The World Cup has come to a close in Russia, with issues surrounding the tournament arising. one of the issues was that France won the tournament using players of African descent.
Below are 9 countries with players who are not of their origin but plays for them.
1. France
Zinedine Zidane – Algeria
Kylian Mbappe – Cameroon
Karim Benzema – Algeria
N’Golo KANTE – Mali
Paul Pogba – Guinea
Adil Rami – Morocco
Samuel Umtiti – Cameroon
Samir Nasri – Algeria
Blaise Matuidi – Angola
Hatem Ben Arfa – Tunisia
Moussa Sissoko – Mali
Laurent Koscielny – Poland
Nabil Fekir – Algeria
Steve Mandanda – DR Congo
Bacary Sagna – Senegal
Djibril Cisse – Ivory Coast
Claude Makelele – DR Congo
Patrice Evra – Senegal
Patrick Viera – Senegal
Lilian Thuram – Guadeloupe
Ousamane Ndembele – Mali
Nicolas Anelka – Cameroon
Thierry Henry – Guadeloupe
David Trezeguet – Argentina
William Gallas – Guadeloupe
Bafetimbi Gomis – Senegal
2. Germany
Mesut Ozil – Turkey
Jerome Boateng – Ghana
Serg Gnabry – Ivory Coast
Lukas Podolski – Poland
Emre Can – Turkey
Leroy Sane – Senegal
Miroslav Klose – Poland
Sami Khedira – Tunisia
3. Spain
Diego Costa – Brazil
Thiago Alcantara – Brazil
Marcos Senna – Brazil
4. Portugal
William Carvalho – Angola
Deco – Brazil
Edar – Guinea Bissau
Luis Nani – Cape Verde
Pepe – Brazil
Renato Sanches – Cape Verde
Eusebio – Mozambique
5. Belgium
Divock Origi – Kenya
Nacer Chadli – Morocco
Christian Benteke – DR Congo
Marouane Fellaini – Morocco
Michy Batshuayi – DR Congo
Lukaku – DR Congo
6. Italy
Thiago Motta – Brazil
Mario Balotelli – Ghana
Camoranessi – Argentina
Eder – Brazil
Pablo Osvaldo – Argentina
Stephen El Shaarawy – Egypt
7.England
Daniel Sturridge – Jamaica
Dele Alli – Nigeria
Danny Welbeck – Nigeria
Raheem Starling – Jamaica
8. Netherlands
Ibrahim Afellay – Morocco
Khalid Boulahrouz – Morocco
Edgar Davids – Suriname
Patrick Kluivert – Suriname
Clarence Seedorf – Suriname
Theodor Selassie – Ethiopia
Gonzalo Higuain – France
David Alaba – Nigeria
9. Croatia
Ivan Rakitic –Switzerland
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