World Cup 2022: Which players have African roots?
World Cup 2022: Which players have African roots? Many players with African heritage are representing other nations.
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GROUP A
QATAR
Algeria/Morocco: Karim Boudiaf
Algeria: Boualem Kouki
Cape Verde: Pedro Miguel Carvalho “Ro-Ro”
Egypt: Ahmed Alaaldin
Ghana: Mohammed Muntari
Sudan: Meshaal Barsham, Musab Khedar, Abdulaziz, Assim Madibo, Almoez Ali
NETHERLANDS
Ivory Coast: Nathan Aké
Ghana: Jeremie Frimpong
Ghana/Togo: Cody Gakpo
GROUP B
ENGLAND
Nigeria: Bukayo Saka
WALES
Angola: Ben Cabango
Ghana: Ethan Ampadu
Sierra Leone: Sorba Thomas
UNITED STATES
Ghana: Yunus Musah
Liberia: Haji Wright, Timothy Weah
GROUP D
AUSTRALIA
South Africa: Keanu Baccus
South Sudan: Garang Kuol, Awer Mabil
DENMARK
Gambia: Alexander Bah
Tanzania: Yussuf Poulsen
FRANCE
Algeria: Karim Benzema
Algeria/Cameroon: Kylian Mbappé
Angola/Congo: Eduardo Camavinga
Benin: Jules Koundé
Cameroon: Aurélien Tchouameni, William Saliba
Guinea-Bissau: Dayot Upamecano
Mali: Ibrahim Konaté, Youssouf Fofana
Morocco: Mattéo Guendouzi
DR Congo: Steve Mandanda, Randal Kolo Muani, Axel Disasi
Senegal/Mali/Mauritania: Ousmane Dembélé
GROUP E
GERMANY
Burundi: Thilo Kherer
Cameroon: Armel Bella-Kotchap, Youssoufa Moukoko
Ivory Coast: Serge Gnabry
Nigeria: Jamal Musiala
Senegal: Leroy Sané
Sierra Leone: Antonio Rüdiger
SPAIN
Ghana: Nico Williams
Guinea-Bissau: Ansu Fati
GROUP F
BELGIUM
Ghana: Jeremy Doku
Morocco/DR Congo: Loïs Openda
DR Congo: Romélu Lukaku, Youri Tielemans, Michy Batshuayi
Senegal: Amadou Onana
CANADA
Ivory Coast: Ismaël Koné
Ghana: Richie Laryea
Liberia: Alphonso Davies
Nigeria: Ike Ugbo, Samuel Adekugbe
GROUP G
SWITZERLAND
Cameroon: Breel Embolo
Cape Verde: Edimilson Fernandes
Nigeria: Manuel Akanji, Noah Okafor
Senegal: Djibril Sow
South Sudan/DR Congo: Denis Zakaria
GROUP H
PORTUGAL
Angola: Nuno Mendes, William Carvalho, Joao Mario, Rafael Leao
Guinea-Bissau: Danilo Pereira
Alexis BILLEBAULT