article_snippet: (Ciro Immobile, Mario Balotelli, Graziano Pelle), hence the foreign call-ups.
article_snippet: Spain called up Brazilian Diego Costa, and England have done Spain too: Raheem Sterling was born in Jamaica, but there is a difference.
article_snippet: Diego Costa is another high-profile player who was born somewhere other than the country he plays for .
article_snippet: There are plenty of English-born players who feel Irish because of their family history – a father from Ireland perhaps.
article_snippet: Would it be wrong to deny their the chance to play for Ireland?
article_snippet: Not a few ringers who aren't good enough to play for other countries.
article_snippet: Of course, clinging on to a view that footballers should only play for the country in which footballers were born will these days lead to accusations of xenophobia or discrimination.
highlights_snippet: National teams increasingly field players born outside National teams country .
  
highlights_snippet: Spain's Diego Costa and Italy's Eder were both born in Brazil .
  