Why France Produces the Most World Cup Players

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北京时间7月16日凌晨,2018俄罗斯世界杯落幕,法国队最终以4-2击败克罗地亚队,时隔20年再次捧起大力神杯。

要知道,法国足球队这么厉害的原因,可是与它的移民历史密切相关啊,各位小伙伴们,是不是有一丝惊讶与疑惑呢?

 法国的移民潮碰上了足球体制大改革,造就了巴黎拥有一个世界上最多的足球种子人才库,使得移民后裔选手们在世界足球场上大放异彩。

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This is Portugal playing Morocco at the 2018 World Cup.

Portugal was the heavy favorite and won the game 1-0.

The result wasn't all that interesting, but this photo is.

This Portugal player wasn't born in Portugal and these two Morocco players weren't born in Morocco.

See, soccer's regulating body, FIFA, allows athletes to play for any nation they have a clear connection to,

including the country a player's parents or grandparents are from.

In this year's World Cup, 82 players are playing for countries that they weren't born in.

Sowhere are they coming from?

If we plot it on a map, one country stands out.

France is where the largest number of all World Cup players were born.

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