Greatest Africans That Never Were XI! Zidane, Evra & Balotelli
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These African teams could've dominated the world if some of the greats hadn't turned down the chance to play for them! Zidane, Vieira & Patrica Evra all turned down their country's!
Goalkeeper - Mandanda
Defenders - Selassie, Boateng, Desailly, Evra
Midfielders - Khedira, Vieira, Zidane
Forwards - El Shaarawy, Balotelli, Eusebio
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This could've easily been an entire french/African team.
Nah... Guys like Varane, Coman and Lemar are from Guadeloupe and Payet from Reunion. Besides the obvious white people
I am not talking about the entire current team, but every position throughout the years have had players of African descant.
Bang Nothing worng with that
Bang Many people in the comments and in generel just seem to make fun of it or talk about it in negative way. Like France's national team is fake or something
Simon Jørgensen if they really wanna call a team fake call the United States team fake, not one Native American on the team
Algeria could've been really good
they issed out on benzema also
So could England. But even with good players they are shit
Nasri too
And Nabil Fekir
england have a great set of talented youngsters, it's the manager i think
France is the first African team to win the world cup
True and they are the first african team reach to European cup final :)
Henry Dube no Uruguay
But the team is not full of africans. Just three of them are born in Africa and they have the french nationality.
it's wrong , in 1998 just 2 players are from africa
3 actually - Vieira, Zidane and Henry.
Evra has actually played in 5 champions league finals.
2004
2008
2009
2011
2015
Sohan Mirchandani Monaco 2004
Master55K too bad Barcelona exist
ED ™ and Juventus also
Basically the 1998 French World Cup squad
George 166 haha
George 166 Lolllll😂
France, Germany and Portugal all get a lot of players from emmigrants, more than other european nations I think.
George 166 yes
George 166 well the person that is on your profile pic is from Portugal. So yeah
I'm expecting a good amount of French players here
Karlo Justice expected
i expect a french team
im expecting the full french international team. :)
and a few germans
Karlo Justice
Algeria and Turkey could have had really good teams.
JM. Turkey would only have Ozil, Gundogan and Inler.
JM. Yeah mostly Algeria
Except you have to take German and French football player development in to consideration. There are a reason why France and Germany are world class and countries in Africa usually aren't
Simon Jørgensen then why is most of Frances team immigrants?
Jumpan23 #GOAT Several reasons. Football is a more popular among people with an Afircan ethnicity, many of them come from a poor background that makes them fight even harder to reach the top than many white people and of course their physical attributes give them an advantage but that is exactly my point. The physical attributes have proved to be less important if you don't combine them with the French ability to develop top players. If it was just physical attributes that decided how good of a football you could become then Senegal, Ghana etc would be the best in the world but they aren't. You need to give a lot of credit to France's ability to develop players.
Worst thing a Congolese can do is play for Belgium
Sims whats the difference between kongo and kongo DR
R u guys Congolese?
They are two different countries, sort of like the difference between France and Germany..
Fil Buric netherlands...
What about them? Whats that gotta do with what I said?
barcelona center back Samuel Umtiti was Born in Cameroon but grew up in France and plays for French national team .
Jordan Escobar they should've done subs as well
wow so cameroon could have had umtiti and matip at center back!
Except they probably wouldn't have been so good had they not grown up in France
Simon Jørgensen true .
hes not that good yet
Missed out all the Belgium-Congolese players like Lukaku Benteke Kompany etc.
Kompany is only half Congolese, Lukaku and Benteke are full congolese
bill bilwala missed out Youri Teliemans
bill bilwala Michy Batshuayi
bill bilwala zoba
Harry Kane Tielemans is mixed. This list is about full africans I think
I don't get how people confuse ethnicity and nationalities. Most countries do not define themselves by their ethnic background. If you take France, the current population have very varied ethnic origins. A son of a second generation Algerian born in France is not less or more French than the great grand son of an italian immigrant from the early 20th century.
The common aspect in football is that all of them received their football education and grew up in what they consider their home country. Of course they will have different family history.
