Foreign Players In The FA WSL

The Women's Super League (WSL) is the highest league of women's football in England. The league, which started in 2011, was divided in two separate divisions (WSL 1 and WSL 2) from 2014 with the latter rebranded as the FA Women's Championship following a restructure in 2019; only the WSL 1 is considered in this list. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:
#Have played at least one WSL game. Players who were signed by WSL clubs, but only played in lower leagues, cup games and/or European games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
#Are considered foreign, i.e., outside United Kingdom determined by the following:
::''A player is considered foreign if they are not eligible to play for the national teams of England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
More specifically:
*If a player has been capped on international level, the national team is used; if they have been capped by more than one country, the highest level (or the most recent) team is used. These include British players with dual citizenship.
*If a player has not been capped on international level, their country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from British parents or moved to the United Kingdom at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched their nationality to another nation.

Clubs listed are those for which the player has played at least one WSL game.

In bold: players who are currently under contract by a WSL club.

40 different nations have been represented in the WSL by 326 players. The Republic of Ireland is the most represented nation with 35 players. Cameroon was the most recent nation to be newly-represented when Easther Mayi Kith made their WSL debut playing for Reading on 5 March 2023 against West Ham United.

Australia

*Laura Alleway – Lincoln – 2012
* Mackenzie Arnold – West Ham United – 2020–
* Danielle Brogan – Notts County – 2014
* Steph Catley – Arsenal – 2020–
* Isobel Dalton – Bristol Academy – 2015
*Emily van Egmond – West Ham United – 2020–21
*Caitlin Foord – Arsenal – 2020–
* Mary Fowler – Manchester City – 2022–
*Caitlin Friend – Notts County – 2014
*Jacynta Galabadaarachchi – West Ham United – 2019–20
*Emily Gielnik – Liverpool, Aston Villa – 2012, 2021–
*Alexandra Gummer – Doncaster Rovers Belles – 2016
*Alanna Kennedy – Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City – 2020–
*Sam Kerr – Chelsea – 2020–
*Chloe Logarzo – Bristol City – 2020–21
*Aivi Luik – Notts County – 2016
*Ella Mastrantonio – Bristol City – 2020–21
* Collette McCallum – Lincoln – 2012
* Courtney Nevin – Leicester City – 2023–
* Tanya Oxtoby – Doncaster Rovers Belles – 2012
*Hayley Raso – Everton, Manchester City – 2020–
* Remy Siemsen – Leicester City – 2023–
*Kyah Simon – Tottenham Hotspur – 2021–
* Clare Wheeler – Everton – 2022–
*Lydia Williams – Arsenal, Brighton & Hove Albion – 2020–22, 2023–
*Tameka Yallop – West Ham United – 2021–22

Austria

* Simona Koren – Sunderland – 2017–18
*Viktoria Schnaderbeck – Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur – 2018–22
*Laura Wienroither – Arsenal – 2022–
* Manuela Zinsberger – Arsenal – 2019–

Belgium

*Julie Biesmans – Bristol City – 2017–19
*Yana Daniëls – Bristol City, Liverpool – 2017–21, 2022–
*Lorca van de Putte – Bristol City – 2017–18
* Justine Vanhaevermaet – Reading – 2021–
*Tessa Wullaert – Manchester City – 2018–20

Brazil

*Ester – Chelsea – 2013
* Ivana Fuso – Manchester United – 2020–
*Giovana Queiroz – Everton, Arsenal – 2022–
* Rafaelle Souza – Arsenal – 2022–

Bulgaria

*Evdokiya Popadinova – Bristol Academy – 2015

Cameroon

* Easther Mayi Kith – Reading – 2023–

Canada

*Janine Beckie – Manchester City – 2018–22
*Kadeisha Buchanan – Chelsea – 2022–
* Jessie Fleming – Chelsea – 2020–
* Maddie Hill – Sunderland – 2016
*Alyssa Lagonia – Doncaster Rovers Belles – 2012
* Adriana Leon – West Ham United, Manchester United – 2019–
* Deanne Rose – Reading – 2021–
* Desiree Scott – Notts County – 2014–15
*Kylla Sjoman – Doncaster Rovers Belles, Sunderland – 2011, 2016–18
*Shelina Zadorsky – Tottenham Hotspur – 2020–

