List of naturalized basketball national team players
The following is a list of naturalized basketball players who have represented their naturalized country at a FIBA international tournament.[1] The list includes players both past and present after they have represented their new nation at least once. These list excludes players whose citizenship status is unrecognized by FIBA and therefore treated the same was as naturalized players as per FIBA eligibility rules; such as the status of American-born player Jordan Clarkson who is born to a Filipino mother and has Filipino citizenship at birth.
Male players (By country)
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FIBA Asia
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FIBA Oceania
| Player | Int'l Career | National team | Previous/Other nationality |
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| Leroy Loggins | 1992 | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia
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| Scott Fisher | 1995–1998 | Australia
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United States
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| Ricky Grace | 1995–2000 | Australia
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United States
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| C. J. Bruton | 2006–2010 | Australia
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United States
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| Kevin Lisch | 2016–2018 | Australia
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United States
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| Thon Maker | 2018–2023 | Australia
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| Matisse Thybulle | 2020– | Australia
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United States
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| Ed Book | 2002–2006 |  New Zealand
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United States
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| Casey Frank | 2005–2014 | New Zealand
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United States
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Female players (By country)
FIBA Africa
| Player | Int'l Career | National team | Previous/Other nationality |
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| Italee Lucas | 2013–2025 |  Angola
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United States
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| Miesha Blackshear | 2015 |  Cameroon
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United States
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| Alexandra Green | 2019-2021 | Cameroon
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United States
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| Jessica Thomas | 2023-2025 | Cameroon
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United States
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| Nadia Peruch-Niang | 2015–2017 |  Guinea
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 France
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| Ameryst Alston | 2025 |  Ivory Coast
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United States
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| Tatum Brown | 2009 |  Rwanda
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United States
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| Keisha Hampton | 2024-2025 | Rwanda
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United States
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| Cierra Dillard | 2023-2025 |  Senegal
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United States
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| Delicia Washington | 2025 | South Sudan
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United States
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| Jannon Otto | 2023 |  Uganda
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United States
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| Paige Robinson | 2025 | Uganda
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United States
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FIBA Americas
| Player | Int'l Career | National team | Previous/Other nationality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Adams | 2007–2010 | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada
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United States
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FIBA Asia
| Player | Int'l Career | National team | Previous/Other nationality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Pierre-Louis | 2021–2025 |  Indonesia
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Canada
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| Natasha Cloud | 2021 |  Jordan
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United States
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| Aisha Sheppard | 2023 | Jordan
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United States
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| Chantelle Anderson | 2009 |  Lebanon
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United States
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| Brittany Denson | 2011–2021 | Lebanon
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United States
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| Trinity Baptiste | 2023-2024 | Lebanon
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United States
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| Jillian Archer | 2025 | Lebanon
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United States
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| Randi Brown | 2021 | .svg.png){kind=small} Syria
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United States
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| Tiffany Bias | 2019 |  Thailand
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United States
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FIBA Europe
FIBA Oceania
| Player | Int'l Career | National team | Previous/Other nationality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leilani Mitchell | 2014–2016 | Australia
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United States
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| Kelsey Griffin | 2017–2018 | Australia
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United States
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| Sami Whitcomb | 2018- | Australia
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United States
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| Jillian Harmon | 2008–2017 | New Zealand
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United States
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| Casey Lockwood | 2012–2013 | New Zealand
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United States
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See also
- FIBA eligibility rules
- List of sportspeople who competed for more than one nation
- List of foreign NBA players
- List of foreign WNBA players
- List of foreign WNBL players
References
- ^ "FIBA Documents Library". fiba.basketball.
- ^ "2024 USA Basketball Men's National Team Announced". usab.com. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "台灣男籃12人名單出爐 阿巴西將成為第2歸化球員". Liberty Times. 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
- ^ "FIBA clears Abbasi to play for Taiwan as homegrown player". Focus Taiwan. 2023-03-07. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
According to the CTBA, Abbasi represented Taiwan as a naturalized player in 2021 in the FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers.
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