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class=\"pill\">Working minimum total: 313<\/span>\n <span class=\"pill\">Photos: hard-coded Wikimedia\/public source URLs where verified<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/header>\n<main>\n <section class=\"section notice\">\n <h2 style=\"margin-top:0;border:0;padding:0\">Important disclaimer<\/h2>\n <p><strong>This is not a skin-color ranking and not a race-identification database.<\/strong> The project uses documented African origin: African national-team representation, African birthplace, or publicly reported African parentage\/heritage. FIFA squad data does not publish race, ethnicity, or skin color. Any player-by-player heritage record should be verified before final publication.<\/p>\n <p class=\"small\">The photo links in this draft are external URLs. Most are Wikimedia Commons images surfaced through Wikipedia summaries. 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This baseline does not attempt to assign race or ethnicity; it counts national-team representation.<\/p>\n <table>\n <thead><tr><th>Country<\/th><th>Category<\/th><th class=\"right\">Count<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr><td>Algeria<\/td><td>African national team<\/td><td class=\"right\">26<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Cape Verde<\/td><td>African national team<\/td><td class=\"right\">26<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire \/ Ivory Coast<\/td><td>African national team<\/td><td class=\"right\">26<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>DR Congo<\/td><td>African national team<\/td><td class=\"right\">26<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Egypt<\/td><td>African national team<\/td><td class=\"right\">26<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Ghana<\/td><td>African national team<\/td><td class=\"right\">26<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Morocco<\/td><td>African national team<\/td><td class=\"right\">26<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Senegal<\/td><td>African national team<\/td><td class=\"right\">26<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>South Africa<\/td><td>African national team<\/td><td class=\"right\">26<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Tunisia<\/td><td>African national team<\/td><td class=\"right\">26<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><th colspan=\"2\">Subtotal<\/th><th class=\"right\">260<\/th><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/section>\n\n <section class=\"section\">\n <h2>Named first- and second-generation African-origin players on non-African teams<\/h2>\n <p>This starter database is organized as a research table. Cards marked <span class=\"badge\">source-linked<\/span> have a direct source link. Cards marked <span class=\"badge verify\">verify<\/span> need final biographical and squad verification before publication.<\/p>\n <div class=\"tools\">\n <input id=\"q\" class=\"search\" type=\"search\" placeholder=\"Search player, country, origin, generation...\" oninput=\"filterCards()\" \/>\n <select id=\"countryFilter\" class=\"select\" onchange=\"filterCards()\"><option value=\"\">All represented countries<\/option><\/select>\n <select id=\"genFilter\" class=\"select\" onchange=\"filterCards()\"><option value=\"\">All generations<\/option><option>1st generation<\/option><option>2nd generation<\/option><\/select>\n <\/div>\n <div id=\"cards\" class=\"grid\"><\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n <section class=\"section sourcebox\">\n <h2 style=\"margin-top:0\">Sources, credits, and citation notes<\/h2>\n <ul>\n <li><strong>FIFA official squad context:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/en\/tournaments\/mens\/worldcup\/canadamexicousa2026\/articles\/fifa-world-cup-2026-squads-confirmed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FIFA World Cup 2026 squads confirmed \u2014 48 nations and 1,248 players<\/a>.<\/li>\n <li><strong>FIFA squad PDF:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/fdp.fifa.org\/assetspublic\/ce281\/pdf\/SquadLists-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FIFA World Cup 2026 official squad list PDF<\/a>.<\/li>\n <li><strong>African-descended player feature source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.okayafrica.com\/the-african-descended-football-stars-playing-for-other-nations\/1432295\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OkayAfrica: \u201cThe African-Descended Football Stars Playing For Other Nations\u201d<\/a>.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Photo source and credit:<\/strong> Player-card images are hard-coded from Wikimedia Commons \/ Wikipedia summary image URLs where available. Click \u201cBio \/ photo source\u201d on each player card to review the original page and licensing\/credit information. Non-Wikimedia copyrighted images such as Getty editorial photos were not hard-coded unless a clearly reusable URL\/source could be verified.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Editorial disclaimer:<\/strong> This page does not infer race, ethnicity, or identity from skin tone. It uses only documented national-team representation, birthplace, parentage, or heritage claims from public sources. Treat this as a research draft, not a final legal\/academic dataset.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/section>\n<\/main>\n<footer class=\"footer\">\n <div class=\"wrap credits\">\n <strong>Created by YebboSports<\/strong> \u00b7 Research draft for African-origin representation at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Photo copyrights remain with their original photographers and licensors. 