Arabs also imported African players for the World Cup

[Alix217]

The Qataris had a couple of Sudanese. But the Saudis are all Saudi

 

[Ahadi]

@YaThreadFloppedB!

 

[Bonk]

You should be able to translate on IG. Anyway it looks like a meme basicislly. No evidence of their players having any recent Sudanese background. Straight Saudi for the most part. Either way it’s not surprising, Africans migrate everywhere.

Yes, it’s just humour still - nothing deep.

When I was watching the game it didn’t even cross my mind cos I know Saudi, Oman & Bahrain (didn’t know much about Qatar) have always had black players.

Just saw it on Twitter & I thought it’s funny but might be true. No shame in it. 90% of the French team is of direct African descent. About 60% of the Portuguese team is of direct African descent. Germany also picked a lot of players of direct African descent. England picked only Saka (the rest are of Caribbean descent). Even Australia has 4 players of Sudanese descent.

People just get too tight/insecure on this forum.

 

[Alix217]

Yes, it’s just humour still - nothing deep.

When I was watching the game it didn’t even cross my mind cos I know Saudi, Oman & Bahrain (didn’t know much about Qatar) have always had black players.

Just saw it on Twitter & I thought it’s funny but might be true. No shame in it. 90% of the French team is of direct African descent. About 60% of the Portuguese team is of direct African descent. Germany also picked a lot of players of direct African descent. England picked only Saka (the rest are of Caribbean descent). Even Australia has 4 players of Sudanese descent.

People just get too tight/insecure on this forum.

I think it's just that people think there's overrepresentation of some of these black players some of them barely qualify to be dual nationals.

 

[Trajan]

There's a good chunk of black Saudis breh. Their origins lie in Africa but they have been there for a long time. They weren't "imported" from Sudan for the World Cup like the Qatari ones.

 

[Bonk]

The Qataris had a couple of Sudanese. But the Saudis are all Saudi

Calm.

But what about the claims in the comments that some of Saudis are Nigerians? Do you know how to spot the names?

 

[Mike Nasty]

Dummy acting like a twitter post is the word of God.

 

[Bonk]

I think it's just that people think there's overrepresentation of some of these black players some of them barely qualify to be dual nationals.

In Europe - if you’re black, you’re not European to the average average European. Yes, it’s calm when you represent the country but in everyday life, you’re your race. Even Turks who look European don’t get a pass.

So, saying they don’t qualify to be dual nationals is a myth.

Arabs also don’t see blacks as equals.

 

[Trajan]

Calm.

But what about the claims in the comments that some of Saudis are Nigerians? Do you know how to spot the names?

Yh..your last name/family is basically an identifier of where you're from ethnically/originally/location/tribe etc. In the past they had players named Al-Hausawi which is obviously a Saudi of Hausa origin.

You can tell some of their roots through their last names. For example centerbacks names is Al-Timbakti = Timbuktu, Mali in Arabic

Midfielder named Mohamed Kanno = Kano in Northern Nigeria.

^^^^^ Today Saudis had a couple of these players

 

[Bonk]

Yh..your last name/family is basically an identifier of where you're from ethnically/originally/location/tribe etc. In the past they had players named Al-Hausawi which is obviously a Saudi of Hausa origin.




^^^^^ Today Saudis had a couple of these players

Thanks.

I can easily spot a lot of West African names except Hausas.

Even with Fulanis - I know some of their names like Djallo & Keita.

 

[thatrapsfan]

Thanks.

I can easily spot a lot of West African names except Hausas.

Even with Fulanis - I know some of their names like Djallo & Keita.

Original tweet is misleading there aren’t any Sudanese guys on the Saudi team, the majority of the black players are more likely to have roots in West Africa.

All of the Saudi team was born there, they don’t naturalize for sports like Qatar does because they have a big population base to draw from.

You can tell the African origins of some black Saudis through their family names. In addition to the players I posted about, some popular last names for Saudis are Al-Hawsawi (Hausa) Fallata (Fulani). The guys with names like that are often from families that are descendants of pilgrims to Mecca that settled in Saudi, much before modern transportation.

Qatar on other hand has a much smaller population base, so has often naturalized children of expats who went there for work. There’s about six guys with Sudanese parents on their team, most were born in Qatar or lived there since an early age.

 

[MikelArteta]

literally 10% of the population of saudi is afro saudis

even their goat executioner is black

their first gold medallist at the summer games was a black dude as well

 

[mbewane]

 

[GrindtooFilthy]

Bro every team is literally picking from Africa. The best striker’s and defenders. It’s mad. Team France looking like a full African team.

 

[Bonk]

Original tweet is misleading there aren’t any Sudanese guys on the Saudi team, the majority of the black players are more likely to have roots in West Africa.

All of the Saudi team was born there, they don’t naturalize for sports like Qatar does because they have a big population base to draw from.

You can tell the African origins of some black Saudis through their family names. In addition to the players I posted about, some popular last names for Saudis are Al-Hawsawi (Hausa) Fallata (Fulani). The guys with names like that are often from families that are descendants of pilgrims to Mecca that settled in Saudi, much before modern transportation.

Qatar on other hand has a much smaller population base, so has often naturalized children of expats who went there for work. There’s about six guys with Sudanese parents on their team, most were born in Qatar or lived there since an early age.

Thanks.

How about Oman & Bahrain? I notice they tend to have a lot of black players as well. Are they black Arabs or just children of recent West African immigrants?