<p>All 26 players selected by Hugo Broos were born in South Africa. The closest the squad comes to having a player with ties to another nationality is defender Ime Okon, whose parents are Nigerian, though he was born in Johannesburg.</p><p>Another of the fully homegrown squads is in Bafana Bafana’s group, with every player in the Czech Republic squad born in that country.</p><p>Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Austria, Sweden and Saudi Arabia are the only other teams with entirely homegrown squads.</p><p>In all, there are 310 players at the World Cup who were born outside the country they will represent, which equates to a quarter of players on show and is a nod to the growth in human migration over the last 50 years. </p><p>The team with the most foreign-born players is Curaçao, with 25 of their 26-man squad born in the Netherlands. Midfielder Tahith Chong is the notable exception.</p><p>It is not surprising to see African nations feature prominently on the list. Second are DR Congo, who have 20 players born outside the country: France (11), Belgium (5), England (2) and Switzerland (2).</p><p>Morocco are next with 19 foreign-born players, including a strong Spanish influence through the likes of Achraf Hakimi and Brahim Díaz. Their foreign-born contingent includes players born in France (6), Spain (5), Belgium (3), the Netherlands (3) and Canada (1), the latter being goalkeeper Yassine Bounou.</p><p>Bosnia and Herzegovina are the European nation with the most foreign-born players, with 17, including four born in Germany.</p><p>Algeria have 16 players born outside the country, with 13 born in France and one each in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.</p><p>Haiti also have 16 foreign-born players, including 12 born in France, two in the United States and one each in Canada and Switzerland.</p><p>Qatar are an interesting case, with 14 players born outside the country across nine different nations, including Brazil, Ghana, Portugal, Senegal and Somalia.</p><p>France, meanwhile, will have an incredible 75 players born in the country representing other teams at the World Cup. They also have three foreign-born players in their own squad: Michael Olise (England), Marcus Thuram (Italy) and Brice Samba (DR Congo).</p><p>That means almost 8% of the 1,248 players selected for the tournament were born in France.</p><p>Defending champions Argentina have two foreign-born players in Giuliano Simeone (Italy) and Nico Paz (Spain), while Portugal have Matheus Nunes (Brazil) and Diogo Costa (Switzerland).</p><p>Even England have one foreign-born player in defender Marc Guéhi, who was born in Côte d’Ivoire.</p><p>Germany’s lone foreign-born player is Waldemar Anton, who was born in Uzbekistan.</p><p>One of the more unusual cases is Netherlands midfielder Guus Til, who was born in Zambia and was pursued for a time by that country to represent them internationally.</p><p><strong>Number of players born outside the country they will represent at the 2026 World Cup:</strong></p><p>Curaçao (25)</p><p>DR Congo (20)</p><p>Morocco (19)</p><p>Bosnia and Herzegovina (17)</p><p>Algeria (16)</p><p>Haiti (16)</p><p>Tunisia (15)</p><p>Cape Verde (14)</p><p>Qatar (14)</p><p>Senegal (12)</p><p>Turkey (10)</p><p>Côte d’Ivoire (9)</p><p>Iraq (9)</p><p>Australia (8)</p><p>Ghana (8)</p><p>Croatia (8)</p><p>New Zealand (8)</p><p>Scotland (7)</p><p>Canada (7)</p><p>Mexico (5)</p><p>Paraguay (5)</p><p>France (3)</p><p>Ecuador (3)</p><p>Jordan (3)</p><p>Switzerland (3)</p><p>Argentina (2)</p><p>Iran (2)</p><p>Uruguay (2)</p><p>Norway (2)</p><p>Portugal (2)</p><p>England (1)</p><p>South Korea (1)</p><p>Germany (1)</p><p>Spain (1)</p><p>Uzbekistan (1)</p><p>Belgium (1)</p><p>Japan (1)</p><p>Netherlands (1)</p><p>Egypt (1)</p>