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class=\"flagbar\"><\/div>\n<header>\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <div class=\"kicker\">YebboSports Research Draft \u00b7 FIFA World Cup 2026<\/div>\n <h1>First- and Second-Generation African-Origin Players at the 2026 FIFA World Cup<\/h1>\n <p class=\"subtitle\">A transparent, citation-based project page that tracks documented African birthplace, African parentage, and African national-team representation \u2014 without judging players by skin color or appearance.<\/p>\n <div class=\"pillrow\">\n <span class=\"pill\">Baseline: 260 players on African national teams<\/span>\n <span class=\"pill\">Starter diaspora database: 53 named players<\/span>\n <span class=\"pill\">Working minimum total: 313<\/span>\n <span class=\"pill\">Photos: hard-coded Wikimedia\/public source URLs where verified<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/header>\n<main>\n <section class=\"section notice\">\n <h2 style=\"margin-top:0;border:0;padding:0\">Important disclaimer<\/h2>\n <p><strong>This is not a skin-color ranking and not a race-identification database.<\/strong> The project uses documented African origin: African national-team representation, African birthplace, or publicly reported African parentage\/heritage. 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This baseline does not attempt to assign race or ethnicity; it counts national-team representation.<\/p>\n <table>\n <thead><tr><th>Country<\/th><th>Category<\/th><th class=\"right\">Count<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr><td>Algeria<\/td><td>African national team<\/td><td class=\"right\">26<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Cape Verde<\/td><td>African national team<\/td><td class=\"right\">26<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire \/ Ivory Coast<\/td><td>African national team<\/td><td class=\"right\">26<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>DR Congo<\/td><td>African national team<\/td><td class=\"right\">26<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Egypt<\/td><td>African national team<\/td><td class=\"right\">26<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Ghana<\/td><td>African national team<\/td><td class=\"right\">26<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Morocco<\/td><td>African national team<\/td><td class=\"right\">26<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Senegal<\/td><td>African national team<\/td><td class=\"right\">26<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>South Africa<\/td><td>African national team<\/td><td class=\"right\">26<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Tunisia<\/td><td>African national team<\/td><td class=\"right\">26<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><th colspan=\"2\">Subtotal<\/th><th class=\"right\">260<\/th><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/section>\n\n <section class=\"section\">\n <h2>Named first- and second-generation African-origin players on non-African teams<\/h2>\n <p>This starter database is organized as a research table. 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Cards marked <span class=\"badge verify\">verify<\/span> need final biographical and squad verification before publication.<\/p>\n <div class=\"tools\">\n <input id=\"q\" class=\"search\" type=\"search\" placeholder=\"Search player, country, origin, generation...\" oninput=\"filterCards()\" \/>\n <select id=\"countryFilter\" class=\"select\" onchange=\"filterCards()\"><option value=\"\">All represented countries<\/option><\/select>\n <select id=\"genFilter\" class=\"select\" onchange=\"filterCards()\"><option value=\"\">All generations<\/option><option>1st generation<\/option><option>2nd generation<\/option><\/select>\n <\/div>\n <div id=\"cards\" class=\"grid\"><\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n <section class=\"section sourcebox\">\n <h2 style=\"margin-top:0\">Sources, credits, and citation notes<\/h2>\n <ul>\n <li><strong>FIFA official squad context:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/en\/tournaments\/mens\/worldcup\/canadamexicousa2026\/articles\/fifa-world-cup-2026-squads-confirmed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FIFA World Cup 2026 squads confirmed \u2014 48 nations and 1,248 players<\/a>.<\/li>\n <li><strong>FIFA squad PDF:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/fdp.fifa.org\/assetspublic\/ce281\/pdf\/SquadLists-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FIFA World Cup 2026 official squad list PDF<\/a>.<\/li>\n <li><strong>African-descended player feature source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.okayafrica.com\/the-african-descended-football-stars-playing-for-other-nations\/1432295\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OkayAfrica: \u201cThe African-Descended Football Stars Playing For Other Nations\u201d<\/a>.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Photo source and credit:<\/strong> Player-card images are hard-coded from Wikimedia Commons \/ Wikipedia summary image URLs where available. Click \u201cBio \/ photo source\u201d on each player card to review the original page and licensing\/credit information. Non-Wikimedia copyrighted images such as Getty editorial photos were not hard-coded unless a clearly reusable URL\/source could be verified.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Editorial disclaimer:<\/strong> This page does not infer race, ethnicity, or identity from skin tone. It uses only documented national-team representation, birthplace, parentage, or heritage claims from public sources. Treat this as a research draft, not a final legal\/academic dataset.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/section>\n<\/main>\n<footer class=\"footer\">\n <div class=\"wrap credits\">\n <strong>Created by YebboSports<\/strong> \u00b7 Research draft for African-origin representation at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Photo copyrights remain with their original photographers and licensors. 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