Alberto7 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Reading the post about Reda Agouram being contacted by the Moroccan FA gave me the idea to start this thread. What national teams could you play for, under FIFA rules, if you were good enough? For me there are two: Canada-Citizen of this great country since 1973(arrived in 1967) Morocco-My country of birth and that of my parents and all 4 grandparents. And you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Canada - Country of birth Italy - Country of my parents and grandparents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Canada, Italy if I wanted to serve in the army for a while first, and Hungary, if I wanted to do a whole ridiculous whack of paperwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yomurphy1 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Canada - would be my only option England Serbia Croatia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Soiunds like fun. Myself, Canada. Wee Elf, Canada and by way of grandparents England & France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Canada - Country of birth - one and only choice I would make England - Father and grandparents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Canada - me, my parents and grandparents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMarc Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Canada - I'm 14th generation canadian (Francophone) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-collins Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Canada for me. Kids would add Holland to the choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razcle Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Canada - From Birth in early 80's Romania from my Grandparents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThiKu Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Canada From Dad - Germany From Grandpa - Hungary From Great Grandparents (does this count?) - Scotland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Canada - I'm 14th generation canadian (Francophone) Formidable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kj52 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Norway or U.S. from grandparents, Canada from parents. Doubt if anyone would want someone my age though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soju Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 - Canada - England (grandparents) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Canada - country of birth Nothern Ireland - Grandmother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 At birth I think my options under the current rules would theoretically have been Scotland and the Republic of Ireland and I could easily have had both Northern Ireland and the Republic as hypothetical options up to the present day if my grandfather had not narrowly missed out on being born in Belfast. Think I lost my citizenship rights to the RoI in the 80s due to a change in nationality laws and a failure to have my birth registered with them by a certain date (my mother actually looked into it at the time but ran into problems on documentation due to there having been a fire in the central state records office in Dublin during the civil war in the 20s that wiped out a lot of birth certificate records for Donegal and not having access to the RC church's baptismal records instead due to the relevant ancestors being Presbyterian) so nowadays to cut a long and probably highly tedious story short it would be Canada and Scotland courtesy of naturalization in the former case. As a first generation immigrant I can see parent's birthplace eligibility as being a valid basis for national team selection in some cases and think people with a more clear cut national loyalty are often way too quick to criticize people with a more multi-faceted sense of identity on that but I have very little respect for grandparent eligibility because based on my own hypothetical what ifs in that regard I think the link is way too tenuous at that point if there has been no prolonged period of actual residence in the country involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpoma Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Canada & Italy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianSoccerFan Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Canada - I'm 14th generation canadian (Francophone) Is your last name Champlain or Cartier by chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ed Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Canada - I'm 14th generation canadian (Francophone) I would basically assume that most white Francophone Quebecois are long-long time Canadians. I find it amusing to see Transfermarkt has the French flag beside most of our Quebec based players as they surely can't be eligible for France. Me - Canada - England - paternal grandparents came over around 1905 - USA?? - maternal grandmother from the Ozarks - don't know how feasible that one is Oh, and add kj52's disclaimer for me too lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Myself Canada - Birth France - Father England - Mother Scotland - Maternal Grandfather My Daughter Canada - Birth Nicaragua - Mother France - Paternal Grandfather England - Paternal Grandmother USA - Maternal Grandfather (naturalized) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finchster Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Canada is the only nation I could play for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshieScores Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 South Korea - My birth country. Canada - #1 choice. Taiwan - Through my marriage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUFC Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Canada - Born Here Greece - Father's Birthplace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaub Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Canada through birth, Russia and Poland through grandparents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footscray Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 This is a fun thread, Canada only for myself, I'm 7th or 8th gen - my kids could play for Belgium or the Netherlands though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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