List of Indonesia international footballers born outside Indonesia

This is a list of Indonesia international footballers who were born outside Indonesia. Players born in other countries may qualify for the Indonesia national team through parents or grandparents, or through 5-years residency and subsequent naturalization as Indonesian citizens.[1]

Naturalized citizens of Indonesia

The following players were naturalized via the formal process (either through residency or through descent) and went on to play for the Indonesia senior national team[2]Indonesian nationality law does not permit dual citizenship, so all the listed players had to give up their other nationalities.

No.NameDate of BirthOriginal nationalityYear naturalizedCareerCapsGoals
1Cristian Gonzáles (1978-01-07) 7 January 1978 (age 46)  Uruguay3 November 2010[3]2010–20153213
2Kim Jeffrey Kurniawan (1990-03-23) 23 March 1990 (age 34)  Germany6 December 2010[4]201510
3Diego Michiels (1990-08-08) 8 August 1990 (age 33)  Netherlands7 April 2011[5]2012–201430
4Greg Nwokolo (1986-01-03) 3 January 1986 (age 38)  Nigeria10 October 2011[6]2013–201982
5Victor Igbonefo (1985-10-10) 10 October 1985 (age 38)  Nigeria10 October 2011[7]2013–2021140
6Jhonny van Beukering (1983-09-29) 29 September 1983 (age 40)  Netherlands10 October 2011[8]201230
7Tonnie Cusell (1983-02-04) 4 February 1983 (age 41)  Netherlands10 October 2011201230
8Stefano Lilipaly (1990-01-10) 10 January 1990 (age 34)  Netherlands10 October 2011[9]2013–303
9Raphael Maitimo (1984-03-17) 17 March 1984 (age 40)  Netherlands23 November 2012[10]2012–2015214
10Sergio van Dijk (1982-08-06) 6 August 1982 (age 41)  Netherlands11 February 2013[11]2013–201461
11Bio Paulin (1984-04-15) 15 April 1984 (age 40)  Cameroon23 March 2015[12]201510
12Ezra Walian (1997-10-22) 22 October 1997 (age 26)  Netherlands20 March 2017[13]2017–93
13Ilija Spasojević (1987-09-11) 11 September 1987 (age 36)  Montenegro25 October 2017[14]2017–202374
14Beto Gonçalves (1980-12-31) 31 December 1980 (age 43)  Brazil8 February 2018[15]2018–20191210
15Estebán Vizcarra (1986-04-11) 11 April 1986 (age 38)  Argentina16 March 2018[16]201810
16Osas Saha (1986-10-23) 23 October 1986 (age 37)  Nigeria16 May 2018[17]201920
17Otávio Dutra (1983-11-22) 22 November 1983 (age 40)  Brazil27 September 2019[18]201920
18Marc Klok (1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 (age 31)  Netherlands12 November 2020[19]2022–214
19Jordi Amat (1992-03-21) 21 March 1992 (age 32)  Spain17 November 20222022–191
20Sandy Walsh (1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 (age 29)  Netherlands17 November 2022[20]2023–131
21Shayne Pattynama (1998-08-11) 11 August 1998 (age 25)  Netherlands24 January 2023[21]2023–81
22Rafael Struick (2003-03-27) 27 March 2003 (age 21)  Netherlands22 May 2023[22]2023–150
23Ivar Jenner (2004-01-10) 10 January 2004 (age 20)  Netherlands22 May 20232023–120
24Justin Hubner (2003-09-14) 14 September 2003 (age 20)  Netherlands6 December 2023[23]2024–120
25Jay Idzes (2000-06-02) 2 June 2000 (age 24)  Netherlands28 December 2023[24]2024–31
26Nathan Tjoe-A-On (2001-12-22) 22 December 2001 (age 22)  Netherlands11 March 2024[25]2024–50
27Ragnar Oratmangoen (1998-01-21) 21 January 1998 (age 26)  Netherlands18 March 2024[26]2024–41
28Thom Haye (1995-02-09) 9 February 1995 (age 29)  Netherlands18 March 20242024–41
29Calvin Verdonk (1997-04-26) 26 April 1997 (age 27)  Netherlands4 June 2024 [27]2024–10

Existing Indonesian nationality

The following players have chosen to represent Indonesia senior team with this already being their primary nationality, although born elsewhere and eligible to represent other countries (i.e. parent's original country, nation of birth, etc.).

No.NameDate of birthOther backgroundCareerCapsGoals
1Irfan Bachdim (1988-08-11) 11 August 1988 (age 35)  Netherlands2010–20194112
2Elkan Baggott (2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 (age 21)  England
 Thailand
2020–242

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