List of foreign NBA players

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NBA players by country in 2008

Contents 1  Argentina 2  Australia 3  Bahamas 4  Belgium 5  Belize 6  Brazil 7  Bulgaria 8  Cameroon 9  Canada 10  China 11  Croatia 12  Czech Republic 13  Democratic Republic of the Congo 14  Dominica 15  Dominican Republic 16  Egypt 17  Estonia 18  Finland 19  France 20  Gabon 21  Georgia 22  Germany 23  Greece 24  Guyana 25  Haiti 26  Hungary 27  Iceland 28  Ireland 29  Italy 30  Jamaica 31  Japan 32  Latvia 33  Lebanon 34  Lithuania 35  Luxembourg 36  Mali 37  Mexico 38  Montenegro 39  Netherlands 40  New Zealand 41  Nigeria 42  Norway 43  Panama 44  Poland 45  Puerto Rico 46  Romania 47  Russia 48  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 49  Senegal 50  Serbia 51  Slovakia 52  Slovenia 53  South Korea 54  Spain 55  Sudan 56  Switzerland 57  Trinidad and Tobago 58  Turkey 59  Ukraine 60  United Kingdom 61  Uruguay 62  United States Virgin Islands 63  Venezuela 64 External links

This is a list of foreign NBA players. The list includes players both past and present. This list does not include players from the United States. Note that the "United States" is defined as solely the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The NBA considers all players from outside that area "international," even if they are from U.S. territories such as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

• For all NBA players, see List of National Basketball Association players.
• For currently active NBA players see List of current NBA players.

[edit]  Argentina

• Carlos Delfino
• Manu Ginóbili (dual citizen of Argentina and Italy; represents Argentina internationally)
• Wálter Herrmann (dual citizen of Argentina and Spain; represents Argentina internationally)
• Andres Nocioni (dual citizen of Argentina and Italy; represents Argentina internationally)
• Fabricio Oberto (dual citizen of Argentina and Italy; represents Argentina internationally)
• Pepe Sánchez (dual citizen of Argentina and Spain; represents Argentina internationally)
• Luis Scola (dual citizen of Argentina and Spain; represents Argentina internationally)
• Rubén Wolkowyski (dual citizen of Argentina and Poland; represents Argentina internationally)

[edit]  Australia

• Chris Anstey
• Andrew Bogut
• Mark Bradtke
• Lanard Copeland (naturalized Australian)
• Andrew Gaze
• Ricky Grace (born in the US, represented Australia internationally)
• Shane Heal
• Luc Longley
• Darnell Mee (born in the US, represents Australia internationally)
• Luke Schenscher

[edit]  Bahamas

• Rick Fox (dual citizen of The Bahamas and Canada; represented Canada internationally)
• Mychal Thompson

[edit]  Belgium

• Didier Ilunga Mbenga (born in DR Congo)

[edit]  Belize

• Milt Palacio (born in the US, represents Belize internationally)

[edit]  Brazil

• Rafael Araújo
• Leandro Barbosa
• Rolando Ferreira
• Alex Garcia
• Nenê
• Anderson Varejão
• João Vianna
• Marcus Vinicius

[edit]  Bulgaria

• Georgi Glouchkov

[edit]  Cameroon

• Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje

[edit]  Canada

• Joel Anthony
• Samuel Dalembert (born in Haiti, naturalized in Canada, represents Canada internationally)
• Rick Fox (dual citizen of The Bahamas and Canada; represented Canada internationally)
• Lars Hansen (born in Denmark, naturalized in Canada, represented Canada internationally)
• Bob Houbregs
• Todd MacCulloch
• Jamaal Magloire
• Steve Nash (born in South Africa, naturalized in Canada, represented Canada internationally)
• Leo Rautins
• Mike Smrek
• Ernie Vandeweghe
• Bill Wennington
• Jim Zoet

[edit]  China

• Mengke Bateer
• Wang Zhizhi
• Yao Ming
• Yi Jianlian

[edit]  Croatia

• Dalibor Bagaric
• Gordan Giricek
• Mario Kasun
• Toni Kukoc
• Damir Markota (born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, naturalized in both Croatia and Sweden, represents Croatia internationally)
• Drazen Petrovic
• Zoran Planinic
• Dino Radja
• Bruno Sundov
• Zan Tabak
• Stojko Vrankovic