But, thinking that every football player with dual citizenship make an opportunistic choice when to choose the country he will represent, is very short sighted. For most it comes as a natural decision. Either representing your home or honoring the origin or your family. Both choices are respectable.
aka France 's starting 11
Haha
Funny
i woudnt mock france for having so many african players, i think its great that a country full of talented players still gives opportunity to footballers from other continents to play for them
the france international club should be called africa all stars
Mackenzie Moore seriously french international CLUB?
France can participate in africa cup with 10cclubs or more
Zidane before mighty Fellaini? What kind of experts are you???
Pol anonymous ikr
Fellaini isn't a footballer.
hes a god
Pol anonymous fellaini is a straight up beast
uncle Pedophile fellaini may even be better than bendtner
It's a shame these guys don't play for the country their whole heritage is from in my opinion u have 2 be proud of where u come from
Omar Benitez I don't think its a matter of pride or shame, I just think that most players who aren't that good will play for the country that gives them more starts and minutes on the pitch. And the truly great players like Zidane will play for the country that gives them the chance of winning more silverware. Besides, why rob the viewers around the world of the chance to see these great players competing at the highest level so they could instead waste away playing for some north African shithole?
Dare to Zlatan Because there are cancerous people like you, who hates them for being non-European.
BlackHippy1220 they play for the country they grew up in. Dumbasd
They were raised in France, Germany, Or any other country in Europe or born in Europe they are cultural and by blood Europeans they are proud to be their heritage and background. Or are you implying that European heritage is not to be considered?
There's no shame at all. Some people choose not to for practical reasons. Some athletes receive better support, training, etc., from their adoptive countries than their birth nations. Sometimes, an athlete isn't wanted by their country's national team, and in order to further their careers or realize their dreams of playing at the international level, they choose to represent their adoptive nations.
Why don't you guys do a top 10 about Championship teams who used to be Giants
GameNation As a Leeds fan we'd probably be number 1 haha, hopefully we make playoffs this season though
Take this L What about Brian Cloughs Nottingham Forest
GameNation Portsmouth even tho their Efl league 2 also Nottingham leeds and more
Gfstar Gamers What about Aston Villa and Wigan
GameNation yh and blackburn maybe?
Like 60% of frances national team is not actually from france lol
Kokus Nuss they are from France they just have have parents who moved to France or whatever the country is if ur gonna say that then no one is really from anywhere cause everyone moved somewhere at some point in time
Oddo M yes, and wait for Spain because here there are a second generation of afican and arab immigration
How To Heal fair enough
Oddo M iñaki williams?
its more than that.
karim benzima and samir nasri algerien
@Young Entrepreneur Mbappe too
@Young Entrepreneur Aouar too
@Young Entrepreneur Benatia is french and Algerian and morrocain
One of the best Football player/country analysis videos I have seen. You have displayed a remarkable depth of understanding of Footballing history and player's origin stories. Hats off to you sire!
what about benzema
Grizzly Tube he's gonna represent the jail football team in the future
Pol anonymous lol
YOUSS SALVADOR lol😂
Grizzly Tube born and raised in france
+mohsin mahboob So was Zidane and he is on here. :)
BASICALLY JUST THE FRENCH NATIONAL TEAM LOL
CJR FOOTBALL ikr
CJR FOOTBALL 😂
Africa : so much wasted talents.
a continent so rich yet very poor.
A-med SB de plus riches France ou Algérie Algérie avoir un 250 millaer de dollars se réserve le argent
I could either play for France or England but I will never betray Algeria 🇩🇿
partly because you'd never get the call up mate.
Make top XI of Asian player
Mehdi ali 😂😂😂
Mehdi ali Asian can't play football
Markus Pro Markus in Asian literary means dick
Mehdi ali Asian suck sorry lol
Mehdi ali Asian players suck
8:22 solid banter Joe
That's great banter.
[Alan Partridge]
Football Daily there was no Nigerians😡
Michael Amazu OK
Its because its tallking about footballers who weren't actually african
DioIsNotAwesome
Great work 👍
Imagine if Africa as a continent turned into a football team and all the countries came together as one big football team.