Chile

* Christiane Endler – Chelsea – 2014

China PR

* Tang Jiali – Tottenham Hotspur – 2021–22

Czech Republic

* Kateřina Svitková – West Ham United, Chelsea – 2020–

Denmark

* Janni Arnth – Arsenal – 2019
* Simone Boye Sørensen – Arsenal – 2021–22
* Signe Bruun – Manchester United – 2022
* Nina Frausing Pedersen – Liverpool – 2014
* Pernille Harder – Chelsea – 2020–
*Karen Holmgaard – Everton – 2022–
*Sara Holmgaard – Everton – 2023–
* Mie Leth Jans – Manchester City – 2017–18
* Stine Larsen – Aston Villa – 2020–21
* Sofie Lundgaard – Liverpool – 2023–
* Matilde Lundorf – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2019–20
* Kathrine Møller Kühl – Arsenal – 2023–
*Nadia Nadim – Manchester City – 2018
* Cecilie Sandvej – Birmingham City – 2021–22
* Rikke Sevecke – Everton – 2020–
*Emma Snerle – West Ham United – 2022–
*Nicoline Sørensen – Everton – 2020–
* Amalie Thestrup – West Ham United – 2023–
*Sanne Troelsgaard – Reading – 2022–
* Katrine Veje – Arsenal, Everton – 2019–20, 2022–

Dominican Republic

* Lucia Leon – Tottenham Hotspur – 2019–21

Equatorial Guinea

*Jade Boho – Bristol Academy, Reading – 2015–16

Finland

* Adelina Engman – Chelsea – 2018–20
* Nora Heroum – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2020–21
*Juliette Kemppi – Bristol City – 2018–19
* Emma Koivisto – Brighton & Hove Albion, Liverpool – 2021–
* Tinja-Riikka Korpela – Everton, Tottenham Hotspur – 2019–
* Eveliina Summanen – Tottenham Hotspur – 2022–

France

*Viviane Asseyi – West Ham United – 2022–
* Karima Benameur Taieb – Manchester City – 2020–22
* Estelle Cascarino – Manchester United – 2023–
* Hawa Cissoko – West Ham United – 2020–
* Maéva Clémaron – Everton, Tottenham Hotspur – 2019–22
* Daphne Corboz – Manchester City – 2015–16
*Kenza Dali – West Ham United, Everton, Aston Villa – 2019–
*Valérie Gauvin – Everton – 2020–22
* Anissa Lahmari – Reading – 2017
*Léa Le Garrec – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2019–20
*Ève Périsset – Chelsea – 2022–
* Pauline Peyraud-Magnin – Arsenal – 2018–20
* Aïssatou Tounkara – Manchester United – 2022–

Germany

*Katharina Baunach – West Ham United – 2019–20
*Ann-Katrin Berger – Birmingham City, Chelsea – 2016–
*Pauline Bremer – Manchester City – 2017–20
* Marisa Ewers – Birmingham City, Aston Villa – 2016–19, 2020–22
* Josephine Henning – Arsenal – 2016, 2017–18
*Tabea Kemme – Arsenal – 2018–20
*Turid Knaak – Arsenal – 2014
* Janina Leitzig – Leicester City – 2023–
*Melanie Leupolz – Chelsea – 2020–
* Isabelle Linden – Birmingham City – 2016–18
* Leonie Maier – Arsenal, Everton – 2019–
* Ramona Petzelberger – Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur – 2020–
* Anke Preuß – Sunderland, Liverpool – 2017–20
* Kathleen Radtke – Manchester City – 2014–15
* Nicole Rolser – Liverpool – 2013–15
* Corina Schröder – Liverpool, Birmingham City – 2013–16
* Caroline Siems – Aston Villa – 2020–21
* Julia Simic – West Ham United – 2018–20
* Laura Vetterlein – West Ham United – 2019–21
* Lisa Weiß – Aston Villa – 2020–21

Greece

* Veatriki Sarri – Birmingham City, Brighton & Hove Albion – 2021–

Iceland

*Dagný Brynjarsdóttir – West Ham United – 2021–
* Edda Garðarsdóttir – Chelsea – 2013
* Rakel Hönnudóttir – Reading – 2019
*Katrín Ómarsdóttir – Liverpool, Doncaster Rovers Belles – 2013–16
*Ólína Guðbjörg Viðarsdóttir – Chelsea – 2013

