<P> The following is a list of the first black or mixed - race players to represent European international association football teams . The first black man to play international football was Andrew Watson, who earned the first of his three caps for Scotland on 12 March 1881, when he captained them in a 6--1 win away to England at The Oval in London . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Team </Th> <Th> Player </Th> <Th> Debut </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scotland </Td> <Td> Andrew Watson </Td> <Td> England, 12 March 1881 </Td> <Td> Born in Demerara, British Guiana (now Guyana) to an Afro - Guyanese mother and Scottish father . <P> No black players represented Scotland since Watson until the debut of Nigel Quashie on 27 May 2004 . Quashie was born in London to a Ghanaian father and English mother, and qualified for Scotland through a grandfather . </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Austria </Td> <Td> Helmut Köglberger </Td> <Td> Hungary, 5 September 1965 </Td> <Td> Born in Steyr, Austria to an African - American father and Austrian mother . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Belgium </Td> <Td> Dimitri Mbuyu </Td> <Td> Portugal, 4 February 1987 </Td> <Td> Born in Berchem, Belgium, of Congolese origin . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Faroe Islands </Td> <Td> Sonni Nattestad </Td> <Td> Malta, 19 November 2013 </Td> <Td> Born in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, of Afro - Haitian origin . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Raoul Diagne </Td> <Td> Czechoslovakia, 15 February 1931 </Td> <Td> Diagne was born to Senegalese parents in Saint - Laurent - du - Maroni, French Guiana . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wales </Td> <Td> Eddie Parris </Td> <Td> Northern Ireland, 5 December 1931 </Td> <Td> Parris, born to Jamaican parents in Pwllmeyric near Chepstow, played one match for Wales . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Germany </Td> <Td> Erwin Kostedde </Td> <Td> Malta, 22 December 1974 </Td> <Td> Born in Münster to an African - American father and German mother . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Greece </Td> <Td> Daniel Batista Lima </Td> <Td> Finland, 12 October 1994 </Td> <Td> Born in São Vicente, Cape Verde, a naturalised Greek citizen . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> England </Td> <Td> Viv Anderson </Td> <Td> Czechoslovakia, 29 November 1978 </Td> <Td> The first black player to represent England at any level was Benjamin Odeje, for the England schoolboys team against Northern Ireland in 1971 . Paul Ince was the nation's first black captain, against the United States in June 1993 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Republic of Ireland </Td> <Td> Chris Hughton </Td> <Td> United States, 29 October 1979 </Td> <Td> Hughton was born in London to a Ghanaian father and Irish mother . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Spain </Td> <Td> Donato Gama da Silva </Td> <Td> Denmark, 16 November 1994 </Td> <Td> Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and a naturalised Spanish citizen . The first Spanish - born black player in the team was Vicente Engonga, born in Barcelona to Equatoguinean parents, who debuted against Russia on 23 September 1998 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Netherlands </Td> <Td> Humphrey Mijnals </Td> <Td> Bulgaria, 3 April 1960 </Td> <Td> Born in Paramaribo, Surinam, then a Dutch plantation colony, played three matches for the Netherlands and 45 matches for Suriname . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Norway </Td> <Td> John Carew </Td> <Td> Egypt, 18 November 1998 </Td> <Td> Born in Akershus, of Gambian origin . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Poland </Td> <Td> Emmanuel Olisadebe </Td> <Td> Romania, 16 August 2000 </Td> <Td> Born in Warri, Nigeria, a naturalised Polish citizen . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Portugal </Td> <Td> Guilherme Espírito Santo </Td> <Td> Spain, 28 November 1937 </Td> <Td> Born in Lisbon, Portugal, of São Toméan descent . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Italy </Td> <Td> Fabio Liverani </Td> <Td> South Africa, 25 April 2001 </Td> <Td> Born in Rome to a Somali mother and Italian father . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bulgaria </Td> <Td> Lúcio Wagner </Td> <Td> Bulgaria, 9 May 2006 </Td> <Td> Born in Río de Janeiro, Brazil, a naturalized Bulgarian citizen . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Czech Republic </Td> <Td> Theodor Gebre Selassie </Td> <Td> Peru, 4 June 2011 </Td> <Td> Born in Třebíč to an Ethiopian father and Czech mother . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Team </Th> <Th> Player </Th> <Th> Debut </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

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