Dual-nationality African footballers
1,809 players who were born abroad, hold more than one citizenship or switched national team before settling on an African nation.
| Player | Plays for | Born in | Born | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo Marques |  Angola |  Portugal | 1986 | Why? |
| Alaa El-Hamouly |  Egypt | Egypt | 1930 | Why? |
| Goma Genaro Awad |  South Sudan |  Sudan | 1982 | Why? |
| Abdelmalek Ali Messaoud |  Algeria | Algeria | 1955 | Why? |
| Mohamed M'Changama |  Comoros |  France | 1987 | Why? |
| Djamel Keddou | Algeria | Algeria | 1952 | Why? |
| Joachim Mununga |  DR Congo |  Belgium | 1988 | Why? |
| Daniel Ekedo |  Equatorial Guinea |  Nigeria | 1989 | Why? |
| Derek Asamoah |  Ghana | Ghana | 1981 | Why? |
| Charly Moussono |  Gabon | Gabon | 1984 | Why? |
| Michel Ngonge | DR Congo | Belgium | 1967 | Why? |
| Philemon McCarthy | Ghana | DR Congo | 1989 | Why? |
| Fritz Emeran |  Rwanda | France | 1976 | Why? |
| Emmanuel Gyasi | Ghana |  Italy | 1994 | Why? |
| Agent Sawu |  Zimbabwe | Rhodesia | 1971 | Why? |
| Anthony Moura-Komenan |  Ivory Coast | France | 1986 | Why? |
| Ibrahima Seck |  Senegal | Senegal | 1989 | Why? |
| Gílson Paulo | Equatorial Guinea |  Brazil | 1949 | Why? |
| Adailton dos Santos |  Tunisia | Brazil | 1973 | Why? |
| Karim Kerkar | Algeria | France | 1977 | Why? |
| Ednilson |  Guinea-Bissau | Guinea-Bissau | 1982 | Why? |
| Stéphane Collet |  Madagascar | Madagascar | 1972 | Why? |
| Saïd Amara | Algeria | Algeria | 1933 | Why? |
| Pascal Gourville |  Mauritania | France | 1975 | Why? |
| Morlaye Soumah |  Guinea | Guinea | 1971 | Why? |
| Mustapha Dumbuya |  Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone | 1987 | Why? |
| Mohamed Benhamou | Algeria | France | 1979 | Why? |
| Matar Fall | Senegal | France | 1982 | Why? |
| Lamjed Chehoudi | Tunisia |  United Arab Emirates | 1986 | Why? |
| Jaime Miguel Linares | Angola | Portugal | 1982 | Why? |
| Italo Vassalo |  Ethiopia |  Eritrea | 1940 | Why? |
| Hervé Arsène | Madagascar | Madagascar | 1963 | Why? |
| Franck Rabarivony | Madagascar | France | 1970 | Why? |
| Franklin Clovis Anzité |  Central African Republic | Central African Republic | 1985 | Why? |
| Carlitos |  Cape Verde | Portugal | 1985 | Why? |
| Abderrahmane Soukhane | Algeria | Algeria | 1936 | Why? |
| Abdoul Aziz Nikiema |  Burkina Faso | Burkina Faso | 1985 | Why? |
| Ibrahima Dabo | Madagascar | France | 1992 | Why? |
| Jimmy Bulus |  Niger | Nigeria | 1986 | Why? |
| Ali El-Omari |  Morocco | France | 1978 | Why? |
| Aïmen Demai | Tunisia | France | 1982 | Why? |
| Amar Rouaï | Algeria | Algeria | 1932 | Why? |
| Abdelkader Fréha | Algeria | Algeria | 1942 | Why? |
| José Luis Rondo | Equatorial Guinea |  Spain | 1976 | Why? |
| Lassina Diabaté | Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 1974 | Why? |
| Djibril Sidibé |  Mali | Mali | 1982 | Why? |
