The Ghana Football Association, on Wednesday, announced that five players playing in the European leagues have switched nationality to represent the African country. The most prominent among the five players who have chosen to switch are Brighton right-back Tariq Lamptey, who has played for England Under-21s, and Athletic Bilbao forward Inaki Williams, who has played one friendly for Spain. Here …
A Spanish football player lost his second appeal case on Friday against FIFA nationality rules that stop him from switching to play for Morocco. The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed the appeal by Munir El Haddadi in an urgent ruling sought by the player and the Moroccan football federation before African Cup of Nations qualifying games this month. El …
FIFA has rejected a request from the Moroccan soccer federation to let Munir El Haddadi change nationality from Spain despite easing its eligibility rules last month. READ: Two years ago, FIFA's rules bound El Haddadi to Spain because he had played a single competitive game for the senior national team. El Haddadi was born in Spain and has Moroccan family …
Sevilla striker Munir El Haddadi is in line to become the first beneficiary of a new rule change around international eligibility, adopted at the FIFA Congress last month, after receiving a call-up from Morocco on Thursday. But FIFA last month tweaked the rules so that players can change their international allegiance provided they are eligible to represent a second country …
