So I recently discovered Wikipedia:Bilorv's Challenges, which is a set of various challenges and editing tasks for editors to do. And seeing as the "round the world" challenge is still empty as of creating this (3 May 2026), I thought why not attempt this myself? I mean, I edit association football articles for the most part, how hard could this be?
Now because the challenge rules claims that "any definition of "country" that includes every current member state of the United Nations is okay", I have decided to make it a bit more of a challenge and go with FIFA members instead (as listed by the list of FIFA country codes). And as a little bit of an extra challenge on top of that, I'm also including most of the significant defunct countries as well (ones with separate articles for their national teams, minus potentially the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Saar Protectorate, unless I can find a player that has represented them without an article).
Note that the countries are organized by football federation, meaning that for example, South American countries in CONCACAF will be listed under North America. Additionally, only the first article created by me for each country will be listed. For anyone wondering the exact total amount of articles that would be needed to complete this... 244 243! (Commonwealth of Independent States proved to actually be impossible since all of them already have articles).
North America
[edit]North America
[edit]| Country | Article | Date of article creation |
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| 👁 Image Canada |
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| 👁 Image Mexico |
Javier de la Torre | 24 May 2021 |
| 👁 Image United States |
Jonathan Robinson (soccer) | 28 May 2026 |
Central America
[edit]| Country | Article | Date of article creation |
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| 👁 Image Belize |
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| 👁 Image Costa Rica |
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| 👁 Image El Salvador |
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| 👁 Image Guatemala |
Adrián Lorenzo Fernández | 20 May 2026 |
| 👁 Image Honduras |
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| 👁 Image Nicaragua |
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| 👁 Image Panama |
Jaime de Gracia | 21 April 2026 |
Caribbean
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Non-FIFA members
[edit]| Country | Article | Date of article creation |
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| 👁 Image Bonaire |
Rowendley Martijn Railey Martijn |
2 June 2026 |
| 👁 Image French Guiana |
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| 👁 Image Guadeloupe |
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| 👁 Image Martinique |
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| 👁 Image Saint Martin |
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| 👁 Image Sint Maarten |
South America
[edit]| Country | Article | Date of article creation |
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| 👁 Image Argentina |
José Lago Millán[nb 1] | 23 May 2026 |
| 👁 Image Bolivia |
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| 👁 Image Brazil |
Paulistinha (footballer) | 8 May 2026 |
| 👁 Image Chile |
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| 👁 Image Colombia |
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| 👁 Image Ecuador |
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| 👁 Image Paraguay |
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| 👁 Image Peru |
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| 👁 Image Uruguay |
Pedro Etchegoyen | 14 May 2026 |
| 👁 Image Venezuela |
Europe
[edit]Western Europe
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Eastern Europe
[edit]| Country | Article | Date of article creation |
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| 👁 Image Albania |
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| 👁 Image Armenia |
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| 👁 Image Azerbaijan |
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| 👁 Image Belarus |
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| 👁 Image Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| 👁 Image Bulgaria |
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| 👁 Image Croatia |
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| 👁 Image Czech Republic |
Josef Kovačič | 4 June 2026 |
| 👁 Image Estonia |
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| 👁 Image Georgia |
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| 👁 Image Hungary |
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| 👁 Image Kazakhstan |
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| 👁 Image Kosovo |
Faton Domi[nb 3] | 1 June 2026 |
| 👁 Image Latvia |
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| 👁 Image Lithuania |
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| 👁 Image Moldova |
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| 👁 Image Montenegro |
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| 👁 Image North Macedonia |
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| 👁 Image Poland |
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| 👁 Image Romania |
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| 👁 Image Russia |
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| 👁 Image Serbia |
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| 👁 Image Slovakia |
František Karkó[nb 4] | 20 May 2021 |
| 👁 Image Slovenia |
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| 👁 Image Ukraine |
Africa
[edit]North Africa
[edit]| Country | Article | Date of article creation |
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| 👁 Image Algeria |
André Ascencio[nb 5] | 11 May 2026 |
| 👁 Image Egypt |
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| 👁 Image Libya |
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| 👁 Image Mauritania |
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| 👁 Image Morocco |
Ahmed Laghrissi | 5 May 2026 |
| 👁 Image Tunisia |
Mokhtar Ben Nacef | 20 April 2026 |
West Africa
[edit]| Country | Article | Date of article creation |
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| 👁 Image Benin |
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| 👁 Image Burkina Faso |
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| 👁 Image Cape Verde |
