List of Bulgaria international footballers born outside Bulgaria

This is a list of foreign players who have played international football for the Bulgaria national football team.

The following players:

have played at least one game for the full Bulgaria international team.
have not been born inside Bulgaria and qualify through the FIFA grand parent rules

Key

As of 10 September 2024

Place of birth	Player	Pos	Caps	Goals	First cap	Last cap	Notes
Russian Empire (Grunau, Tavrida)	Friedrich Klüdt	MF	1	0	1927	1927
Austria-Hungary (Újpest)	Karel Burkert	GK	1	0	1934	1934
Kingdom of Serbia (Skopje)	Kiril Simonovski	DF	1	0	1942	1942
Kingdom of Serbia (Skopje)	Blagoy Simeonov	DF	1	0	1942	1942
Kingdom of Serbia (Skopje)	Todor Atanaskov	FW	2	0	1942	1942
Greece (Sidirokastro)	Georgi Vasilev	FW	17	4	1968	1973
SFR Yugoslavia (Belgrade)	Dragoljub Simonović	MF	1	0	1998	1998
SFR Yugoslavia (Novi Sad)	Zlatomir Zagorčić	DF	23	0	1998	2004
SFR Yugoslavia (Nevesinje)	Predrag Pažin	DF	31	0	2000	2004
SFR Yugoslavia (Inđija)	Zoran Janković	FW	30	2	2002	2007
Brazil (Taquari)	Tiago Silva	MF	1	0	2005	2005
SFR Yugoslavia (Kutina)	Igor Tomašić	DF	18	0	2006	2009
Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)	Lúcio Wagner	DF	15	0	2006	2008
Brazil (Campinas)	Marquinhos	MF	6	0	2011	2014
SFR Yugoslavia (Belgrade)	Ivan Čvorović	GK	1	0	2012	2014
Brazil (Manacapuru)	Marcelinho	MF	11	2	2016	2019
Brazil (Coronel Sapucaia)	Wanderson	MF	6	0	2019	2019
Canada (Toronto, Ontario)	Dominik Yankov	MF	17	0	2020	2023*	Parents from Bulgaria.^[1]
Brazil (Belém)	Cicinho	DF	7	0	2020	2021	^[2]
Portugal (Funchal)	Ilian Iliev Jr.	DF	16	0	2021	2024*	Parents from Bulgaria.^[3]
Germany (Rostock)	Edisson Jordanov	MF	5	0	2021	2022	Father from Bulgaria.
Spain (Zaragoza)	Patrik-Gabriel Galchev	DF	6	0	2023	2024*	Parents from Bulgaria.^[4]
France (Limoges)	Simeon Petrov	DF	6	0	2023	2024*	Parents from Bulgaria.^[5]
Germany (Friedberg)	Lukas Petkov	MF	4	0	2023	2024*	Father from Bulgaria.^[6]
Germany (Hamburg)	Fabian Nürnberger	MF	2	0	2024	2024*	Mother from Bulgaria.^[7]

^ Роден талант на кръстопът между България и Канада
^ Juventude acerta contratação de Alisson e Cicinho (Juventude signs Alisson and Cicinho); O Estado de S. Paulo, 27 December 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2013 (in Portuguese)
^ "Илиан Илиев: Ако е лесно, значи не е за мен" (in Bulgarian). temasport.com. 29 June 2015.
^ Последният дебютант в Левски: Роден в Сарагоса, тренирал с Барселона и Еспаньол
^ Симеон Петров - от четвърта дивизия на Франция до младежите на България
^ Лукас Петков за първи път попадна в групата на Аугсбург
^ Фабиан Нюрнбергер с повиквателна за националния отбор на България

Bulgaria national football team

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League competitions	First League Second League Third League (4 divisions) Regional Groups Bulgarian Women's League
Cup competitions	Bulgarian Cup Bulgarian Supercup Cup of AFL Bulgarian Women's Cup
Defunct competitions	State Championship (1924–1936, 1941–1945) Tsar's Cup (1924–44) National Football Division (1937–1940) Republic Championship (1945–1948) Cup of the Soviet Army (1983–90) BFU's Cup (1990–91) PFL's Cup (1994–97) Doubles Group (2008–2010) A Group (1948–2016)
National teams	Men Women Olympic team (U-23) Under-21 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17
Regional Amateur Football Groups	Blagoevgrad Burgas Dobrich Gabrovo Haskovo Kardzhali Kyustendil Lovech Montana Pazardzhik Pernik Pleven Plovdiv Razgrad Ruse Shumen Silistra Sliven Smolyan Sofia City Sofia (province) Stara Zagora Targovishte Varna Veliko Tarnovo Vidin Vratsa Yambol
Lists	Clubs Stadiums Foreign players National team results Clubs in European competitions
Awards	Footballers' Footballer of the Year
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UEFA
European

Men's	Albania 25+ caps 1–24 caps born outside Andorra Armenia Austria 25+ caps 1–24 caps Azerbaijan Belgium 20+ caps 5–20 caps 1–4 caps Bosnia and Herzegovina born outside Croatia born outside Czech Republic Denmark 25+ caps 1–24 caps England 10+ caps 4–9 caps 2–3 caps 1 cap born outside Capped while at lower division club Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany born outside Gibraltar Greece Hungary born outside Iceland Israel Italy born outside Kosovo born outside Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands born outside Northern Ireland North Macedonia Norway 25+ caps 10–24 caps 2–9 caps 1 cap Poland Portugal born outside Republic of Ireland born outside Romania Russia born outside San Marino Scotland 10+ caps 4–9 caps 2–3 caps 1 cap born outside Serbia born outside Slovakia Slovenia Spain born outside Sweden born outside Switzerland born outside Turkey Ukraine born outside Wales born outside
Women's	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia France Germany Israel Kosovo Luxembourg Malta Moldova Netherlands Norway Scotland Spain Turkey
Defunct	East Germany Saarland Yugoslavia
Unofficial	Basque Country Catalonia Galicia Silesia

CONMEBOL
South American

Men's	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile born outside Colombia Peru Uruguay
Women's

CONCACAF
North American

Men's	Aruba Canada Costa Rica Mexico Turks and Caicos Islands United States born outside
Women's	Bermuda Canada Guatemala El Salvador Guyana Mexico Nicaragua Panama United States

CAF
African

Men's	Algeria born outside Angola Chad Kenya South Africa Tunisia
Women's	Botswana DR Congo Ghana Ivory Coast Kenya Morocco Nigeria Tunisia

AFC
Asian

Men's	Australia born outside Bahrain China naturalized India born outside Indonesia born outside Iran Iraq Japan Lebanon born outside Malaysia born outside Palestine born outside Philippines born outside Qatar born outside Singapore born outside Thailand born outside Syria Vietnam born outside
Women's	Australia born outside Hong Kong Iran Japan Jordan Lebanon born outside Myanmar Pakistan Philippines born outside Saudi Arabia Tajikistan Uzbekistan

OFC
Oceanian

Men's	American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati New Caledonia New Zealand born outside Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu
Women's	American Samoa New Zealand