List of Philippines international footballers born outside the Philippines

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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[edit]

Men[edit]

List[edit]

Player Place of birth First cap[a] Last cap[a] Filipino ancestry[b] Ref
Oliver Bias  Germany (Johanngeorgenstadt) 2021 2021 Maternal
Simen Lyngbø  Norway (Bærum) 2022 present Maternal
Iain Ramsay  Australia (Perth) 2022 present Maternal [5][6]
Jesse Curran  Australia (Ryde) 2022 present Maternal [citation needed]
Dennis Cagara  Denmark (Glostrup) 2011 2014 Paternal [7]
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 2021 Maternal
Paul Mulders  Netherlands (Amsterdam) 2011 2018 Maternal
Dylan De Bruycker  Belgium (Ghent) 2017 present Maternal [8]
Neil Etheridge  England (London) 2008 present Maternal [9][10]
Rob Gier  England (Ascot) 2009 2015 Maternal [11]
James Younghusband  England (Ashford, Surrey) 2006 2019 Maternal [12]
Phil Younghusband  England (Ashford, Surrey) 2006 2019 Maternal [12]
Oskari Kekkonen  Finland (Kotka) 2021 present Maternal [13]
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 [14][6]
Hikaru Minegishi  Japan (Sendai, Miyagi) 2016 2018 Maternal [citation needed]
Michael Falkesgaard  Denmark (Kastrup) 2018 2019 Maternal
Harry Föll  Germany (Offenburg) 2022 present Maternal
Chris Greatwich  England (Westminster) 2004 2014 Maternal
Jefferson Tabinas  Japan (Shinjuku, Tokyo) 2021 2021 Maternal [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 [15]
Christian Rontini  Italy (Bagno a Ripoli) 2019 2019 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) [16]
Martin Steuble   Switzerland (Schlieren) 2014 2021 Maternal [17]
Stephan Schröck  Germany (Schweinfurt) 2011 present Maternal [18]
Kevin Ingreso  Germany (Hamburg) 2015 present Paternal [19]
Manuel Ott  Germany (Munich) 2010 present Maternal [20][21]
Mike Ott  Germany (Munich) 2016 2021 Maternal [21]
Jesper Nyholm  Sweden (Uppsala) 2021 2021 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 [22]
Aly Borromeo  United States (San Francisco) 2004 2011 Maternal [23]
Kenshiro Daniels  United States (Irvine, California) 2014 2021 Maternal [24][6]
Stephan Palla  Austria (Mauerbach) 2015 2019 Maternal
Anton del Rosario  United States (San Francisco) 2004 2014 Full[c] [25]

By country of birth[edit]

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[edit]

List[edit]

Player Place of birth First cap[e] Last cap[e] Filipino ancestry[b] Ref
Jesse Shugg  Canada (Burlington, Ontario) 2013 present Maternal [26]
Sarina Bolden  United States (Santa Clara, California) 2018 present Maternal [27][28]
Katrina Guillou  United States (Washington D.C.) 2022 present Maternal [29]
Chandler McDaniel  United States (Orange, California) 2021 present Maternal [30]
Olivia McDaniel  United States (Laguna Beach, California) 2021 present Maternal [30]
Quinley Quezada  United States (Rosemead, California) 2018 present Maternal [31]
Jaclyn Sawicki  Canada (Coquitlam, British Columbia) 2022 present Maternal
Kiara Fontanilla  United States (Fullerton, California) 2022 present Paternal [32]
Reina Bonta  United States (New Haven, Connecticut) 2022 present Paternal [33]
Jessika Cowart  United States (Fairfield, California) 2022 present Maternal [34]

By country of birth[edit]

Birthplace Players[d]
 United States 8
 Canada 2

Notes[edit]

  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

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