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Antoine Semenyo, Erling Haaland and Michael Olise were each eligible to play for England
BySteve Sutcliffe
BBC Sport journalist
Erling Haaland volition beryllium the antheral England fearfulness astir erstwhile they look Norway successful the World Cup quarter-finals connected Saturday (22:00 BST) - but things could person been precise different.
The Manchester City striker was calved successful Leeds, truthful would beryllium lining up for the Three Lions if helium had opted to correspond the state of his birth. But helium isn't the lone one.
There are a fig of World Cup stars who could person played for England, but are representing different countries.
And, interestingly, 20 of the 26 players successful Thomas Tuchel's squad for this World Cup were eligible to play for different nations - but committed to England.
BBC Sport has selected a squad of players from this tourney who slipped done the Three Lions' nett - person your accidental and fto america cognize if determination is anyone you deliberation we person missed successful the comments section.
Marvin Keller (Switzerland)
Switzerland goalkeeper Marvin Keller, 23, was calved successful London but came done the younker strategy astatine Grasshoppers.
He moved connected to FC Wil and much precocious Young Boys, wherever helium has go their first-choice keeper - and made his lone Switzerland quality truthful acold successful a pre-World Cup friendly.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka (DR Congo)
West Ham defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka, who was calved successful London, represented England astatine under-20 and under-21 levels but switched planetary allegiance to DR Congo successful 2025.
The 28-year-old was called up by England successful September 2019 but was forced to retreat with an injury.
Antonee Robinson was calved successful Milton Keynes and raised connected Merseyside, wherever helium came done the ranks astatine Everton earlier moving connected to Wigan and Fulham.
His begetter was calved successful England but raised successful New York and gained American citizenship.
Robinson, 28, committed his planetary aboriginal to the USA successful 2018.
Axel Tuanzebe was calved successful Bunia, DR Congo, but moved to England arsenic a child.
The 28-year-old, who made 1 quality for England Under-21s, is simply a postgraduate of Manchester United's academy and was portion of the Burnley broadside relegated from the Premier League past term.
Scott McTominay (Scotland)
Lancashire-born Scotland planetary Scott McTominay surely merits his spot successful this line-up contempt a quiescent World Cup.
The 29-year-old made 255 appearances for Manchester United aft coming done their academy, but his vocation took disconnected upon switching to Napoli successful 2024.
Named Serie A subordinate of the twelvemonth successful a title-winning debut season, helium has besides go a cardinal subordinate for his country, scoring 15 goals successful 73 appearances.
The lad of a German parent and a Nigerian father, Felix Nmecha was calved successful Hamburg but moved to England with his household successful 2007.
He joined Manchester City's academy and went connected to marque 3 appearances for the nine earlier moving connected to Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund.
Nmecha, 25, played for some Germany and England astatine younker planetary level.
Antoine Semenyo, 26, is different subordinate who was calved successful London and whose shot vocation developed exclusively successful England.
But brought up by Ghanaian parents (his parent is besides half-French), helium has agelong been a protagonist of the Ghana nationalist side.
He made his archetypal quality for the Black Stars successful 2022, portion helium was astatine Bristol City and agelong earlier helium deed the heights astatine Bournemouth and Manchester City.
Born successful Stuttgart to a Nigerian-British begetter and German parent with Polish roots, Jamal Musiala moved to England erstwhile helium was 7 and spent overmuch of his puerility successful the UK.
The attacking midfielder, 23, besides played for England from under-15 to under-21 levels alongside the likes of Jude Bellingham.
However, aft moving to play for Bayern Munich successful 2020, helium opted to pledge his allegiance to the state of his commencement successful 2021.
With a British-Nigerian begetter and French-Algerian mother, Michael Olise, 24, had a prime of 4 planetary sides.
Olise was calved successful London and came done the English academy strategy astatine the likes of Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea and Reading, but opted to correspond France.
His archetypal elder call-up for Les Bleus arrived conscionable implicit a period aft his £50m determination from Crystal Palace to Bayern Munich successful 2024.
Erling Haaland has acceptable each kinds of goalscoring records astatine Manchester City since moving to the Premier League successful 2022, but has besides been prolific connected the European and planetary stage.
The 25-year-old has scored 60 times successful 53 games for Norway and has his sights acceptable connected the Golden Boot astatine this year's World Cup, with 7 goals truthful far.
He was calved successful England erstwhile his begetter Alf-Inge Haaland, was playing for Leeds successful the Premier League astatine the crook of the century.
Haaland past moved to Bryne, his parents' hometown, aged 3 and came done Norway's younker teams each the mode up to elder level.
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Folarin Balogun was calved erstwhile his mum was connected a travel to New York and could besides person played for England oregon Nigeria.
The Arsenal academy merchandise played for some the US and England astatine under-18 level, and was astatine the bosom of Lee Carsley's England U21 plans - scoring 7 goals successful 13 games arsenic they geared up for the 2023 Under-21 European Championships.
But determination was besides a immense swell of nationalist enactment for him to perpetrate to the US astatine a clip the way to England's elder broadside appeared acold much analyzable - and helium made his debut for the USA successful June 2023.
The 25-year-old scored 3 times astatine this World Cup arsenic the US were eliminated astatine the last-16 stage.
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