Top 10 Footballers Who Didn’t Play For Their Native Country
Which players in the world of football did not play for their native country? Native ; Being a place or environment in which a person was born. From the definition we can tell what this list is all about. In the game of football there is some times when a player has dual nationality have to make a very tough decision on which side they will commit their services to. Some of these decision are not tough in situations were a player doesn’t even need to weigh his options due to one of the country being very poor in terms of football. These decisions really make fans hate players as they feel that he has betrayed his nation and chosen another country of theirs.
However some of these players who have decided to play for other than their native country have a concrete reason for doing so. Some its due to family issues and the others. So who is in your mind now? Is it Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling? or Ferenc Puskas? Well reading this article on the Top 10 Footballers Who Didn’t Play For Their Native Country is the only way to prove yourself wrong or right.
Ten Footballers Who Didn’t Play For Their Native Country
Previously we published an article on the Top 10 Worst Footballers Ever and Top 10 One Man Teams in Football History . If you have not read these yet , don’t forget to do so after this .
Here are the Top 10 Footballers Who Didn’t Play For Their Native Country :
10. Deco
Starting off the Top 10 Footballers Who Didn’t Play For Their Native Country the former professional footballer Deco. The Brazilian born Deco who played for high profile clubs like Porto, FC Barcelona and Chelsea did not play for his native country Brazil but decided to play for the European team Portugal. Deco was a world class mid fielder and pulled off fine strings of passes to set his team mates free. However Brazil did not recognize his brilliance but Portugal in the year 2003 called him up to represent them which he accepted and went on to make his debut against Brazil in a game which he scored a winner.
