How many nationalities have played at the TCS

[Rival]

Sasa ilic, australian and Serbia and montenegrin, neither serbiam or montenegrin but both!

[Rival]

And Ryan Baldachinno of Gretna was English-Maltese

[KingBeastie]

Not reading thru all of this but I assume someone has mentioned Trinidad & Tobago (Marvin Andrews)?

[CaleyStag]

Not read through the whole thread but I'll just throw some out and see if they've been mentioned yet. Also don't know how many of them actually played at TCS. Just names I can think of off the top of my head.

 

Latvia - Pavels Mihadjuks

Kenya - Victor Wanyama

Algeria - Madjid Bougherra

Democratic Republic of Congo - Yves Ma-Kalambay

Cyprus - Angelis Charalambous

Estonia - Henrik Ojamaa

Gabon - Daniel Cousin

Uganda - David Obua

[Rival]

Not read through the whole thread but I'll just throw some out and see if they've been mentioned yet. Also don't know how many of them actually played at TCS. Just names I can think of off the top of my head.

 

Latvia - Pavels Mihadjuks

Kenya - Victor Wanyama

Algeria - Madjid Bougherra

Democratic Republic of Congo - Yves Ma-Kalambay

Cyprus - Angelis Charalambous

Estonia - Henrik Ojamaa

Gabon - Daniel Cousin

Uganda - David Obua

Yeah but Angelis hasnt

[Sneckboy]

Not sure how valid this is as French Guiana isn't a member of FIFA. It's a bit like Guadeloupe! Marc-Antoine Fortune (Celtic). Obviously French but born in French Guiana.

Edited June 1, 2013 by Sneckboy

[Yngwie]

Here's the most obscure one of all : Derek Stillie was called up by Sealand last year for their first ever international, against the Chagos Islands.

 

Pre-match build up and highlights here : http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17981522

[Sneckboy]

Antigua & Barbuda

 

Zaine Francis-Angol for Motherwell today!

[Sneckboy]

Faroe Islands

 

Gunnar Neilsen for Motherwell, tonight!

[Sneckboy]

DR Congo

 

Calvin Zola for Aberdeen

[Rival]

Did Foaud Bachirou play for Morton against us earlier this season? He was French then but now is part of the Comoros team

[Yngwie]

Yes he played.

[Sneckboy]

Martinique

 

Yoann Arquin for Ross County (October 2014)

 

Not FIFA members but they are members of CONCACAF 

[Renegade]

So far then players who have played at the Caley Stadium have come from - 

 

Scotland, England, Wales, France, Spain, Portugal, Northern Ireland, Germany, Israel, Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, America, Canada, Martinique, Comoros, Poland, Cameroon, South Africa, Algeria, Morocco, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Finland, South Korea, Barbados, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Mexico, Greece, Turkey, Venezuela, Paraguay, Macedonia, Latvia, Montserrat, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Croatia, Ghana, Turkey, Hungary, Czech Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Guadeloupe, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mexico, Jamaica, Honduras, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Bulgaria, Guinea, Tunisia, Gabon, Georgia, Kenya, Uganda, Reunion, Estonia, Sierra Leone, Antigua and Barbuda, Lithuania, Curacao and Angola.

 

Unless I've missed one, that's 76 different countries!

 

I've not included people who expressed an interest to play for a certain country or were born somewhere and represented somewhere else or countries that no longer exist.

 

Interestingly so far, there we've never had a Chilean, Russian or Belarusian.  We've not had a Serbian yet either, but probably will when Celtic come next as Stefan Scepovic is from there.

Edited October 24, 2014 by Renegade

[Sneckboy]

Not sure if we can count David Silva of Kilmarnock. He played at the TCS in March 2012 and then in January 2013 he got his only cap - playing for Cape Verde Islands in the African Cup of Nations (as a sub against hosts, South Africa). We probably should count him as Cape Verde will otherwise never get 'ticked off'!