| Mavis Tchibota |  Congo | Congo | 1996 | Why? |
| Salah Bakour | Algeria | France | 1982 | Why? |
| Mohamed Chakouri | Algeria | France | 1986 | Why? |
| Oscar Ewolo | Congo | Congo | 1978 | Why? |
| Thierry Gathuessi |  Cameroon | Cameroon | 1982 | Why? |
| Edwin Ouon | Rwanda | France | 1981 | Why? |
| Ismael Athuman |  Kenya | Spain | 1995 | Why? |
| Cecilio Lopes | Cape Verde | Netherlands | 1979 | Why? |
| Bèbè Kambou | Burkina Faso | France | 1982 | Why? |
| Mohamed El-Gabbas | Egypt | Egypt | 1987 | Why? |
| Fadel Brahami | Algeria | France | 1978 | Why? |
| Abdu Lumala |  Uganda |  Zambia | 1997 | Why? |
| Ibrahim Tall | Senegal | France | 1981 | Why? |
| Brahim Thiam | Mali | France | 1974 | Why? |
| Oumar N'Diaye | Mauritania | France | 1985 | Why? |
| Felix Eboa Eboa | Cameroon | Cameroon | 1997 | Why? |
| Yahia Kébé | Burkina Faso | Burkina Faso | 1985 | Why? |
| Manassé Enza-Yamissi | Central African Republic | Central African Republic | 1989 | Why? |
| Zakariya Souleymane | Niger | France | 1994 | Why? |
| Elos Elonga-Ekakia | DR Congo | Zaire | 1974 | Why? |
| Christophe Diedhiou | Senegal | Senegal | 1988 | Why? |
| Mohamed Larbi | Tunisia | Tunisia | 1987 | Why? |
| Mohamed Chikoto | Niger |  Benin | 1989 | Why? |
| Jan Mak |  Seychelles | Netherlands | 1945 | Why? |
| Lionel Bah | Ivory Coast | France | 1980 | Why? |
| Mahamane Cissé | Niger | Mali | 1993 | Why? |
| Macauley Bonne | Zimbabwe |  United Kingdom | 1995 | Why? |
| Ali El-Hassani | Egypt | Egypt | 1897 | Why? |
| Francis Koné |  Togo | Ivory Coast | 1990 | Why? |
| Khaled Kharroubi | Algeria | France | 1984 | Why? |
| Olivier Tébily | Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 1975 | Why? |
| Pelé | Cape Verde | Brazil | 1978 | Why? |
| Daouda Jabi | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | 1981 | Why? |
| Charles Ondo | Equatorial Guinea | Spain | 2003 | Why? |
| Samir Boughanem | Morocco | France | 1975 | Why? |
| Dorian Jr. | Equatorial Guinea | Spain | 2001 | Why? |
| Óscar Siafá | Equatorial Guinea | Spain | 1997 | Why? |
| Cafú | Cape Verde | Portugal | 1977 | Why? |
| Kenza Chapelle | Morocco | France | 2002 | Why? |
| Momar N'Diaye | Senegal | Senegal | 1987 | Why? |
| Danilo Clementino | Equatorial Guinea | Brazil | 1982 | Why? |
| Will Antwi | Ghana | United Kingdom | 1982 | Why? |
| Bavon Tshibuabua | DR Congo | Belgium | 1991 | Why? |
| Paulo Torres | Guinea-Bissau | Portugal | 1971 | Why? |
| Abdallah Bah | Guinea | Senegal | 1975 | Why? |
| Sérgio Manuel Monteiro Semedo | Cape Verde | Portugal | 1988 | Why? |
| Oussama Souaidy | Morocco | France | 1981 | Why? |
| Sylvain Idangar |  Chad | France | 1984 | Why? |
| Phil Evans |  South Africa | United Kingdom | 1980 | Why? |
| Osório Carvalho | Angola | Portugal | 1981 | Why? |
| Adamah Plange | Burkina Faso | Ghana | 1989 | Why? |
| Jacques-Désiré Périatambée |  Mauritius | Mauritius | 1975 | Why? |
