Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Could Have Been in CONCACAF

Prominent European players that have family roots in CONCACAF-based nations.

Antigua and Barbuda
Emile Heskey (Newcastle Jets)
Colin Kazim-Richards (Bursaspor)

Barbados
Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
Tom Ince (Blackpool)
Fitz Hall (former Watford)
Tom Soares (Bury)

Canada
Jonathan de Guzman (Swansea City)
Asmir Begovic (Stoke City)
Steven Vitoria (Benfica)
Ricardo Ferreira (Olhanense)

CuraƧao
Gregory van der Wiel (PSG)
Jetro Willems (PSV)
Vurnon Anita (Newcastle United)
Leandro Bacuna (Aston Villa)
Leroy Fer (Norwich City)
Hedwiges Maduro (Sevilla)

Dominica
Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur)
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Bristol City)
Kieran Agard (Rotherham United)

Grenada
Bradley Wright-Phillips (NY Red Bulls)
Shaun Wright-Phillips (QPR)
Cameron Jerome (Crystal Palace)
Ashley Young (Manchester United)

Guadeloupe (non-FIFA member, CONCACAF member)
William Gallas (free agent)
Eric Abidal (Monaco)
Thierry Henry (NY Red Bulls)
Mikael Silvestre (Portland Timbers)
Sylvain Distin (Everton)
Etienne Capoue (Tottenham Hotspur)
Yoann Gouffran (Newcastle United)
Kevin Theophile-Catherine (Cardiff City)
Dimitri Foulquier (Granada CF)
Allan Blaze (Genoa)
Anthony Martial (Monaco)
Jonathan Biabiany (Parma)
Alexander Lacazette (Olympique Lyonnais)
Julian Jeanvier (Lille OSC)
Daniel Congre (Montpellier)
Jerome Roussillon (Sochaux)
Claude Dielna (Ajaccio)
Jeremy Sorbon (Guingamp)

Guyana
Martin Braithwaite (Toulouse)

Haiti
Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (Monaco)

Jamaica
Theo Walcott (Arsenal)
Jermaine Pennant (Stoke City)
Ashley Young (Manchester United)
Anthony Gardner (Sheffield Wednesday)
Luke Moore (Elazigspor)
Darren Bent (Fulham)
Aaron Lennon (Tottenham Hotspur)
Raheem Sterling (Liverpool)
Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool)
Aaron McLean (Hull City)

Martinique (non-FIFA member, CONCACAF member)
Axel Witsel (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Nicolas Anelka (West Bromwich Albion)
Peter Luccin (FC Dallas)
Gael Clichy (Manchester City)
Sylvain Marveaux (Newcastle United)
Joris Marveaux (Montpellier)
Loic Remy (Newcastle United)
Raphael Varane (Real Madrid)
Jordan Loties (Osasuna)
Anthony Modeste (1899 Hoffenheim)
Emmanuel Riviere (Monaco)
Jimmy Briand (Olympique Lyonnais)
Pierre-Yves Polomat (Saint-Etienne)
Steeve Elana (Lille OSC)
Nicolas Maurice-Belay (Bordeaux)
Kevin Anin (OGC Nice)
Garry Bocaly (Montpellier)
Fabrice Pancrate (Nantes)
Johan Audel (Nantes)
Steeven Langil (Guingamp)
Bedi Buval (Academica de Coimbra)

Montserrat
Titus Bramble (free agent)
Lloyd Dyer (Leicester City)

St. Lucia
Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United)
Anton Ferdinand (Antalyaspor)
Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur)

Suriname
Royston Drenthe (Reading)
Michel Vorm (Swansea City)
Ryan Babel (Kasimpasa)
Nigel de Jong (AC Milan)
Luciano Narsingh (PSV)
Edson Braafheid (1899 Hoffenheim)
Eljero Elia (Werder Bremen)
Romeo Castelen (RKC Waalwijk)
Urby Emanuelson (AC Milan)
Evander Sno (free agent)
Dwight Tiendalli (Swansea City)

Trinidad & Tobago
Tom Ince (Blackpool)
Bobby Zamora (QPR)

United States
Boaz Myhill (West Bromwich Albion)
Brede Hangeland (Fulham)
Giuseppe Rossi (Fiorentina)
Neven Subotic (Borussia Dortmund)
Shawn Parker (Mainz 05)
Yura Movsisyan (Spartak Moscow)
Caleb Patterson-Sewell (Gil Vicente)


I'm sure this list is far from complete, feel free to help add to it in the comments.

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