Manchester City defender Aymeric Laporte is expected to line up for Spain and make his first major tournament appearance for them against Sweden at Euro 2020.But it is a moment of personal history for him as it is the first game since leaving the French national team and switching allegiances.The 27-year-old qualified to play for the Euro 2012 champions through his grand-parents in the Basque region but represented France from U17 to U21 level.Laporte is following a well-trodden path, though, with just over 100 players changing nationalities in the last century.
So Daily Star Sport has taken a look through the passports of world football stars to pick out others who have changed flags… The West Ham midfielder was not always the lynchpin of.
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