ORIGINAL: Historiker
ORIGINAL: pauk
ORIGINAL: Dixie
Agbonlahor, born in Sutton Coldfield, England.
Eduardo (Eduardo Alves da Silva), born in Rio de Janeiro, Croatia???? [X(][X(] [:D][;)]
Well, Shawn Phillips and company are all descendants of Horsa and his anglo-saxon tribes[:'(][:D][:D][:D][:D]
Well, Brazilians that are not good enough for their own national team play in whatever country that wants them...
Japan, Russia(?), Turkey, Kroatia, Germany - and that aren't all for sure...
The funiest thing is with this turkish player. The German TV-Journalist said, he might also have played for Antigua or England, but he said his heart beats for Turkey... - While he doesn't speak a single word in this language [X(]
Strange... [;)]
Colin Kazim-Richards. His mother is Turkish IIRC but he was born somewhere in England and never learnt Turkish, I imagine it's a major benefit not to speak the language of 'your' national team and to have only one other player on the team who can speak your main lanaguage [:D]
More likely is the fact that he wasn't good enough for England [;)], and he didn't fancy playing for the small nation of Antigua. I am aware of the irony that a player who isn't good enough to play for England is at the tournament whilst England are watching it on the TV [:D] [:D]
I think the only England player to have been born abroad is Owen Hargreaves (Canada). IIRC there was a bit of a tug of war over who he would play for, with Canada, England and Germany all after him. With the rise of the EU and the movement of workers there will be plenty more players choosing a 'foreign' nation to play for...
