Traces of Muslim Stars in the French national team
The French national team has ordained itself as the best in the world. In the final match of the 2018 World Cup, Sunday (14/7), Les Bleus beat Croatia with a convincing score, 4-2.
For European footballers, playing for the national team is one of the important moments to express their nation's identity. At the World Cup in Russia this year, many Muslim players who competed included in the French team.
There are seven Muslim players who fill the squad coach Didier Deschamps. Paul Pogba and N'golo Kante became the two core players as well as the backbone of the midfield of Les Bleus who never missed in all the French matches in the 2018 World Cup. While the other two, namely Nabil Fekir and Ousmane Dembele had felt the atmosphere of the world cup match as a substitute .
Paul Pogba
Pogba is a Manchester United midfielder. In 2012, Pogba joins Juventus and earns four Serie A titles in a row. In addition, Pogba also won two Coppa Italia and two Supercoppa Italiana with Juve. He won the Golden Boy award in 2013 and Bravo Award in 2014. In 2015, Pogba was selected in the UEFA Team Team of the Year and also FIFA FIFPro World XI, after helping Juventus reach the Champions League final.
N’Golo Kante
The player who was born in Mali and now plays for Chelsea. In 2015, he joined Leicester City and won the Premier League for the first time in club history. The following season, he joined Chelsea and also immediately won the English League. Kante became the first foreign player to win a Premier League in a row at a different club.
Adil Rami
Moroccan-born central defender with French nationality, Adil plays for Marseille. He became the Ligue 1 champion in the 2010/2011 season and the Coupe de France in 2010/2011 with Lille. Adil has also felt the Europa League title in 2015/2016 with Sevilla.
Djibril Sidibe
24-year-old Senegalese born defender. He is now playing for AS Monaco. He became the Ligue 1 champion in the 2016/2017 season with Monaco and was selected in the best Ligue 1 squad of the same season.
Benjamin Mendy
Same with Sidibe, Mendy is of Senegalese descent. Mendy is a footballer with a qualified skill that berim in left-back position with Manchester City. Before winning the Premier League with City, the previous year, Mendy also managed to become champion Ligue 1 with AS Monaco.
Nabil Fekir
The original fugir came from Algeria and plays as an attacking midfielder and also a striker for Lyon. In the 2014/2015 season, Fekir won the title of the best young player Ligue 1. Fekir has now become the incarana of many top clubs, one of them Liverpool.
Ousmane Dembele
Dembele is a 21-year-old Barcelona star. Dembele is a descendant of Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal. Together with Dortmund in 2016.2017, Dembele won the DFB-Pokal. Then with Barca, he managed to become champions of La Liga and Copa del Rey in 2017/2018.