Italy

* Aurora Galli – Everton – 2021–

Jamaica

* Jade Bailey – Arsenal, Chelsea, Reading, Liverpool – 2013–20
* Paige Bailey-Gayle – Arsenal, Leicester City – 2018–19, 2021–22
*Shania Hayles – Birmingham City, Aston Villa – 2018–19, 2020–22
* Satara Murray – Liverpool – 2016–19
* Atlanta Primus – Chelsea – 2014–15
* Vyan Sampson – Arsenal, West Ham United – 2014–18, 2018–20
*Khadija Shaw – Manchester City – 2021–
*Drew Spence – Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur – 2011–
*Rebecca Spencer – Birmingham City, Chelsea, West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur – 2012–
*Victoria Williams – Doncaster Rovers Belles, Chelsea, Sunderland, Brighton & Hove Albion – 2011–

Japan

*Yui Hasegawa – West Ham United, Manchester City – 2021–
*Honoka Hayashi – West Ham United – 2022–
*Mana Iwabuchi – Aston Villa, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur – 2021–
*Yukari Kinga – Arsenal – 2014
*Shinobu Ohno – Arsenal – 2014
* Fuka Nagano – Liverpool – 2023–
* Yūki Nagasato – Chelsea – 2013–14
* Risa Shimizu – West Ham United – 2022–

Kosovo

* Elizabeta Ejupi – Notts County – 2016

Malta

* Emma Lipman – Manchester City – 2014–15

Morocco

*Rosella Ayane – Chelsea, Bristol City, Tottenham Hotspur – 2013–16, 2018–

Netherlands

* Mandy van den Berg – Liverpool, Reading – 2016–18
* Dominique Bruinenberg – Sunderland, Everton – 2017–19
* Marije Brummel – Bristol Academy – 2015
* Kerstin Casparij – Manchester City – 2022–
* Daniëlle van de Donk – Arsenal – 2016–21
*Damaris Egurrola – Everton – 2020–21
* Kika van Es – Everton – 2019–20
* Esmee de Graaf – West Ham United, Leicester City – 2018–20, 2021–22
* Jackie Groenen – Chelsea, Manchester United – 2014–15, 2019–22
* Nadine Hanssen – Aston Villa – 2020–21
*Anouk Hoogendijk – Bristol Academy, Arsenal – 2011, 2014
*Dominique Janssen – Arsenal – 2015–19
* Inessa Kaagman – Everton, Brighton & Hove Albion – 2018–22
* Danique Kerkdijk – Bristol City, Brighton & Hove Albion – 2017–22
* Vita van der Linden – Bristol City – 2019–20
* Tessel Middag – Manchester City, West Ham United – 2016–20
*Vivianne Miedema – Arsenal – 2017–
*Marthe Munsterman – Everton – 2017–18
* Aniek Nouwen – Chelsea – 2021–
*Victoria Pelova – Arsenal – 2023–
* Lucienne Reichardt – West Ham United – 2018–19
* Jill Roord – Arsenal – 2019–21
*Shanice van de Sanden – Liverpool – 2016–17, 2022–
*Katja Snoeijs – Everton – 2022–
*Sari van Veenendaal – Arsenal – 2015–19
* Siri Worm – Everton, Tottenham Hotspur – 2017–21

New Zealand

* CJ Bott – Leicester City – 2022–
* Hayley Bowden ( née Moorwood) – Chelsea, Lincoln – 2011, 2013
* Aroon Clansey – Liverpool – 2012
* Olivia Chance – Everton, Bristol City – 2017–20
* Katie Duncan ( née Hoyle) – Notts County – 2014
* Anna Green – Notts County, Reading – 2014, 2017–18
* Sarah Gregorius – Liverpool – 2013
*Betsy Hassett – Manchester City – 2014
*Emma Kete – Lincoln, Manchester City – 2011, 2014
* Anna Leat – West Ham United, Aston Villa – 2022–
* Ria Percival – West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur – 2018–
*Ali Riley – Chelsea – 2018–19
* Katie Rood – Lincoln, Bristol City – 2012, 2018–19
* Rebekah Stott – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2020–21, 2023–
*Rosie White – Liverpool – 2015–16

Nigeria

* Asisat Oshoala – Liverpool, Arsenal – 2015–16
* Ashleigh Plumptre – Notts County, Leicester City – 2014–15, 2021–
* Ini-Abasi Umotong – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2018–20

