8 Famous Footballers Who Betrayed Their Country

Messi letting an entire country down and but pay almost starting a family Civil War damn these are the eight players who betrayed their countries and wait till you see the stuff Diego Costa did that almost had him killed but first up erling Holland missed out on the chance to create the deadliest attack in International Football Holland is a beast he's still only 23 but he's won the Champions League premier league and smashed the record for the most goals in a season for Norway Holland's record is equally impressive the dude has 24 goals in 25 games

but you see guys it could have all been different if Holland had chosen another path even though both his parents are from Norway erling was born in the city of Leeds while his dad still played for the club in 2000 meaning he was eligible to represent England at the National Team level still erling chose Norway and his reasons are pretty clear I lived in Norway for such a long time so then it was natural for me to choose Norway imagine Holland Kane and rashford and the same England team man they'd have Defenders pissing themselves it's

easy to understand why Holland chose Norway but for Jamal mosiala it was the ultimate betrayal to most case is pretty interesting his dad isn't a Tyrion who moved to Germany and got married to Jamal's mom and that's where he was born in Stuttgart but when Jamal was just seven they moved to England and Jamal joined the Chelsea Academy to develop his skills immediately the National Youth team coaches saw Jamal play they knew the kid was talented and soon Jamal was already linking up with Ballers like Jude Bellingham and Phil foden in the England under 17s

everyone thought he was going to be part of the next generation of England Ballers but in 2021 just before the start of the Euros Jamal decided to play for Germany who's he was born there and according to him it felt right talk about Shattered Dreams the English fans were crushed but at least they weren't losing out on both ends because while Jamal decided to leave they had another Next Generation baller itching to get some Three Lions action okay Osaka isn't your typical English name and that's because both his parents are from Nigeria yeah his parents

migrated to London in the 90s and Saka was born there in 2001. from an early age the kid showed signs of becoming a real talent and he represented England at all youth levels until it was time to choose what national team he wanted to play for Sako was born in England so his decision should have been natural but it wasn't that easy man because the Nigerian fa were pressing on him to come play for them and even sent officials to convince him England wasn't going to give up on Saka that easily so they too had

conversations with him and once Saka heard Garris Southgate was planning on calling him up to the national team it was game over he chose England damn two countries fighting over you is wild but three just ask him but Bay Killian mbappe is a machine goals assists skills he won his first World Cup as a teenager man honey couldn't even bag a high school date right after bursting onto the scene with Monaco in 2016 and but pay was one of the most hyped kids in the globe and legit had countries fighting for him his dad Wilfred

mbappe is from Cameroon and his mom faiza lamry is from Algeria but you know the crazy part and but pay was born in France now he had a really tough decision to make because all three countries wanted him to put on their national team jersey and in the end IMO pay had already made up his mind but just before you jump to any conclusions it was in France I wanted my son to play for the Cameroon national team but the Football Federation charged a certain amount that I didn't have that was Killian's dad talking and

because of that him upay decided to play for France instead with one World Cup a Golden Boot and a UEFA Nations league title later can't say the same for Messi though because if he chosen differently he could have ended the goat debate in 2010. back when he was just starting out in the early 2000s Messi was already showing the whole world how talented he was and because of this there were some serious heat about his International future by this time the dodo drafted Messi's first contract at barsa Carlisle wanted Messi to stay in Spain all

his career so he began pushing to the Spanish fa to get messy on the national team but Messi's form had already attracted Argentina's attention and once they found out the stuff for Shaq wanted to do they immediately arranged two under 20 friendlies against Paraguay in Uruguay just so messy could make his debut and after scoring three goals in these two games he got promoted to the under-20s under 23s and then the senior team according to Messi himself picking Argentina was a no-brainer but just imagine Leo in that epic Spanish team game that won the Euros

in 2008 and 2012 and the World Cup in 2010 he could have iced Ronaldo early on Messi decided not to play for Spain because of his love for his home country but Pepe chose the other way for the same reason Pepe is a football legend facts yeah the dude might act crazy sometimes and hit an off switch I mean seriously who would want to get into an argument with him but the truth is he's one of the greatest Defenders of his generation when it comes to International Football Pepe is one of the first names for

the Portuguese national team and is still going strong even at 40 but there's just one catch he isn't even Portuguese well technically at least because he was born in Brazil and only moved to Portugal as an 18 year old on trial and martimo funkal but after seeing how kind the people of Portugal are and falling in love with the kind country Pepe accepted the offer to play for the other Saleh Sao in 2007 and hasn't looked back ever since he's since then won the euros and the Nations league and even became the oldest player to

score in the World Cup after a thumping header against Switzerland in the round of 16 last year Pepe ditched Brazil because of the love from the other side but for Diego Costa it was all out of pure hate Diego Costa is one of the most controversial ballers in the history of the game and in 2013 he reached the height of it see Costa was born in Brazil and was automatically up for the Brazilian national team selection and after an impressive season at Atletico Madrid in 2012 Costa got called up to the national team the following

year for friendlies against Italy and Russia now with Brazil looking for a new number nine for the World Cup on home Turf Costa was expected to lead the line at the tournament but in December that year he dropped a huge bombshell that made everything explode Costa was granted Spanish citizenship in 2013 and then wrote a letter to the Spanish Federation stating his wish to play for the Spanish national team the balls on this guy the Brazilian coach Luis Felipe Scolari publicly shame Costa's actions removed him from Brazil's selection and Costa eventually got his wish hen

was now registered as a Spanish player by the fa in the 2014 World Cup he was booed in every game didn't score a single goal and there were even rumors of death threats and attacks planned by Brazilian locals against him see guys not every baller switching countries is like Costa some dudes don't have a choice and for Alfonso Davis the only reason he switched national teams is because they save his life Alfonso Davis was born in Ghana but at the 2022 World Cup he was the captain of Canada and here's why see both his parents

are from Liberia but they had to lead the country during a Civil War and moved to Ghana over there the conditions weren't any better and according to Davis himself they sometimes had to carry guns for their safety Davis and his parents eventually migrated to Canada and after settling in he quickly began developing his football skills got signed to the Vancouver Whitecaps and from there got the move of a lifetime to join Bayern Munich Davis made his debut for the Canadian national team in June 2017 at just 16 years becoming the youngest baller to ever do

so he also stated that the Ghanaian fa tried to reach out to him after hearing of his move to Bayern but by then it was already too late late because he decided to be loyal to the country that saved his life and gave him a career guys I'm a huge Davis fan to be honest and not just because I've watched all his Tick Tock reels but also because he subscribed to goal Zone by hitting the button down below oh yeah that's my homie right there