List of foreign Ligue 1 players: G

This is a list of foreign players in the Ligue 1, which commenced play in 1932. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:

1. Have played at least one Ligue 1 game. Players who were signed by Ligue 1 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, i.e., outside France and its dependencies (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion Island or French Polynesia), determined by the following:

A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for the national teams of France.

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. These include French players with dual citizenship. Players who played for France but came as foreign players (such as Miguel Ángel Lauri) are also listed.
• If a player has not been capped on international level, his country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from French parents or moved to France at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.

Clubs listed are those that the player has played at least one Ligue 1 game for.

Seasons listed are those that the player has played at least one Ligue 1 game in. Note that seasons, not calendar years, are used. For example, "1992-95" indicates that the player has played in every season from 1992-93 to 1994-95, but not necessarily every calendar year from 1992 to 1995.

In bold: international players

Last updated February 14, 2013

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Gabon

• Pierre Aubameyang – Laval, Le Havre – 1984–89, 1991–94
• Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Lille OSC, AS Monaco, Saint-Étienne – 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–
• Stéphane Bégou – Toulon – 1983–84
• Moïse Brou Apanga – Brest – 2010–
• Frédéric Bulot – Monaco, Caen – 2010, 2011-12
• Daniel Cousin – Lens – 2005–08
• Bruno Ecuele Manga – Lorient – 2010–
• Paul Manon – Reims – 1966–67
• Régis Manon – Tours – 1984–85
• Eric Mouloungui – Strasbourg, Nice – 2002–06 and 2007–08, 2008–
• Stéphane N'Guéma – Rennes – 2002–07
• Guy Roger Nzamba – Auxerre – 1992–93
• Mondey Ossey – Rennes, Toulouse FC (1937) – 1959–60, 1960–61
• Didier Ovono – Le Mans – 2009–10
• Shiva N'Zigou – Nantes – 2002–04

Georgia

• Otar Dondua – Red Star – 1945–48^[1]
• Gija Guruli – Le Havre – 1992–94
• Giorgi Makaridze – Le Mans – 2009–10

Germany

• Klaus Allofs – Marseille, Bordeaux – 1987–89, 1989–91
• Oliver Bierhoff – AS Monaco – 2001–02
• Emile Buhrer – Metz – 1932–33 and 1935–36
• Kurt Clemens – FC Nancy – 1951–53^[2]
• Karl Dahleimer – Fives – 1933–38
• Ewald Follmann – Metz – 1949–50^[2]
• Karl-Heinz Förster – Marseille – 1986–90
• Dieter Hackl – Strasbourg – 1969–71 and 1972–73
• Walter Hanke – Metz – 1935–37
• Paul-Ferdinand Heidkamp – Bastia, Lille OSC – 1973–76, 1976–77
• Wilhelm Heiss – Marseille – 1937–39
• Otto Herbert – Le Havre – 1945–47
• Bernd Hobsch – Rennes – 1997–98
• Udo Horsmann – Rennes – 1983–84
• Reinhold Jackstell – Lens, Angers – 1953–54, 1956–57
• Klaus Jank – Laval – 1983–84
• Walter Kaiser – Rennes – 1932–37
• Manfred Kaltz – Bordeaux, Mulhouse – 1989, 1990
• Wolfgang Kaniber – Strasbourg – 1969–71
• Walter Kelsch – Strasbourg – 1984–86
• Jürgen Klinsmann – AS Monaco – 1992–94
• Harald Klose – Valenciennes – 1970–71 and 1972–73
• Andreas Köpke – Marseille – 1996–98
• Erwin Kostedde – Laval – 1979–80
• Peter Kracke – Angoulême – 1971–72
• Uwe Krause – Laval, AS Monaco, Sochaux – 1980–83, 1983–84, 1984–86
• Willibald Kreß – Mulhouse – 1932–33
• Mustafa Kucukovic – Grenoble – 2009-2010
• Edmund Kunkelmann – Strasbourg – 1951–52
• Herbert Laumen – Metz – 1974–75
• Bernd Lehmann – Strasbourg – 1975–76
• Reinhard Libuda – Strasbourg – 1972–73
• Kurt Linder – Lyon – 1962–63
• Pierre Littbarski – RC Paris – 1986–87
• Erich Maas – Nantes – 1970–75
• Caspar Memering – Bordeaux – 1982–84
• Franz Michelberger – Reims – 1978–79
• Arno Motschmann – Mulhouse, Valenciennes – 1932–33, 1935–36
• Dieter Müller – Bordeaux – 1982–85
• Norbert Nachtweih – Cannes – 1989–91
• Albert Osswald – Strasbourg – 1951–52
• Thomas Pfannkuch – Lyon – 1991–92
• Fritz Raemer – Rennes – 1932–33
• Peter Reichert – Strasbourg, Toulouse FC – 1988–89, 1989–90
• Uwe Reinders – Bordeaux, Rennes – 1985–86, 1986–87
• Herbert Renner – Strasbourg – 1968–69
• Gernot Rohr – Bordeaux – 1977–89
• Oskar Rohr – Strasbourg – 1934–39
• Paul Schnoek – Marseille, SC Nîmes – 1932–33, 1933–35
• Alfred Schön – AS Nancy – 1991–92
• Dieter Schurr – Strasbourg – 1969–71
• Thomas Seeliger – AS Nancy – 1991–92
• Karl-Heinz Spikofski – CO Roubaix-Tourcoing – 1952–54
• Heinz Stickel – AS Nancy – 1978–79
• Siegfried Susser – Strasbourg – 1983–84
• Georg Tripp – Metz, Sedan – 1969–71, 1971
• Rudi Völler – Marseille – 1992–94
• Walter Vollweiler – Rennes – 1933–36
• Patrick Weiser – Rennes – 1997–99
• Roland Wohlfarth – Saint-Étienne – 1993–95
• Christian Wörns – Paris SG – 1998–99

