This is a list of Albania international footballers who were born outside Albania. Players born in countries outside Albania including those born in diaspora may qualify for the Albania team through Albanian parents or grandparents, or through residency in Albania and subsequent naturalisation as Albanian citizens.
In the Treaty of London (1913) the Independent Albania territories were separated, where Sanjak of Novi Pazar, Preševo Valley and Kosovo was given to Yugoslavia, a part of Malësia including Tuzi Municipality to Montenegro, Ilirida to FYR Macedonia and Chamëria among Epirus region and other parts of Vilayet of Janina to Greece. As mentioned above, the Republic of Albania and the Albanian Football Association opened their ways to footballers of Albanian descent even born outside the territories. In fact the first footballer born outside Albania to represent the national side was Italian ethnic goalkeeper Giacomo Poselli which was born in Greece and debutted in the 1946 Balkan Cup a competition which Albania managed to win. Instead the first Albanian origin footballer was fellow goalkeeper Arjan Beqaj born in Prizren of Kosovo, which at the time was playing for Albanian Superliga competers Partizani Tirana and managed his debut in 1998. It was succeeded by fellow Kosovan born Besnik Hasi two years later and by another Kosovan origin Lorik Cana after another two years, as both midfielders became captains subsequently during their last years and Cana himself holds the record for most appearances with a tally of 93. All 4 upcomers were managed by German coach Hans-Peter Briegel in his arrival in 2003, which himself managed another upcomings especially from his country's championship Bundesliga bringing 3 components Mehmet Dragusha in 2003 and Bekim Kastrati & Besart Berisha in 2006, but also the duo of Ukrainian side Vorskla Poltava defenders Armend Dallku and Debatik Curri.
| * | Current internationals |
| Caps | Appearances |
| Pos | Positions |
|---|---|
| GK | Goalkeeper |
| DF | Defender |
| MF | Midfielder |
| FW | Forward |
| Country | Total |
|---|---|
 Kosovo | 33 |
 Switzerland | 10 |
 Greece | 6 |
 Italy | 5 |
 North Macedonia | 4 |
 Germany | 3 |
 England | 2 |
 Serbia | 2 |
 Belgium | 1 |
 Croatia | 1 |
 Denmark | 1 |
 Norway | 1 |
 Spain | 1 |
 Sweden | 1 |
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