Top 5 African Players That Never Were

[@uztre6789]

Actually Eusébio and Mário Coluna couldn't have played for Mozambique because they both ended their national team careers before Mozambique even had their first game in 1977.

[@lawrencetallis4328]

Good knowledge!

[@Win360]

i was looking in the comments to find out if someone correct them about that. not many people know alot about african football

[@copa90football]

touché!

[@Win360]

Copa90 lol

[@davidofportugal6795]

Thanks you Because i am Benfica fan

[@GarethWareth]

Fun fact, Mavuba Mafuila, Rio Mavuba's father played in the 1974 World Cup for Zaire (now DR Congo). Zaire lost 9-0 to Yugoslavia, who have also been known by multiple names... Man how football and the world changes. Zaire/DR Congo were also banned from the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. Zaire also won the 1974 Africa Cup of Nations, Mavuba Mafuila was in th squad. Mavuba Snr. also won the African Champions League in 1973 and was the first Congolese player to score from a corner.

[@zinozizu100]

ZIDANE? He's a fellow Algerian

[@copa90football]

He was born in Marseille.

[@noelnoni]

Copa90 but he has family who are Algerian, which makes him qualify... Its not only about place of birth

[@ivobondptbe]

Noel Runega if they did it like that half of the players or more of every international squad have international roots =)

[@sikemnkwawir9718]

ivobondptbe that is how it works... You can play for either of your parents countries and your own

[@aptand]

Noel Runega Yeah but they clearly say "Born in africa" in this video.

[@highbaws]

The whole France 1998 was mostly africans

[@benficafifa9623]

the whole France team now is mostly African

[@wiglaftheloyal7954]

No originally french player right now is actually a good player

[@Ausomifacation]

Alp Asanoglu Ribery, Benzema, Lloris?

[@TheBrar7]

Ausomifacation Benzema is algerian

[@moritzpbbarvencik]

Barthez, Laurent Blanc, Lizarazu, Deschamps, Djokaeff, Trezeguet, Henry etc. are all not african.

[@GarethWareth]

The signs of slavery in the modern day. Even though we have more slavery in the world today... Anyway, imagine if slavery never happened. The footballers of Africa that could have been, from Pelé to Heskey. Also, imagine if Brazil never gained independence from Portugal. Ronaldo could have played alongside Ronaldo! (Because if you live in a colony you technically have the nationality of your oppressor)... Of course, without any occupation of Africa from Europe and the rest of the world, the world would be very different. Football probably wouldn't even be popular, we'd all be wrestling and other "Greek" Olympic sports that are actually African. Football would still be a savages game and Africa would be the richest place on Earth. But who knows what the world would be like...? I'm so deep man.

[@kobenoyashi3394]

Pretty deep, but a lot of truth to this

[@GarethWareth]

***** First off fuck you bitch and the clique you claim.

[@kobenoyashi3394]

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[@GarethWareth]

***** tupac

[@wertin200]

you know that football is made in the middle ages in great-britain?

[@Delboy0]

Ghana is the biggest victim of European teams taking players who qualify them. Desially, George Boteng and Asamoah played for France, Holland and Germany. Of the current generation Jerome Boteng, Mario Balotelli, Danny Welbeck and Memphis Deplay all qualify for Ghana and play for other national teams. Imagine how strong Ghana would be if they all played for Ghana.

[@Ibe72891]

haha danny welbeck

[@Blinko7]

william ibekwe He was born in Manchester anyway

[@Delboy0]

BlinkO He could qualify for Ghana because his parents are born from their like all the other players on the list. In fact the Ghana national team approached all the players on the list even before they were internationals and were turned down.

[@Blinko7]

Delboy0 Never said he couldn't. He'd been playing through the England youth system since he was 14, so I doubt he'd switch to Ghana anyway.

[@matiasavellanal5244]

just because they could play through their parents doesn't make Ghana the victim

[@sidiyer841]

what about zinedine zidane? I had no volume so u may have said

[@copa90football]

Zidane was born in Marseille. Sorry to hear about your lack of volume!

[@sidiyer841]

i understand from the comments...appreciate the support :)

[@JasonGair]

Zidane was born in algeria

[@Ayotwotimes]

Jason Gair No he was born in Marseille, his parents are from Algeria

[@Yassiene]

In 1996 Zidane offers himself to play for the Algerian national team. The bond replied to him with: we don't need you. We have like 50 pleated of your kind in our league. 1 year later he won the ballon d'or 2 years later he won the World Cup for France, 4 year later the European cup with France, 6 years later he won the champions league for Real Madrid. Algeria hasn't won a single trophy since 1990.

