World Cup: Assane Diao has chosen to play for Senegal over Spain • FRANCE 24 English
Senegal’s national football team has announced its lineup for two key World Cup qualifying games. Among those selected are several star players who were born, raised, and trained in Europe. Following a recent trend, more and more African players are choosing to represent their home country’s national team, like Assane Diao. The Senegalese player has lived in Spain since he was one year old, and many fans expected him to join the Spanish team. France 24’s Caitlin Kelly tells us more.
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22 comments
This has always been like this
Good choice 👏👏👏
But if they are African, they are not European right?
So it would make sense to play for their African country.
It's such a good move since the AFCON has no significance in to some Europeans.
Iko tu sawa.
He did not choose to play for Senegal he is from Senegal
He is born in Senegal.
Slight correction: he was sold to Como FC in Serie A from Real Betis in the 2025 winter transfer window.
It depends who contacts him first. Why will he wait Spain if he is firstly called by Senegal?
Assane Diao n'est pas né en Europe il est né au Sénégal 🇸🇳🇸🇳🇸🇳
And then what?
Listern to that he was considered not chosen
A good news that many African PLAYERS born and raised to Europe decide to join their national team ,a very good decision we're all happy,Hope they'll bring us joy and best moments with their news Shirt let's y!!
He was born in senegal and chooses to represent his country is an act of patriotism
I think Spain has too many players and so he chose Senegal because he wants to play for the international matches and also he was born their legally…
haha, Western media is hilarious. Why do they try to remove the heritage of African players? Immigrating and being raised in a foreign land is the oldest cultural pattern for centuries. That doesn't erase a person's heritage. Italians, French and Asian's have done this for centuries. You want to tell a Japanese person because he was born and raised in France with Japanese parents that he isn't Japanese?? With African players this narrative to delete their heritage and identity for western countries is rather absurd.
He lives in Spain but he was born in senegal joyeux xatarayu
"ancestral" is too far fetched
Anything to make Africa sound so outdated in the past
Born in Senegal !
Congratulations for him
I love my contry
Ancestral it s not appropriate word
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