Indian expatriate men's footballers

Sunil Chhetri (born 3 August 1984) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger and captains both the Indian Super League side Bengaluru FC and the Indian national football team. Popularly known as Captain Fantastic, having scored the second highest number of goals in international matches among active male players after Cristiano Ronaldo and 6th on the all time list , he is both the most-capped player and all-time top goalscorer for the Indian national team, with 72 goals in 115 appearances. Sunil Chhetri was named an 'Asian Icon' by AFC on his 34th birthday.

Bhaichung Bhutia (born 15 December 1976), also spelled as Baichung Bhutia, is a former Indian professional footballer who played as a striker. Bhutia is considered the torchbearer of Indian football in the international arena. He is often nicknamed the Sikkimese Sniper because of his shooting skills in football. Three-time Indian Player of the Year I. M. Vijayan described Bhutia as "God's gift to Indian football". Bhaichung Bhutia has an older brother named Chewang Bhutia. Chewang and Bhaichung both went to boarding school. Bhutia has had four spells at I-League football team East Bengal Club, the club where he started his career. When he joined English club Bury in 1999, he became the first Indian footballer to sign a contract with a European club and only the second to play professionally in Europe, after Mohammed Salim. Afterwards he had a short loan spell at the Malaysian football club Perak FA. As well as this he has played for JCT Mills, which won the league once during his tenure; and Mohun Bagan, which failed to win the league once during his two spells, in his native India. His international footballing honours include winning the Nehru Cup, LG Cup, SAFF Championship three times and the AFC Challenge Cup. He is also India's second most capped player, with 82 international caps to his name. He is also India's second youngest international goal scorer after Jerry Zirsanga when he scored his first goal against Uzbekistan in 1995 Nehru cup at the age of 18 years 90 days

Arata Izumi (和泉 新, Izumi Arata, born 31 July 1982) is a retired Indian professional footballer of Japanese descent, who played as a midfielder. He is currently an youth coach with the Reliance Foundation Young Champs.

Potsangbam Renedy Singh or just Renedy Singh (born 20 June 1979) is an Indian former football player and football pundit. He is the former captain of the Indian national team.

Lalrammawia Rammawia (born 9 January 1991) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a Forward for I-League club Aizwal FC.

Mohammad Saukat (born 7 November 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.

Sanjeev Stalin (born 17 January 2001) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Portuguese club Sertanense in the Campeonato de Portugal.

Brandon Fernandes (born 20 September 1994) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for both FC Goa and the Indian national team.

Israil Gurung is an Indian footballer who currently plays as a winger for I-League side Churchill Brothers.

Sandesh Jhingan (born 21 July 1993) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as centre back for the Indian Super League club ATK Mohun Bagan and the India national team. Jhingan won the AIFF emerging player of the year award in 2014 and debuted for the national side in 2015. He received Arjuna Award in 2020 for his outstanding achievement in sports. Currently he holds the record for the most number of appearances for Kerala Blasters.