[@evertog]

The highlighted country in the map of the Mavuba bit at 2:26 is not Angola, it's DRCongo.

[@michaelrosen6695]

Hey, love your videos!! You guys should should do a video with the f2freestylers where you try and do the crossbar challenge! But every shot u take has to be a trickshot

[@moj9081]

Early years[edit] Mavuba's father was Mafuila Mavuba, a footballer who appeared at the 1974 FIFA World Cup with Zaire, while his mother was an Angolan national. He was born on board a boat in international waters during the period of the Angolan Civil War, and later stated that his birth certificate did not have a nationality on it, reading only "born at sea";[1] he received French nationality in September 2004. Mavuba's mother died when he was two, and his father 12 years later. He threw himself into football to help deal with his grief.[1] Wikipedia...

[@Johnny63749]

Mario Balotelli, he was born in Ghana but moved to Italy as a toddler but was taken by a foster family

[@392_Matt]

you should do this for Caribbean players! Many English players are Jamaican and many Dutch are Surinamese

[@jsafc1327]

Henry, Sterling and who else?

[@irvkoi]

ASHLEY YOUNG

[@KltxAssassin]

Defoe's from around there isn't he?

[@youngsmoove21]

Tables 13 sturridge is jamaican i think

[@anishmahabiersing6473]

Seedorf and davids both from Suriname

[@bentn13]

Coluna and Eusébio are Portuguese grates also because at the time of their greatness they were born and were from a Portuguese colony. It stopped being so in 75 and had their first international game as a team in 1977, so after both Eusébio and Coluna's main accomplishments, including Champions League and World Cup greatness, and at a time they both had retired from playing in the Portuguese international team...so yeah, Mozambique could never have really used them.

[@lorenzmb]

Just to clarify, Zinedine Zidane was born in a small town on the coast of Marseille, his parents and four older siblings were Algerian born, but he wasn't.

[@G9Cr23]

I'm portuguese.. I'm proud to see Eusebio and Coluna, our legends,from Mozambique and from Benfica

[@Delboy0]

The list is even bigger for European players who qualify for African teams with African Parents. Benzema Nasri Balotelli Welbeck Khedira Jerome Boteng Prince Boteng Evra Matiudi Mandanda Selasie Ogabonna Nani Ben arfa Zidane

[@BB1_GH]

Zidane should have been at No.1, don't they know that Zidane is from Algeria?

[@alainmagera502]

Is he not from spain ? Sorry i'm new to football dont kno anything #Jonsnow

[@jaslepaih6778]

+Jefferson Fernandez He is not from Algeria. His parents are. Zidane was born in Marseille

+Jas Le Paih You will ALWAYS have the nationality of ur parents nomatter what

[@jaslepaih6778]

+Omar El Kaddouri I know that my dad is French I live in England but I'd still play for france. I was saying that he was born in France not Algeria it came across wrong

[@izz9267]

Yes he is algerian like nasri and benzema.

[@jamesiyer4937]

france and portugal are so damn lucky

[@ivobondptbe]

Guys, this video is about players who were born in Africa, not players with African roots

[@MrBestofGaming]

Good list

[@BIGBenfica9]

To be fair Eusébio and Mário Coluna couldn't play for Mozambique as it was a colony of Portugal by that time, also they ended the career before Mozambique had a NT in the first place.

[@SG98Films]

Claude Makélélé doesn't sound to french to me...

[@HoldVFX]

Love this

[@jaaroAr]

This was great, not enough is said about African players even in 2015

[@charlesdalton2689]

Jerome Boateng from Bayern was from Ghana like his brother Kevin-Prince Boateng but Jerome played for Germany I think

[@Four_Seasons58]

I remember mavuba when he was a career mode beast in FIFA 14

[@tonylyko8914]

Do Top Germans that never were for example podolski and klose, I hear schweinsteger or reus is half polish too and Schurrle's half side of the family is polish ??

[@xZander94x]

Schweinsteiger, Reus and Schurrle are full german (no polish family) But Klose and Podolski have polish origins

[@Worstedorphan]

TheZanderHD Reus father was English and his mother was half German and half Russian. But both lived in Germany.

[@ratzanavich]

Can anyone tell me what jacket Eli is wearing (like what brand)?

