List of Chile international footballers born outside Chile

According to the current or previous Chilean nationality laws, the following players who were born outside Chile and have played (or have been part of any squad) for Chile national team are considered on two terms about his naturalisation:

• By descent: Players who any of their parents or grandparents are/were Chilean through the principle of jus soli or naturalisation.
• By residence: Players who have kept a permanent residence in Chile.

By descent

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.
Caps includes non A-Class matches.

Name	Birthplace	Another nationality	Position	Obtained citizenship date	Career	Caps	Goals
Gabriel Arias	Neuquén		Goalkeeper	2015 [1]	2018–	13	0
Gustavo Canales	General Roca, Río Negro		Striker	2010 [2]	2011	1	0
Matías Fernández	Merlo, Buenos Aires		Midfielder	1990 [3]	2005–2018	74	14
Pablo Hernández	Tucumán		Midfielder	2013 [4]	2014–	30	3
Daniel Pérez	Trelew, Chubut		Forward		2003–2005	2	0
Francisco Ugarte	Mendoza [5]		Midfielder		1987–1988	6	0
Alí Manouchehri	Vienna	[6]	Defender		2005 [7]	0	0
Marcos González	Rio de Janeiro		Defender		2003–2014	29	2
Paulo Magalhães	Porto Alegre		Defender		2011–2013	2	0
Mauricio Viana	São Paulo		Goalkeeper		2011–2012 [8][9]	0	0
Lawrence Vigouroux	Camden	[10]	Goalkeeper	2013 [10]	2018–2019	0	0
Niklas Castro	Oslo		Forward	2020 [11]	2019– [12]	1	0
Mark González	Durban		Winger		2003–2016	56	6
Miiko Albornoz	Stockholm	[13]	Defender	2013 [13]	2014–	14	2
Jorge Valdivia	Maracay		Midfielder		2004–2017	78	7

By residence

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.
Caps includes non A-Class matches.

Name	Birthplace	Another nationality	Position	Obtained citizenship date	Career	Caps	Goals
Rodolfo Almeida	Buenos Aires		Midfielder		1954–1960	25 [14]	0
Ernesto Álvarez	Fuentes, Santa Fe		Striker	1963	1963	1	0
Leandro Benegas	Mendoza		Striker	26 December 2018 [15]	2020– [16]	0	0
Colin Campbell	Buenos Aires	[17]	Striker		1910 [18]	4	2 [14]
Fernando de Paul	Álvarez, Santa Fe		Goalkeeper	14 June 2016 [19]	2018–	1	0
Javier di Gregorio	Mendoza		Goalkeeper		2007 [20]	1	0
Óscar Fabbiani	Buenos Aires		Striker	21 September 1979	1979	4 [14]	0
Daniel Morón	Tunuyán, Mendoza		Goalkeeper	1993 [21]	1995–1996	0	0
Jorge Spedaletti	Rosario, Santa Fe		Striker	1974 [22]	1975–1977	6 [14]	0
Sergio Vargas	Chacabuco, Buenos Aires		Goalkeeper	April 2001 [23]	2001	10	0
Omar Carabalí	Guayaquil		Goalkeeper	July 2019 [24]	2020– [25]	0	0
Hernán Bolaños	Granada		Forward		1940 [26]	?	?
José Balbuena	Lima		Forward	1945 [27]	1947	1 [14]	0
Segundo Castillo	Callao		Midfielder		1941 [28]	1	0
Pablo Pasache			Midfielder		1941 [28]	1	0
Juan Legarreta	Irún		Defender		1921 [29]	2 [14]	0
"Paco" Molina	Súria		Midfielder	1942 [30]	1953–1959	8 [14]	8
Ramón Unzaga	Bilbao		Midfielder	1910 [31]	1916–1920	9 [14]	1

At the beginning, from 1910 to 1913,[32][33][34][35][36] the Chile National Team squad was made up of Chilean and British citizens,[14] but there is no further information about each player. The following players were probably born in the UK or another country such as Colin Campbell. However, it is possible they were only of British descent:

Goalkeepers:

• Leonard Claude Gibson Yelli (4 caps)
• Pablo Woitas Dorgan (1 cap)
• Roy Lester (1 cap)

Defenders:

• J. MacWilliams (2 caps)
• E. F. Ashe (3 caps)
• Bardie (1 cap)
• Forgie (1 cap)
• Harold Dean (1 cap)

Midfielders:

• Andrés Hoyl (2 caps)
• Henry Allen (3 caps)
• Lewis (1 cap)
• Eickoff (1 cap)

Forwards:

• Frank Simmons (2 caps, 1 goal)
• J. P. Davidson (3 caps)
• Juan H. Hamilton (4 caps)
• Joseph Robson (3 caps)
• Heriberto Sturgess (1 cap)
• Loades (1 cap)
• J. Johnstone (1 cap)
• Alexander Skewes (1 cap)