List of foreign Serie B players
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This is a list of foreign players in Serie B of the Italian football league system. The following players:have played at least one Serie B game for the respective club;
have not been capped for the Italy national team on any level, independently from the birthplace, except for players born in San Marino and active in the Italy national team before the first official match of the Sammarinese national team played on November 14, 1990 and players of Italian formation born abroad of Italian parents;
have been born in Italy and were capped by a foreign national team. This includes players who have dual citizenship with Italy.
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