Non-Concacaf Players in the CONCACAF Champions League

This is a listing of all the players from outside of CONCACAF on the rosters of this season's "new" CONCACAF Champion's League.

8 - DC United (USA)

Argentina: Gonzalo Peralta, Marcelo Gallardo
Bolivia: Jaime Moreno
Brazil: Fred, Luciano Emilio
Colombia: Gonzalo Martinez
Liberia: Louis Crayton, Francis Doe
Russia: Rod Dyachenko

6 - Puerto Rico Islanders (Puerto Rico)

Cameroon: William Yomby
Colombia: Daniel Ojeda
England: Taiwo Atieno
Italy: Cristian Arrieta
Liberia: Sandi Gbandi
Northern Ireland: Jonathan Steele

5 - Atlante (Mexico)

Argentina: Javier Muñoz Mustafá, Federico Vilar, Gabriel Pereyra
Venezuela: Giancarlo Maldonado
Colombia: Luis Gabriel Rey

5 - Cruz Azul (Mexico)

Argentina: Marcelo Carrusca
Paraguay: Cristian Riveros, Carlos Bonet, Pablo Zeballos
Uruguay: Nicolás Vigneri

4 - CD Luis Angel Firpo (El Salvador)

Argentina: Patricio Barroche, Leonardo Pekarnik, Fernando Leguizamón
Chile: Ramón Patricio Ávila

4 - CD Olimpia (Honduras)

Brazil: Fabio de Souza, Allan Júnior
Uruguay: Néstor Silva, Washington Ramiro Bruschi

4 - Montreal Impact (Canada)

Argentina: Leonardo Di Lorenzo
Bolivia: Pato Aguilera
Brazil: Severino Jefferson
France: Cédric Joqueviel

4 - Santos Laguna (Mexico)

Argentina: Fernando Ortiz, Walter Jiménez, Daniel Ludueña
Ecuador: Christian Benitez

3 - Chivas USA (USA)

Brazil: Paulo Nagamura
Romania: Alex Zotinca
Switzerland: Raphael Wicky

3 - Houston Dynamo (USA)

Cote d'Ivoire: Guy-Roland Kpene
England: Tony Caig
Sierra Leone: Kei Kamara

3 - New England Revolution (USA)

The Gambia: Kenny Mansally, Sainey Nyassi
Zimbabwe: Kheli Dube

3 - UNAM Pumas (Mexico)

Argentina: Martin Bravo
Paraguay: Darío Verón, Dante Lopez

2 - CD Marathón (Honduras)

Uruguay: Juan Obelar, Franco Sosa

2 - Deportivo Jalapa (Guatemala)

Brazil: Jorge Dos Santos, Israel Silva

2 - LD Alajuelense (Costa Rica)

Argentina: Martín Alejandro Civit, Juan Ignacio Sills

2 - San Francisco FC (Panama)

Argentina: Victor Suarez
Colombia: Deivis Granados

2 - Tauro FC (Panama)

Colombia: Dorian Lopez, Jhoan Melo

1 - CDS Municipal (Guatemala)

Colombia: Carlos Asprilla

1 - Joe Public (Trinidad and Tobago)

Colombia: Alejandro Figueroa

1 - Metapán (El Salvador)

Paraguay: Gabriel Garcete


Clubs with Zero Non-Concacaf Players

Deportivo Saprissa (Costa Rica)
Hankook Verdes (Belize)
Real Esteli (Nicaragua)
Harbor View (Jamaica)


The most represented nation from outside the region is Argentina, followed by Brazil.

Non-Concacaf Countries Represented:
Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Ecuador, England, France, Italy, Liberia, Northern Ireland, Paraguay, Romania, Russia, Sierra Leone, Switzerland, The Gambia, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe


Unfortunately, I can't vouch for 100% accuracy on this particular post since the only place I could find a few of the "current" rosters for the smaller clubs was on Wikipedia. Feel free to send me any corrections if you find any mistakes.