Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of nationality transfers in association football


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Vanamonde (Talk) 05:02, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

List of nationality transfers in association football

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Article makes no sense. Most of the players listed conflict with the eligibility requirements listed at the top of the page. Discussion at WP:FOOTY Talk. New article based on more relevant criteria has been developed by several authorshere to be transferred to mainspace soon. RedPatchBoy (talk) 03:54, 24 July 2020 (UTC)|RedPatchBoy]] (talk) 03:51, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
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 * Delete as per discussion at WT:FOOTY. Joseph2302 (talk) 08:24, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - per discussion at WT:FOOTBALL and AFD for a near-similar article 10 years ago, Articles for deletion/List of association football players with dual nationality. GiantSnowman 14:10, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - you'd have to go a long way to prove notability here - that people are actually talking about this concept, not just that people change nationality. You could make the list more defining by having it just for players that contested professional games for national teams, but even then - you'd have to prove it was notable. This article at the very best is a WP:TNT situation. Best Wishes,  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 15:14, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - per Giant Snowman Spiderone  18:32, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete This is a bit of a bizarre article and doesn't seem to make sense outside of the normal transfer articles. Agree with nom. Govvy (talk) 14:12, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom --Devokewater  @  18:13, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Completely overhaul This is a mass unsourced list, with many being incidental and tenuous: childhood migrants, Wales internationals who were nowhere near being close to an England cap to "transfer". One that sticks out to me is Youri Djorkaeff who merely had foreign ancestry (his dad also played for France). This page can be overhauled as something in concrete terms such as those who had youth caps for one country and senior for another, or the very few players who played senior football for more than one country, something with a degree of mainstream coverage.     That last option would be concise enough to mention the reasons for each one, which come in widely distinct groups: "Oriundo" South Americans (Luis Monti, José Altafini, Thiago Motta...), Eastern bloc players who found themselves in new countries, and more contemporary players who earned friendly caps and changed their minds (Diego Costa, Wilfried Zaha, Declan Rice etc). I'm pretty sure that regarding the lists of footballers already on this website, this one would also have similar encyclopedic merit. 2A00:23C5:E187:5F00:E147:4BF7:78A4:E259 (talk) 20:49, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
 * a couple of users and myself made a new article here: List of association footballers who have been capped for two senior national teams. I believe that's what you were suggesting. We felt starting from scratch from better than attempting to fix this disaster of an article. RedPatchBoy (talk) 00:11, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:CCC and WP:OUTCOMES. I am loath to challenge those who know more about sports than me, or to upend what is clear consensus. Bearian (talk) 21:25, 30 July 2020 (UTC)


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