This is a list of the players who played for Germany national football team and who were born outside the current borders of Germany. This list includes former West Germany national football team players. It also includes players born in presently non-German territories even if they were controlled by Germany when they were born regardless of the means by which those lands had come under German administration - this list therefore includes players born in the historical eastern territories of Germany, militarily-occupied territories, territories annexed by the Nazis and German overseas colonies. However, it does not include players who played only for the former East Germany or Saarland national football teams, nor does it include any Germany/West Germany international footballers born in East Germany, Saarland or West Berlin prior to those lands' absorption by the modern Federal Republic of Germany.
List of Germany international footballers born outside Germany
Austria
- Franz Binder
- Karl Decker
- Wilhelm Hahnemann
- Franz Jelinek
- Matthias Kaburek
- Alexander Martinek
- Hans Mock
- Josef Pekarek
- Hans Pesser
- Peter Platzer
- Rudolf Raftl
- Willibald Schmaus
- Karl Sesta
- Josef Stroh
- Johann Urbanek
- Franz Wagner
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
SFR Yugoslavia
Brazil
Cameroon
Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
France
Ghana
Hungary
Namibia
German South West Africa
Poland
- Paul Freier
- Richard Herrmann
- Miroslav Klose
- Dariusz Wosz
- Martin Max
- Werner Olk
- Sepp Piontek
- Lukas Podolski
- Reinhard Schaletzki
- Lukas Sinkiewicz
- Hans Sturm
- Piotr Trochowski
- Wolfgang Weber
- Ernst Wilimowski
Romania
Russia
East Prussia
Soviet Union
Slovakia
Czechoslovakia
Slovenia
SFR Yugoslavia
Switzerland
Syria
Turkey
Ukraine
Soviet Union
Uzbekistan
List by country of birth
| Country | Total |
|---|---|
 Austria
|
16 |
 Poland
|
14 |
 Brazil
|
3 |
 Czech Republic
|
2 |
 Hungary
|
2 |
 Russia
|
2 |
 Belgium
|
1 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
1 |
 Cameroon
|
1 |
 France
|
1 |
 Ghana
|
1 |
 Namibia
|
1 |
 Romania
|
1 |
 Slovakia
|
1 |
 Slovenia
|
1 |
 Switzerland
|
1 |
 Syria
|
1 |
 Turkey
|
1 |
 Ukraine
|
1 |
 Uzbekistan
|
1 |
Notes
- ^ He previously represented Austria
- He switched to Austria in 1945
- Franz Jelinek at WorldFootball.net
- "Cacau - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
- "Kevin Kurányi - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
- "Paulo Rink - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
- He previously represented Poland
- He switched to Russia in 2016
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