[edit]  Czech Republic

• Jiri Welsch
• George Zidek

[edit]  Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Didier Ilunga Mbenga (naturalized Belgian)
• Dikembe Mutombo

[edit]  Dominica

• Garth Joseph

[edit]  Dominican Republic

• Luis Flores
• Francisco García
• Al Horford
• Tito Horford
• Felipe López
• Mark Jackson
• Charlie Villanueva

[edit]  Egypt

• Alaa Abdelnaby (naturalized U.S. citizen)

[edit]  Estonia

• Martin Müürsepp

[edit]  Finland

• Hanno Möttölä

[edit]  France

Main article: List of French NBA players

• Tariq Abdul-Wahad
• Boris Diaw
• Ian Mahinmi
• Jérôme Moïso
• Tony Parker
• Johan Petro
• Mickaël Piétrus
• Antoine Rigaudeau
• Ronny Turiaf
• Mickaël Gelabale
• Yakhouba Diawara
• Dominique Wilkins (born in France while his father was stationed there with the U.S. Air Force)

[edit]  Gabon

• Stephane Lasme

[edit]  Georgia

• Zaza Pachulia (also Turkish citizenship)
• Vladimir Stepania
• Iakovos "Jake" Tsakalidis (born in Georgia and raised in Greece; dual citizen of both countries, but represents Greece internationally)
• Nikoloz Tskitishvili
• Shammond Williams (born in US, represented Georgia internationally)

[edit]  Germany

• Uwe Blab
• Carlos Boozer (raised in Alaska)
• Shawn Bradley (born with dual Germany-U.S. citizenship; represented Germany internationally)
• Dirk Nowitzki
• Detlef Schrempf
• Kiki Vandeweghe (born with dual Germany-U.S. citizenship)
• Christian Welp

[edit]  Greece

• Antonis Fotsis
• Andreas Glyniadakis
• Efthimios Rentzias
• Vasileios Spanoulis
• Iakovos "Jake" Tsakalidis (born in Georgia [the country] and raised in Greece; dual citizen of both countries, but represents Greece internationally)

[edit]  Guyana

• Rawle Marshall
• Jason Miskiri

[edit]  Haiti

• Samuel Dalembert (raised in Canada and naturalized in that country)
• Olden Polynice

[edit]  Hungary

• Kornel David

[edit]  Iceland

• Petur Gudmundsson

[edit]  Ireland

• Pat Burke
• Marty Conlon

[edit]  Italy

• Andrea Bargnani
• Marco Belinelli
• Mike D'Antoni (born and raised in the U.S., represented Italy internationally)
• Vincenzo Esposito
• Stefano Rusconi
• Vinny Del Negro (born and raised in the U.S., naturalized in Italy)

[edit]  Jamaica

• Patrick Ewing (naturalized US citizen; represented the U.S. internationally)
• Rumeal Robinson

[edit]  Japan

• Yuta Tabuse
• J.R. Henderson (American who naturalized in Japan, changing his name to J.R. Sakuragi)

[edit]  Latvia

• Andris Biedriņš
• Gundars Vētra

[edit]  Lebanon

• Rony Seikaly (born with dual Lebanon-U.S. citizenship; represented the U.S. internationally)

[edit]  Lithuania

• Martynas Andriuskevicius
• Zydrunas Ilgauskas
• Sarunas Jasikevicius
• Linas Kleiza
• Arvydas Macijauskas
• Sarunas Marciulionis
• Arvydas Sabonis
• Darius Songaila

[edit]  Luxembourg

• Alvin Jones

[edit]  Mali

• Soumaila Samake

[edit]  Mexico

• Horacio Llamas
• Eduardo Nájera

[edit]  Montenegro

Main article: List of Montenegrin NBA players

• Žarko Čabarkapa
• Predrag Drobnjak
• Žarko Paspalj
• Aleksandar Radojević
• Slavko Vraneš

