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France: The Best African Team by ofurufu(m): 9:30am On Jul 02, 2008 |
Who says CIV or Egypt is the best African team. It is France,the stealer of African-French players The French National Team- 46 Recent National call- ups (Players born in Africa) Steve Mandanda Kinshasa, Zaire Jean-Alain Boumsong Douala, Cameroon Patrice Evra Dakar, Senegal Patrick Donalé Vieira Dakar, Senegal Claude Makélélé Sinda Kinshasa, Zaire (Now Congo) Rio Antonio Zoba Mavuba Born at sea Angolan and Congolese descent 6 players approximtely 1 out of 8 players called up Players with African descent (slippery slope here, all born in France) Bacary SagnaSens, France Senegalese descent Alou Diarra Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France Malian descent Hatem Ben ArfaClamart (Hauts-de-Seine), France Tunisian descent Vassiriki Abou DiabyParis, France Ivorian descent Djibril Cissé Arles, France Ivorian descent With these 5 added, it accounts for less than 25% of the National Team Many of these players will consider themselves as French Other "minorities" French Overseas Department (Born Overseas) Florent Malouda Cayenne, French Guiana, France Lilian Thuram Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, Frédéric Piquionne Nouméa, New Caledonia (Born in France with oversea descent) Éric AbidalLyon, France Martinique descent William Gallas Asnières-sur-Seine, France Guadeloupian descent __________________ |
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