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] edit

Asia – AFC edit

India   edit

Japan   edit

Africa - CAF edit

Equatorial Guinea   edit

Ghana   edit

Togo   edit

South America - CONMEBOL edit

Argentina   edit

Brazil   edit

Chile   edit

Colombia   edit

Paraguay   edit

Peru   edit

Uruguay   edit

Venezuela   edit

North & Central America, Caribbean - CONCACAF edit

Canada   edit

Costa Rica   edit

Cuba   edit

  • 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   edit

Guatemala   edit

Honduras   edit

Jamaica   edit

Mexico   edit

Panama   edit

United States   edit

Europe - UEFA edit

Italy   edit

Russia   edit

Spain   edit

Sweden   edit

Notes edit

  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

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