Were there not also a couple Icelandic players from 15 odd years ago eligible for NZ?
Born there but with kiwi dads who went there to fish in the 70s
Born there but with kiwi dads who went there to fish in the 70s
I think was first noticed via FM back in the early 00s. A bit of research showed a few players there had kiwi ancestry as above. Not sure they were all that great though. Have googled for them but brought up a blank. A copy of FM2004-6 might have the answers!
Well if any of these half Kiwis took their dad's surnames, they shouldn't be hard to find.
Alfons Sampsted the only 'son' less exception, in the current national Icelandic squad.
https://us.soccerway.com/teams/iceland/iceland/1143/
Not many Smiths or Browns in Iceland. One of the most racially homogenous countries in Europe, if not the world.