Welsh qualified players playing for other national teams

[llan123]

With the seemingly never ending conveyor belt of Anglo Welsh players churning out Will Vaulks this week out of the blue are there any Welsh qualified players we've missed out on or could play for Wales playing elsewhere? Apart from the obvious Michael Owen any past or current England internationals have Welsh parents/grandparents? Or have we lost out on players playing for quirkier national teams?

Bit of a fun trivia thread.

[fiveattheback]

Gethin Jones and Rhys Williams for Australia, Nat Jarvis for Antigua and Barbuda

[welshiron]

Kevin Sheedy

[barry]

Matt le Tissier.

I believe a player born on the Channel Islands can play for any of the home countries.


Rob Jones.


The great Frederick Green.

Frederick Thomas Green (1851-1928) was a Welsh-born English footballer who won the FA Cup with Oxford University in 1874 and with Wanderers in 1877 and 1878.

He also made one appearance for England in 1876 against Scotland.

He was described by Charles William Alcock as "a reliable half-back, being a sure kick and never irresolute".

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Green_(footballer)

[conwy10]

Owen Hargreaves, Emlyn Hughes was it? Liverpool captain.

[cymroircarn]

Mar 7, 2019 23:52:17 GMT fiveattheback said:

Gethin Jones and Rhys Williams for Australia, Nat Jarvis for Antigua and Barbuda

Don’t think Gethin has ever played for Aus, only Welsh age groups despite being born in Perth?

[richierich333]

Mika Chunuonsee (Thailand)
Aristote Nsiala (DR Congo)

[haruki]

Graham Le Saux

[jimbo82]

Ryan Shawcross?

Also I think I recall Terry Venables saying that he had a Welsh grandmother and may have played for Wales if the grandparent rule has been in place back then. He was keen on the Wales manager job about 20 years ago but the FAW couldn't afford him apparently.

Update: apparently it's his mother who was Welsh, and he was evacuated to Tonypandy during the war so has strong connections to south Wales.
Wales wanted him to succeed Terry Venables in 1993 but he wen tfor the England job instead, and he was then interested in taking over from Toshack around 2010 but again it didn't work out.

Football: Wales court Venables for manager | The Independent www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-wales-court-venables-for-manager-1469843.html

[bale-droed]

Here’s one never mentioned on here ever unlike all the rest en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mika_Chunuonsee

[marsvolta]

Steven Naismith from Scotland

Welsh dad I think

[richierich333]

Mar 8, 2019 11:12:52 GMT bale-droed said:

Here’s one never mentioned on here ever unlike all the rest en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mika_Chunuonsee

I already did mention him look up

[phillywelsh83]

I can remember reading something way back when that Michael Owen could have played for Wales?

EDIT: If i could read i would have noticed this was mentioned on initial post!! Ooops

[zenith]

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46817010

[zenith]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Evans_(footballer,_born_1980)

Phil Evans for South Africa.