[@sergiooliveira4111]

Mozambique wasn't considered a country, it was part of Portugal, just like the island Cristiano Ronaldo is from.

[@sk8erx227]

I would like see both of you and f2 to do a tutorial or something

[@mustafaal-azzawi8464]

What about Asian Cup stats? Come guys it's as exciting or in my opinion more exciting than the ACON

[@George-lv6iy]

Pretty much the majority of players from the French euro 2016 squad

[@antonybrompton9990]

Wilfred zaha moves from ivory coast to England nation team

[@tgfreestyle6165]

Hey +Copa90 would you be able to mention me in one of your next videos please I love the videos and it would mean the world to me If it happened

[@kylemcnabola]

Mavuba's story is incredible!!

[@thafoedotcom]

Pele was born in Ghana

[@user-wk4iw8gt8r]

no way

[@alainmagera502]

+Vojo samo napred he really was

[@XDEdgarFifaGFXAndFifa123]

+Vojo samo napred he's talking about Abedi Pele

[@0Moreno0]

+Jordan Chesmin lol

[@MrWhazup123]

Please make one about Albanians, their everywhere but play for other teams, such as world cup winner Mustafi.

[@NickVennlig]

I don't believe the country highlighted/pictured to represent Angola is actually Angola. That country is the DR of Congo. Angola is the country to the south of it....

[@SanToninu]

France just has so many african players just because of the huge colonial empire we had in Africa.

[@frankunodostres473]

I always liked rio mavuba. now I respect him even more!

[@KltxAssassin]

Holy crap full respect to Rio Mavuba

[@nassirjama5544]

This is obvious but a player can be African without being born in africa

[@Abdi-libaax]

Zidane,Henry,benzema,nasri,Ronaldinho, super-Mario, dammit The French team.

[@saahdidrees5628]

Crossbar challenge f2 vs copa90!!!!

[@TheStuartWilkie]

Zinedine Zidane was born an Algerian. He's won the Champions League, La Liga, World Cup and Euro. How could you not have made this list without Zizou?

[@krs-yeezus5370]

Zidane was born in france..lol

[@itamarmaurina2504]

ballotieli was born in afraica but adopted by a rich italian family

[@GoldeneyeDoubleO7]

While this list is for those who were born in Africa, it should also be noted about those who are Africans and aren't playing for their national team. Zidane, Boateng, Alaba, Olisadebe.and so on

[@realatf1955]

I am so happy that i am from mozambique Eusebio & Mario

[@jsafc1327]

I go to Mozambique every three years, I'm from South Africa and it's a cool country.

[@deadpandan3585]

Why is the title the description and the video all say different things? The title doesn't even make sense the description says Africans that Never represented their country and the video is best africans tat didn't play in Africa.???

[@ouuflyy]

Mavuba is a mental BEAST.

[@augustusaquaticus4289]

word for word wikipedia

[@Marco-qu6uu]

Ikr

[@aralex22]

The awkward moment when you color the Democratic Republic of Congo instead of Angola at 2:25 when you talk about Mavuba's mom.

[@reecem4]

where's the news about Asian Cup, AUSSIE!!!

[@imkjj4533]

you guys forgot zindine zidane he was born in algeria and both of his parents are algerian

[@SeattleBoy81]

Do this for the Caribbean!!

[@peterbrown5584]

Eusebio has got to be on this note this is before I watched this video

[@SimonBA1999]

Eli loves that park

[@christianse9209]

Patrick Vieira is legend for City his trainer

[@mylesgrant8146]

Mavuba is a beast on FIFA get him!!

[@ari29]

the video is about players who were born in africa so players like zidane, benzema, nasri and so on dont qualify

[@LaasqorayRich]

on #1 should be Zinedine Zidane, he was actually an Algerian refugee.

[@MesFIFAplaya]

Where is zidane

[@Gasboy92]

he was born in France...

[@lawrencefifastar]

Thats hackney marshes right?

[@Djavan2499]

They showed DR Congo on the map for the last guy instead of Angola.

[@tricolor2712]

What about Patrice Evra, he was born in Senegal

[@aaronball148]

If your talking about today's game, then Boateng and khedira were both born in Africa were they not?

[@aroundthecorner4923]

Boateng was born in Berlin and Khedira was born near Stuttgart

[@jsafc1327]

Which country does Khedeira route to?

[@arfank199]

Khedira is half Tunisian.

