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Belgium 2022 squad birthplaces

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Thibaut Courtois

2022 World Cup squad: Belgium. Position: GK. Club at tournament: Real Madrid.

Birthplace: Bree; coordinates available.

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25 of 26 source records shown. The complete CSV contains every matching record.

NamePlayer birthplacesNational teamClub at tournament
Amadou Onana1BelgiumEverton
Arthur Theate1BelgiumRennes
Axel Witsel1BelgiumAtlético Madrid
Charles De Ketelaere1BelgiumMilan
Dries Mertens1BelgiumGalatasaray
Eden Hazard1BelgiumReal Madrid
Hans Vanaken1BelgiumClub Brugge
Jan Vertonghen1BelgiumAnderlecht
Jérémy Doku1BelgiumRennes
Kevin De Bruyne1BelgiumManchester City
Koen Casteels1BelgiumVfL Wolfsburg
Leander Dendoncker1BelgiumAston Villa
Leandro Trossard1BelgiumBrighton & Hove Albion
Loïs Openda1BelgiumLens
Michy Batshuayi1BelgiumFenerbahçe
Romelu Lukaku1BelgiumInter Milan
Simon Mignolet1BelgiumClub Brugge
Thibaut Courtois1BelgiumReal Madrid
Thomas Meunier1BelgiumBorussia Dortmund
Thorgan Hazard1BelgiumBorussia Dortmund
Timothy Castagne1BelgiumLeicester City
Toby Alderweireld1BelgiumAntwerp
Wout Faes1BelgiumLeicester City
Yannick Carrasco1BelgiumAtlético Madrid
Youri Tielemans1BelgiumLeicester City

What this map measures

Club-roster coverage is a dated sample from nine published league directories; World Cup cohorts separately cover 2022 (831 players) and 2026 (1,248 players). Each league source and club roster revision is recorded. Listed nationality on a club roster does not establish national-team eligibility. Choose a cohort before comparing counts. Birthplaces are enriched from CC0 Wikidata records. Unknown coordinates stay in the player table; birthplace is distinct from the represented national team.

Exports count listed players at clubs in another football association. World Cup rosters use the represented team and club-country flag; club rosters use their listed nationality and club country. This sample does not count every professional abroad. Club-roster leagues come from dated membership tables; World Cup league filters use Wikidata affiliations and may be historical. Duplicate players within a club cohort are counted once, with overlapping source memberships disclosed.

Players per million divides known birthplace counts in the selected roster cohort by Natural Earth’s national population reference (generally 2019); the UK home nations use their separate map-unit population estimates. Regions that share a country ID use the national denominator, not the first regional population. It is a cohort comparison across different source years, not a measured national talent-production rate.

Club-roster coverage

184 clubs across 9 leagues, captured 2026-10-03. 5040 unique player records; 3353 with birthplace coordinates. Each player is counted once within this cohort.

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These are frozen snapshots, retrieved 2026-10-02. Source versions and checksums; Wikidata enrichment archive; complete football dataset.

Historical data attribution: © 2023 Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D.. Roster facts: 2022 Wikipedia contributors and 2026 Wikipedia contributors. Derived data is published under CC BY-SA 4.0; fields have been selected, joined, normalized and aggregated. International match results, Wikidata structured facts, and Natural Earth geography retain their source licenses.

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