[ICTRoughi]

So far then players who have played at the Caley Stadium have come from - 

 

Scotland, England, Wales, France, Spain, Portugal, Northern Ireland, Germany, Israel, Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, America, Canada, Martinique, Comoros, Poland, Cameroon, South Africa, Algeria, Morocco, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Finland, South Korea, Barbados, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Mexico, Greece, Turkey, Venezuela, Paraguay, Macedonia, Latvia, Montserrat, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Croatia, Ghana, Turkey, Hungary, Czech Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Guadeloupe, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mexico, Jamaica, Honduras, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Bulgaria, Guinea, Tunisia, Gabon, Georgia, Kenya, Uganda, Reunion, Estonia, Sierra Leone, Antigua and Barbuda, Lithuania, Curacao and Angola.

 

Unless I've missed one, that's 76 different countries!

 

I've not included people who expressed an interest to play for a certain country or were born somewhere and represented somewhere else or countries that no longer exist.

 

Interestingly so far, there we've never had a Chilean, Russian or Belarusian.  We've not had a Serbian yet either, but probably will when Celtic come next as Stefan Scepovic is from there.

Interestingly enough, we've had a Chilean score against us (Pinilla) but the game was at Tynecastle.

[Renegade]

Not sure if we can count David Silva of Kilmarnock. He played at the TCS in March 2012 and then in January 2013 he got his only cap - playing for Cape Verde Islands in the African Cup of Nations (as a sub against hosts, South Africa). We probably should count him as Cape Verde will otherwise never get 'ticked off'!

 

Aye he counts!

 

 

So far then players who have played at the Caley Stadium have come from - 

 

Scotland, England, Wales, France, Spain, Portugal, Northern Ireland, Germany, Israel, Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, America, Canada, Martinique, Comoros, Poland, Cameroon, South Africa, Algeria, Morocco, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Finland, South Korea, Barbados, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Mexico, Greece, Turkey, Venezuela, Paraguay, Macedonia, Latvia, Montserrat, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Croatia, Ghana, Turkey, Hungary, Czech Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Guadeloupe, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mexico, Jamaica, Honduras, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Bulgaria, Guinea, Tunisia, Gabon, Georgia, Kenya, Uganda, Reunion, Estonia, Sierra Leone, Antigua and Barbuda, Lithuania, Curacao and Angola.

 

Unless I've missed one, that's 76 different countries!

 

I've not included people who expressed an interest to play for a certain country or were born somewhere and represented somewhere else or countries that no longer exist.

 

Interestingly so far, there we've never had a Chilean, Russian or Belarusian.  We've not had a Serbian yet either, but probably will when Celtic come next as Stefan Scepovic is from there.

Interestingly enough, we've had a Chilean score against us (Pinilla) but the game was at Tynecastle.

 

 

There's a couple like that.  I'm sure Hibs or Aberdeen had a guy from Mali for a while, but he never played up here.  We also played the Qatar U21 side once, but that was in Italy!

[Sneckboy]

I've actually kept a list that shows 80 nationalities! I'll put it up shortly - it includes an 'example' of each country claimed. Quite sad really!

[Renegade]

There's a couple I didn't include - Ryan Baldachinno played for Gretna and expressed an interest in playing for Malta but never did and Mark de Vries was born in Suriname but left after six months of age and never played for their national team.  I was always under the impression that he was down as Dutch.

 

A few years back, we had a Colombian centre-back on trial called Enrique Pia.  Did he ever turn out for us in a reserve game?

[Sneckboy]

_{Algeria                                    Madjid Bougherra       For Rangers - December 2010}

_{Angola                                    Jose Quitongo             For Dumbarton - August 2006}

_{Antigua & Barbuda    Zaine Francis-Angol   For Motherwell - August 2013}

_{Argentina                    Fabian Caballero         For Dundee - April 2005}

_{Australia                      Scott McDonald         For Celtic - October 2008}

_{Austria                                    Thomas Piermayr        For Inverness CT - August 2011}

_{Barbados                     Paul Ifill                      For Sheffield United - July 2006}

_{Belgium                       Thomas Buffel            For Rangers - August 2005}

_{Bosnia-Herzegovina    Sasa Papac                  For Rangers - December 2010}

_{Brazil                           Samuel Camazzola      For Hearts - September 2005}

_{Bulgaria                       Stiliyan Petrov                        For Celtic - December 2005}