[@GreysUES]

TheKabDriver *Turkish

[@arfank199]

Daniel Lucas No, he's half Tunisian. It's says on his Wiki page, and it says the same thing on his little brother Rani's page as well.

[@ArsenaKid]

Makélélé? Born in DR Congo(zaire) played for France

[@Gasboy92]

The most touching story at number 1? definitely not the best player at number 1

[@maxcasares3872]

mavuba doe i cry every tiem

[@hamzaelfilali1766]

Zidane could still have played for Algeria he should have been #1

[@edgararambula8393]

Wasn't Benzema born in Algeria?

[@jsafc1327]

Nope, Lyon in France.

[@zakmazza2508]

Upload xtreme fifa

[@kevinp9403]

zidane was born in Marseille but has algerian parents he could of played for Algeria but they thought he wasnt good enough

[@AmcG22]

Oh the folly of humans

[@kevinp9403]

amgtechy supposedly he was to slow

[@tayshaunirving4371]

paul pogba is african but he declares himself "FRENCH"

[@getawaycrew5368]

Where is George Weah?!!

[@weisswurschttv6138]

Nice

[@ericgarcia7592]

I swear all these fools saying "What about Zidane, Benzema?" They were BORN IN FRANCE. This list was made for African born players that decided to play for the country they grew up playing futbol till they reached professional level. Not players that have an African background. LEARN THE DIFFERENCE.

[@azizahmed2581]

France have around 3 - 5 french players in every major tournament

[@AndrewAndAhmed]

Ross Barkley? He has Nigerian roots and I'm not even joking

[@kylteri6031]

Wasnt Zidane originally from algeria?

[@numidianking9759]

Roy Carlsson Benzema,Nasri,and Nabil Fekir aswell.

[@GlobalFootball23]

+Roy Carlsson zidane was born in marseille but but his parents are algerian

[@adamabdullah8582]

I know they may not be greats but a lot of the Belgium team are not from Belgium! Benteke, Chadli, Fellaini, Dembele, Januzaj more..

[@superduperfreakyDj]

lol januzaj, fellaini and chadli fuck off m8 they're shit

[@zizou7857]

Dafuk happened to number 3???

[@pneal2049]

couldn't ballotelli have played for ghana i believe thats right

[@andreasvanderwal2639]

what about players who was born in europe and play for african teams like kevin prince boateng and demba ba

[@teeade]

It says "born at sea" but atleast say the sea he was born on..

[@GreysUES]

Well, there are only one see that borders the Angola. It's the Atlantic ocean.

[@kylemcevoy99]

What about zidane or Robert or benzema surely one of them should have made it

[@davidofportugal6795]

I am Benfica fan. 0:37

[@jsafc1327]

And I like SCP.

[@spbxl]

Most of the France 98 World Cup team!

[@matthewconti4893]

Ballotelli anyone? He was adopted by and Italian family from Ghana

[@nassirjama5544]

Football wise, Europe greatly benefited from the african nations they colonised.

[@SportsReplays]

Where's Samuel ETONIANS

[@nicolausoferraz]

This is list is just so obvious, Portugal and France (and maybe england) are the only ones to have african born players in their squads, plus, Eusebio and Mario Coluna were part of the same era and Mavuba, Desailly and Vieira were also part of the same era (kind of), plus where is Zidane? He was born in Algeria

[@linaz4223]

Where did you hear/read that Zidane was born in Algeria? (just curious) ^^

[@HappinessIbok]

Belgium too

[@1797charlie]

I'm pretty sure evra and Sagna were both born in Africa

[@VenomTNT]

Dude that's not Angola (in the map)

[@dod6031]

+Codename: Football the country shown was DR Congo (formerly Zaire) where his father was from.

[@Edgar.Brito0123]

doesnt matter. he said angola then highlights congo... clearly a lack of study.

[@edzothedon1487]

+Edgar Brito But then said Zaire after so it still makes sense.

[@Edgar.Brito0123]

Still wrong in saying Angola regardless

[@LeeFenech]

What about balotelli he is from ghana but he plays for italy.

[@LeeFenech]

+Peadar Ó Croidheáin no he was born in ghana but the five year rule made him eligble to play for italy

[@mattworman1]

They got the location of Angola wrong

[@cosmodippmar1955]

yeah it was congo that they showed

[@kurt7536]

ZIDANE AND BENTEKE

[@joewalker4413]

Nani was born in Cape Verde

[@joelgaming5033]

What about boatang

[@donfifaking11]

Man was born at sea ya know.