📸 They played for two countries… and everyone forgot! | OneFootball

In modern football, international pathways are no longer always linear.

Some players first wear the shirt of one national team at youth level before choosing another when stepping up to the senior side.

Others go even further, switching national teams even after an initial experience at the highest level, taking advantage of changes in FIFA rules.

These choices are often driven by opportunities, roots, or timing. The result: international careers that are sometimes little known, shaped by detours, second chances… and stories many have forgotten.

A look back at these cases.

DECLAN RICE

Republic of Ireland senior team

England senior team

JACK GREALISH

Republic of Ireland U21 team

England senior team

DIEGO COSTA

Brazil senior team

Spain senior team

ERIC MAXIM CHOUPO-MOTING

Germany U19 and U21

Cameroon senior team

HAKIM ZIYECH

Netherlands U20 and U21

Morocco senior team

PRESNEL KIMPEMBE

DR Congo U20

France senior team

GEOFFREY KONDOGBIA

France senior team

Central African Republic senior team

ALFREDO DI STÉFANO

Argentina senior team

Spain senior team

RAFINHA

Spain U16, U17 and U19

Brazil senior team

MIRALEM PJANIC

Luxembourg U17 and U19

Bosnia senior team

KALIDOU KOULIBALY

France U21

Senegal senior team

FIKAYO TOMORI

Canada U20

England senior team

NACER CHADLI

Morocco senior team

Belgium senior team

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