Alfredo Di Stéfano played for three different national teams in the 1950s: Argentina, Colombia, and Spain for which he played 31 matches and scored 23 goals.
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Ferenc Puskas had already earned the title of leading scorer in the Hungarian championship four times in the 1940s before moving on to play for Spain.
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In the 1920s, Luis Monti is well-known for participating in two finals of the FIFA World Cup, in which he played for two different national teams, Argentina and Italy.
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Before playing for Italy, Platini played for the French national team during the 1984 European Championship for which he was named "the best player" and "the top scorer”.
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Earlier in his career, Thiago Motta competed for the Brazilian junior national team and by 2011, the midfielder got the option to compete for Italy, his paternal hometown.
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Until 2010, Nacer Chadli was a member of the North African national team but then Chadli declared that he would be devoting his football career to the Belgian national team.
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Before making the decision to relocate to Spain in 2013, Diego Costa was a member of the Brazilian national team and participated in two matches for them.
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Till 2016, Wilfried Zaha played for England but after being summoned into the starting lineup for the Ivory Coast national team, Zaha made the decision to play for his native country.
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Declan Rice is a midfielder who plays professionally in England and has represented Ireland at the international level before professionally playing for the England National team.
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