Ghana

• Ishmael Addo – Bastia – 2001–02
• André Ayew – Marseille, Lorient – 2007–08 and 2010–11, 2008–09
• Jordan Ayew – Marseille – 2009–11
• Anthony Baffoe – Metz, Nice – 1992–94, 1994–95
• Eben Dugbathey – Lorient – 1998–99
• Michael Essien – Bastia, Lyon – 2000–03, 2003–05
• Asamoah Gyan – Rennes – 2008–11
• John Mensah – Rennes, Lyon – 2005–08, 2008–09
• Arthur Moses – Marseille – 1997–99
• Moussa Narry – Auxerre, Le Mans – 2008–10, 2009–10
• Alex Nyarko – Lens, AS Monaco, Paris SG – 1998-00, 2001–02, 2002–03
• Abedi Pelé – Marseille, Lille, Lyon – 1987–88 and 1990–93, 1988–90, 1993–94
• Abeiku Quansah – Nice – 2008–11

Greece

• Angelos Basinas – Arles-Avignon – 2010–11
• Angelos Charisteas – Arles-Avignon – 2010–11
• Georges Chrysantis – Strasbourg – 1937–38
• Filippos Darlas – Brest – 2010–11
• Michalis Kapsis – Bordeaux – 2004–2005
• Marinos Ouzounidis – Le Havre – 1997–99
• Efstathios Tavlaridis – Lille OSC, Saint-Étienne – 2004–2007, 2007–10
• Guy-Victor Thomaïdis – Olympique Lillois – 1936–38
• Akis Zikos – AS Monaco – 2002–06

Guinea

• Abdallah Bah – Nice – 1995–96
• Mamadou Bah – Strasbourg – 2007–08
• Schumann Bah – Metz – 2000–02 and 2003
• Bobo Baldé – Toulouse FC, Valenciennes – 2000–01, 2009–11
• Abdoulkarim Bangoura – Martigues – 1994–96
• Amara Karba Bangoura – Valenciennes – 2008–10
• Ibrahima Bangoura – Troyes – 2001–03 and 2005–07
• Ismaël Bangoura – Le Mans, Rennes – 2005–07, 2009–11
• Abdoul Camara – Rennes, Sochaux – 2009-11, 2011-
• Ibrahima Camara – Le Mans – 2006–10
• Mohammed Camara – Le Havre – 1997–98
• Titi Camara – Saint-Étienne, Lens, Marseille – 1990–95, 1995–97, 1997–99
• Kévin Constant – Toulouse FC – 2007–08
• Kaba Diawara – Bordeaux, Rennes, Marseille, Paris SG, Nice, Ajaccio, Arles-Avignon – 1996–98 and 1998–99, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2003, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2010–11
• Daouda Jabi – Lens, Ajaccio – 2000–05, 2005–06
• Oumar Kalabane – Auxerre – 2005–2007
• Pascal Feindouno – Bordeaux, Lorient, Saint-Étienne – 1998–2004, 2001–02, 2004–09
• Simon Feindouno – Lens – 2007–08
• Guy-Michel Landel – Le Mans – 2009–10
• Fodé Mansaré – Montpellier, Toulouse FC – 2001–04, 2006–11
• Mamadou N'Diaye – Lille OSC – 1971–72
• Michel Soumah – Limoges – 1960–61
• Morlaye Soumah – Bastia – 1995-03
• Ousmane Soumah – Bastia, Lorient – 1994–1998 and 1999-02, 1998–99
• Richard Soumah – Brest – 2010–11
• Abdelsalem Sow – Martigues – 1995–96
• Mohammed Sylla – Martigues – 1995–96
• Mohammed Sylla – Le Havre – 1998–99
• Larsen Touré – Lille OSC, Grenoble, Brest – 2005–06 and 2007–08 and 2009–10, 2008–09, 2010–11
• Mady Touré – Brest – 1982–85
• Abdoulaye Yansanne – Aix – 1967–68
• Souleymane Youla – Metz, Lille OSC – 2005–06, 2006–08
• Kamil Zayatte – Lens – 2006

Guinea Bissau

• Bocundji Ca – Nantes, AS Nancy – 2004–07, 2009–10

References and notes

Books

• Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.
• Tamás Dénes, Pál Peterdi, Zoltán Rochy and József Selmeci (1999). Kalandozó magyar labdarúgók. ISBN 963-85967-0-8.

Club pages

• AJ Auxerre former players
• AJ Auxerre former players
• Girondins de Bordeaux former players
• Girondins de Bordeaux former players
• Les ex-Tangos (joueurs), Stade Lavallois former players
• Olympique Lyonnais former players
• Olympique de Marseille former players
• FC Metz former players
• AS Monaco FC former players
• Ils ont porté les couleurs de la Paillade... Montpellier HSC Former players
• AS Nancy former players
• FC Nantes former players
• Paris SG former players
• Red Star Former players
• Red Star former players
• Stade de Reims former players
• Stade Rennais former players
• CO Roubaix-Tourcoing former players
• AS Saint-Étienne former players
• Sporting Toulon Var former players

Others

• stat2foot
• footballenfrance
• French Clubs' Players in European Cups 1955-1995, RSSSF
• Finnish players abroad, RSSSF
• Italian players abroad, RSSSF
• Romanians who played in foreign championships
• Swiss players in France, RSSSF
• EURO 2008 CONNECTIONS: FRANCE, Stephen Byrne Bristol Rovers official site

Notes

1. Played in France when Georgia was part of USSR
2. Played in France when Saarland was not part of Germany