This is a list of foreign players in Liga MX during the professional era which began in 1943.[1] The following players:
have played at least one Primera División game for the respective club;
have not been capped for the Mexico national team at any level; or
have been born in Mexico and were capped by a foreign national team. This includes players who have dual citizenship with Mexico.
Players are sorted by the State:
they played for in a national team at any level. For footballers that played for two or more national teams, they are listed with:
the one he played for at A level;
the national team representing his state of birth; or
If they never played for any national team at any level, the state of birth. For footballers born in dissolved states, they are listed in the state which now represents their place of birth (e.g.,: Yugoslavia -> Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, etc...).
Stateless people are marked with an asterisk.
In bold: players that played at least one Primera División game in the current season.
Clubs are not allowed to play more than five foreign players in a Liga MX match. In March 2011, PRI lawmakers introduced a proposal to reduce the limit to three foreign players.[2] FMF President Justino Compeán did not support the failed proposal because he believed it would not improve the quality of Mexican football players.[3]
As of 1 January 2009, Club América had employed the most foreign players of any club in the history of the Primera División, with more than 150 in the professional era.[4] A total of 88 foreign players participated in the 2012 Apertura tournament, 29 originating from Argentina and 14 from Colombia.[5]
^"Historia" (in Spanish). FEMEXFUT. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
^"Proponen reducir las plazas de futbolistas extranjeros en México" [Proposal to reduce the number of foreign footballers in Mexico] (in Spanish). Record. 10 March 2011.
^"A la FMF no le interesa reducir plazas de extranjeros" [FMF is not interested in reducing foreign player places] (in Spanish). Record. 9 March 2011.
^Schwartz, Fernando (19 December 2008). "Suma 171 extranjeros entre 1918 y 2009: América, una Torre de Babel" [With 171 foreigners from 1918 to 2009: América, a Tower of Babel] (in Spanish). Esto.
^"88 futbolistas extranjeros militan en la Liga MX" [88 foreign footballers to participate in the Liga MX] (in Spanish). Record. 18 July 2012.
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