Top 5 African Players That Never Were

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  • @uztre6789
    @uztre6789 9 лет назад +190

    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
      @lawrencetallis4328 9 лет назад +22

      Good knowledge!

    • @Win360
      @Win360 9 лет назад +6

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

    • @copa90football
      @copa90football  9 лет назад +46

      touché!

    • @Win360
      @Win360 9 лет назад

      Copa90 lol

    • @davidofportugal6795
      @davidofportugal6795 9 лет назад +1

      Thanks you
      Because i am Benfica fan

  • @GarethWareth
    @GarethWareth 9 лет назад +5

    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
    @zinozizu100 9 лет назад +145

    ZIDANE? He's a fellow Algerian

    • @copa90football
      @copa90football  9 лет назад +63

      He was born in Marseille.

    • @noelnoni7310
      @noelnoni7310 9 лет назад +8

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

    • @ivobondptbe
      @ivobondptbe 9 лет назад +7

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

    • @sikemnkwawir9718
      @sikemnkwawir9718 9 лет назад +3

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

    • @aptand
      @aptand 9 лет назад +7

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

  • @highbaws
    @highbaws 9 лет назад +137

    The whole France 1998 was mostly africans

    • @benficafifa9623
      @benficafifa9623 9 лет назад +53

      the whole France team now is mostly African

    • @wiglaftheloyal7954
      @wiglaftheloyal7954 9 лет назад +5

      No originally french player right now is actually a good player

    • @Ausomifacation
      @Ausomifacation 9 лет назад +7

      Alp Asanoglu Ribery, Benzema, Lloris?

    • @TheBrar7
      @TheBrar7 9 лет назад +46

      Ausomifacation Benzema is algerian

    • @moritzpbbarvencik
      @moritzpbbarvencik 9 лет назад +8

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

  • @Delboy0
    @Delboy0 9 лет назад +31

    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
      @Ibe72891 9 лет назад

      haha danny welbeck

    • @Blinko7
      @Blinko7 9 лет назад +1

      william ibekwe He was born in Manchester anyway

    • @Delboy0
      @Delboy0 9 лет назад +1

      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
      @Blinko7 9 лет назад +2

      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
      @matiasavellanal5244 9 лет назад +7

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

  • @GarethWareth
    @GarethWareth 9 лет назад +29

    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
      @kobenoyashi3394 9 лет назад +2

      Pretty deep, but a lot of truth to this

    • @GarethWareth
      @GarethWareth 9 лет назад

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

    • @kobenoyashi3394
      @kobenoyashi3394 9 лет назад

      ?

    • @GarethWareth
      @GarethWareth 9 лет назад

      ***** tupac

    • @wertin200
      @wertin200 9 лет назад +1

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

  • @sidiyer841
    @sidiyer841 9 лет назад +30

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

    • @copa90football
      @copa90football  9 лет назад +38

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

    • @sidiyer841
      @sidiyer841 9 лет назад

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

    • @JasonGair
      @JasonGair 9 лет назад +2

      Zidane was born in algeria

    • @Ayotwotimes
      @Ayotwotimes 9 лет назад +1

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

    • @Yassiene
      @Yassiene 9 лет назад +9

      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.

  • @G9Cr23
    @G9Cr23 9 лет назад +1

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

  • @392_Matt
    @392_Matt 9 лет назад +10

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

    • @jsafc1327
      @jsafc1327 9 лет назад +1

      Henry, Sterling and who else?

    • @irvkoi
      @irvkoi 9 лет назад

      ASHLEY YOUNG

    • @KltxAssassin
      @KltxAssassin 9 лет назад +1

      Defoe's from around there isn't he?

    • @youngsmoove21
      @youngsmoove21 9 лет назад

      Tables 13 sturridge is jamaican i think

    • @anishmahabiersing6473
      @anishmahabiersing6473 9 лет назад +1

      Seedorf and davids both from Suriname

  • @dedeedegh981
    @dedeedegh981 8 лет назад +13

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

    • @alainmagera502
      @alainmagera502 8 лет назад

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

    • @jaslepaih6778
      @jaslepaih6778 8 лет назад

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

    • @jaslepaih6778
      @jaslepaih6778 8 лет назад

      +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
      @izz9267 8 лет назад +2

      Yes he is algerian like nasri and benzema.

