saafend_seagull
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19 nationalties?
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saafend_seagull
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second spelling mistake of the day by me lol
Gritt23
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Ok, let's build this up then.
1. Slovakia. Brezovan
2. Spain (Calderon)
3. Scotland (Greer)
4. England (Elphick)
5. Austria (Barnes)
6. Columbia (Gonzalez)
7. Denmark (Ankergren)
8. Eire (Dicker)
9. France (Vincelot)
10. Wales (Vokes)
11. Congo (Lualua)
12. Argentina (Tarrico)
13. Chile (Reyes)
14. Norway (Adgestein)
15. Holland (Bergkamp)
16. Egypt (El-Abd)
17. Iraq (Kasim)
18. Canada (Jamie Strong)
19. Ivory Coast (Razak)
According to Wikipedia, we also have 20. Brazil (Branco) in the Development Squad.
1. Slovakia. Brezovan
2. Spain (Calderon)
3. Scotland (Greer)
4. England (Elphick)
5. Austria (Barnes)
6. Columbia (Gonzalez)
7. Denmark (Ankergren)
8. Eire (Dicker)
9. France (Vincelot)
10. Wales (Vokes)
11. Congo (Lualua)
12. Argentina (Tarrico)
13. Chile (Reyes)
14. Norway (Adgestein)
15. Holland (Bergkamp)
16. Egypt (El-Abd)
17. Iraq (Kasim)
18. Canada (Jamie Strong)
19. Ivory Coast (Razak)
According to Wikipedia, we also have 20. Brazil (Branco) in the Development Squad.
The Large One
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Calling Barnes Austrian or El-Abd Egyptian is r-e-a-l-l-y stretching it.
Why not add Northern Ireland (Anton Rodgers) into that mix while you're at it?
Why not add Northern Ireland (Anton Rodgers) into that mix while you're at it?
Assulin (Israel) ?
21. Israel (Gui Assulin)
Barnes isn't stretching it.
He's PLAYED for Austria, at U-21 level. As far as FIFA are concerned he IS Austrian.
c0lz
North East Stand.
f**king amazing being a Brighton supporter these days.
El-Abd isn't that much of a stretch given he's said he wants to play for them and holds dual-nationality.
As for Barnes he's actually played for Austria, in their U20 team (although only the once).
The Large One
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True, but to call him 'Austrian' is pushing it. If he was good enough to play for England, the 'Austrian' bit would hardly register.
Is anyone still calling Tony Cascarino Irish...?
Yeah I know he's pushing it (he only qualifies through his grandmother I believe), but I guess you have to go by FIFA eligibility?
I wonder if, in theory, a player could potentially play for seven countries. I mean if you grandparents were (for example) French, Spanish, German and Austrian, and then your parents were born in Wales and Scotland before you were born in England would you qualify for all seven? Has any player achieved this (if possible)?
Obviously, Israel isn't in Europe either, despite what UEFA pretend.
If you are born to British parents, outside of the UK, your eligibility stretches to a CHOICE of all four British countries, I think. (I fairly certain that this is how Eric Young qualified for Wales -he was born to English parents, in Singapore). So if that's right, you could have 4 x foreign grandparents, and qualify for EIGHT?
Medwayseagull
JCB
Don't forget the Eurovision song contest as well.
Argentina
Colombia
Chile
Ivory Coast
Canada
Iraq
Congo
Egypt
Admittedly I didn't think that through for very long.
What if you had 4 x foreign grandparents, the British abroad situation described and were then registered in Singapore (to continue your example). Would that give you NINE?
Just being born somewhere, doesn't automatically confer nationality. Of course anyone could qualify for a ninth, via residency rules (a la Arteta, etc)