| Genséric Kusunga | Angola |  Switzerland | 1988 | Why? |
| Basile de Carvalho | Guinea-Bissau | Senegal | 1981 | Why? |
| Nouhoum Kobéna | Benin | Benin | 1985 | Why? |
| Mohamed Soumaïla | Niger | Niger | 1994 | Why? |
| Luis Meseguer | Equatorial Guinea | Spain | 1999 | Why? |
| Anthony Mossi | DR Congo | France | 1994 | Why? |
| Eduardo Ferreira | Equatorial Guinea | Brazil | 1983 | Why? |
| Cristiano Alves Pereira | Togo | Brazil | 1980 | Why? |
| Aziz Ansah | Ghana | Ghana | 1980 | Why? |
| Leger Djime | Chad | Cameroon | 1987 | Why? |
| Hernâni Borges | Cape Verde | Portugal | 1981 | Why? |
| Jimmy Gatete | Rwanda |  Burundi | 1982 | Why? |
| Orlando Monteiro |  São Tomé and Príncipe | Cape Verde | 1972 | Why? |
| Toni Gomes | Guinea-Bissau | Guinea-Bissau | 1998 | Why? |
| Chris Dickson | Ghana | United Kingdom | 1984 | Why? |
| Dolly Menga | Angola | Belgium | 1993 | Why? |
| Arnaud Mendy | Guinea-Bissau | France | 1990 | Why? |
| Souleymane Dela Sacko | Niger | Niger | 1984 | Why? |
| Formose Mendy | Guinea-Bissau | Senegal | 1989 | Why? |
| Vincent Doukantie | Mali | France | 1977 | Why? |
| Jacinto Elá | Equatorial Guinea | Equatorial Guinea | 1982 | Why? |
| Rodrigue Dikaba | DR Congo | France | 1985 | Why? |
| Samba Diawara | Mali | France | 1978 | Why? |
| Almamy Schuman Bah | Guinea | France | 1974 | Why? |
| Sid Ahmed Belkedrouci | Algeria | Morocco | 1950 | Why? |
| Mohand Cherif Hannachi | Algeria | Algeria | 1950 | Why? |
| Mohamed Bradja | Algeria | France | 1969 | Why? |
| Miloud Hadefi | Algeria | Algeria | 1949 | Why? |
| Mangué Camara | Guinea | Guinea | 1982 | Why? |
| Mamadou Faye | Senegal | Senegal | 1967 | Why? |
| Liazid Sandjak | Algeria | France | 1966 | Why? |
| Mickaël Dogbé | Togo | France | 1976 | Why? |
| Mehdi Méniri | Algeria | France | 1977 | Why? |
| Lakhdar Adjali | Algeria | Algeria | 1972 | Why? |
| Ibrahim Rachidi | Comoros | France | 1980 | Why? |
| Kamel Larbi | Algeria | France | 1985 | Why? |
| Fousseiny Tangara | Mali | Mali | 1978 | Why? |
| Didier Otokoré | Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 1969 | Why? |
| David Coulibaly | Mali | France | 1978 | Why? |
| Brahim Zaari | Morocco | Netherlands | 1989 | Why? |
| Bertrand Ketchanke | Mauritania | Cameroon | 1980 | Why? |
| Abdelkrim Kerroum | Algeria | Algeria | 1936 | Why? |
| Alassane També | Mali | France | 1992 | Why? |
| Wycliff Kambonde |  Namibia | South Africa | 1988 | Why? |
| Jimmy Modeste | Cape Verde | France | 1981 | Why? |
| Christian Kinkela | DR Congo | DR Congo | 1982 | Why? |
| Vital Nsimba | DR Congo | Angola | 1993 | Why? |
| Santy Ngom | Senegal | France | 1993 | Why? |
| Kemal Bourhani | Comoros | France | 1981 | Why? |
| Norman Sylla | Guinea | France | 1982 | Why? |
| Ben Konaté | Equatorial Guinea | Ivory Coast | 1986 | Why? |
| Guillaume Brenner | Togo | France | 1986 | Why? |