Djô de Pedra de Lume | 2 April 2026 |
| 👁 Image Gambia |
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| 👁 Image Ghana |
Anas Seidu | 4 May 2026 |
| 👁 Image Guinea |
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| 👁 Image Guinea-Bissau |
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| 👁 Image Ivory Coast |
Eustache Manglé | 29 April 2026 |
| 👁 Image Liberia |
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| 👁 Image Mali |
Cheickna Doumbia | 22 April 2026 |
| 👁 Image Niger |
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| 👁 Image Nigeria |
Sanni Issa | 8 May 2026 |
| 👁 Image Senegal |
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| 👁 Image Sierra Leone |
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| 👁 Image Togo |
Central Africa
[edit]| Country | Article | Date of article creation |
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| 👁 Image Cameroon |
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| 👁 Image Central African Republic |
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| 👁 Image Chad |
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| 👁 Image Congo |
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| 👁 Image DR Congo |
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| 👁 Image Equatorial Guinea |
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| 👁 Image Gabon |
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| 👁 Image São Tomé and Príncipe |
East Africa
[edit]| Country | Article | Date of article creation |
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| 👁 Image Burundi |
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| 👁 Image Djibouti |
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| 👁 Image Eritrea |
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| 👁 Image Ethiopia |
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| 👁 Image Kenya |
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| 👁 Image Rwanda |
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| 👁 Image Somalia |
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| 👁 Image South Sudan |
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| 👁 Image Sudan |
Sabit Dudu | 20 March 2026 |
| 👁 Image Tanzania |
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| 👁 Image Uganda |
South Africa
[edit]| Country | Article | Date of article creation |
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| 👁 Image Angola |
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| 👁 Image Botswana |
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| 👁 Image Comoros |
Ben-Chayeel Hamada[nb 6] | 29 May 2026 |
| 👁 Image Eswatini |
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| 👁 Image Lesotho |
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| 👁 Image Madagascar |
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| 👁 Image Malawi |
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| 👁 Image Mauritius |
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| 👁 Image Mozambique |
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| 👁 Image Namibia |
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| 👁 Image Seychelles |
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| 👁 Image South Africa |
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| 👁 Image Zambia |
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| 👁 Image Zimbabwe |
Mercedes Sibanda | 29 March 2026 |
Non-FIFA members
[edit]| Country | Article | Date of article creation |
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| 👁 Image Réunion |
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| 👁 Image Zanzibar |
Ally Mwadini[nb 7] | 17 May 2026 |
Asia
[edit]Southeast Asia
[edit]| Country | Article | Date of article creation |
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| 👁 Image Australia |
Fiji 1–0 Australia (1990 FIFA World Cup qualification)[nb 8] | 18 February 2026 |
| 👁 Image Brunei |
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| 👁 Image Cambodia |
Doeur Sokhom | 18 May 2026 |
| 👁 Image Timor-Leste |
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| 👁 Image Indonesia |
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| 👁 Image Laos |
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| 👁 Image Malaysia |
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| 👁 Image Myanmar |
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| 👁 Image Philippines |
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| 👁 Image Singapore |
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| 👁 Image Thailand |
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| 👁 Image Vietnam |
Central Asia
[edit]| Country | Article | Date of article creation |
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| 👁 Image Afghanistan |
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| 👁 Image Iran |
Peyman Keshavarzi | 21 January 2021 |
| 👁 Image Kyrgyzstan |
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| 👁 Image Tajikistan |
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| 👁 Image Turkmenistan |
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| 👁 Image Uzbekistan |
Abdusamad Durmonov[nb 9] | 5 May 2026 |
East Asia
[edit]| Country | Article | Date of article creation |
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| 👁 Image China |
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| 👁 Image Chinese Taipei |
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| 👁 Image North Korea |
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| 👁 Image Guam |
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| 👁 Image Hong Kong |
Lo Tak Kuen | 29 May 2026 |
| 👁 Image Japan |
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| 👁 Image South Korea |
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| 👁 Image Macau |
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| 👁 Image Mongolia |
South Asia
[edit]| Country | Article | Date of article creation |
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| 👁 Image Bangladesh |
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| 👁 Image Bhutan |
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| 👁 Image India |
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| 👁 Image Maldives |
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| 👁 Image Nepal |
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| 👁 Image Pakistan |
