QuoteI think Kaleem Simon being capped for Montserrat must be a contender for the most obscure one.
With today being 4th July a few on our forum are reminiscing of American players to have played with the club. I think there have been 10 along with two currently playing with the Women's team and of course John Caulfield is American born!
There have been loads of Americans down the years but what are the most obscure nationalities that have played in the league?
At Galway United we've had Wes Charles (St Vincent & Grendines), Eric Lavine, Ryan Lucas, Luther Watson & Llewellyn Riley (Barbados), Regilio Nooitmeer (Haiti), Oscar Sibanda (Zimbabwe), Bastien Hery (Madagascar), Jonah Ayunga (Kenya), Yob Son & Kim Jingu (Korea), Andreas Werner & Eduardo Dusi (Brazil) and Ivan Gamarra (Argentina).
Obviously most of these haven't been capped and I'm pretty sure there have been others from these nations in the league.
I phoned the speaking clock to hear a voice speak, it said - "At the tone you will be very much alone"
I think Kaleem Simon being capped for Montserrat must be a contender for the most obscure one.
Ryan Guy Guam, Cyril Guedje Togo and Mbabzi Livingston Uganda are three examples I can think of. Nwoko and Nehum Lambert two of our unsuccessful forwards in 2021 are Maltese and Saint Lucian Internationals and both played in the last International break. While he didn't sign with us permanently we had a US Virgin Island International on trial in 2009, Gavin Glinton I think was the players name, played in a preseason friendly vs Chelsea along with the sadly recently deceased Gints Fremanis.
Harps just signed a Fijian,the first one in the league I think....
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
There’s a (presumably incomplete) list of foreign players to play for LOI clubs on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...reland_players
Some great names in there and lads that you’d totally forget. Warning for any fellow nerds out there: that page could well send you down a proper rabbit hole for the rest of the evening
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That is absolutely glorious. A few edits will be made to add in some lads tomorrow!Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
There’s a (presumably incomplete) list of foreign players to play for LOI clubs on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...reland_players
Some great names in there and lads that you’d totally forget. Warning for any fellow nerds out there: that page could well send you down a proper rabbit hole for the rest of the evening
There was a lad called Amir Zola at St Francis who I believe was from DR Congo.
I phoned the speaking clock to hear a voice speak, it said - "At the tone you will be very much alone"
What do you count though? Do you base it on the international teams players played for or where they’re actually from. As Zayed was a Libya international but pretty sure he was born and breed in Ireland.
One of the first names that should come to mind for everyone though is Joey Ndo. Probably one of the best overseas players to play in the league.
Alan Mannus should be on that list.....
... born in Canada
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I see what you did there.Alan Mannus should be on that list.....
... born in Canada
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
The player's FIFA nationality. As in, whoever they represent internationally is deemed their nationality by FIFA. They can hold other non FIFA nationality outside of that, but playing for or declaring for (being called up for) a national team at underage or senior level is what they class the players nationality as. For those not called up internationally, it goes by their regular nationality.
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Potentially a 6th Barbadian to join the LOI. Bray had Barbados international Nadre Butcher on trial against Dundee last night. He scored a good goal too
https://twitter.com/braywanderers/st...903093760?s=46
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadre_Butcher
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If 2YC's definition is correct - and the Zayed example suggests he is - then NI-born players who've represented NI (IFA) should also be listed as a "different nationality". Or think of it this way, if you were to compile a list of "Different Nationalities in the Irish League", would anyone object if ROI (FAI) players were included within the European section?
(Personally I couldn't really give a stuff either way)
It’s only a Wikipedia list, nothing serious. I imagine Northern Ireland players aren’t included because there’s been so many of them to track. There’s also a club in the LOI based in NI so maybe that’s another reason
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José Mukendi played for Derry and Harps, and was capped for Zaire, as it was called then.
His son Marc also played for Derry, Harps and Coleraine.
There was also Derek Phillips, who played for us and Shamrock Rovers, and got a few caps for Trinidad and Tobago.
Rodrigo Antonio Lombardo Tosi - Brazilian striker at Limerick FC 2017, hit 14 in 32.
'The Butcher of Bray'
Daniel Orrego made his debut for Athlone on Friday and I believe he's the first Colombian to play in the LOI
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They’re a mad old set up in Athlone,they had a Ghanaian fella playing left back not long signed and he just decided he wanted to get sent off ,4-1 up with 15 minutes left and he gets 2 quick fire bookings for shocking tackles!
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
What's happened to this lad? Featured twice and not seen since.
That's twice as many games a Llewellyn Riley managed at Galway United!
I phoned the speaking clock to hear a voice speak, it said - "At the tone you will be very much alone"
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