FIFA World Cup 2018: 10 superstars who will not be playing for their country of birth

#2. Gonzalo Higuain

Higuain was born in France and plays for Argentina

There will be a section of Argentina fans that wish Higuain played for France instead of Argentina but he’s a world-class player. Period.

Higuain’s father was playing for French club Stade Brestois 29 at the time of his birth. However, the player moved to Argentina when he was 10 years old and continued his football education there with River Plate.

In 2006, while he was playing for River Plate, then France coach, Raymond Domenech, included the player in the France senior squad but his father informed that the player was not ready to choose which country he would play for. In fact, he also rejected a call-up from Argentina.

Eventually, he declared for Argentina and became only the third foreign-born player to represent the country. With 31 goals in 70 games, he is the sixth highest goalscorer ever for Albiceleste and the third highest scorer in the current squad behind Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero.