After either Uruguayan Lele Cabrera nor the canadian Luca Koleosho have been called by their respective teams to play in the Qatar 2022 World Cup, the Danish Martin Braithwaite will be the sole representative of RCD Espanyol in the appointment and the eighth parrot to contest a World Cup in the 21st century.
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Martin Braithwaite (Denmark)
Qatar 2022
The man from Esbjerg, who signed last summer as a free agent after terminating his contract with Barça, will be the Parakeet’s only representative at this World Cup after neither Lele Cabrera (Uruguay) nor Luca Koleosho ( Canada) of their respective teams. He was already in Russia in 2018 and at Euro 2020 with Denmark.
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Carlos Sanchez (Colombia)
Russia 2018
In January 2018, La ‘Roca’ arrived, on loan, at Cornellà-El Prat in search of minutes to attend his second World Cup event. Sent on for Colombia’s debut against Japan, he started the third game of the group stage and the round of 16 match against England, where the ‘coffee growers’ lost on penalties.
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Oscar Duarte (Costa Rica)
Russia 2018
The current Saudi Al-Wehda FC player is a classic of the Costa Rican team, where he played, as a starter, in the 2014 and 2018 World Cups. He will also be in Qatar, where he will face Spain in the first round.
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Hector Moreno (Mexico)
Brazil 2014
The central defender from Culiacán, who is still active in the ranks of Monterrey, was part of the game in the four games played by the team led by Miguel Herrera, who were eliminated by the Netherlands in the round of 16. He was in South Africa 2010 and Russia 2018, although not as a parakeet.
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Cristhian Stuani (Uruguay)
Brazil 2014
The Girona captain belonged to RCD Espanyol between 2012 and 2015, playing in the first of his two World Cups -2014 and 2016- as a blue and white footballer. He started as a starter and appeared as a refresher against England, Italy and Colombia, executioner of the Celeste in the round of 16.
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Carlos Kameni (Cameroon)
South Africa 2010
The best Spanish goalkeeper of this century, currently at UE Santa Coloma in the 1st Division of Andorra, was called up for the 2002 and 2010 World Cups, although he did not make his debut in either of them. In Korea and Japan he was a substitute for Boukar and in South Africa, for Hamidou. He defended the parakeet’s goal on 228 occasions and lifted the 2006 Copa del Rey.
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Paulo Sousa (Portugal)
Korea and Japan 2002
After a successful sports career, in which he won two consecutive Champions Leagues with Juventus (1996) and Borussia Dortmund (1997), the Portuguese midfielder signed for Espanyol in January 2002 and retired after the World Cup in Korea and Japan, where it did not debut.
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Francisco Palencia (Mexico)
Korea and Japan 2002
In his only season as a Spanish footballer -2001-02- the ‘Gatillero’ scored six goals in 30 games. The numbers were enough for Javier Aguirre to call him up to Korea and Japan, where the ‘Tri’ fell in the round of 16 against the United States and the forward managed just 21 minutes spread over two games.
Source: La Verdad
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