    • @GamerBoy-ij2sv
      @GamerBoy-ij2sv 4 года назад

      Ghana fuo he wasn’t born in Algeria tho and they said players who were BORN in africa

  • @michaelrosen6695
    @michaelrosen6695 9 лет назад

    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

  • @evertog
    @evertog 9 лет назад

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

  • @jamesiyer4937
    @jamesiyer4937 9 лет назад +3

    france and portugal are so damn lucky

  • @Johnny63749
    @Johnny63749 9 лет назад

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

  • @SG98Films
    @SG98Films 8 лет назад +2

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

  • @kylemcnabola
    @kylemcnabola 9 лет назад

    Mavuba's story is incredible!!

  • @Delboy0
    @Delboy0 9 лет назад +1

    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

  • @Four_Seasons58
    @Four_Seasons58 8 лет назад

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

  • @augustusaquaticus4289
    @augustusaquaticus4289 9 лет назад +4

    word for word wikipedia

  • @bentn13
    @bentn13 9 лет назад

    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.

  • @charlesdalton2689
    @charlesdalton2689 9 лет назад

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

  • @Abdi-libaax
    @Abdi-libaax 9 лет назад +1

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

  • @George-lv6iy
    @George-lv6iy 8 лет назад +2

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

  • @KltxAssassin
    @KltxAssassin 9 лет назад +1

    Holy crap full respect to Rio Mavuba

  • @MrBestofGaming
    @MrBestofGaming 9 лет назад

    Good list

  • @realatf1955
    @realatf1955 9 лет назад +3

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

    • @jsafc1327
      @jsafc1327 9 лет назад +2

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

  • @moj9081
    @moj9081 9 лет назад

    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...

  • @BIGBenfica9
    @BIGBenfica9 9 лет назад

    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.

  • @thafoedotcom
    @thafoedotcom 8 лет назад +7

    Pele was born in Ghana

  • @HoldVFX
    @HoldVFX 9 лет назад

    Love this

  • @frankunodostres473
    @frankunodostres473 9 лет назад

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

  • @antonybrompton9990
    @antonybrompton9990 8 лет назад

    Wilfred zaha moves from ivory coast to England nation team

  • @jaaroAr
    @jaaroAr 9 лет назад

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

  • @sansari99
    @sansari99 9 лет назад

    Eli loves that park

  • @ivobondptbe
    @ivobondptbe 9 лет назад +1

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

  • @lorenzmb
    @lorenzmb 9 лет назад

    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.

  • @sergiooliveira4111
    @sergiooliveira4111 8 лет назад +2

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

  • @mylesgrant8146
    @mylesgrant8146 9 лет назад

    Mavuba is a beast on FIFA get him!!

  • @ouuflyy
    @ouuflyy 9 лет назад

    Mavuba is a mental BEAST.

  • @sk8erx227
    @sk8erx227 9 лет назад

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

  • @MesFIFAplaya
    @MesFIFAplaya 9 лет назад +6

    Where is zidane

    • @Gasboy92
      @Gasboy92 9 лет назад +4

      he was born in France...

  • @saahdidrees5628
    @saahdidrees5628 9 лет назад

    Crossbar challenge f2 vs copa90!!!!

  • @ratzanavich
    @ratzanavich 9 лет назад

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

  • @SeattleBoy81
    @SeattleBoy81 9 лет назад

    Do this for the Caribbean!!

  • @christianse9209
    @christianse9209 9 лет назад

    Patrick Vieira is legend for City his trainer

  • @peterbrown5584
    @peterbrown5584 9 лет назад

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

  • @reecem4
    @reecem4 9 лет назад

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

  • @aralex22
    @aralex22 9 лет назад

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

  • @maxcasares3872
    @maxcasares3872 9 лет назад

    mavuba doe i cry every tiem

  • @tonylyko8914
    @tonylyko8914 9 лет назад

    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
      @xZander94x 9 лет назад

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

    • @Worstedorphan
      @Worstedorphan 9 лет назад

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

  • @MrWhazup123
    @MrWhazup123 9 лет назад

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

  • @NickVennlig
    @NickVennlig 9 лет назад +1

    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....

  • @edgararambula8393
    @edgararambula8393 9 лет назад +3

    Wasn't Benzema born in Algeria?

    • @jsafc1327
      @jsafc1327 9 лет назад +1

      Nope, Lyon in France.

  • @ArsenaKid
    @ArsenaKid 9 лет назад

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

  • @itamarmaurina2504
    @itamarmaurina2504 9 лет назад

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

  • @TheStuartWilkie
    @TheStuartWilkie 9 лет назад

    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?

  • @kylteri6031
    @kylteri6031 9 лет назад +3

    Wasnt Zidane originally from algeria?

