List of association footballers who have been capped for two senior national teams
In association football, the situation of players being capped for two senior national teams is fairly rare.[1][2] The list of these players includes only those who have been capped by two countries for senior matches. It does not include the far wider scope of those who have played at youth level (U23 or below) for one country then at senior level for another – something which became possible following a 2004 rule change,[3][4] then more common when an age limit was removed in 2009[5] – or the those who were eligible for more than one country, but only played for one.[6]
Non-inclusion categories
- Players whose original country ceased to exist and who then played for a successor state, prominent examples being those who had played for the Soviet Union (and/or Commonwealth of Independent States), East Germany, Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia in the early 1990s, or who played for one national team prior to a region becoming independent and then also played for that new state, for example the secession of South Sudan from Sudan. This contrasts to the situation with Kosovo in the 2010s when it became an official FIFA team: several players who had moved to other parts of Europe in childhood switched from those national teams (or Albania, which granted passports to those displaced ethnic Albanian persons) to play for Kosovo,[7][8] but this change was not automatic based on their birthplace, and as such those who made that choice are listed below (see Football in Kosovo).
- Players who were capped for one or more countries in a youth match and then a different country in senior matches.
- Players who appeared for non-affiliated regional teams such as Catalonia.
- Players who featured for more than one of the national teams representing Ireland in the second quarter of the 20th century, which are listed separately.
Eligibility
In the 20th century, FIFA allowed a player to represent any national team, as long as the player held citizenship of that country. Since 2004, in reaction to the growing trend towards naturalisation of foreign players in some countries, FIFA implemented a significant new ruling that requires a player to demonstrate a "clear connection" to any country they wish to represent.[9] Under current rules, in order for a player to switch nationalities, a player must not have played in a competitive fixture (that is, can only have played in friendlies for the first country),[10][11] and FIFA approval is necessary.[12]
List of players
2004–present
Prior to 2004
Notes
- Motta played for Brazil at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup, a senior tournament. However, Brazil were an invited guest and fielded an under-23 team, meaning that their players did not earn official caps for the tournament.[21]
- French Guiana, Martinique, and Guadeloupe are CONCACAF-affiliated, not FIFA-affiliated, which allowed the player to represent the team in after previously playing in official matches for the former nation
- Represented Guadeloupe, then represented France, then returned to representing Guadeloupe
- Represented Argentina in 1933, then represented Italy between 1934 and 1935, then represented Argentina again in 1937
- Represented Argentina between 1924 and 1928, then represented Italy between 1929 and 1935, then represented Argentina again in 1936
- Represented Argentina between 1929 and 1937, and represented Italy in the middle in 1935
- Represented Argentina in 1947, then represented Colombia in 1949, then represented Spain from 1957 to 1962
- Represented Bohemia and Moraivia in 1939 when it was annexed from Czechoslovakia
- From 1938 to 1945, Austria was part of Nazi Germany
- From 1938 to 1945, Austria was part of Nazi Germany. Returned to representing Austria following WWII
- Represented Czechoslovakia from 1946 to 1947, then represented Hungary in 1948, then represented Spain from 1953 to 1961
- Represented the two nations simultaneously, switching back and forth
- Came out of retirement for one day to play in an international friendly match representing Kuwait against the Soviet Union, at the request of the Kuwaiti Emir. He did not become a citizen of Kuwait.
- Represented Austria following re-independence from Germany after WWII
- Represented Haiti in 1944, then represented USA in 1950, then represented Haiti again in 1953
- Represented Hungary from 1939 to 1943, then represented Romania in 1946, then returned to representing Hungary in 197 and 1948
- Represented Kazakhstan in 1992, then represented Russia in 1994, then returned to representing Kazakhstan
- Played for Spain B in 1958
- Represented Germany following Polish annexation by Nazi Germany in WWII
- Represented Romania from 1939 to 1940, then represented Hungary from 1940 to 1943, then returned to representing Romania from 1945 to 1949
- Represented CIS prior to Tajikistan
- Represented Tajikistan in 1992, then represented Russia in 1994 and 1995, then represented Tajikistan agin in 1996
- Represented CIS before Ukraine
- Represented Soviet Union and CIS prior to Ukraine
- Uruguay from 1930 to 1934, then represented Italy in 1935 and 1936, then returned to representing Uruguay from 1936 to 1939
- Represented Soviet Union and CIS prior to Uzbekistan
See also
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