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| 👁 Image Sri Lanka |
West Asia
[edit]| Country | Article | Date of article creation |
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| 👁 Image Bahrain |
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| 👁 Image Iraq |
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| 👁 Image Jordan |
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| 👁 Image Kuwait |
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| 👁 Image Lebanon |
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| 👁 Image Oman |
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| 👁 Image Palestine |
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| 👁 Image Qatar |
Al-Hashmi Al-Hussain | 26 May 2026 |
| 👁 Image Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia at the CONCACAF Gold Cup | 12 May 2026 |
| 👁 Image Syria |
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| 👁 Image United Arab Emirates |
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| 👁 Image Yemen |
Non-FIFA members
[edit]| Country | Article | Date of article creation |
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| 👁 Image Northern Mariana Islands |
Oceania
[edit]| Country | Article | Date of article creation |
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| 👁 Image American Samoa |
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| 👁 Image Cook Islands |
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| 👁 Image Fiji |
Ravuama Madigi | 18 February 2026 |
| 👁 Image New Caledonia |
Gilles Tavergeux | 25 April 2026 |
| 👁 Image New Zealand |
Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh | 31 May 2026 |
| 👁 Image Papua New Guinea |
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| 👁 Image Samoa |
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| 👁 Image Solomon Islands |
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| 👁 Image Tahiti |
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| 👁 Image Tonga |
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| 👁 Image Vanuatu |
Etienne Mermer | 3 June 2026 |
Non-FIFA members
[edit]| Country | Article | Date of article creation |
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| 👁 Image Kiribati |
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| 👁 Image Niue |
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| 👁 Image Tuvalu |
Other
[edit]UN members not recognized by FIFA
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| 👁 Image Great Britain |
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| 👁 Image Marshall Islands |
Josiah Blanton[nb 10] | 3 June 2026 |
| 👁 Image Micronesia |
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| 👁 Image Monaco |
Serge Perruchini[nb 11] | 5 May 2026 |
| 👁 Image Nauru |
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| 👁 Image Palau |
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| 👁 Image Vatican City |
Rappresentativa OPBG | 26 May 2026 |
Former members of FIFA
[edit]| Country | Article | Date of article creation |
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| 👁 Image Commonwealth of Independent States |
After doing research, impossible.[nb 12] | |
| 👁 Image Czechoslovakia |
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| 👁 Image East Germany |
Horst Kohle | 20 May 2021 |
| 👁 Image Ireland (1882–1950) |
Jack Jones (footballer, born 1907) | 13 May 2026 |
| 👁 Image Malaya |
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| 👁 Image Mandatory Palestine |
Jabra Al-Zarqa[nb 13] | 9 February 2026 |
| 👁 Image Netherlands Antilles |
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| 👁 Image North Vietnam |
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| 👁 Image Russian Empire |
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| 👁 Image Saarland |
Ottfried Boussonville[nb 14] | 3 May 2026 |
| 👁 Image Serbia and Montenegro |
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| 👁 Image South Vietnam |
Phạm Văn Rạng | 20 February 2026 |
| 👁 Image South Yemen |
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| 👁 Image Soviet Union |
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| 👁 Image Territory of Curaçao |
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| 👁 Image Yugoslavia |
Branko Tesanić | 12 Janaury 2026 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Despite being in Spain, José Lago Millán moved to Argentina at the age of 13, and only worked in/for Argentina in his managerial career.
- ^ Ignace Tax was born in Austria, and later acquired French citizenship.
- ^ Faton Domi died in 1987, prior to the breakup of Yugoslavia. Despite this, he played exclusively for teams in modern-day Kosovo, and was included by the IFFHS in their all-time Kosovo dream team.
- ^ František Karkó was born in the Slovak Republic in 1944, but played for the Czechoslovakia national football team in 1971.
- ^ André Ascencio was a pieds-noirs that was born in French Algeria, and started his football career there, before moving to France in 1957, where he spent his entire career with Stade Rennais and Lorient.
- ^ Born in France, Ben-Chayeel Hamada represents the Comoros national team at international level.
- ^ Ally Mwadini was born on the island of Zanzibar, and played 17 matches for the Zanzibar national team between 2009 and 2015. Despite this, he would be recognized as Tanzanian by FIFA, as not only are Zanzibar not members of FIFA, but he also played four times for the Tanzania national team between 2012 and 2015
- ^ Picked to represent Australia over Fiji, due to me having other Fiji-related articles at the time I made the article.
- ^ Abdusamad Durmonov was born in the Soviet Union, and started his career there, but represented the Uzbekistan national football team seven times between 1992 and 1994, and won a gold medal at the 1994 Asian Games.
- ^ Josiah Blanton was born and raised in the United States, where he plays. However, he represents the Marshall Islands national soccer team, and scored their first ever goal.
- ^ Serge Perruchini was born in Monaco, but represented the France national amateur team in 1975.
- ^ Every player who has represented the Commonwealth of Independent States at either main or under-18 level already has an article.
- ^ Jabra Al-Zarqa was born in Mandatory Palestine, and started his football career there, before leaving in the 1948 Palestinian expulsion, and settling in Syria, where he played for the Syria national football team.
