Patrick Vieira born in Dakar, Senegal
Claude Makélélé born in Kinshasa, Zaire
David Sergio Trézéguet is a French-Argentine football striker.
Vikash Dhorasoo who is of Indo-Mauritian origin....
Alou Diarra is a French footballer of Senegalese descent.
Zinedine Yazid Zidane is a former French football player of Kabyle ethnicity.
Éric Abidal is a French international footballer of Martiniquan descent.
Jean-Alain Boumsong born in Cameroon.
Sidney Govou is a football player from France of Beninese descent.
Florent Malouda born in Cayenne, French Guiana located on the northern coast of South America.
Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the eastern Caribbean Sea
Sylvain Wiltord is a French football forward of Guadeloupian descent.
Louis Laurent Saha is a French international footballer of Guadaloupian descent.
Lilian Thuram born Ruddy Lilian Thuram-Ulien, in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.
2006-08-28 17:47:52 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
These players all play for the French international team.
2006-08-28 17:49:57 · update #1
"""national""" not inter, sorry
2006-08-28 17:50:35 · update #2
well, france is diverse and it just happens that their best soccer players were born elsewhere.. except for Thierry Henry.. he is just a bad *** (as is Zidane)
2006-08-28 17:57:02 · answer #1 · answered by sqrly 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I've checked it, it's right.
What was the point?
Are they black (Zidane is Arab)?
Are you concerned?
Could it be your list was incomplete? Here are some suggestions ---
Marie-Jose Perec, she was born in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe and moved to Paris when she was 16 years old. Here are some achievements -
Olympics
Gold 1992 Barcelona 400 metres
Gold 1996 Atlanta 200 metres
Gold 1996 Atlanta 400 metres
World Championships
Gold 1991 Tokyo 400 metres
Gold 1995 Gothenburg 400 metres
EAA European Championships
Bronze 1990 Split 400 metres
Gold 1994 Helsinki 400 metres
Gold 1994 Helsinki 4x400 metres relay
And, if this isn't enough, here's a list of Guadeloupe natives linked.
And again, what's the point?
1. They're black
2. They're French
3. They're football players - or athletes
4. They're the BEST French football players - or athletes
France is a multi ethnic country since many years, England have a lot of black football players too, and their best athletes in sprint are blacks.
Italy - as well as other countries is becoming the same. It'll take only fifteen years to have black and Arab players in Italy. Liverani and Ferrari have caps and African descent.
Btw - You make think a lot about DESCENT - do you know your descent and does it affect your life?
My father was born near France border. Since the middle 1800 Italian Sardinia Kingdom ruled Nice county. It's impossible to me to know if I have French ancestors - it's likely - and I'm NOT CONCERNED AT ALL ABOUT THIS. My mother was born at 30 Kms from Slovenian border - and less than 100 Kms from Austrian border, and this area was invaded MANY TIMES during history from Eastern Europe --- so --- what's my descent? I guess I won't ever know it, because I'm not concerned at all ....
Italy always was a lesser country in athletics. Now we have a promising young champion, the name is Andrew Howe-Besozzi.
He's black, born in Los Angeles, gold medal in long jump at Goeteborg the last month...
Please let me know what must I do -
Be concerned about his skin?
Be concerned about his USA descent?
I'm waiting - meanwhile I'm doing as always - SUPPORTING THE BEST ITALIAN ATHLETE - and celebrating his Gold Medal.
BRAVO ANDREW!!!
Italy is proud with you!!!
2006-08-29 06:21:59 · answer #2 · answered by erri 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't matter that all these players are not white, who cares? They are human beings. They were all either born in France or are French citizens, who cares about the colour of their skin or where their parents were born? Nobody can choose those things. Yeah, Zidane is of Algerian descent, Trezeguet of Argentine descent, Henry of Martiniquean, Vieira of Senegalese, and so on...why does it matter? French doesn't always equal white. Don't be an ignorant racist!
2006-08-29 01:15:37 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
no racism please..does it really matter? all of those players hold the French citizen,so they have the right to play for France..and France's multi-racial football team is a symbol of no racism and prejudice and discriminations going on in the team..
2006-08-29 05:18:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it is cool...and just bc they were born in different countries or french territories, they are all still french. and hey, i'm not going to complain about that as they are an excellent team...
2006-08-29 10:44:58 · answer #5 · answered by sweetpanther08 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats really hilarious stuff. French don't have their own product. They have to borrow the players from outside. Sore Loosers.
2006-08-29 10:33:53 · answer #6 · answered by lance 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Thats perfectly fine because France are a great team.....
2006-08-29 04:22:57 · answer #7 · answered by (^_^) 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
does it really matteR? they are all FRENCH citizens. and plus they were raised n France so wat matters where they r from? as long as they play great football. who cares? zidane is a legend, have some respect. other national teams probly are same as france--diverse. so who cares?
2006-08-29 01:09:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
that just shows that how much guys like france an that there is no racial prejudice in france..
2006-08-29 05:09:15 · answer #9 · answered by ??????? 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is beautiful, I'm so proud of the French diversity, thanks for pointing it out.
2006-08-29 01:21:14 · answer #10 · answered by At Last WC2010 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