Africa would be one of the worlds best football teams if that happened
You could say that with any continent XD
Not with Asia XD
CrazyBrick Well that's just stupid.
Not North America
imagine if the whole world turned into a football team then played against no one
Do the most improved bpl xi of 2016- with kanté, lallana, Herrera, Milner etc...
Robbie Faulkner herrera and kante always had the potential
J Hhhh yeah but they've improved compared to what they were in 2015
con 41 good one
Robbie Faulkner kante was amazing for leicster in the 2015-16 season herrera not so much but both amazing playeds
how can you consider flopba as one of the most improved player when he is actually still playing well under par to his best? Typical manure mindset.
England have a load of players with heritage of Jamaica and Ireland, Some from Poland and Africa too
David S who’s polish ?
@@Georgeg15 Phil Jagielka, Paul Konchesky and James Tarkowski
Ahmed Maclin ok cool
Jordan DeBow Trinidad and tabago I think
@Shack Jagielka has England caps (he played in Euro 2008) and Konchesky has one I think
Great video
So Africa won the 98 FIFA World Cup
2018*
Good one
Aquariuh_Sama 2022-2026-2030
And 2018
Emeka Justice and 2018
Pogba? i thought he was from Guinea
that's what I thought
His parents are but he was born near Paris
Zlatan Kiessler they probably didn't want only french players ha
lol
They can make a 100% French video
Mesut Özil, Emre Can and Gündogan could have played for turkey
NuttyFree turkey is not African?
I know lol im just saying, you know if they make another part
Germany developed these players though
turkey is euro-asian
Could have, could have, could have. But they didn't. You got Nuri Sahin, Yunus Malli, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Cenk Tosun , Ömer Toprak, Gökhan Töre, Altintop brothers, Kaan Ayhan... the list goes on and on. All born in Germany, all developed in Germany, all raised in Germany. Sure, not all will decide to play for Turkey. Respect the decision.
I could watch the videos from this channel all day
Good stuff!
Eusébio was born in Portugal as Mozambique, at the time, was part of the country
The Empire.
ZolaMagic25 yes. So, it was a region. Like Algarve is a region today
e africa e sempre vai ser, os portugueses penas ocuparam
+Eman Pharao Pharao Não deixa de ter nascido em território português na época. Como o Matateu, Vicente Lucas, Coluna, etc.
Miguel Mateus Yes, I realise that. What I mean is that it was part of their empire, not Portugal.
Where's Matuidi and William Carvalho being Angolan
Who would you drop from this team for them? I feel like this is a pretty solid list as it is.
Juskinen could've added subs
Matuidi was angolan descendence why the well he is playing for france?
Tiago Leal he was born in France
oh ok... is strange someone with angolan descendence dont be an portuguese or angolan... i know my english is terrible
This was fascinating!
good video football daily
Fekir Benteke Ogbonna Sakho Pogba Origi Lukaku Barkley Dele Alli dembele and many more
Dopey OG Lacazette doesn't count, he's Guadeloupean
stationkidd who said lacazette
benzema
David Alaba, Renato Sanchez, William Cavalho, Dani Welbeck, Ibrahim Affallay...etc
nasri
You could probably do the same with the greatest Ireland XI that never was. Goalkeeper might be an issue though.
Kieran Fitzgerald what do you mean
I assume he's talking about Irishmen representing England.
ZolaMagic25 more like players who could have played for Ireland but chose played for England/Scotland/USA/Australia/somewhere else.
Kieran Fitzgerald what players chose to play for other countries
Kieran Fitzgerald Pretty much just England really.
Loved it!
what about pogba
Cymes HD Pogba is born in france
Clorox Bleach but his parents are from guinea
Cymes HD yea but he is still French from birth. People that were mentioned on this list moved to Europe at a young age.
Zayad Ashraf ok I didnt hear them saying that
but zidane was born in marseille
Ghana, Algeria & Senegal.. They have the best players..
France is such a great and diverse country
Ruben Jensen Why is that a good thing?
Hyperion Why is that a bad thing?
+ev3rybodysuck5 grow up mate
+ev3rybodysuck5 you watch prager and Watson explains it all.
