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The French National Squad. Are any of them ACTUALLY French?

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Seriously. I swear none of them are. There just about all born in Africa and moved to France when there small children. Lets make a list of French players, born and raised in France with French parents. My bet, we dont get more than 3.
I'll start.

Frank Ribery.
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Mathieu Flamini
Sébastien Squillaci
Mickaël Landreau

-zuco- said:
Here's a few more for your list:

Nicolas Anelka (born March 14, 1979 in Versailles, France)
Thierry Daniel Henry (born August 17, 1977 in Paris, France)
Éric Bilal Abidal (born July 11, 1979 in Lyon, france)
Alou Diarra (born July 15, 1981 in Villepinte, France)
Mathieu Flamini (born March 7, 1984 in Marseille, france)
Florent Malouda (born June 13, 1980 in Cayenne, French Guiana, france)
Bacary Sagna (born 14 February 1983 Sens, Bourgogne, France)
Lassana Diarra (born March 10, 1985 in Paris, France)
Sidney Govou (born July 27, 1979 in Le Puy-en-Velay, France)
Hatem Ben Arfa (born on March 7, 1987 in Clamart, france)
Sébastien Squillaci (born August 11, 1980 in Toulon, France)
Lilian Thuram (born January 1, 1972 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France)


There are more but i got bored of looking at wikipedia:p

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_national_football_team#Current_squad

Most of them do not have French Parents!!!!
Justice said Lets make a list of French players, born and raised in France with French parents!
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