Steve Mandanda – ***Zaire, now DR Congo***(2018)
Samuel Umtiti – ***Cameroon (2018)***
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Doesn’t immediately jump out with this map, as England have won the world cup, but somewhat interestingly, there are 2 world cup winners from Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester. Geoff Hurst in 1966 and… Simone Perotta in 2006
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One of the 2006 Italian winners, Simeone Perotta was born in my home town Ashton-Under-Lyne. Its in Greater Manchester.
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Fun Fact: Claudio Gentile’s birth country of Libya has never qualified for the World Cup, but they may do someday…
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These African countries playing for their colonizers in modern slavery
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That Italian team in 1934 was indeed very Italian.
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France has to be way more
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The irony of Libya being there and not Morocco, Tunisia or Algeria despite the France links.
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Who do you think got a better chance of getting one.
North America or Asia?
Well, here’s to trusting my extended family. Cheers!
Ok so the non winning countries are:
– Belgium
– Romania
– Poland (should be Klose)
– Croatia
– Libya
– Senegal
– Ghana
– DRC
– Cameroon
Who are them?
Not a single Asian or North American country
Netherlands, Japan or Portugal would be the most likely to join this list
**Italy:**
Attilio Demaria – ***Born in Argentina*** ***(1934)***
Enrique Guaita – ***Argentina (1934)***
Luis Monti – ***Argentina (1934)***
Raimundo Orsi – ***Argentina (1934)***
Anfilogino Guarisi – ***Brazil (1934)***
Felice Borel – ***France (1934)***
Mario Varglien – ***Austria-Hungary (now Croatia) (1934)***
Miguel Andreolo – ***Uruguay (1938)***
Claudio Gentile – ***Libya (1982)***
Mauro Camoranesi – ***Argentina (2006)***
Simone Perrotta – ***England (2006)***
**Uruguay**:
Ernesto Vidal – ***Kingdom of Italy (now Croatia) (1950)***
**West Germany:**
Richard Herrmann – ***Poland (1954)***
Josef Posipal – ***Romania (1954)***
Herbert Wimmer – ***Belgium (1974)***
**Germany (Unified):**
Miroslav Klose – ***Poland (2014)***
Lukas Podolski – ***Poland (2014)***
Toni Kroos – ***East Germany (2014)***
**France**:
Marcel Desailly – ***Ghana*** (1998)
Patrick Vieira – ***Senegal***(1998)
Christian Karembeu – ***New Caledonia (France overseas)***(1998)
Lilian Thuram – ***Guadeloupe (France overseas)***(1998)
Steve Mandanda – ***Zaire, now DR Congo***(2018)
Samuel Umtiti – ***Cameroon (2018)***
Doesn’t immediately jump out with this map, as England have won the world cup, but somewhat interestingly, there are 2 world cup winners from Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester. Geoff Hurst in 1966 and… Simone Perotta in 2006
One of the 2006 Italian winners, Simeone Perotta was born in my home town Ashton-Under-Lyne. Its in Greater Manchester.
Fun Fact: Claudio Gentile’s birth country of Libya has never qualified for the World Cup, but they may do someday…
These African countries playing for their colonizers in modern slavery
That Italian team in 1934 was indeed very Italian.
France has to be way more
The irony of Libya being there and not Morocco, Tunisia or Algeria despite the France links.
France aka Africa United