Hodor tell that to the families of the 136 dead in Paris and 86 dead in nice...
i subbed you have an amazing content.
Long live Algeria 🇩🇿
i expected benzema would be here
Aymen Haddoud he was born in Lyon I think
Hamza El Housseiny he has algerian heritage
Hamza El Housseiny yes but his parents are algerian and algerian football team called him and he refused
@@hamzaelhousseiny9553 where is the problem zidane was born in marseille
Top 10 European internationals born outside Europe.
10. Owen Hargreaves - England, born in Canada
9. Diego Costa - Spain, born in Brazil
8. Mauro Camoranesi - Italy, born in Argentina
7. Edgar Davids - Netherlands, born in Suriname.
6&5. Deco and Pepe - Portugal, born in Brazil
4. Clarence Seedorf - Netherlands, norn in Suriname.
3. Patrick Vieira - France, born in Senegal
2. Eusébio - Portugal, born in Mozambique
1. Alfredo di Stefano - Spain, born in Argentina
spd7693 Eusebio has no z in it, and Mozambique was technically a province of Portugal at the time.
Die Borussen
I read about Seedorf and he is actually from South Africa. At least according to Wikipedia.
+spd7693 Seedorf was born in Suriname South America
Angola FAPLA Suriname is in South not Central America
IBAROBLOX yes it is in South America
You also have Samir Nasri who could play for Algeria Fellaini could have played for morocco Ross Barkley could have played for Nigeria
but the players in the list are better
Yeah true considering it Fellaini and Nasri, Barkley the only decent player out of the 3
Dr DillyDally nasri was really really gud when he played for arsenal
Darragh Keary
Yeah tough 2 admit as an Arsenal fan but he was 2010-11 him and Wilshere were a deadly duo
luis nani and david alaba too.
Thanks Ben.
You could just use players from the French national team only and still be able to make this video.
where is paul pobga
Giggs should be there consider he has Sierra Leone bloodline
Latino boy pogba was XI 2015
Born in France
KRIEGLERR a lot of the other players here were also born in the European country. we're you not listening? Boateng for example
Latino boy and where's thierry henry
the KING
Tu és o nosso rei, Eusébio!
Descansa eternamente!
🖤
Pogba?????
Cody C from guinea
Elvis Morris Guinea is in Africa
You know the drill
0)Messi
1)Kaka
2)Modric
3)Pele
4) Neymar
5)Ramos
6)Aguero
7)Ronaldo
8)Maradona
9)Neuer
Maradona
nope 0)Kaka
#GamingForever 2 only 9 likes? HAHA U FAILURE
Im Ramos
Kaka
good vid
It's great to watch this video for me. Because i'm african New Zealander 🇹🇿 🇬🇭🇳🇿
Africa have so many great players
Gotta love Mondonda
Blinkyduck I think that's how it's pronounced.
+Life of Pie well that's awkward
Blinkyduck yeah gotta love mondonda😂
I wish Kenya kept hold of Divock Origi, we would have had the Origi brothers , Wanyama,Mariga and Oliech.
Mel Jumpman At least you had a US president
lol the choice would be weird though as he basically never lived there
Kenya could've also had Martin Olsson (his mother's Kenyan), but Olsson chose to play for his birth nation Sweden.
Thank you...
Me: Hey France, how many african players you have?
France: Yes
Renato Sanches,Kante,Nani,etc
Renato was born in Portugal, as well as Nani
Miguel Mateus Nani was born in Praia, which is in Cape Verde
stationkidd I think he was born in Amadora, near Lisbon. At least that is the info I can find on the Internet
Renato Sanches was born in Lisboa ffs. Nani was born in Cabo Verde
Toxic I think Nani is from Amadora
What about Ross Barkley he is Nigerian aswell as English
Cannes and Nice in a football daily video? Never thought this day would come...
Joe's commentary is amazing
90% of Brazils success was down to players of visible African DNA: Pele, Garincha, Carlos Alberto, Roberto Carlos, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Romario, Cafu etc so I'd throw them in as well
Are you saying white south Africans are less European?
