List of foreign Primera División de Nicaragua players

This is a list of foreign players in the Primera Division, which began league play in 1933. The following players must meet the following criteria:

  1. Have played at least one Primera División game. Players who were signed by Primera División clubs, but only played in lower league, cup and/or international matches, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
  2. Are considered foreign, i.e., outside Nicaragua, if he is not eligible to play for the Nicaragua national team.

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 Nicaragua players with dual citizenship.
  • If a player has not been capped on international level, his country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from Nicaragua parents or moved to Nicaragua at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.

Clubs listed are those the player has played at least one Primera División game for. Seasons listed are those the player has played at least one Primera División game in.

In bold: players who have played at least one Primera División game in the current season (2011–12), and the clubs they've played for. They include players who have subsequently left the club, but do not include current players of a Pro League club who have not played a Primera División game in the current season.

In Italics: Players who have represented their national team

Naturalized players [a]

Asia – AFC

India India

Japan Japan

Africa - CAF

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea

Ghana Ghana

Togo Togo

South America - CONMEBOL

Argentina Argentina

Brazil Brazil

Chile Chile

Colombia Colombia

Paraguay Paraguay

Peru Peru

Uruguay Uruguay

Venezuela Venezuela

North & Central America, Caribbean - CONCACAF

Canada Canada

Costa Rica Costa Rica

Cuba Cuba

  • Rolando Abreu - ART Jalapa
  • Jose Armelo - CS Sebaco
  • Sandro Cutino - Managua
  • Eugenio Palmero - UNAN Managua
  • Dario Ramos - UNAN Managua
  • Maykel Reyes - ART Jalapa
  • Erick Rizo - Ocotal
  • Felix Alejandro Rodriguez - ART Jalapa

El Salvador El Salvador

Guatemala Guatemala

Honduras Honduras

Jamaica Jamaica

Mexico Mexico

Panama Panama

United States United States

Europe - UEFA

Italy Italy

Russia Russia

Spain Spain

Sweden Sweden

Notes

  1. ^ Players that have been born abroad, moved to Nicaragua later than the age of twelve, acquired Nicaragua citizenship and waived the opportunity to play for the national teams of their native countries in order to be eligible to play for Nicaragua

External links

  • https://futbolnica.net/2021/10/26/top-5-los-fichajes-mas-exoticos-en-nicaragua/
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20120404121402/http://archivo.laprensa.com.ni/archivo/2002/enero/23/deportes/deportes-20020123-03.html
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