Norway

* Guro Bergsvand – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2023–
* Celin Bizet Ildhusøy – Tottenham Hotspur – 2022–
* Kristine Bjørdal Leine – Reading – 2019–21
*Julie Blakstad – Manchester City – 2022–
* Vilde Bøe Risa – Manchester United – 2021–
* Amalie Eikeland – Reading – 2019–
* Cecilie Fiskerstrand – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2020–21
* Benedicte Håland – Bristol City – 2021
*Andrine Hegerberg – Birmingham City – 2016–18
*Hilde Gunn Olsen – Sunderland – 2015–17
* Cecilie Kvamme – West Ham United – 2019–21
* Thea Kyvåg – West Ham United – 2022–23
* Frida Maanum – Arsenal – 2021–
*Aurora Mikalsen – Tottenham Hotspur – 2021
*Maren Mjelde – Chelsea – 2017–
* Ingrid Moe Wold – Everton – 2020–21
* Guro Reiten – Chelsea – 2019–
* Ingrid Ryland – Liverpool – 2015
* Line Smørsgård – Liverpool – 2015
* Elise Stenevik – Everton – 2022–
*Elisabeth Terland – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2022–
* Maria Thorisdottir – Chelsea, Manchester United – 2017–
* Lisa-Marie Karlseng Utland – Reading – 2019–20

Poland

* Nikola Karczewska – Tottenham Hotspur – 2022–
*Wiktoria Kiszkis – West Ham United – 2019–

Portugal

*Ana Borges – Chelsea – 2014–16
*Amanda DaCosta – Liverpool – 2013–14
*Matilde Fidalgo – Manchester City – 2019–20
*Tatiana Pinto – Bristol Academy – 2015
* Diana Silva – Aston Villa – 2020–21

Republic of Ireland

* Isibeal Atkinson – West Ham United – 2022–
*Courtney Brosnan – West Ham United, Everton – 2019–
*Emma Byrne – Arsenal – 2011–16
* Diane Caldwell – Manchester United, Reading – 2022–
* Megan Campbell – Manchester City, Liverpool – 2016–21, 2022–
* Megan Connolly – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2019–
* Stef Curtis – Birmingham City – 2011
*Niamh Fahey – Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool – 2011–17, 2018–20, 2022–
* Lillie Fenlon-Billson – Bristol Academy, Doncaster Rovers Belles, Liverpool, Lincoln – 2011–13
* Jamie Finn – Birmingham City – 2021–22
* Ciara Grant – Arsenal – 2011–13
* Marie Hourihan – Birmingham City, Chelsea, Manchester City, Brighton & Hove Albion – 2011–19, 2021–22
*Rianna Jarrett – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2020–21
*Leanne Kiernan – West Ham United, Liverpool – 2018–21, 2022–
* Harriet Lambe – Yeovil Town – 2017–18
* Ruesha Littlejohn – Liverpool, West Ham United, Birmingham City, Aston Villa – 2011–12, 2019–
*Aoife Mannion – Birmingham City, Manchester City, Manchester United – 2013–
* Grace Moloney – Reading – 2016–
* Katie McCabe – Arsenal – 2016–
*Áine O'Gorman – Doncaster Rovers Belles – 2011–12
* Denise O'Sullivan – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2020
*Fiona O'Sullivan – Notts County – 2014–15
* Heather Payne – Bristol City – 2018–19
* Sophie Perry – Chelsea, Reading, Brighton & Hove Albion – 2011–12, 2016, 2018
*Louise Quinn – Arsenal, Birmingham City – 2017–20, 2021–22
*Lucy Quinn – Birmingham City, Tottenham Hotspur – 2017–22
* Lois Roche – Reading – 2016
* Stephanie Roche – Sunderland – 2015–17
*Julie-Ann Russell – Doncaster Rovers Belles – 2012
* Eleanor Ryan-Doyle – Birmingham City – 2021–22
* Harriet Scott – Reading, Birmingham City – 2011–22
* Tyler Toland – Manchester City – 2019–21
* Yvonne Tracy – Arsenal – 2011–13
* Megan Walsh – Everton, Notts County, Yeovil Town, Brighton & Hove Albion – 2013–14, 2016–
* Emily Whelan – Birmingham City – 2021–22
* Jessica Ziu – West Ham United – 2022–

