Hamza Chowdhury was born in England, Jamal Bhuiyan in Denmark, and Tariq Kazir in Finland. All three of them are now players of the Bangladesh national football team. There are many such examples in international football. For example, Erling Haaland, who plays for Norway, was born in England, Diego Costa of Spain in Brazil, and Ashraf Hakimi of Morocco in Spain.
The basic condition for a footballer to play international football for any football association/federation is to have citizenship of the country concerned. But just as someone cannot become a citizen of another country if they want to, acquiring citizenship does not guarantee eligibility to play international football for that country.
FIFA, the football governing body, has specific policies on which countries a footballer can play with citizenship and what conditions must be met. The policy, known as RGAS (FIFA Regulations Governing the Application of the Statutes), has been updated three times in the 21st century, the latest of which was at the 70th FIFA Congress on September 18, 2020.
A footballer represents an association or federation in international football on three grounds—birth, family and residence. According to FIFA regulations, the primary basis for a player's eligibility to represent a national team is his nationality. As stated in Article 5.1, 'Any person who has a permanent nationality, not dependent on residence in a particular country, is eligible to play for the team representing the association of that country.'
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