- ^ Ottfried Boussonville was born in Germany, but played for the Saarland national football B team in their only match against the Netherlands national football B team.
Other challenges
[edit]Note that all of these challenges were pretty much an afterthought, Round The World was the main challenge I wanted to do when I create this.
Alphabet
[edit]Decadent
[edit]- 1900s: Ignace Tax, Jack Jones (footballer, born 1907)
- 1910s: Jean Varraud
- 1920s: Javier de la Torre, Branko Tesanić, Mokhtar Ben Nacef, Đỗ Quang Thách, Ottfried Boussonville
- 1930s: Horst Kohle, Eyvind Clausen, Phạm Văn Rạng, Sabit Dudu, Trần Văn Nhung, Emilio Salaber, Ahmed Laghrissi, Paulistinha (footballer), André Ascencio, Doeur Sokhom, Francis Méano, Marcel Le Borgne, Guy Méano
- 1940s: František Karkó, Amin Zaki, Giorgos Gonios, Eustache Manglé, Adrián Lorenzo Fernández, Leintz Domingue, Lo Tak Kuen, Rafi Baranes
- 1950s: Djô de Pedra de Lume, Gilles Tavergeux, Anas Seidu, Serge Perruchini, Antti Ronkainen (footballer), Earl O'Neal
- 1960s: João Luís Martins, Ravuama Madigi, Abraham Watkins, Mercedes Sibanda, Abdusamad Durmonov, Pita Dau, Josef Kovačič
- 1970s: Etienne Mermer
- 1980s: Tuimasi Manuca, Ally Mwadini
- 1990s: Álvaro Rivero, Peyman Keshavarzi, Jaime de Gracia, Sanni Issa, Rowendley Martijn, Railey Martijn
Diplomat
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Born in Mali, Cheickna Doumbia moved to the United Arab Emirates in 2022 to join Shabab Al Ahli Club. Having played in the United Arab Emirates since then (including two loans to other teams in the country), he also played for the Mali Olympic football team at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
- ^ Born in French Tunisia, Mokhtar Ben Nacef played in France between 1948 and 1956, and was the first ever professional Tunisian footballer in France. Following Tunisian independence, Ben Nacef played for the Tunisia national football team, becoming their first captain, and later was the team's manager when they finished as runners-up in the 1965 African Cup of Nations.
- ^ Born and raised in the United States, Benjamin Ziemer was appointed the manager of the Ethiopia national under-17 football team in 2025. While the manager of Ethiopia's U17s, he helped them reach the 2026 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, their first since 2003, and nearly qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup, only failing due to a penalty shootout defeat to Mozambique U17s in a play-off match.
- ^ Also eligible for the Europe and North America category (👁 Image
United States and 👁 Image
Germany) - ^ Born in Nigeria, Sanni Issa has spent his entire football career in Oceania between 2010 and 2023, playing for teams in Fiji, New Zealand, and Vanuatu. He was notably both the top goalscorer and best player at the 2012–13 OFC Champions League, and was part of Auckland City's squad when they finished third at the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup, the highest finish for an Oceanian team.
- ^ Born in Brazil, Oswaldo Carlos Sampaio Júnior (Paulistinha) played football in Brazil with Botafogo, making over 300 appearances. As a manager, he coached the Ghana national football team between 1977 and 1978, and later Ghanian club Goldfields Obuasi in the mid-1990s.
- ^ Also eligible for the Asia and South America category (👁 Image
Brazil and 👁 Image
Saudi Arabia) - ^ Born in French Cochinchina, he held French citizenship and was known by his French name "Pierre". Following the 1954 Geneva Conference and subsequent French withdrawal from the region, he chose to stay in South Vietnam despite having offers to play in France, and later represented the South Vietnam national football team.
- ^ The Saudi Arabia national football team, who usually compete in the AFC Asian Cup, were invited as a guest team for both the 2025 and 2027 CONCACAF Gold Cups, the primary national football competition in North America.
- ^ Between July and September 1927, Spanish football club Real Madrid went on an exhibition tour of the Americas, which saw them play matches across both North and South America.
- ^ Also eligible for the Europe and South America category. (👁 Image
Spain and 👁 Image
Argentina/👁 Image
Peru/👁 Image
Uruguay) - ^ In the 1958 FIFA World Cup semi-finals, Brazil faced France for a spot in the 1958 FIFA World Cup final. Brazil won 5–2, thanks to a hat-trick from a 17 year-old Pelé.
- ^ Born and raised in the United States, Jonathan Robinson signed for New Zealand side Western Suburbs in 2025. The following year, he joined Auckland FC's OFC Professional League team, where he helped them win the league in their first season.