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The Unofficial Albion Nationalities Thread- 2015



















hans kraay fan club

The voice of reason.
Helpful Moderator
Mar 16, 2005
62,759
Chandlers Ford
There's a few GLARING holes, really.

Have we really NEVER had a player from BELGIUM?

And sorely lacking BALKANS.
 














Prince Monolulu

Everything in Moderation
Oct 2, 2013
10,201
The Race Hill
Starting to scrape barrels here, so Albania - Norman Wisdom

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AZ Gull

@SeagullsAcademy @seagullsacademy.bsky.social
Oct 14, 2003
13,093
Chandler, AZ
Cherif Diallo is from Senegal - he made the bench against Blackpool on September 12 2000.

Eric Lancelotte was born in India.
 


hans kraay fan club

The voice of reason.
Helpful Moderator
Mar 16, 2005
62,759
Chandlers Ford
[MENTION=1276]AZ Gull[/MENTION] comes up trumps.

Any advance on these...

Argentina - Cristian Baz
Austria - Ashley Barnes
Australia - Paul Reid
Barbados - Mark McCammon
(The) Basque Country - Inigo Calderon
Belarus - Sergei Gotsmanov
Bulgaria - Radostin Kishishev
Cape Verde - Georges Santos
Chile - Gonzalo Jara Reyes
Colombia - David Gonzalez
Curacao - Kemy Agustien
Cyprus - Alexis Nicolas
D R Congo - Kazenga Lualua
Denmark - Casper Ankergren
Egypt - Adam El Abd
England - Gary Hart
France - Alexander Frutos
(The) Gambia - Mustafa Carayol
Germany - Dirk Lehmann
Ghana - Lloyd Owusu
Iceland - Ivar Ingarmarsson
India - Eric Lancelotte
Iraq - Yaser Kasim
Israel - Beram Kayal
Italy - Lorenzo Pinamonte
Ivory Coast - Abdul Razak
Jamaica - Elliott Bennett
Latvia - Vitaljis Maksimenko
Malta - Gary Chivers
Martinique - Sebastien Carole
Netherlands - Michel Kuipers
New Zealand - Chris Wood
Nigeria - Ade Akinbiyi
Northern Ireland - Steve Penney
Norway - Torbjorn Agdestein
Oman - Ali Al Habsi
Pakistan - Zesh Rehman
Poland - Tomasz Kuszczak
Portugal -Joao Teixeira
Republic of Ireland - Mark Lawrenson
Romania - Stevan Iovan
Russia -Igor Gurinovic
Scotland - Gordon Greer
Senegal - Cherif Diallo
Sierra Leone - Alhassan Bangura
Singapore - Eric Young
Slovakia - Peter Brezovan
South Africa - Denis Foreman
Spain - Bruno Saltor
Sweden - Rami Shaaban
Switzerland - Maheta Molango
Trinidad & Tobago - Chris Birchall
Turkey - Colin Kazim Richards
USA - Tony Meola
Uruguay - Diego Arismendi
Wales - Dean Saunders
Zimbabwe - John Robinson
 




AZ Gull

@SeagullsAcademy @seagullsacademy.bsky.social
Oct 14, 2003
13,093
Chandler, AZ
[MENTION=3566]hans kraay fan club[/MENTION] - I think we need a stewards enquiry on Igor Gurinovich, as my sources are telling me he is Belarus rather than Russian.
 


hans kraay fan club

The voice of reason.
Helpful Moderator
Mar 16, 2005
62,759
Chandlers Ford
[MENTION=3566]hans kraay fan club[/MENTION] - I think we need a stewards enquiry on Igor Gurinovich, as my sources are telling me he is Belarus rather than Russian.

To be honest, I'm fairly sure you are right. When he arrived, we all called him 'Russian' but of course that was true of Gotsmanov, too.
 


Blue Valkyrie

Not seen such Bravery!
Sep 1, 2012
32,165
Valhalla
[MENTION=3566]hans kraay fan club[/MENTION] - I think we need a stewards enquiry on Igor Gurinovich, as my sources are telling me he is Belarus rather than Russian.
Yes, he was from Belarus which was still part of the USSR ( just ) when he played for us, although months later was independent.
 


Gullflyinghigh

Registered User
Apr 23, 2012
4,279
Brazil is the one that's bugging me, I'm sure we had a player on trial/short term a few years back but don't think he ever actually appeared for us...at least not for the first team.
 




AZ Gull

@SeagullsAcademy @seagullsacademy.bsky.social
Oct 14, 2003
13,093
Chandler, AZ
Brazil is the one that's bugging me, I'm sure we had a player on trial/short term a few years back but don't think he ever actually appeared for us...at least not for the first team.

Raphael Rossi Branco, now at Swindon. Poyet wanted him for the development squad in 2011, but he had to head back to Brazil to sort out the paperwork to get a European passport. He came back at the start of the 2011-12 season, but his Italian passport wasn't ready until February. At that stage, his Brazilian club wanted compensation for him, that Albion were not prepared to pay.

He went back to Brazil, but he still wanted to play in England. Darren Freeman signed him for Whitehawk in December 2012 on a recommendation from Charlie Oatway. In July 2013 he got a trial at Swindon and earned a contract.
 


Gullflyinghigh

Registered User
Apr 23, 2012
4,279
Raphael Rossi Branco, now at Swindon. Poyet wanted him for the development squad in 2011, but he had to head back to Brazil to sort out the paperwork to get a European passport. He came back at the start of the 2011-12 season, but his Italian passport wasn't ready until February. At that stage, his Brazilian club wanted compensation for him, that Albion were not prepared to pay.

He went back to Brazil, but he still wanted to play in England. Darren Freeman signed him for Whitehawk in December 2012 on a recommendation from Charlie Oatway. In July 2013 he got a trial at Swindon and earned a contract.
Thank you! That's been annoying me for an hour or two (and I'm too stubborn to Google).
 


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