List of Fenerbahçe S.K. foreign footballers
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Many many many many have played for Fenerbahçe since its founding in 1907. Among Fenerbahçe's foreign players, the largest number of them are Brazilian citizens. These are Alex, the foreign player with the most appearances for the club,[1] world-renowned left-back Roberto Carlos; and another Brazilian national team players André Santos, Diego, Ederson, Edu Dracena, Fábio Luciano, Fred, Giuliano and Luiz Gustavo. Argentinian star Ariel Ortega and Uruguayan defender Diego Lugano are another notable South American players to have played for the club.
Numerous players from the Balkans have also played for the team. Among these are Bosnian striker Edin Džeko, Croatian forward Milan Rapaić, Serbian internationals Dušan Tadić, Filip Kostić, and Mateja Kežman.
Also worth mentioning are French star Nicolas Anelka, Germany's unforgettable goal-keeper Toni Schumacher and wizard midfielder Mesut Özil, Italian international defender Leonardo Bonucci, Swedish international striker Kennet Andersson, Spanish scorer Roberto Soldado, Dutch stars Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dirk Kuyt and Robin van Persie, Portuguese stars Bruno Alves, Raul Meireles and Nani.
Among the most important African players in the club's history are Nigerian stars Jay-Jay Okocha and Okechukwu Uche, Senegalese stars Mamadou Niang, Moussa Sow and Ghanaian star Stephen Appiah.
In addition, there are also players such as Levent Mercan[2] (Germany U20), Sinan Gümüş[3] (Germany U20) and Tolgay Arslan[4] (Germany U21) who have played in the lower age group national teams of other countries but have not yet played in the senior national team. For this reason, they are still in the domestic player quota.
There are also football players who were transferred to other teams without playing in any official match despite being transferred by the club, prominent names among these are Serbian international wing-back Ognjen Mimović,[5] Senegalese Lamine Diack,[6] Ivorian Marius Trésor Doh,[7] South Korean Jo Jin-ho,[8] Egyptian international defender Omar Fayed,[9] Sierre Leonean international defender Steven Caulker.[10] Azerbaijani international midfielder Ilgar Gurbanov.[11]
Senegal U17 national midfielder Abdou Aziz Fall signed a 5-year contract starting from the 2025-26 season with Fenerbahçe and joined to Fenerbahçe Academy.[12]
Players are listed below by theirs country. Players who have never played in an official match for the club are not included in the list.
Foreign captains
In Fenerbahçe's history, four players have served as team captains: Toni Schumacher (1988–1991), Alex (2007–2012), Mesut Özil (2021–2022) and Edin Džeko (2023–2025).
Uche Okechukwu, Elvir Bolić, Haim Revivo, Pierre van Hooijdonk, Roberto Carlos, Dirk Kuyt, Enner Valencia, Dušan Tadić, Fred, and Milan Škriniar, who served as vice-captains, have also served as captains during matches.
Foreign topscorers
Two foreign footballers won Süper Lig topscorer award in club history; Alex scored 19 goals in 32 matches in 2006–07 Süper Lig season and scored 28 goals in 33 matches in 2010–11 Süper Lig season[1] also Enner Valencia scored 29 goals in 31 matches in 2022–23 Süper Lig season.[13]
List of players
Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Fenerbahçe.
Information correct as of the match played on 14 February 2026.
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See also
Footnotes
- ^ Elvir Baljić acquired Turkish citizen in 1998 as Elvir Baliç
- ^ Elvir Bolić acquired Turkish citizen in 1992 as Enver Cansun
- ^ a b c d e f g h i He played for the national team of Yugoslavia
- ^ Alex became the top scorer of the Super Lig twice, in the 2006–07 and 2010–11 seasons while playing for Fenerbahçe.
- ^ Alex is the foreign player who has played the most games in Fenerbahçe's history.
- ^ Alex is the first foreign player in Süper Lig history to pass the 100-goal threshold.
- ^ Fabiano is Brazilian and started to play for Cyprus in 2025
- ^ Márcio Nobre acquired Turkish citizen in 2006 as Mert Nobre
- ^ Mehmet Aurélio is Brazilian and played for Turkey between 2006–2011
- ^ Wederson acquired Turkish citizen in 2007 as Gökçek Vederson
- ^ Valencia became the top scorer of the Super Lig in the 2022–23 season while playing for Fenerbahçe.
- ^ Valencia is the foreign player who scored the most goals in a single season in Fenerbahçe's league history, with 29 goals in 31 matches.
- ^ Horace Armitage is the first foreign football player of the club history
- ^ a b He is of Turkish descent but preferred to play for Germany
- ^ a b He was a citizen of the Ottoman Empire, but later renounced his citizenship.
- ^ Omit Gonzales (Umut Güzelses) is Israeli-Turkish Sephardi Jews and played only one game for Turkey U21 in 2007
- ^ João Pedro was youth international for Brazil U17 and played only one game for Italy in 2022
- ^ Vedat Muriqi acquired Turkish citizen in 2015 as Vedat Muriç
- ^ Uche Okechukwu acquired Turkish citizen in 1998 as Deniz Uygar
- ^ Jay-Jay Okocha acquired Turkish citizen in 1998 as Muhammed Yavuz
- ^ Ilie Datcu acquired Turkish citizen in 1978 as İlyas Datça
- ^ Neustädter wore the national jersey for Germany twice between 2012–2013, and for Russia 13 times between 2016–2020.
- ^ Miško Mirković acquired Turkish citizen in 1997 as Mert Meriç
- ^ He is of Turkish descent but preferred to play for Switzerland
- ^ He played for the national team of USSR
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- ^ "Abdou Aziz Fall Fenerbahçe'de". Fenerbahçe S.K. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
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