_{Cameroon                    Thierry Gathuessi        For Inverness CT - January 2009}

_{Canada                                    Richard Hastings        For Inverness CT - July 2009}

_{Cape Verde Islands    David Silva                 For Kilmarnock - March 2012}

_{Comoros                      Fouad Bachirou          For Morton - November 2013}

_{Croatia                                    Dado Prso                   For Rangers - August 2005}

_{Curacao                       Dyron Daal                 For Ross County - July 2008}

_{Czech Republic           Rudi Skacel                 For Hearts - September 2005}

_{Denmark                     Thomas Gravesen        For Celtic - January 2007}

_{DR Congo                   Calvin Zola                 For Aberdeen - April 2014}

_{England                       Gary Warren               For Inverness CT - October 2012}

_{Estonia                                    Henrik Ojamaa            For Motherwell - November 2012}

_{Faroe Islands               Gunnar Nielsen           For Motherwell - April 2014}

_{Finland                        Markus Paatelainen     For Inverness CT - February 2008}

_{France                         Kenny Gillet               For Inverness CT - July 2011}

_{Gabon                         Daniel Cousin                         For Rangers - January 2008}

_{Gambia                        Pa Kujabi                    For Hibernian - April 2012}

_{Georgia                       Zurab Khizanishvili     For Rangers - December 2004}

_{Germany                     Andreas Hinkel           For Celtic - February 2009}

_{Ghana                          Prince Buaben             For Dundee United - March 2011}

_{Greece                         Georgios Samaras       For Celtic - November 2011}

_{Guadeloupe                 Mickael Antoine-Curier For Hamilton Accies - January 2011}

_{Guinea                         Bobo Balde                 For Celtic - March 2005}

_{Honduras                    Emilio Izaguirre          For Celtic - August 2012}

_{Hungary                      Gabor Vincze              For Livingston - January 2006}

_{Iceland                                    Eggert Jonsson            For Hearts - September 2011}

_{Israel                           Gil Blumstein              For Inverness CT - August 2010}

_{Italy                             Manuel Pascali            For Kilmarnock - August 2011}

_{Ivory Coast                 Sol Bamba                   For Hibernian - November 2010}

_{Jamaica                        Chris Humphrey          For Motherwell - November 2012}

_{Japan                           Shunsuke Nakamura   For Celtic - February 2009}

_{Kenya                          Victor Wanyama         For Celtic - August 2012}

_{Latvia                          Pavels Mihadjuks        For Inverness CT - February 2009}

_{Lithuania                     Andrius Skerla            For Dunfermline Athletic - January 2005}

_{Macedonia                  Bajram Fetai                For Inverness CT - April 2005}

_{Mali                             Amadou Konte           For Hibernian - December 2005}

_{Martinique                   Yoann Arquin             For Ross County - October 2014}

_{Mexico                        Efrain Juarez               For Celtic - August 2010}

_{Montenegro                 Nikola Vujadinovic     For Aberdeen - January 2011}

_{Montserrat                   Junior Mendes             For Ayr United - February 2010}

_{Morocco                      Hassan Kachloul         For Livingston - May 2005}

_{Netherlands                 Glenn Loovens            For Celtic - August 2010}

_{New Zealand              Chris Killen                 For Celtic - December 2007}

_{Nigeria                                    Sone Aluko                 For Rangers - February 2012}

_{Northern Ireland         Jonathan Tuffey          For Inverness CT - March 2012}

_{Norway                       Thomas Rogne            For Celtic - February 2013}

_{Paraguay                     Ronald Huth               For Liverpool - August 2008}

_{Poland                         Zibi Malkowski           For Inverness CT - May 2008}

_{Portugal                       Filipe Morais               For Inverness CT - January 2009}

_{Republic of Ireland     Richie Foran                For Inverness CT - December 2012}

_{Reunion               Didier Agathe             For Celtic - August 2004}

_{Romania                      Marius Niculae            For Inverness CT - October 2007}

_{Scotland                      Ross Tokely                For Inverness CT - October 2011}

_{Senegal                        Ibrahim Tall                 For Hearts - September 2007}