Richard Francis pele was definitely african so i would put him in
Kaizyyy uhh his family also live Brazil 100’s of years
Warriors Panthers fan since 2015 he was born only 60 years after slavery ended in brazil
Atlantic slave trade was made illegal in the 1700's dude
Good video! How about a team of people who chose an African nation over a different team? E.g Coulibaly
Axel7043 love to see him race bolt
best football chan ever :D
Long live the King Eusébio!!
A fantastic person, wich i got the honour to meet.
Will this be the year Football Daily to get 1 million subscribers?
SeoulCalStudios nope
what about Ryan giggs?? he has a Sierra Leone heritage
I liked just because you pronounced Mandanda correctly.
Could u make a video,footballers who could be the next Vardy or a footballers who made it late?
Benzema?
Nick Gera Algeria
How To Heal Thats in North Africa
Hyperion yes
Still in Africa.
Yes. They'reall African on the continent of Africa. Just like everyone in the Americas is an 'American'.
Ross Barkley?
Adan Willams Benzema ?
Twins Barhoumi I know
Just because his granddad was Nigerian, doesn't mean he is
true
O Sn wait Ross Barkley's grandad is Nigerian? WTF
Did anyone else just connect when he said Zidane once smashed the dining room light as a kid, with that commercial with Beckham and Bale where he did that same thing😂
Good list, As a north african myself i couldn't agree more, I woul'd of added makelele though.
Pretty much 90% of France's national team
Then there is Lionel Messi. Could've play for spain but still chose Argentina. What a legend
Imesh Fernando Didn't know Spain was in Africa
Alex J Does that even make sense?
Imesh Fernando The title says the best AFRICANS that never were, not Europeans m8
Imesh Fernando lol your actually the most clueless fanboy
SkillzTV I know that bro. I'm saying many players mentioned here play for the better country but messi still play for Argentina. That's loyalty
Earth is for everyone, human created boundaries.
It throws up an interesting game of naming a world class eleven of players with alternative [but legitimate national teams] I remember Northern Ireland offered Wayne Rooney a call up when he was sixteen.
Great video, 10 minutes flew by!
Kazenga Peters actually it was 9:38 ;)
Callum Peach ffs I was gonna put 9 mins but made it 10 thinking someone prob won't correct me...
Kazenga Peters hehe
Claudio Gentile? He was born in Libya before being raised on the Peninsula.
I am so so excited.
Today you are looking forward to seeing African payer.
This video ended up the best way! Eusébio is a king in Portugal! Specially for Benfica fans
Do top 10 teams to never win the champions league
hint hint..... Arsenal
...........
Toby WoodsHD L
TwistedOracle hehehe
....Manchester City
Let's get to 100 subscribers without any videos he said top 10 teams...
African and South american players are the most talented
Ooh so ronaldo is not talented, gigi bufon not talented, de gea not talented ,sergio ramos,iniesta......Brruuhh don t say such stuff.
I remember viera in FIFA 07, I used to call him pops
Other players (some not great but notable):
- José Bosingwa (RB): Represented Portugal - Born in DR Congo
- Luís Nani (RM): Represented Portugal - Born in Cape Verde
- Claude Makélélé (CM): Represented France - Born in DR Congo
- Wilfried Zaha (LW) Represents England - Born in Ivory Coast
- Christian Benteke (FW) Represents Belgium - Born in DR Congo
Basically the entire french national team
it's crazy how Eusebio was considered Portuguese, the guy was Mozambican... but then again you could argue that Portugal gave him the platform
not crazy at all, since moçambique was Portugal at the time...
Mozambique was Portugal, So Eusebio was portuguese. He just changed continent.
Henry Dube everyone born in Angola and Mozambique and all other colonies before 1975 (when they got independence) are Portuguese, not just footballers
Do Top 10 players to watch at AFCON
9:05 Eusébio at goodison park 1966 World Cup!
pep didnt model boeteng!!! absolute bull!!!
David alaba's both parents are Nigerian you should have added him as one of the defenders
Michael Amosu his mother is Filipino
his dad is nigerian, his mom is filipina
I could have sworn this channel used to have 1 million subs
great