponi

Brazil
Ricardinho

Colombia
Cristian Montano

Uruguay
Lucas Cominelli
Mateo Corbo

NORTH AMERICA & CARIBBEAN - CONCACAF

Antigua & Barbuda
Dexter Blackstock (6/2)
AJ George (2/1)
Duran Martin (6)
Josh Parker (36/5)

Bermuda
Jonte Smith (15/2)

Canada
Mark Watson (78/3)

Curaçao
Gino van Kessel (25/8)

Dominica
Joe Cooke
Jefferson Louis (1)

Grenada
Shandon Baptiste (3/1)
Dejon Noel-Williams (8)

Jamaica
Hubert Busby Jr
Jabari Hylton (1)
Greg Leigh (31/1)
Kemar Roofe (5/1)
Ricky Sappleton

Martinique
Eric Sabin (3/4)

Montserrat
Wayne Dyer (6/1)
Anthony Griffith (4)
Dean Morgan (3)

St Kitts & Nevis
Jordan Bowery (2)
Kevin Francis (2)

Suriname
Djavan Anderson (2)
Yanic Wildschut (3/1)
Brian Wilsterman

USA
Ed McIlvenny (3)
Jon-Paul Pittman


ASIA - AFC

Australia
Matt Fletcher
Scott Guyett
Ryan Williams (1)

China PR
Tsun Dai (14)

India
Ryan Williams (1/1)

Indonesia
Marselino Ferdinan (40/5)
Ole Romeny (8/4)

Iraq
Shwan Jalal

Pakistan
Kashif Siddiqi (1)

South Korea
Jin Woo Jeon (2)

Thailand
Ben Davis (13/5)

OCEANIA - OFC
New Zealand
Max Crocombe (21)
Ceri Evans (56/2)

OTHER - NON-FIFA AFFILIATED

Guernsey
Chris Tardif (12)

Matabeleland
Bruce Grobelaar (1)

Top 10 players to have played for OUFC with the most caps for their country.​

1. Benji Buchel (Liechtenstein) - 82 caps
2. Mark Watson (Canada) - 78 caps
3. Dean Saunders (Wales) - 75 caps
4. Ray Houghton (Republic of Ireland) - 73 caps
5. John Aldridge (Republic of Ireland) - 69 caps
6. Andre Arendse (South Africa) - 67 caps
7. Andy Melville (Wales) - 65 caps
8. Emiliano ‘Damien’ Martinez (Argentina) - 59 caps
9. Ceri Evans (New Zealand) - 56 caps
10. Jim Magilton (Northern Ireland) - 52 caps

Top 10 players to have played for OUFC with the most goals for their country.​

1. Dean Saunders (Wales) - 22 goals
2. John Aldridge (Republic of Ireland) - 19 goals
3. David Connolly (Republic of Ireland) - 9 goals
4. Gino van Kessel (Curaçao) - 8 goals
5. Ray Houghton (Republic of Ireland) - 6 goals
6. Josh Parker (Antigua & Barbuda) - 5 goals
7. Marselino Ferdinan (Indonesia) - 5 goals
8. Billy Hamilton (Northern Ireland) - 5 goals
9. Gavin Whyte (Northern Ireland) - 5 goals
10. Ben Davis (Thailand) - 5 goals

 

[Golden Dr Otto]

Who do you think Is our best ever player from outside the UK and island of Ireland.

I always thought Brian Wilsterman was pretty good.

 

[OxfordYankee]

Who do you think Is our best ever player from outside the UK and island of Ireland.

I always thought Brian Wilsterman was pretty good.

He’s no Kristaps Grebis, though.

 

[Canterburyexile]

Ceri Evans maybe

 

[chuckbert]

Mark Watson is apparently 6th most capped Canadian player

 

[m]

John Aldridge.

 

[Gobbledgook]

Mateo Corbo is the obvious stand out but also a shout out for Ricardinho and Porn Star Pal Lundin

 

[Cass63]

Ceri Evans maybe

When ceri evans first came to oxford he played for and was registered to play for marston, my mate was his manager and Oufc had to ask marston to cancel his registration so he could play for the mighty yellows.

 

[SteMerritt]

Christophe Remy had a decent Blog I seem to remember.

 

[RgYellows]

 

[horseman]

Karl Robinson he Overseas everything

i'll get my coat

 

[Bacon]

i bet there is some cracking foreign players out there right now we could be looking at. I wonder if it’s a road we will go down as we start acting like a ‘big club’. I’d imagine our scouting range is limited though

 

[MJB]

#Athlete

 

[West Oxon U’s]

 

[Golden Dr Otto]

John Aldridge.

When intelligent posters fail to get the assignment

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

Ricardinho?! Probably none from the bizarre Pep Clotet period!

Dr Ceri Evans I reckon.

 

[unification]

Ricardinho?! Probably none from the bizarre Pep Clotet period!

Dr Ceri Evans I reckon.

When playing second tier professional football and turning out for your international team is a sideline to your psychology degree, you must know you’re pretty good.

It’s hard to look past him as our best ever overseas player.

 

[Marked Ox]

Christophe Remy had a decent Blog I seem to remember.

Good player as well.

 

[gingerox]

Is Roofe eligible? Starting playing for Jamaica a few years ago

 

[Witney Yellow]

Kevin Francis - top international at St Kitts and Nevis.

 

[werthersoriginal]

When playing second tier professional football and turning out for your international team is a sideline to your psychology degree, you must know you’re pretty good.

It’s hard to look past him as our best ever overseas player.

And didn’t he just give up the football as he got a bit busy with his real job?

 

[Mojofilter]

Pep clotet feels like an insane fever dream.

 

[chuckbert]

Pep clotet feels like an insane fever dream.

And Diaz?

 

[Marked Ox]

And Diaz?

Diaz's time was fun especially with Corbo and laughing at Diaz jnr.

 

[n1]

Neither of these can stake a claim for the best. But all memorable.

Cominelli was one of the Argentines that played the most under Diaz. Seem to remember that he'd go in 2 footed all the time!

Andre Arendse deserves a mention! Politest keeper were ever had. Waved at every ball that went into the area. Pretty famous guy in South Africa and played at the World Cup I think.

Hubert Busby Junior...!

 

[Oufcrealist]

Toni Martinez was pretty decent!!
Shame we couldn't have loaned him the following season, I'm sure he would have improved even more with us.
Look where he is now!!

And one for the 'old un's' Bud Houghton who was born in India to Anglo-Indian parents. Prolific goalscorer as we came up from non league to Div 4.

 

[werthersoriginal]

Greek full back George Baldock

 

[CCYellow]

Ivo Pekalski!!!

I'd say have to say Ricardinho.

 

[Osei Yaw]

Emiliano Martinez. Won the FA Cup and Copa America.

 

[Leysboy]

Doudou was Doodoo

 

[Londox]

Ricardinho for me.