African Players in the Liga I

365 players all-time · 62 now · 24 clubs

2026-27 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24 2022-23 2021-22 2020-21 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18

Playing in the Liga I now (62)

Player	Nation	Club	Position
Kenneth Omeruo	Nigeria	CFR Cluj	Defender
Dylan Batubinsika	DR Congo	FCSB	Defender
Devis Epassy	Cameroon	FC Dinamo Bucharest	Goalkeeper
Paul-Jose M'Poku	DR Congo	FC UTA Arad	Wing half
João Paulo Fernandes	Cape Verde	FCSB	Winger
Billel Omrani	Algeria	CFR Cluj	Forward
Basilio Ndong	Equatorial Guinea	CS Universitatea Craiova	Wing half
Bismark Adjei-Boateng	Ghana	FC Petrolul Ploiești	Midfielder
Francisco Júnior	Guinea-Bissau	FC Botoșani	Midfielder
Esteban Obiang	Equatorial Guinea	FC Argeș	Full-back
Djibril Diaw	Senegal	FC Botoșani	Centre-back
Dimitri Oberlin	Cameroon	Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe	Forward
Zé Turbo	Guinea-Bissau	SC Oțelul Galați	Forward
Steve Furtado	Cape Verde	FC Viitorul Constanța	Defender
Cheick Traoré	Mali	FC Gloria Buzău	Defender
Sheriff Sinyan	Gambia	FC Rapid București	Defender
Joyskim Dawa	Cameroon	FCSB	Centre-back
Hakim Abdallah	Madagascar	FC UTA Arad	Forward
David Kiki	Benin	FC Voluntari	Full-back
Siyabonga Ngezana	South Africa	FCSB	Centre-back
Dan Nlundulu	DR Congo	FC Petrolul Ploiești	Forward
Charles Petro	Malawi	FC Botoșani	Defensive midfielder
Jordan Attah Kadiri	Nigeria	FC UTA Arad	Forward
Gabriel Charpentier	Congo	FC Argeș	Forward
Ebenezer Annan	Ghana	FC Rapid București	Defender
Eddy Sylvestre	Algeria	FC Viitorul Constanța	Midfielder
Eric Johanna Omondi	Kenya	FC UTA Arad	Midfielder
Ravy Tsouka	Congo	FC UTA Arad	Defender
Alaa Bellaarouch	Morocco	FC Dinamo Bucharest	Goalkeeper
Christopher Braun	Ghana	CFR Cluj	Full-back
Peter Ademo	Nigeria	FC Rapid București	Midfielder
Antoine Baroan	Ivory Coast	FC Rapid București	Forward
Mattéo Ahlinvi	Benin	FC Viitorul Constanța	Midfielder
Christian Irobiso	Nigeria	FC Petrolul Ploiești	Forward
Aymen Boutoutaou	Algeria	FCSB	Midfielder
Mohammed Kamara	Liberia	FC Rapid București	Forward
Patrick	Cape Verde	SC Oțelul Galați	Forward
Jonathan Cissé	Ivory Coast	FC Universitatea Cluj	Defender
Adams Friday	Nigeria	FC Universitatea Cluj	Full-back
Ibrahima Conté	Guinea	FC UTA Arad	Defender
Emmanuel Yeboah	Ghana	FC Corvinul Hunedoara	Forward
Paul Garita	Cameroon	FCSB	Forward
Lamine Ghezali	Algeria	FC UTA Arad	Forward
Nana Akosah-Bempah	Ghana	FC Petrolul Ploiești
Samuel Gueulette	Rwanda	FC UTA Arad	Midfielder
Peter Ouaneh	DR Congo	FC UTA Arad	Defender
Oluwatobiloba Alagbe	Nigeria	FC Argeș	Defender
Nana Kwame Antwi	Ghana	FC Hermannstadt	Full-back
Soufiane Jebari	Morocco	FK Csíkszereda	Forward
Steven Nsimba	DR Congo	CS Universitatea Craiova	Forward
Monday Etim	Nigeria	CS Universitatea Craiova	Forward
Kevin Doukouré	Ivory Coast	FC Argeș	Midfielder
Kalifa Kujabi	Gambia	FC Hermannstadt
Chec Bebel Doumbia	Burkina Faso	FC Rapid București	Midfielder
Habib Sylla	Ivory Coast	SC Oțelul Galați	Defender
João Paulino	Cape Verde	SC Oțelul Galați	Forward
Danel Dongmo	Cameroon	FC Petrolul Ploiești	Midfielder
Michael Idowu	Nigeria	FC Argeș	Right winger
Setigui Karamoko	Ivory Coast	Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe
Christ Afalna	Cameroon	FC Hermannstadt
Latif Ouedraogo	Burkina Faso	FC Rapid București	Full-back
Joseph Enziwanne Godwin	Nigeria	FC UTA Arad

Where they come from

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By nationality

Nation	All-time	Now
Cameroonian players in the Liga I	46	6
Nigerian players in the Liga I	43	9
Ivorian players in the Liga I	35	5
Senegalese players in the Liga I	29	1
Ghanaian players in the Liga I	28	6
DR Congo players in the Liga I	25	5
Cape Verdean players in the Liga I	16	4
Algerian players in the Liga I	15	4
Moroccan players in the Liga I	13	2
Burkinabé players in the Liga I	13	2
Malian players in the Liga I	11	1
Congolese players in the Liga I	9	2
Liberian players in the Liga I	9	1
Bissau-Guinean players in the Liga I	9	2
Tunisian players in the Liga I	7	0
Angolan players in the Liga I	6	0
Beninese players in the Liga I	5	2
Guinean players in the Liga I	5	1
Gambian players in the Liga I	4	2
Central African players in the Liga I	4	0
Malagasy players in the Liga I	3	1
Togolese players in the Liga I	3	0
Kenyan players in the Liga I	3	1
Uganda	2	0
Gabon	2	0
South Africa	2	1
Equatorial Guinea	2	2
Comoros	2	0
Mauritania	2	0