_{Sierra Leone                Mohamed Bangura     For Celtic - August 2012}

_{Slovakia                      Felip Sebo                   For Rangers - December 2006}

_{Slovenia                      Jure Travner                For St. Mirren - December 2010}

_{South Korea                Cha Du-Ri                   For Celtic - August 2010}

_{Spain                           Juanjo                          For Inverness CT - November 2005}

_{Sweden                       Henrik Larsson            For Celtic - March 2003}

_{Switzerland                 Stephane Henchoz      For Celtic - March 2005}

_{Togo                            Yoann Folly                For Aberdeen - October 2010}

_{Trinidad & Tobago     Marvin Andrews         For Queen of the South - March 2010}

_{Tunisia                         Hamed Namouchi       For Rangers - December 2004}

_{Turkey                         Nadir Ciftci                 For Dundee United - October 2013}

_{Uganda                       David Obua                For Hearts - September 2011}

_{Uruguay                      Fabian Yantorno         For Gretna - September 2007}

_{USA                            Maurice Edu               For Rangers - August 2011}

_{Venezuela                   Miku                            For Celtic - February 2013}

_{Wales                          Owain Tudur Jones     For Inverness CT - August 2012}

 

[Sneckboy]

Och, the formatting makes that a rather ugly post!

Guadeloupe, Martinique and Reunion are the only countries without FIFA recognition.

But like Gibraltar, they're recognised by their regional Federation and compete in their respective regional competitions. Guadeloupe and Martinique play in the CONCACAF Gold Cup and Reunion are eligible for the African Cup of Nations. So, they're legitimate international sides.

My example's of appearance are just that - examples. Not necessarily that player's first or last appearance - just an appearance to trigger the 'claim' for that country!

 

I agree that Ryan Baldachinno shouldn't be included. Similarly Pia - I can't find any record of him playing, and it's likely that if he did, it would have been away to a Highland League side! We tend not to play friendlies at the TCS unless it's a 'bigger' game.

There's a decent chance that Marc-Antoine Fortune will play for French Guiana - he's been called into their squad and they've got the Caribbean Cup coming up, where they'll likely want to play hm.

Mark de Vries is a tricky one! Are we likely to get another player from Suriname?! Since you started the thread, Renegade, I'll go with your decision on whether to include de Vries or not! If you think he qualifies, I'll add him to my database, if not, he stays off!

Edited October 25, 2014 by Sneckboy

[Renegade]

Presumably, Mark de Vries was a Dutch citizen and under Dutch law, would have to give up his Surinamese citizenship.  This meant that from then on, he would only have been able to play for the Netherlands and not Suriname as well.

 

Some places have him down as Surinamese, but he was never capped for them.  Presumably, had he been allowed to, he would have done.

 

EDIT - I also missed Sissoko out of my list.  He played up here for Kilmarnock and is from Mali.  I also missed Yoann Folly out.  He's from Togo and Pa Saikou Kujabi.  He's from Gambia.  That's 79 nations then.

Edited October 25, 2014 by Renegade

[Sneckboy]

Not including Mark de Vries then. I agree with that.

I think it's actually 80 different nationalities now, Rene. Hopefully, Serbia and French Guiana can be added soon. But after that, we could be waiting a while!

Unless we qualified for Europe! (and didn't draw a team from Wales or the Faroes!)

[Renegade]

I see when Gretna were still going and in the SPL, they had an Australian-born player called Iain Ramsay in their U19 squad.  While he was born in Australia to a Scottish father, I see Wikipedia currently have him down as a Filipino for his current team Melbourne City (formerly Melbourne Heart).  From what I can see, he never played a first team game for Gretna, but he probably played in the Reserve League.  I can't find any squad line-ups but it's possible that he may be the only Filipino to play at the Caley Stadium.  

[Sneckboy]

Great you bumped this thread as there may be a few new entries to come! Not sure, obviously about the above one, but Serbia (Celtic) and Congo (Hibs) have active players.

Funnily enough, I mentioned Marc-Antoine Fortune earlier today on the 'Contract Situation' thread - he has been in squads for French Guiana but hasn't yet featured!