Russia

* Alsu Abdullina – Chelsea – 2022–

Samoa

* Monique Fischer – Yeovil Town – 2018–19

Serbia

* Jelena Čanković – Chelsea – 2022–
*Dejana Stefanović – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2023–

South Korea

*Cho So-hyun – West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur – 2019–
* Jeon Ga-eul – Bristol City, Reading – 2019–21
*Ji So-yun – Chelsea – 2014–22
*Lee Geum-min – Manchester City, Brighton & Hove Albion – 2019–
*Park Ye-eun – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2022–

Spain

* Laia Aleixandri – Manchester City – 2022–
* Ona Batlle – Manchester United – 2020–
* Marta Corredera – Arsenal – 2015–16
*Lucía García – Manchester United – 2022–
* Keka – Bristol Academy – 2013–14
* Vicky Losada – Arsenal, Manchester City – 2015–16, 2021–2023
*Adriana Martín – Chelsea – 2012
* Leila Ouahabi – Manchester City – 2022–
* Natalia Pablos – Bristol Academy, Arsenal – 2013–16
* Laura del Río – Bristol Academy – 2012–14
* Cristina Torkildsen – Birmingham City – 2011–15

Sweden

*Jonna Andersson – Chelsea – 2018–22
* Filippa Angeldal – Manchester City – 2021–
* Anna Anvegård – Everton – 2021–22
*Kosovare Asllani – Manchester City – 2016–17
* Marija Banušić – Chelsea – 2015
* Hanna Bennison – Everton – 2021–
* Nathalie Björn – Everton – 2021–
* Stina Blackstenius – Arsenal – 2022–
*Magdalena Eriksson – Chelsea – 2017–
*Lina Hurtig – Arsenal – 2022–
*Sofia Jakobsson – Chelsea – 2013
* Johanna Rytting Kaneryd – Chelsea – 2022–
* Maria Karlsson – Doncaster Rovers Belles – 2011
* Maja Krantz – Notts County – 2016
* Emma Kullberg – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2022–
*Hedvig Lindahl – Chelsea – 2015–19
* Emma Lundh – Liverpool – 2016
* Zećira Mušović – Chelsea – 2021–
* Nor Mustafa – West Ham United – 2020–21
* Amanda Nildén – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2018–20
* Lotta Ökvist – Manchester United – 2019–21
* Jessica Samuelsson – Arsenal – 2017–19
* Louise Schillgard ( née Fors) – Liverpool – 2013
* Julia Spetsmark – Manchester City – 2018
* Filippa Wallén – West Ham United – 2020
* Emma Wilhelmsson – Chelsea – 2014
* Julia Zigiotti Olme – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2022–

Switzerland

*Ramona Bachmann – Chelsea – 2017–20
*Malin Gut – Arsenal – 2020–22
* Alisha Lehmann – West Ham United, Everton, Aston Villa – 2018–
* Noelle Maritz – Arsenal – 2020–
* Lia Wälti – Arsenal – 2018–

United States

*Abby Dahlkemper – Manchester City – 2021
*Crystal Dunn – Chelsea – 2017–18
* Whitney Engen – Liverpool – 2013
* Lucy Gillett – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2017–19
*Tobin Heath – Manchester United, Arsenal – 2020–22
* Brooke Hendrix – West Ham United – 2018–19
* Adrienne Jordan – Birmingham City – 2019–20
*Rose Lavelle – Manchester City – 2020–21
* Beverly Leon – Sunderland – 2016
* Carli Lloyd – Manchester City – 2017
*Sam Mewis – Manchester City – 2020–21
*Alex Morgan – Tottenham Hotspur – 2020
* Zoe Morse – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2023–
*Heather O'Reilly – Arsenal – 2017–18
*Christen Press – Manchester United – 2020–21
* Erin Simon – West Ham United, Leicester City – 2018–20, 2022–
*Katie Stengel – Liverpool – 2022–
* Libby Stout – Liverpool – 2014–15
*Brianna Visalli – West Ham United, Birmingham City, Brighton & Hove Albion – 2018–20, 2023–
* Zaneta Wyne – Sunderland, West Ham United – 2017–18, 2021–22

Venezuela

*Deyna Castellanos – Manchester City – 2022– Deyna Castellanos
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