![Where World Cup 2026 squads were born vs the nation they represent - built as an interactive map. [OC]](https://preview.redd.it/bl7bf4ir7f9h1.png?auto=webp&s=83887434e9b6c07d4027438c3df0644ced43580e)
Where World Cup 2026 squads were born vs the nation they represent - built as an interactive map. [OC]
21.6% of players at this World Cup were born in a different country to the one they're representing. There were many articles publicising these interesting stats but did not see any data to display visually, therefore built an interactive map to display the diaspora.
The data is using player birthplace and squad data pulled from API-sports & Football Data Org. You can filter by team and toggle to view between birthplace and national team representation.
France has the most players born there and who are now playing for other nations (95 players, 7.6% of the whole tournament).
Updated: The posted screenshot shows where World Cup 2026 squad players were born, player count and % of all 1,248 squad players in the tournament. Pinned labels highlight selected countries only, explore others and who each player represents (including diaspora) in the interactive map www.matchofthedata.com