ANKARA - A total of 118 foreign football players are playing for 18 Turkish first division (Turkcell Super League) teams.
According to recent decision made by Turkish Football Federation, Turkish football clubs can have 8 foreign players in their squads, 2 as substitute and 6 on the pitch during a game.
Fenerbahce, Bursaspor, Caykur Rizespor and Vestel Manisaspor are the teams that have 8 foreign players.
Foreign players playing for Turkish squads are as follows:
Fenerbahce:
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Roberto Carlos, Alex De Souza, Mateja Kezman, Eduardo Luiz Abonizio De Souza, Deivid De Souza, Diego Alfredo Lugano, Stephan Appiah, Claudio Andres Maldonado Rivera
Bursaspor:
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Ghislain Simo Emo, Ronald Gutierrez Flores, Collins M'Besuma, Maxim Romaschenko, Herve Germain Tum, Jason Vandelannoite, Renny Vicente Vega Hernandez, Herlyn Ysrael Zuniga Yanez
Caykur Rizespor:
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Marcos Roberto Silva Barbosa, Carlos Rodrigo Da Silva, Anderson Ricardo Dos Santos, Igor Gal, David Gonzalez, Elionar Nascimento Ribeiro, Leandro Chaves Rodrigues, Gustavo Andres Victoria Rave
Vestel Manisaspor:
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Stephane Sebastien Borbiconi, Thomas Dalgaard, Jose Antonio Dos Santos Silva, Oumar Kalabane, Rafael Mardues Mariano, Luis Enrique Martinez Rodriguez, Allyson Araujo Santos, Tiago Joao Targino Da Silva
Galatasaray:
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Rigobert Song, Cassio Lincoln, Shabani Nonda, Tobias Jan Hakan Linderoth, Marcelo Carrusca, Ismael Bouzid, Ahmed Barusso
Besiktas:
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Edouard Cisse, Deivson Rogerio Da Silva (Bobo), Matias Delgado, Philip Holosko, Ricardo Luis Rodriguez (Ricardinho), Gordon Schildenfeld, Rodrigo Tello
Sivasspor:
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Pini Felix Balili, Ivan Petrov Cvetkov, Sergio Pacheco De Oliveira, Mamadou Alimmou Diallo, Michael Petkovic, Karim Saidi, Kanfory Sylla
Genclerbirligi:
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Abdel Zaher Ahmed Mohamed Hassan El Saka, Promise Isaac, Lamine Traore, Daniel Addo, Carlos Eduardo De Souza Floresta, Adamu Mohammed, Nicolas Miroslav Peric Villarreal, James Boadu
Konyaspor:
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Kaue Caetano Da Silva, Damir Kahriman, Milos Mihajlov, Jose Manuel Gomes Da Silva, Cedric Cyril Sabin, Washington Luiz Mascarenhas Silva, Jonathan Kahne Tehoue
Ankaraspor:
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Rodoslav Batak, Hamilton Henio Ferre Calmeiros, Stdney Cristiano Dos Santos, Duartef Fernandes, Antonio De Nigris Guajardo, Lars Fredrik Risp, Stefan Senecky
Denizlispor:
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Tomas Abraham, Carlos Alberto Dos Santos Gomes, Papa Gueye, Souleymanou Hamidou, Christian Akande Kotchoni, Roman Kratochvil, Julio Cesar Mendes Moreira
Ankaragucu:
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Augustine Ahinful, Andres Lamas Bervejillo, Silvino Joao De Carvalho (Jaba), Kaba Diawara, Ibrahim Said, Kirita Giani Stelian
Kayserispor:
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Juan Pablo Avendano, Franco Dario Cangele, Leonardo Andres Iglesias, Dimitar Ivanov Ivankov, Alioum Saidou, Delio Cesar Toledo Rodas
Kasimpasa:
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Edin Ademoviç, Jens Berthel Ashkou, Fransergio Ferreira Bastos, Sinouh Khalid, Joseph Desire Mawaye, AndreFrancisco Moritz
Gaziantepspor:
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Ivan Saraiva De Souza, Tomas Sedlak, Andre Roberto Soares Da Silva, Armand Deumi Tchani, Cristian Rodrigo Zurita
Genclerbirligi Oftas Spor:
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James Boadu, Mariel Everton Cosmo Da Silva, Sandro Da Silva Mendonca, Nikola Petkovic, Shaibu Yakubu
Trabzonspor:
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Ayman Mohamed Abdelaziz, Jefferson de Oliviera Galvao, Daouda Jabi, Ibrahima Yattara, Sayed Moawad
Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyespor:
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Marcus Vinicius Cesario, Kenan Hasagic, Adriano Padilha Nascimento, Razundara Tjikuzu
(TÇ-MS)