I've noticed while perusing through player rosters and national team rosters countless times that there are a large amount of players from the former Yugoslavia playing for other national teams (a la Brazil).
Here is a list of players from the former Yugoslavia past and present who have become naturalized citizens of another country creating the opportunity to play for their adopted nation's national team.
Albania
Besart Berisha (Kosovo)
Australia
Branko Buljević (Croatia)
Mehmet Durakovic (Montenegro)
Milan Ivanović (Serbia)
Austria
Tomislav Kocijan (Croatia)
Ivica Vastić (Croatia)
Željko Vuković (Croatia)
Azerbaijan
Branimir Subašić (Serbia)
Belgium
Branko Strupar (Croatia)
Josip Weber (Croatia)
Gordan Vidovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Bulgaria
Igor Tomašić (Croatia)
Zoran Jankovic (Serbia)
Zlatomir Zagorčić (Serbia)
Predrag Pazin (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Canada
Srdjan Djekanovic (Serbia)
Cyprus
Siniša Gogić (Serbia)
Milenko Spoljaric (Serbia)
Finland
Perparim Hetemaj (Kosovo)
Shefki Kuqi (Kosovo)
Njazi Kuqi (Kosovo)
France
Ivan Bek (Serbia)
Singapore
Mirko Grabovac (Croatia)
Mustafic Fahrudin (Serbia)
South Korea
Radivoje Manic (Serbia)
Lee Sa-Vik (Bosnia)
Switzerland
Milaim Rama (Kosovo)
Rijat Shala (Kosovo)
Blerim Džemaili (Macedonia)
USA
Preki (Serbia)
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