    • @numidianking9759
      @numidianking9759 9 лет назад

      Roy Carlsson Benzema,Nasri,and Nabil Fekir aswell.

    • @WildeKlaxon
      @WildeKlaxon 8 лет назад

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

  • @hamzaelfilali1766
    @hamzaelfilali1766 9 лет назад +1

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

  • @LaasqorayRich
    @LaasqorayRich 9 лет назад

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

  • @SanToninu
    @SanToninu 9 лет назад +1

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

  • @tayshaunirving4371
    @tayshaunirving4371 9 лет назад

    paul pogba is african but he declares himself "FRENCH"

  • @tricolor2712
    @tricolor2712 9 лет назад

    What about Patrice Evra, he was born in Senegal

  • @GoldeneyeDoubleO7
    @GoldeneyeDoubleO7 9 лет назад

    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

  • @nassirjama5544
    @nassirjama5544 9 лет назад +2

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

  • @Gasboy92
    @Gasboy92 9 лет назад +1

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

  • @getawaycrew5368
    @getawaycrew5368 9 лет назад

    Where is George Weah?!!

  • @spbxl
    @spbxl 9 лет назад

    Most of the France 98 World Cup team!

  • @azizahmed2581
    @azizahmed2581 9 лет назад

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

  • @mustafaal-azzawi8464
    @mustafaal-azzawi8464 9 лет назад

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

  • @AndrewAndAhmed
    @AndrewAndAhmed 9 лет назад

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

  • @Djavan2499
    @Djavan2499 9 лет назад

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

  • @zakmazza2508
    @zakmazza2508 9 лет назад

    Upload xtreme fifa

  • @SportsReplays
    @SportsReplays 9 лет назад

    Where's Samuel ETONIANS

  • @kurt7536
    @kurt7536 9 лет назад +1

    ZIDANE AND BENTEKE

  • @ilijatrojanovic8619
    @ilijatrojanovic8619 9 лет назад

    Did you seriously forget Zidane? hahaha

  • @lawrencefifastar
    @lawrencefifastar 9 лет назад

    Thats hackney marshes right?

  • @weisswurschttv6138
    @weisswurschttv6138 9 лет назад

    Nice

  • @zizou7857
    @zizou7857 9 лет назад

    Dafuk happened to number 3???

  • @archiemclean1203
    @archiemclean1203 9 лет назад

    Pogba and Balotelli

  • @imkjj4533
    @imkjj4533 9 лет назад

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

  • @pneal2049
    @pneal2049 9 лет назад

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

  • @teeade
    @teeade 9 лет назад +3

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

    • @GreysUES
      @GreysUES 9 лет назад

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

  • @tgfreestyle6165
    @tgfreestyle6165 9 лет назад

    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

  • @oliverribeiro4093
    @oliverribeiro4093 9 лет назад

    Eusébio e Coluna

  • @donfifaking11
    @donfifaking11 9 лет назад

    Man was born at sea ya know.

  • @zakmazza2508
    @zakmazza2508 9 лет назад

    Honestly xtreme fifa was the best thing on this channel

  • @kevinp9403
    @kevinp9403 8 лет назад

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

    • @AmcG22
      @AmcG22 8 лет назад +1

      Oh the folly of humans

    • @kevinp9403
      @kevinp9403 8 лет назад

      amgtechy supposedly he was to slow

  • @mattworman1
    @mattworman1 8 лет назад +1

    They got the location of Angola wrong

  • @lmgo1674
    @lmgo1674 9 лет назад

    #HYPE IN THE CHAT

  • @amingamer2737
    @amingamer2737 9 лет назад +1

    Vincent Kompany Congo

  • @funder5torm
    @funder5torm 9 лет назад

    where is Makelele?

  • @ari29
    @ari29 9 лет назад

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

  • @deadpandan3585
    @deadpandan3585 8 лет назад

    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.???

  • @kylemcevoy99
    @kylemcevoy99 9 лет назад

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

  • @lucascampbell8317
    @lucascampbell8317 9 лет назад

    Ballotelli

  • @jayd4049
    @jayd4049 8 лет назад

    RONALDO HAIR CUT IS A SOUTH SIDE FADE

  • @joewalker4413
    @joewalker4413 9 лет назад

    Nani was born in Cape Verde

  • @tedglenforpm
    @tedglenforpm 9 лет назад

    Danny welbeck Ghana to England

  • @sorankurdi
    @sorankurdi 9 лет назад +1

    Sagna, Kompany, Diarra

  • @andreasvanderwal2639
    @andreasvanderwal2639 9 лет назад

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