List of Malaysia footballers born outside Malaysia

In the late 2018, there have been more necessities to naturalising foreign players to improve Malaysian football performances. Based on three survey polls conducted by the country three local press, two of them recording a majority positive vote over the necessities to acquire foreign players as a local players.[1] As a result, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) began submitting a plan to the federal government.[2] The plan was warmly welcomed by the country prime minister with the latter also urging local talents to improve in par with the absorption of foreign talents.[3][4] With the positive support from the federal government, the FAM outlined that the criterion for the intake would be based on three terms:

• Short term – Involving players of mixed parentage, whether they (the players), their parents or grandparents were born in Malaysia.[5]
• Medium term – Involving foreign players aged 18 and above who have played in the Malaysian Football League for one or two years and are convinced to stay for a minimum of five years.[5]
• Long term – Involving foreign players aged below 18; taking into account the number of players, their ages, country of origin and other related matters that will be proposed by a yet-to-be-formed technical committee.[5]

Short term

	Name	Birth name	Original nationality	Current club	Obtained citizenship date	Representation in national squad (senior, U-23 etc.)
Confirmed (with source)
1	Brendan Gan	Brendan Gan Seng Ling	Australia	Selangor	7 March 2014[6][7]	Yes (U-23, senior)[8]
2	Matthew Davies	Matthew Thomas Davies	Australia	Johor Darul Ta'zim	8 April 2015[9][10]	Yes (U-23, senior)[11][12]
3	Stuart Wark	Stuart James Wilson Wark	Scotland	Terengganu	27 June 2016[13][14][15][16]	No
4	Darren Lok	Darren Lok Yee Deng	England	PJ City	22 September 2016[17]	Yes (senior)[18][19]
5	Kiko Insa	Francisco Javier Insa Bohigues	Spain	Johor Darul Ta'zim	22 January 2017[20][21]	Yes (senior)[22]
6	Natxo Insa	Ignacio Insa Bohigues	Spain	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6 June 2017[20][23]	Yes (senior)[24]
7	La'Vere Corbin-Ong[25]	La'Vere Lawrence Corbin-Ong	Canada	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2018[26]	Yes (senior)[27]
8	Junior Eldstål	Putera Nadher Amarhan	Sweden	Chonburi	2017[28]	Yes (U-23, senior)[29][30]
9	Wan Kuzri Wan Kamal	Wan Kuzri Wan Kamal	United States	Saint Louis	2022	Yes (senior)
10	Jaami Qureshi	Jaami Qureshi	England	Brighton & Hove Albion	2021	No
11	Samuel Somerville	Samuel Jacob Somerville	England	Pulau Pinang	2018	No
12	Ernest Wong	Ernest Wong Wen Hao	New Zealand	Kuala Lumpur United	2016	No
13	Armin Maier	Armin Maier Bin Rafi	Germany	Selangor II	2019	No
14	Quentin Cheng	Quentin Cheng Jiun-ho	Australia	Pulau Pinang	2019	Yes (U-23)
15	Curran Singh Ferns	Curran Lawrance Singh Ferns	Australia	Melaka United	2016	No
16	Khair Jones	Khair bin Muhammad Jefri Jones	New Zealand	Melaka United	2016	Yes
17	Kei Hirose	Kei Hirose	Japan	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	2020	No
18	Park Tae-soo	Park Tae-soo	South Korea	Sabah	2019	No
19	Endrick dos Santos Parafita	Endrick dos Santos Parafita	Brazil	Pulau Pinang	2018	No
20	Ezequiel Agüero	Sergio Fabian Ezequiel Agüero	Argentina	Sri Pahang	2017	No
21	Fernando Rodríguez	Fernando Rodríguez Ortega	Spain	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	2019	No
22	Ryan Lambert	Ryan Lambert	Australia	FC Den Bosch	2014	No
23	Careca	Raianderson da Costa Morais	Brazil	Perak	2019	No
24	Lee Tuck	Lee Andrew Tuck	England	Sri Pahang	2017	No
25	Romel Morales	Romel Morales Ramírez	Colombia	Kuala Lumpur United	2018	No
26	Yuki Tanigawa	Yuki Tanigawa	Japan	Kelantan United	2020	No

Medium term

	Name	Birth name	Original nationality	Current club	Obtained citizenship date	Representation in national squad (senior, U-23 etc.)
Confirmed (with source)
1	Mohamadou Sumareh	Mohamadou Sumareh	Gambia	Kuala Lumpur United	27 July 2018[31]	Yes (senior)[32]
2	Liridon Krasniqi	Liridon Krasniqi	Kosovo	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3 February 2020[33]	No
4	Hong Wan	Nathaniel Shio Hong Wan	China	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2019	No

The criterion for players that are eligible to become naturalised Malaysians but currently hold citizenship of a different country or are currently Malaysian citizens that play in non-Malaysian countries.