A record number of players at AFCON 2023 were born in a foreign country and their presence in their origin country’s football teams is hailed as a win for the game on the continent.

A record number of players at AFCON 2023 were born in a foreign country and their presence in their origin country’s football teams is hailed as a win for the game on the continent.

By Joel Omotto via bird story agency Twenty-four nations, divided in six groups, are competing at the delayed 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in the Ivory Coast but the most striking aspect is the large number of players born outside of Africa. The 2023 tournament has a number of global superstars setting it alight and of the 630 selected for the various nations, 200 were not born on the continent. […]

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African Cup of Nations

A record number of players at AFCON 2023 were born in a foreign country and their presence in their origin country’s football teams is hailed as a win for the game on the continent.

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