[edit]  Netherlands

• Francisco Elson
• Dan Gadzuric
• Geert Hammink
• Swen Nater
• Rik Smits

[edit]  New Zealand

• Sean Marks
• Kirk Penney

[edit]  Nigeria

• Peter Aluma
• Kelenna Azubuike (born in UK)
• Yinka Dare
• Obinna Ekezie
• Julius Nwosu
• Hakeem Olajuwon (naturalized U.S. citizen; represented the U.S. internationally)
• Michael Olowokandi
• Olumide Oyedeji
• Ime Udoka (born in the US)

[edit]  Norway

• Torgeir Bryn

[edit]  Panama

• Rolando Blackman (naturalized U.S. citizen; represented the U.S. internationally)
• Ruben Garces
• Stuart Gray

[edit]  Poland

• Marcin Gortat
• Maciej Lampe
• Cezary Trybański

[edit]  Puerto Rico

• Carlos Arroyo
• Jose Juan Barea
• Guillermo Diaz
• Butch Lee
• Jose "Piculin" Ortiz
• Peter John Ramos
• Ramon Rivas
• Daniel Santiago

[edit]  Romania

• Gheorghe Mureşan

[edit]  Russia

• Sergei Bazarevich
• Viktor Khryapa
• Andrei Kirilenko
• Yaroslav Korolev
• Sergei Monia
• Pavel Podkolzin

[edit]  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• Adonal Foyle (naturalized U.S. citizen)

[edit]  Senegal

• DeSagana Diop
• Pape Sow
• Mamadou N'Diaye
• Boniface N'Dong
• Cheikh Samb
• Mouhamed Saer Sene

[edit]  Serbia

Main article: List of Serbian NBA players

• Miloš Babić
• Žarko Čabarkapa
• Radisav Čurčić
• Predrag "Sasha" Danilović
• Vlade Divac
• Aleksandar "Sasha" Djordjević
• Mile Ilić
• Marko Jarić
• Nenad Krstić
• Darko Miličić
• Žarko Paspalj
• Aleksandar Pavlović
• Kosta Perović
• Vladimir Radmanović
• Aleks Radojević
• Igor Rakočević
• Željko Rebrača
• Predrag Savović
• Predrag "Peja" Stojaković
• Dragan Tarlać
• Ratko Varda
• Slavko Vraneš

[edit]  Slovakia

• Richard Petruska

[edit]  Slovenia

• Primoz Brezec
• Marko Milic
• Bostjan Nachbar
• Rasho Nesterovic
• Beno Udrih
• Uros Slokar
• Sasha Vujacic

[edit]  South Korea

• Ha Seung-Jin

[edit]  Spain

• José Calderón
• Jorge Garbajosa
• Pau Gasol
• Raúl López
• Fernando Martín
• Juan Carlos Navarro
• Sergio Rodríguez

[edit]  Sudan

• Manute Bol
• Luol Deng (born in Sudan, naturalized in the United Kingdom; represents the UK in FIBA competitions and England in the Commonwealth Games)
• Deng Gai

[edit]  Switzerland

• Thabo Sefolosha

[edit]  Trinidad and Tobago

• Carl Herrera (born in Trinidad and Tobago, represented Venezuela internationally)

[edit]  Turkey

• Ersan İlyasova
• İbrahim Kutluay
• Mehmet Okur
• Mirsad Türkcan
• Hedo Türkoğlu

[edit]  Ukraine

• Kyrylo Fesenko
• Stanislav Medvedenko
• Oleksiy Pecherov
• Vitaly Potapenko
• Alexander Volkov

[edit]  United Kingdom

• John Amaechi (born in USA, raised in England)
• Robert Archibald (Scotland)
• Kelenna Azubuike (England)
• Steve Bucknall (England)
• Luol Deng (born in Sudan, raised in England)
• Ndudi Ebi (England)
• Ben Gordon (born in England, raised in USA)
• Pops Mensah-Bonsu (England)
• Michael Olowokandi (born in Nigeria, raised in England)

[edit]  Uruguay

• Esteban Batista

[edit]  United States Virgin Islands

• Raja Bell
• Tim Duncan (represents the U.S. internationally)

[edit]  Venezuela

• Carl Herrera (born in Trinidad and Tobago, represented Venezuela internationally)
• Óscar Torres

[edit] External links

• Official NBA list of international players on 2007-08 rosters